It’s incredibly sobering and sad that very soon not a single veteran from WWII will be alive to share their stories. For rose vets that have passed I hope they find eternal peace in the next realm. For those still alive may the rest of your days be peaceful.
There were plenty veterans (from various sides) that were willing to set the record straight. Unfortunately they weren't listened to, because what they said didn't fit the narratives of the presently powerful.
I had the pleasure to meet Marek Edelman. He was my grandmothers neighbour at Zelwerowicza street in Lodz. He remained in Poland after the war and worked as a cardiologist. He passed away in 2009.
Poland was one of the few occupied European countries which did not provided volunteers for Waffen SS Division, like Estonians, Latvians, or even.. YES, French... There was an incident when bunch of Polish highlanders who got drunk and were shipped to the Ukrainian Waffen SS Trawniki training camp, but then beat up Ukrainians and run away.
They are still polocks and not worth much...they watched wile the ghetto burned had the numbers and the arms....well russia will be paying them back for that foolishness soon
@@jonathannixon8652You remember it more fondly than it deserves. The history channel has always been 90% fluff and 10% facts. An hour long History Channel program has the equivalent of maybe 5-10 minutes of real information.
Excellent reporting Mark! This is a story that needs remembering. That a small group of determined people can stand together and fight against oppression and tyranny, and make a difference.
Wonderfully said. It's strange to me seeing the same thing Israel is doing to Palestine as if they didn't receive this treatment themselves. The same flag that flew over Warsaw in an act of defiance is the same flag that flies over the Palestinian people who are doing the same thing the ancestors of Israel had to face. Less than 100 years later....how the tables turn.
Thank God for Mark Felton. He redeems TH-cam, and I feel personally indebted to him for keeping this history available to younger generations . My father fought in France, Belgium, Holland. I have tried to keep his legacy alive within my family. No one cares or is interested. His photos and mementos, such as poppies carefully enveloped in parchment, letters home to his mom and pop, his well used and self-repaired rosary, his St. Christopher medal flat from wear, will be relegated to refuse.
Some of these unforgettable photos were (deliberately) taken and chosen for the documentary album, in order to show off the unflinching capacity for brutal violence even against women and children. It's a ghastly thought that the SS would actually parade their ruthlessness to their bosses, but here it is..
Self preservation likely. SS who let these things happen and SS who weren't capable of handling it, would be sent to the front. Ruthlessness sure, but I think the purpose was to capture their efforts to stop the uprising. It wouldn't be in their best interest to be caught on a photo looking inept or merciful.
@@Kee2Oz Not so, but a very commonly believed fallacy. Numerous objectors to various of the atrocities committed by various branches of the German forces, were found after the war, and they were not treated at all badly, they were just returned to the ordinary ranks.
They thought they were the good guys????? Most of the footage in Shoah , which we watched in history class back in High school, was filmed by the Nazis.
Thank you for this piece, Dr. Felton. History. As it happened. And I appreciate highlighting the contribution of women in the Warsaw Uprising & in WWII overall. I value the comments of intelligent, knowledgeable community members as well. You are all fabulous. I have learned so much. A dignified & respectful tribute to the millions lost to WWII. ✌️ ❤️
I read a book some years ago about General Stroop, much of it repeated conversations he had with his cellmate after the war. Stroop was an unrepentant Nazi. I recall Stroop boasted that when he began the assault on the Ghjetto he got a phone call from Himmler who said something like. "The overture is good: Play on." or words to that effect. A very grim period in history.
@@olseneudezet1 You are correct. I asked PERPLEXITY a new chat research gbt and it came up with the answer. It was published in English in 1982. I then went to amazon and located it. I had once thought it would make a good play (I write plays) and when I went to the Amazon site I found it had been dramatised by a Polish dramatist .
'In late May 1947, Stroop was flown to Berlin-Tempelhof Airport, and extradited to the People's Republic of Poland. He was extradited with Erich Muhsfeldt. He recalled, "My heart sank when I saw those Polish officers at Tempelhof. So, the Americans were liars after all! They promised me time and again I'd never be given to the Communists and my death sentence for killing the U.S. airmen would be commuted to life imprisonment."' = wikipedia
@@djholliday5132 Thank you. I don't know if it will interest you or anyone else, but I thought at the time I read the book it would make a good play. But to get the rights to do so would have been very difficult so I gave up on the idea.. While, I was researching the Conversations with an Executioner: on Amazon I discovered that there was a stage adaptation by a Polish author and that the play had been translated into English. The price was a little steep over 125 U.S. Dollars.. Too rich for my blood, but I think my judgment that Stroop's story could be dramatized was validated.
Wow, this was an eye opener for me. I've always had a keen interest in global military warfare, both historic and current. I've read many books on the subject and watched so many documentaries, but Mark always digs deeper, reporting on historic events that may be forgotten over time. Thus, Mark Felton is actually helping to preserve minor (in the bigger picture of WW2) historical event for future generations. I take my hat off to you sir. Keep the posts coming, I love them.
Somewhere online there must be available the series "The World at War" - find it and watch it all. If you have to, buy it as a video/DVD. Nuances will have changed, but the plot will not.
Such bravery and such a difficult though important tale to listen to; I don't wish to conflate the two, but my late grampa often spoke tearfully of his two teenage brothers he lost in the '44 uprising.
@01:50 you can see the amazing different SMG's the Germans were armed with, 4 different in one picture. @23:33 notice how each German soldier has a stick grenade stuck into their belt. @38:44 the officer is wearing 4 combat badges, no small feat to be awarded so many. I thought the Warsaw 1944 uprising was the largest, when the Soviets were close by, and it is the one I am most familiar with. Strategy & Tactics magazine #107 is a military simulation of the 1944 event.
Warsaw still remembers. Every year on April 19, (some) Varsovians wear yellow daffodils in their clothing. You can grab velcro ones from advertising columns.
(I just read how he was in the Polish resistance and was thrown in prison after 'liberation' by the Communists- which is how he spent time with the demon Stroop)
@@ericcarlson3746 One paragraph stuck with me most: the author observes how Stroop describes the wood in the night sky. A very similar description a Polish poet from the previous century wrote. It seemed that both an artist and a murderer can describe things similarily.
For a long time the 1943 uprising was conflated with the much larger 1944 uprising. 12 Germans died in the Ghetto uprising, thousands in the 1944 uprising. The film The Pianist makes it clear.
to be clear, '44 was the warsaw uprising, '43 was the warsaw gh°°to uprising. the gh°°to was b°mbed, burned and dep°rted out of existence in '43. the general uprising was undertaken by the whole polish resistance, they started it in such a way as to narrowly preempt the advancing red army's capture of the city, to divide german defensive efforts, reduce destruction of the city by avoiding much of the heavy b°mbardment, and assert some degree of security forces function and associated polish political autonomy. this turned out to be a tragic miscalculation, because the soviets decided that opposing that last point of polish autonomy was their priority, so they halted their advance to avoid linking up with the warsaw uprising, and the germans had such a particular hatred for partisans that they prioritized putting down the uprising, before focusing back on the red army and getting pushed out of warsaw. so instead of gaining influence by substantially contributing to driving the germans out of warsaw rather than waiting for the soviets to do it, the polish resistance lost influence by rising up, because this just got a lot of their members k°°led.
Is she still alive? People often talk about the impending extinction of WW2 Veterans but it saddens me to realize that soon after them anyone who was old enough to remember it at all will be gone.
@@franzmaurer2287 Dużo z nich było równie Polakami co Żydami. Tak, nasza historia to nie historia Żydów, ale nie bez powodu u nas tyle osób otrzymało order "sprawiedliwych wśród narodów świata". Konkretnie ten okres historyczny historii Polski przeplata się ściśle z historią Żydów. Tak samo wśród nich było wiele Polaków wyznania mojżeszowego.
the right one is a mp28, the man holding it was josef blösche, called "frankenstein". he was living in the gdr after the war, arrested in 1969 and executed. not all was bad in the gdr
@@DmPmRr1959 No, the Czechs needed to send commandos from the UK to kill Heydrich and then lot of them were demonstrating against. While Poles started having special forces before the war, they also prepared to stay behind in caches and even have an out-of-country network. The Czechs did not have underground state with hundreds thousand soldiers, they even did not fight against annexation and were happy with soviet socialism. Even their best pilot- ace was preferring to fight alongside with Poles.
I’ve been meaning to say this for some time: Your choice of music for the introduction is excellent - I can’t think of anything that would be better suited to the subject matter.
Cie: Poland had a choice: Side with Germany and negotiate disputes in good faith, or side with the British war mongers. We all know how that worked out for the Poles, don't we?
@@RamblesBramblesimagine if the communist in America get into office when they grow up and graduate college… history would just be whatever they wanted with tons of trigger warnings 😢
I highly recommend the film Shoah, by Claude Lanzmann. Shoah 2nd Era covers the uprising and 1st hand interviews with 2 Ghetto Fighters. Sincha Rotem is 1 of those fighters. Phenomenal men.
Stroop security detail carry 🇫🇮m/31 SMG Suomi/ maybe ex Police Varsow gun’s or bought by W-ss since rear police”unit’s got what they could. 1:39 man in the left: Mp-28 at the right. Junior officer too at 16:49
Too many of the other sites i visit and subscribe to only produce a new video like once a week, or even once a month and they hopelessly cant compare upon multiple levels to what we frequently see hear discover and learn here for sure every single time 😊
I'm going to Germany next year for 5 weeks. I'm going to Berlin, Teutoburg forest, Frankfurt, Dresden and Berchtesgaden. I'm also going to prague and serbia for a week. Any historical or cultural recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Dear Doctor Mark Felton, thanks for sharing and educating us on the lesser known part of ww2 history. Highly appreciated! Ps: i was wondering if you ever did a vid on Operation Postmaster. Would love to see that one with your presentation! Thanks again
Would need to get access to documents etc to do it. Do you have connections to help him with that with the jdf or whoever in japan looks after old imperial army records?
@@TezKingboom There’s resources out there, mostly their actions in Manchuria and China basically just arrested whoever they thought was anti Japanese and sent to the Unit 731’s or for the brothels. Basically just a atrocity police
I wonder why that is, it's also the first I've heard of it, probably because the 44 uprising was more politically useful, this is more heroic in my opinion
Excellent account Mark. A Uprising that has fascinated this man for decades. Roman Polanski's film is excellent, perhaps his finest hour. It was a remarkable effort-amidst the murderous Nazi SS rampaging thugs and murderers.
It's worth remembering there were two uprisings in Warsaw during the war. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 and the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. Both were shown in "The Pianist".
Most interesting , Mark . thankyou . I remember reading about ,stroop some years ago in a book named , The scourge of the swastika by Lord Russell of Liverpool .
bar: They were cowards hiding behind the British guarantee to "help" Poland regardless of who began the hostilities. Ironic that after the dust settled Poland became part of the communist sphere of governance. That's karma!
@40:16 soldier far left is holding a Thompson? Doesn't look like an MP40 drum. Cant clearly see the furniture but I think it most resembles a Thompson .45
I think one of the most shameful episodes of World War II is how Poland was treated between the Nazis and the Russians. They were stripped of their pride and nationalism never again we should make sure Poland stays is one of our closest allies
Every time you mentioned Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg I kept thinking of Dr. Frank-n-furter and/or Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel. FvSF seems to have been less competent than either of the others.
Howdy. Just asking what sub machine gun the soldier holding on the right at 1.51? Thanks. Andy from Rockhampton Queensland Australia. I love this channel!
australian asking about sub-machine gun from the nation where they are banned................. hilarious goes to show, you cannot keep a scho ol sh ooter down, no matter how many gun laws you enact! he ll be on youtube, lustily eyeing WW2 memrobilia if he has to.........
I have a "M35 Leichtesommerfeldbluse " for an SD Unterscharführer that was a Warschauer Aufstand Veteran, and former Zugführer in Einsatzgruppen B. Holder of the EK II, KvK 2eKlasse, Verwundete Abzeichen in Silber and the very rare Bandenkampfabz. In Silber. After Warsaw, he was wounded in an Allied tiefflieger attack and sent initially to Prague, and then to Frankfurt for Medical treatment. The War ended while he was still in the K- Lazarett, he saw the writing on the wall...checked out of the Clinic, went to his Father's home in Frankfurt, hid his Uniform in the garage, and assumed the identity of a fallen WH Soldier. After US Forces took over Frankfurt, he went to work for 5th Corp HG at the IG Farben building as a vehicle mechanic...serving 40 years there until US Forces left Frankfurt. Many weekends with him, many shots of Schnapps, and my Historian membership in HIAG...he gave me his uniform...to include his modified Belt and buckle ( Einsatzgruppen) . He passed away in 1996. The stories you hear from these guys different dramatically from just average Landser...
@@DennisMSullivaHe was sentenced to death by the Anglo-American tribunals but was handed over to the Polish courts so they could have their trial, their justice, and to be the ones to personally execute him. This ironically extended his life beyond those who were both sentenced and hanged by the western allies in the Nuremberg Trials. While a lot of those who brought death and destruction to Poland escaped the noose, the western allies did throw the Poles an occasional bone like also allowing the Poles to try and execute Amon Göth, the commandant of Płazow of Schindler’s List infamy.
@@DennisMSullivaHe was sentenced to death by the Anglo-American tribunals but he was handed over to the Polish courts so they could have their trial, their justice, and to be the ones to personally execute him. This ironically extended his life beyond those who were both sentenced and hanged by the western allies at Nuremberg. While a lot of those who brought death and destruction to Poland escaped the noose, the western allies did throw the Poles an occasional bone like also allowing the Poles to try and execute Amon Göth, of Schindler’s List infamy.
Perhaps those young people studying in American and British Universities who have being going to demonstrations and making that disgusting chant "from the River to the Sea" should take 45 minutes to watch this video before history repeats itself!
Those fine demonstrators know perfectly well how history is repeating itself, who the current perpetrators of genocide are, and who is murdering women and children by the thousand in the ghetto of Gaza.
@@dikankan4805This video is well-researched and established history. The events are well documented and presented with the benefit of hindsight. You cannot judge contemporary conflicts the same way, you are far too trusting of the information coming out of an active warzone. The truth is that unless you are a high ranking intelligence official, we don’t know what the truth is and likely won’t until many years after the conflict ends.
Wouldn't change anything. They are arragently indoctrinated. Theirs no sence talking facts to somebody who's enjoying a sence of superiority in their arragence
@@dikankan4805 ironically,the population of Palestinians have constantly increased since 1948.More than quadruple,in fact.So much for so genocide. You mean the ghetto of Gaza from which Israel has completely pulled out in 2005 and soon after ruled by Hamas by having been elected by Gazans?
Captivating story but total deaths on both sides would be the equivalent of 15 minutes in the extensive battle of Stalingrad. Although the flags had local symbolic value, I doubt it carried any dramatic narratives outside of the zone
It’s incredibly sobering and sad that very soon not a single veteran from WWII will be alive to share their stories. For rose vets that have passed I hope they find eternal peace in the next realm. For those still alive may the rest of your days be peaceful.
There's probably veterans of the next world war watching this now
I remember some years ago watching how one by one the very last veterans of WWI were passing away, each like a closing chapter.
There were plenty veterans (from various sides) that were willing to set the record straight. Unfortunately they weren't listened to, because what they said didn't fit the narratives of the presently powerful.
But their Children and Grandchildren are still around. And We know.
Yes in Gaza ?
I had the pleasure to meet Marek Edelman. He was my grandmothers neighbour at Zelwerowicza street in Lodz. He remained in Poland after the war and worked as a cardiologist. He passed away in 2009.
th-cam.com/video/Ls0oROBpIH4/w-d-xo.html
He was an incredible man. Very cool!
Sick of hearing about Pols,
@@Thedarkportalshow In that case, a World War Two History Channel is not for you.
@@Thedarkportalshow I suspect that you might want to find another channel and video then.
Poland was one of the few occupied European countries which did not provided volunteers for Waffen SS Division, like Estonians, Latvians, or even.. YES, French...
There was an incident when bunch of Polish highlanders who got drunk and were shipped to the Ukrainian Waffen SS Trawniki training camp, but then beat up Ukrainians and run away.
Many simply saw communism as the greater evil.
Ukrainian Nazis!-but they don't exist do they 😉
They are still polocks and not worth much...they watched wile the ghetto burned had the numbers and the arms....well russia will be paying them back for that foolishness soon
Poles were not accepted into the Waffen SS
Poland was Nazi Germany's first ally.
God bless you, sir. Unless a story is told, as you do with vigorous rigour and probity, it will fade away and soon becomes myth.
Thank you Mark for keeping their memory alive
Germany should ALWAYS look out for Israel!They were devils!!!
I love these videos...I have a feeling my grandfather and I would have watched them together like we did when the History Channel was still good.
Oh how I wish the History Channel was what it once was. †
@@jonathannixon8652You remember it more fondly than it deserves. The history channel has always been 90% fluff and 10% facts. An hour long History Channel program has the equivalent of maybe 5-10 minutes of real information.
Excellent reporting Mark! This is a story that needs remembering. That a small group of determined people can stand together and fight against oppression and tyranny, and make a difference.
Your videos are the embodiment of the phrase "those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it"
Wonderfully said. It's strange to me seeing the same thing Israel is doing to Palestine as if they didn't receive this treatment themselves. The same flag that flew over Warsaw in an act of defiance is the same flag that flies over the Palestinian people who are doing the same thing the ancestors of Israel had to face.
Less than 100 years later....how the tables turn.
@@dmitripazlov491 yep the Israeli and western hypocrisy is astounding.
@@dmitripazlov491 Indeed, the victims become the victimizers.
11:37 the n°z°s even already used the term "te°°orists", probably in much the same way to function as an argument in place of reasoning.
@@dmitripazlov491 If Hamas hadn't ruthlessly attacked Israel back in October, it wouldn't be happening.
So i begin binging on mark felton, he then uploads a 45 minute video
I love you mark
I suggest you listen to the bridge busters!
get a grip man, like touch some grass
Normally a 45 min TH-cam video would be something I'd avoid... Not when it's a Mark Felton production!!
Oh man some of the best material is in the long stuff, exploring series and all that
I feel exactly the opposite. Long form is where previously unknown details live.
This one is tough watching. But necessary viewing
So your basically saying look how dumb I am. But I managed to watch one long video....
Exactly! Thank you, Dr. Felton.
Thank God for Mark Felton. He redeems TH-cam, and I feel personally indebted to him for keeping this history available to younger generations . My father fought in France, Belgium, Holland. I have tried to keep his legacy alive within my family. No one cares or is interested. His photos and mementos, such as poppies carefully enveloped in parchment, letters home to his mom and pop, his well used and self-repaired rosary, his St. Christopher medal flat from wear, will be relegated to refuse.
That's sad to hear. Have you thought about donating them to a museum so that they will be available to researchers and future generations?
From Canada:
I care.
Thank you to your father from a European!! Not forgotten!
Thanks Mark, as far as I'm concerned it doesnt get any better than listening to your riveting stories, and for that you have my like!
Love these longer videos! So much to learn. Thanks Dr. Felton!
Some of these unforgettable photos were (deliberately) taken and chosen for the documentary album, in order to show off the unflinching capacity for brutal violence even against women and children. It's a ghastly thought that the SS would actually parade their ruthlessness to their bosses, but here it is..
Self preservation likely. SS who let these things happen and SS who weren't capable of handling it, would be sent to the front. Ruthlessness sure, but I think the purpose was to capture their efforts to stop the uprising. It wouldn't be in their best interest to be caught on a photo looking inept or merciful.
@@Kee2Oz Not so, but a very commonly believed fallacy.
Numerous objectors to various of the atrocities committed by various branches of the German forces, were found after the war, and they were not treated at all badly, they were just returned to the ordinary ranks.
@@Kee2Ozyour offering is exactly what happened,you did your job or were shipped off to Russia.Thank you
They thought they were the good guys????? Most of the footage in Shoah , which we watched in history class back in High school, was filmed by the Nazis.
@@tombergins8215 LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOL
Excellent presentation. Thanks for another fine documentary, Dr. Felton.
Superb as always 👍 Mark's channel is essential viewing for anyone interested in WW2 and other Millitary subject's
Thank you for this piece, Dr. Felton. History. As it happened. And I appreciate highlighting the contribution of women in the Warsaw Uprising & in WWII overall. I value the comments of intelligent, knowledgeable community members as well. You are all fabulous. I have learned so much. A dignified & respectful tribute to the millions lost to WWII. ✌️ ❤️
I read a book some years ago about General Stroop, much of it repeated conversations he had with his cellmate after the war. Stroop was an unrepentant Nazi. I recall Stroop boasted that when he began the assault on the Ghjetto he got a phone call from Himmler who said something like. "The overture is good: Play on." or words to that effect. A very grim period in history.
the cellmate was Kazimierz Moczarski, an officer of the Polish Home Army (anti-Nazi resistance), arrested by the communists
@@olseneudezet1 You are correct. I asked PERPLEXITY a new chat research gbt and it came up with the answer. It was published in English in 1982. I then went to amazon and located it. I had once thought it would make a good play (I write plays) and when I went to the Amazon site I found it had been dramatised by a Polish dramatist .
'In late May 1947, Stroop was flown to Berlin-Tempelhof Airport, and extradited to the People's Republic of Poland. He was extradited with Erich Muhsfeldt. He recalled, "My heart sank when I saw those Polish officers at Tempelhof. So, the Americans were liars after all! They promised me time and again I'd never be given to the Communists and my death sentence for killing the U.S. airmen would be commuted to life imprisonment."' = wikipedia
Great input. Thanks for that.
@@djholliday5132 Thank you. I don't know if it will interest you or anyone else, but I thought at the time I read the book it would make a good play. But to get the rights to do so would have been very difficult so I gave up on the idea.. While, I was researching the Conversations with an Executioner: on Amazon I discovered that there was a stage adaptation by a Polish author and that the play had been translated into English. The price was a little steep over 125 U.S. Dollars.. Too rich for my blood, but I think my judgment that Stroop's story could be dramatized was validated.
Wow, this was an eye opener for me. I've always had a keen interest in global military warfare, both historic and current. I've read many books on the subject and watched so many documentaries, but Mark always digs deeper, reporting on historic events that may be forgotten over time. Thus, Mark Felton is actually helping to preserve minor (in the bigger picture of WW2) historical event for future generations. I take my hat off to you sir. Keep the posts coming, I love them.
Mark always manages to find subjects or details that I was not aware of before. This is a great channel. Mark is the best.
@@djquinn11maybe because they're made up just for the war that's going on now. Maybe it's " propaganda"
Somewhere online there must be available the series "The World at War" - find it and watch it all. If you have to, buy it as a video/DVD.
Nuances will have changed, but the plot will not.
Most of this is on wikipedia...not exactly new info
The Warsaw uprising is relative standard WW2 knowledge… but good you learned something new today.
Such bravery and such a difficult though important tale to listen to; I don't wish to conflate the two, but my late grampa often spoke tearfully of his two teenage brothers he lost in the '44 uprising.
Surviving isn’t bravery.
@@barrymccokiner7559 Standing and fighting is... which these people did.
@01:50 you can see the amazing different SMG's the Germans were armed with, 4 different in one picture.
@23:33 notice how each German soldier has a stick grenade stuck into their belt.
@38:44 the officer is wearing 4 combat badges, no small feat to be awarded so many.
I thought the Warsaw 1944 uprising was the largest, when the Soviets were close by, and it is the one I am most familiar with.
Strategy & Tactics magazine #107 is a military simulation of the 1944 event.
It was the largest. Compared to the '44 uprising, nothing happened in the ghetto uprising.
Man o Man, Been subbed for years, As you are one of the few whom does their research. Keep it up Mark, From Canada. 💯%🐱
Photos that I saw in WWII picture books in public libraries when I was ten years old are now being blurred out and censored.
What a world where TRUTH must be hidden and LIES are worshipped! We are returning to the Nazi idealism---“GOD, PLEASE HELP US!”
while the killing repeats itself in reality
@kafakafaa3950 If I get too realistic, my comments disappear.
The human being is just......
@@celticman1909 it only begins with disappearing comments what will disappear next
@@kafakafaa3950 Hmmmmmm. 🤔
Warsaw still remembers. Every year on April 19, (some) Varsovians wear yellow daffodils in their clothing. You can grab velcro ones from advertising columns.
To nie jest symbol powstania warszawskiego tylko żydowskiego w Warszawie nie myl pojęć. To dwie krańcowo odmienne historie.
@@franzmaurer2287 Przecież ten film opowiada właśnie o powstaniu w getcie warszawskim. Gdzie napisałem, że żonkile to symbol powstania z 1944 r.?
@@franzmaurer2287 100%
Wow a little flower
@@franzmaurer2287Przystałeś się bez powodu
Having read "Conversations with an Executioner" by K. Moczarski over 20 years ago I'm looking forward to this video.
(I just read how he was in the Polish resistance and was thrown in prison after 'liberation' by the Communists- which is how he spent time with the demon Stroop)
@@ericcarlson3746 One paragraph stuck with me most: the author observes how Stroop describes the wood in the night sky. A very similar description a Polish poet from the previous century wrote. It seemed that both an artist and a murderer can describe things similarily.
Ya'll should read The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman for a very unique story of WWII Warsaw.
Thank you, good Doctor.
Excellent as always.
For a long time the 1943 uprising was conflated with the much larger 1944 uprising. 12 Germans died in the Ghetto uprising, thousands in the 1944 uprising. The film The Pianist makes it clear.
In January 12 or so SS ware killed. In the April uprising 17 killed and 93 wounded.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising
Those statistics are from SS-Germans themselves. They might be possibly, understated. Not least in case other "undesirables" got ideas.
There was rather resistance, not uprising.
@@WielkaStopa-qh1rrPotayto, potahto.
to be clear, '44 was the warsaw uprising, '43 was the warsaw gh°°to uprising. the gh°°to was b°mbed, burned and dep°rted out of existence in '43. the general uprising was undertaken by the whole polish resistance, they started it in such a way as to narrowly preempt the advancing red army's capture of the city, to divide german defensive efforts, reduce destruction of the city by avoiding much of the heavy b°mbardment, and assert some degree of security forces function and associated polish political autonomy.
this turned out to be a tragic miscalculation, because the soviets decided that opposing that last point of polish autonomy was their priority, so they halted their advance to avoid linking up with the warsaw uprising, and the germans had such a particular hatred for partisans that they prioritized putting down the uprising, before focusing back on the red army and getting pushed out of warsaw. so instead of gaining influence by substantially contributing to driving the germans out of warsaw rather than waiting for the soviets to do it, the polish resistance lost influence by rising up, because this just got a lot of their members k°°led.
A great video idea...when I want to break down and cry, I'll definitely come back to this. 😢...😭 It's a very important story to be told.
Impressive segment Dr. Felton, thanks.
Thankyou for the old style long video format
An old dear friend of mine was a 9 yr old girl living ing Warsaw in 1943.
Is she still alive? People often talk about the impending extinction of WW2 Veterans but it saddens me to realize that soon after them anyone who was old enough to remember it at all will be gone.
5:00: "Frankenegg"
contents exactly as described on the tin
What a name ! 🤣
When in Warsaw, Poland consider visiting Polin museum. It stands where Warsaw Ghetto was.
Historia Polski to nie jest historia Żydów.
@@franzmaurer2287no, it isn’t, but what happened in the WWII is and the video is about that.
@@franzmaurer2287 Dużo z nich było równie Polakami co Żydami. Tak, nasza historia to nie historia Żydów, ale nie bez powodu u nas tyle osób otrzymało order "sprawiedliwych wśród narodów świata". Konkretnie ten okres historyczny historii Polski przeplata się ściśle z historią Żydów. Tak samo wśród nich było wiele Polaków wyznania mojżeszowego.
@@franzmaurer2287 100%
@@franzmaurer2287kreatynie żydzi mieszkali w Polsce i wspólnie tworzyli jej historię przez stulecia
I wish he would also do other areas of history .The detail and simplicity at the same time is really well done
Thanks for another great video and commentary, Mark.
Real interesting photo at @2:00. 2 MP41's, an MP34, and what seems to be at KP31 or PPD to the left. Odd equipment to have in such a group.
the right one is a mp28, the man holding it was josef blösche, called "frankenstein". he was living in the gdr after the war, arrested in 1969 and executed. not all was bad in the gdr
Excellent content and history telling once again.
Mark your videos are top shelf but this one is jet stream stuff amazing thank you.
This is an excellent and detailed account. Thank you ❤
The Poles had a vast resistance network. They and the Czechs were very brave.
the Poles were centrally organized by the exile government.
@@khairulhelmihashim2510 Be that as it may, they were brave.
Czechs? Are you sure?
@@peterkiedron8949 Both the Poles and the Czechs BOTH tried to put up the best resistance they could with the limited manpower and resources they had.
@@DmPmRr1959 No, the Czechs needed to send commandos from the UK to kill Heydrich and then lot of them were demonstrating against. While Poles started having special forces before the war, they also prepared to stay behind in caches and even have an out-of-country network. The Czechs did not have underground state with hundreds thousand soldiers, they even did not fight against annexation and were happy with soviet socialism. Even their best pilot- ace was preferring to fight alongside with Poles.
A wonderful historical coverage of Gatto uprising in Warsaw
Another amazing video Dr. Felton
Another amazing and brilliant production. Thank you mark Felton
There was a fabulous movie years ago called Uprising about this event including the organiser's Mortaki
Seconded. Fantastic film.
Dang how do I find it
I think i found it its stars David schwimmer Jon voight and Donald Sutherland👍🏾🍿
That one is a TV movie from 2001.
@@simonkevnorrisyes it was on TH-cam the full movie.
Very poignant for the present time unfortunately.
I’ve been meaning to say this for some time: Your choice of music for the introduction is excellent - I can’t think of anything that would be better suited to the subject matter.
Thx Dr. Mark!
Hearing aboutt what happened to Poland in this period makes me sob nd cry
Cie: Poland had a choice: Side with Germany and negotiate disputes in good faith, or side with the British war mongers. We all know how that worked out for the Poles, don't we?
@@BasementEngineeryou are a despicable liar
Pretty gay, ain't ya
@@BasementEngineerexactly
@@BasementEngineer🤡
Great presentation! Have you ever considered doing one on the atrosityy of the fallachrimjager on Crete civilians?
Hope you never run out of content ✌️
I doubt so.
@@RamblesBramblesimagine if the communist in America get into office when they grow up and graduate college… history would just be whatever they wanted with tons of trigger warnings 😢
Thank you Dr. Felton
Leon Uris wrote a great novel called Mila 18 that is based off of this uprising.
It's awful and twists the truth.
It is NOT history.
It s a great book
@@MichelSabbah-mj4jk Okay, but it's not history.
@@KickassUncle umm duh it’s a novel it doesn’t claim to be a historical documentary.
I highly recommend the film Shoah, by Claude Lanzmann. Shoah 2nd Era covers the uprising and 1st hand interviews with 2 Ghetto Fighters. Sincha Rotem is 1 of those fighters. Phenomenal men.
I didn’t know you had another channel. Amazing
Stroop security detail carry 🇫🇮m/31 SMG Suomi/ maybe ex Police Varsow gun’s or bought by W-ss since rear police”unit’s got what they could. 1:39 man in the left: Mp-28 at the right. Junior officer too at 16:49
Would have been nice to see something regarding the ANZACs seeing it's the 25th tomorrow
Dr. Mark is the G.O.A.T.
Now, would be a good time to bring up the story of Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
P.S. That was the only time when many Americans B-17 landed in USSR with Stalin permission. In the Ukrainian republic.
Pretty sure Dr. Felton already done tht video
@@ilovegooogle5073 It's not "American B-17", they were from Washington state.
i would get the two mixed up lol
Too many of the other sites i visit and subscribe to only produce a new video like once a week, or even once a month and they hopelessly cant compare upon multiple levels to what we frequently see hear discover and learn here for sure every single time 😊
I'm going to Germany next year for 5 weeks. I'm going to Berlin, Teutoburg forest, Frankfurt, Dresden and Berchtesgaden. I'm also going to prague and serbia for a week.
Any historical or cultural recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Some of the flaktowers still stand.
Excellent, really love the long stories.
Conference calls canceled Mark just posted a video....
Cringe comment
@@devenmacintosh4124 thanks PAB
@@devenmacintosh4124speaking of your 12 year old self
I did not know about this new channel. Following.
"He knew the power of flags!"
Dear Doctor Mark Felton, thanks for sharing and educating us on the lesser known part of ww2 history. Highly appreciated!
Ps: i was wondering if you ever did a vid on Operation Postmaster. Would love to see that one with your presentation! Thanks again
can you do an episode purley dedicated to the actions of the kempetai(japanese secret police)
Would need to get access to documents etc to do it. Do you have connections to help him with that with the jdf or whoever in japan looks after old imperial army records?
There’s one about unit 731, that’s about the closest ive found
@@TezKingboom There’s resources out there, mostly their actions in Manchuria and China basically just arrested whoever they thought was anti Japanese and sent to the Unit 731’s or for the brothels. Basically just a atrocity police
Yet another fascinating production. A very tragic but inspiring uprising that took the arrogant occupiers by surprise.
I learned about this when I visited poland and did a highschool project educating people when I get back. Many people only know about the 1944 rising.
I wonder why that is, it's also the first I've heard of it, probably because the 44 uprising was more politically useful, this is more heroic in my opinion
Mark. Thank you for providing me with my Wednesday night entertainment!
Excellent account Mark. A Uprising that has fascinated this man for decades. Roman Polanski's film is excellent, perhaps his finest hour. It was a remarkable effort-amidst the murderous Nazi SS rampaging thugs and murderers.
It's worth remembering there were two uprisings in Warsaw during the war. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 and the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. Both were shown in "The Pianist".
@@olseneudezet1 Yes. Thank you.
@wildcolonialman you're a kikadoodledoo, aren't ya
Most interesting , Mark . thankyou . I remember reading about ,stroop some years ago in a book named , The scourge of the swastika by Lord Russell of Liverpool .
Sad ending, but the bravery of these people was amazing 💔
bar: They were cowards hiding behind the British guarantee to "help" Poland regardless of who began the hostilities.
Ironic that after the dust settled Poland became part of the communist sphere of governance. That's karma!
Survival isn’t bravery
@@barrymccokiner7559 they knew that they are going to die this way or another, and they choose to fight instead of going as lambs to the slaughter
@@barfridman Rubbish.
@@BasementEngineer Okay, Nazi.
Interesting detail for a Finn. In two photos SS-man is holding an Finnish Suomi-SMG..
Always enjoy your productions
This channel would make an EXCELLENT podcast... Definitely give that some thought!
The Eastern Europeans didn’t muck about when punishing war criminals.
So many in the West received laughable sentences.
@40:16 soldier far left is holding a Thompson? Doesn't look like an MP40 drum. Cant clearly see the furniture but I think it most resembles a Thompson .45
I think one of the most shameful episodes of World War II is how Poland was treated between the Nazis and the Russians. They were stripped of their pride and nationalism never again we should make sure Poland stays is one of our closest allies
Every time you mentioned Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg I kept thinking of Dr. Frank-n-furter and/or Dr. Jacques von Hämsterviel. FvSF seems to have been less competent than either of the others.
Great informative item. Things I didn't know. You are a small diamond on the sewage they call internet🙂
I’m suprised they didn’t shell the ghetto . Great video as always
Thankyou Mr. Felton, sir!
I think there was a short series about this i watched when i was a kid. It was awesome
Howdy. Just asking what sub machine gun the soldier holding on the right at 1.51? Thanks. Andy from Rockhampton Queensland Australia. I love this channel!
australian asking about sub-machine gun from the nation where they are banned................. hilarious
goes to show, you cannot keep a scho ol sh ooter down, no matter how many gun laws you enact!
he ll be on youtube, lustily eyeing WW2 memrobilia if he has to.........
Another banger
Thank you for sharing your videos 🙏
Lest we forget.
Mark Felton is killing it on TH-cam. Great job professor!
I have a "M35 Leichtesommerfeldbluse " for an SD Unterscharführer that was a Warschauer Aufstand Veteran, and former Zugführer in Einsatzgruppen B. Holder of the EK II, KvK 2eKlasse, Verwundete Abzeichen in Silber and the very rare Bandenkampfabz. In Silber. After Warsaw, he was wounded in an Allied tiefflieger attack and sent initially to Prague, and then to Frankfurt for Medical treatment. The War ended while he was still in the K- Lazarett, he saw the writing on the wall...checked out of the Clinic, went to his Father's home in Frankfurt, hid his Uniform in the garage, and assumed the identity of a fallen WH Soldier. After US Forces took over Frankfurt, he went to work for 5th Corp HG at the IG Farben building as a vehicle mechanic...serving 40 years there until US Forces left Frankfurt. Many weekends with him, many shots of Schnapps, and my Historian membership in HIAG...he gave me his uniform...to include his modified Belt and buckle ( Einsatzgruppen) . He passed away in 1996. The stories you hear from these guys different dramatically from just average Landser...
Can you make some videos on American Civil war?
4:54 Mark did you slip in a joke here? You can't convince me that a man who looks like that is named FRANKENEGG.
6 March 1952, Stroop was hanged by the neck until death in Warsaw. He had already been sentenced to death by an American court.
Why did it take so long?
@@DennisMSullivaHe was sentenced to death by the Anglo-American tribunals but was handed over to the Polish courts so they could have their trial, their justice, and to be the ones to personally execute him. This ironically extended his life beyond those who were both sentenced and hanged by the western allies in the Nuremberg Trials.
While a lot of those who brought death and destruction to Poland escaped the noose, the western allies did throw the Poles an occasional bone like also allowing the Poles to try and execute Amon Göth, the commandant of Płazow of Schindler’s List infamy.
@@DennisMSullivaHe was sentenced to death by the Anglo-American tribunals but he was handed over to the Polish courts so they could have their trial, their justice, and to be the ones to personally execute him. This ironically extended his life beyond those who were both sentenced and hanged by the western allies at Nuremberg.
While a lot of those who brought death and destruction to Poland escaped the noose, the western allies did throw the Poles an occasional bone like also allowing the Poles to try and execute Amon Göth, of Schindler’s List infamy.
@@DennisMSulliva Extradition procedures, among other things as well as a separate process in Poland for other crimes.
he thought the AMericans would let him off easy yeah right
Once again, Mark's craftsmanship shines bright as the best of the best.
Perhaps those young people studying in American and British Universities who have being going to demonstrations and making that disgusting chant "from the River to the Sea" should take 45 minutes to watch this video before history repeats itself!
Those fine demonstrators know perfectly well how history is repeating itself, who the current perpetrators of genocide are, and who is murdering women and children by the thousand in the ghetto of Gaza.
@@dikankan4805This video is well-researched and established history. The events are well documented and presented with the benefit of hindsight. You cannot judge contemporary conflicts the same way, you are far too trusting of the information coming out of an active warzone. The truth is that unless you are a high ranking intelligence official, we don’t know what the truth is and likely won’t until many years after the conflict ends.
Youthful ignorance is not motivated by truth or justice, it is motivated by attention.
Wouldn't change anything. They are arragently indoctrinated. Theirs no sence talking facts to somebody who's enjoying a sence of superiority in their arragence
@@dikankan4805 ironically,the population of Palestinians have constantly increased since 1948.More than quadruple,in fact.So much for so genocide.
You mean the ghetto of Gaza from which Israel has completely pulled out in 2005 and soon after ruled by Hamas by having been elected by Gazans?
This was an improvement. Good video but I can understand the scarcity of photos on this event.
History is not without a sense of irony.
Time is a flat circle.
Oh sweet! An early morning (for me) Dr. Felton production video!!!😊
Captivating story but total deaths on both sides would be the equivalent of 15 minutes in the extensive battle of Stalingrad. Although the flags had local symbolic value, I doubt it carried any dramatic narratives outside of the zone
Excellent video
😍
Didn't you already cover this topic already a few years back?
Yes
Yes, this is the exact same video.
Polansky did a good memory "re-count" on " The pianist"...visually that is...
that pretender is French = Raymond Thierry Liebling
Dr Felton is the BOSS of research