Nazi Fugitive Argentina - SS Officer On the Run For 50 years (Ep. 4)

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  • The story of SS-Captain Erich Priebke, who commanded the infamous 1944 Ardeatine Caves Massacre in Rome, and escaped justice, going on the run in South America for an astounding 50 years.
    Dr. Mark Felton is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.o...
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  • @MrToasterWaffles
    @MrToasterWaffles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    He obviously learned nothing up until the end. If he was put in the exact same situation again it would not turn out differently.

    • @CasperLCat
      @CasperLCat ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s the most amazing thing about these Germans (and I’m half German) - it’s one thing to get caught up in the Nazi excitement as a youth.
      But to stay that way after knowing all that we know now-these Germans really had no souls.
      Just obey no matter what, for some idea of “Germany”, no matter what. Wow.

  • @andywalsh8761
    @andywalsh8761 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Such detailed reporting is difficult to find these days. Mark Felton needs to be commended for bringing all this to light. It should be used to educate the next generations.

  • @cklg88
    @cklg88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Thanks Mark for the conclusion of Priebke’s story.

  • @loam6740
    @loam6740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +379

    Despicable how desperately he fought for his own freedom but was so quick to take it from others

    • @ronaldmarcks1842
      @ronaldmarcks1842 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yes, you nailed it.

    • @phililpb
      @phililpb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      maybe he was just another one of thoes "Ordinary Men"

    • @targetmann100ify
      @targetmann100ify 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Despicable how not a singel allied was on trail for warcrime ..Odd dont you think ..Or are you so brainwashed that you think the allied never commited warcrime.

    • @zekeyeager1458
      @zekeyeager1458 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’s a lot more complex than that..

    • @TigerGuy052
      @TigerGuy052 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      nonsense, those criminals had it coming.

  • @penguinsmovies
    @penguinsmovies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +450

    You think he's had 50 years to come up with a better defense than I was just following orders.

    • @chaptermasterpedrokantor1623
      @chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      That's because he didn't plan to ever stand trial and thought himself above the law.

    • @chuckabbate5924
      @chuckabbate5924 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 exactly. He and others of his ilk found refuge in Nazi friendly countries. He thought time would erase history. Yeah,no

    • @AIRRAID2
      @AIRRAID2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 Probably yes.

    • @Adiscretefirm
      @Adiscretefirm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      How do you defend the indefensible?

    • @pinchevulpes
      @pinchevulpes 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nazi’s aren’t known for their creativity.

  • @columbushill4974
    @columbushill4974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    That monster lived a long time. Unfortunately in this case no justice was served.

    • @johnperrotta5965
      @johnperrotta5965 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the end, justice will be served for what he did.

    • @faithlesshound5621
      @faithlesshound5621 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He benefitted from the Italian rule that old people get house arrest, not prison. Silvio Berlusconi enjoyed that privilege too.

  • @keithhopkins2861
    @keithhopkins2861 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Enjoying this series, amazing how this unfolded

    • @als1023
      @als1023 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same thoughts

  • @oncall21
    @oncall21 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Is it just me or does 'lack of remorse' spring to mind? Another excellent video Dr Felton. Thanks for sharing!

    • @y_ffordd
      @y_ffordd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The more remorseful ones probably got caught and executed.

    • @mattkierkegaard9403
      @mattkierkegaard9403 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why would he be remorseful when he was fighting a war for the sovereignty of Europe? Who should be remorseful are those who enabled the destruction of Europe

  • @mervynwilliams7304
    @mervynwilliams7304 2 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    Even in death, this war criminal cannot escape the investigating eye of Dr. Felton.

    • @waterheaterservices
      @waterheaterservices 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That, and Hell is hot.

    • @cynicalpenguin
      @cynicalpenguin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's because he's a historian?

    • @davemartino5997
      @davemartino5997 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yea after the fact anyone could’ve done a video like this

  • @thEannoyingE
    @thEannoyingE 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    It’s chilling that so many of these old Nazis have escaped justice, even living into ripe old ages. I have a friend who turned out to be a descendent of the Butcher Of Prague Reinhard Hyderich.

    • @hanzzimmer1132
      @hanzzimmer1132 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Is it illegal to be related to someone?

    • @barrysmith4588
      @barrysmith4588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hanzzimmer1132 you are right. sins of the father and all that

    • @katrinaolsen2444
      @katrinaolsen2444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Reinhard Hyderich was assassinated during WWII. He didn’t live until a ripe old age.

    • @SuperCarlyms
      @SuperCarlyms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      More people like you & I need to read this!
      Space Race

    • @mattkierkegaard9403
      @mattkierkegaard9403 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Heydrich was murdered. Shot dead on the streets, in cold blood. It is chilling how so many young “liberals” have escaped reason.

  • @onwardstotruth5810
    @onwardstotruth5810 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Outstanding Mark 👌🏽
    A WW2 historian second to none

  • @dindu551
    @dindu551 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Mark. Your record of this war will stand for decades perhaps centuries. Bravo Mr Felton.

  • @gavinyip4680
    @gavinyip4680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Goss darn, I really should be sleeping, but Dr. Felton uploaded another video

  • @raedwulf61
    @raedwulf61 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Excellent mini-series. I remember his trial from the news of the time.

  • @hangin-in-thereawesome4245
    @hangin-in-thereawesome4245 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I haved learned so much from Mark about WWII. Keep the videos coming!

  • @miguelfiguereo6112
    @miguelfiguereo6112 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dear Dr. Felton:
    This Chanel is by far the Greatest Contribution to History one can find!
    Thanks for your efforts and entusiast dedication.

  • @Journeyman107
    @Journeyman107 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Specific weird compliment but: I appreciate how you don’t feel the need to try hard to be a quirky comedian, or rip off Tim and Eric’s editing style like much of the rest of TH-cam. It’s fine for a serious subject to be presented seriously.

    • @The_ZeroLine
      @The_ZeroLine 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Are you joking? Have you ever seen a history channel use Tim & Eric’s editing style. This comment is beyond bizarre.

  • @gigachad7153
    @gigachad7153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I would love to see a video based on August Kubizek's memoirs on young Hitler.

    • @lewisdarne5852
      @lewisdarne5852 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Excellent book. Amazon has it but I read it many years ago.

  • @charleskawuma7506
    @charleskawuma7506 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Great work sir. Kindly do one about the Vatican role in hiding Nazi criminals

  • @coop_coop007
    @coop_coop007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A facinating tale, thank you.

  • @Pilot8888
    @Pilot8888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Great video series as always, Dr Felton! There's also a case of Germans investigating their own crimes (by judge and lawyer, SS-Sturmbahnführer Georg Konrad Morgen), which you might want to consider for the next series.

  • @jamesburnett7085
    @jamesburnett7085 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for your excellence in telling this disturbing story. As I have followed each episode in turn, I have grown increasingly sickened by Nazi inhumanity.

    • @stevetournay6103
      @stevetournay6103 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ...and worried about its resurgence all over the place, perhaps?

  • @commietube4273
    @commietube4273 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    We are repeating history now.

    • @m42037
      @m42037 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Putin ☠️

  • @stiglitz3532
    @stiglitz3532 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Great series, would love to see more of these types of videos!

    • @stephenb2276
      @stephenb2276 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He literally does these videos all the time. Stfu

    • @oceanhome2023
      @oceanhome2023 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Italian Justice is just insane !!

  • @micahworthington4474
    @micahworthington4474 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, what a story!

  • @TyroneOne
    @TyroneOne 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Damn been following this series for a month

  • @mp1p
    @mp1p 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Would love to see you do a deep dive on the Belford agreement

    • @djmech3871
      @djmech3871 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you mean the Balfour agreement? The Zionist bringing America into WW1 to get Palestine.

    • @mp1p
      @mp1p 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@djmech3871 yes, that one.

  • @jonathonasmith
    @jonathonasmith 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thanks for all you do Mark

  • @RK-df1tk
    @RK-df1tk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you, Mark!

  • @asintonic
    @asintonic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i hope you keep it transparent and share the atrocities some allied soldiers also commited in Asia and Europe!

    • @tihspidtherekciltilc5469
      @tihspidtherekciltilc5469 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maybe if you provide some examples he'll know where to start digging. It's not like it's printed in a history book somewhere.

    • @verborgenewahrheit1594
      @verborgenewahrheit1594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would be interested in such videos as well

    • @asintonic
      @asintonic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tihspidtherekciltilc5469 you dont think He knows!? Hes a historical Dr. Im a mear pheasant. Lets keep it one hundred. If you are miss informed its very easy to find.

    • @tihspidtherekciltilc5469
      @tihspidtherekciltilc5469 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@asintonic Not who I replied to. Amazing how reading comprehension and critical thinking are so unbelievably rare as is spelling and grammar. I'm sure there's excuses for the above observations and maybe I'll be blessed with some shortly.

    • @fonziebulldog5786
      @fonziebulldog5786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They was many for sure. Murder, rape and torture. One of them was a American soldier who one time was a suspect in the Phantom Killer cases by the name Emmett Daniels who was involved in the Lippach massacre in Germany in 1945, where he murdered and raped but the charges were dropped. Yes, they was many in also many war since World War 2 & before.Its like Stalin once said, One dead is horrific but a million is statistic.

  • @roseogrady8785
    @roseogrady8785 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank You Dr.Marc.

  • @rickremco6275
    @rickremco6275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "International Law" will only ever favour the powerful. It was not heeded in Vietnam/Iraq...... etc. Hypocrisy.

    • @bloodybones63
      @bloodybones63 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The North Vietnamese would not have been punished for their treatment of American POWs, nor Iraqi Terrorist.

    • @quintrankid8045
      @quintrankid8045 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      William Calley and Lyndie England disagree.

  • @footonearthchris8028
    @footonearthchris8028 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The thing I find disturbing is that he didn't seem to realise there was anything to have remorse about. I think that might be a problem that we can still see today.

  • @AlvaradoPinup
    @AlvaradoPinup 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another fine series. I would like to see (and I know this one has been done ad infinitum) The Battle of Midway done Mark Felton style. Also the Battle of Leyte Gulf

  • @TankerBricks
    @TankerBricks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mark. Thanks for providing my Monday night entertainment!

  • @KriegZombie
    @KriegZombie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Seems kind of petty that they wouldn't let him be buried with his wife.

    • @5000rgb
      @5000rgb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He deserved far worse than than that but at least Argentina eventually turned away a Nazi.

    • @KriegZombie
      @KriegZombie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@5000rgb I hope something happens that causes you to develop empathy.

    • @5000rgb
      @5000rgb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@KriegZombie Empathy for those who were part of one of the greatest crimes against humanity and felt no remorse? I'll save my empathy for better recipients.

    • @KriegZombie
      @KriegZombie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@5000rgb I bet you buy plenty of Chinese shit. Are you okay with what they are doing?
      You have been taught to have an emotional reaction to this subject. Grow up. There is a lot more going on in the world than the childish story you were told. You think being filled with hate for a corpse that was already punished makes YOU the good guy?

    • @billmalec
      @billmalec 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not as petty as shooting people in the back of the head!

  • @thebigblep6718
    @thebigblep6718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    at 0:20 the dude in the right looks like he pushed the slider all the way to the max for face width and did the minimum for length. That's a wide boi

  • @nonoyorbusness
    @nonoyorbusness 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is the kind of attitude expressed by the members of the WEF..

    • @tihspidtherekciltilc5469
      @tihspidtherekciltilc5469 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also the W.H.O. who will/has the power to shutdown any country dump enough to sign their independence away like the US has or is about to.

  • @jean6872
    @jean6872 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I cannot imagine that a German officer, especially a member of the SS, existed who would have had both the legal knowledge and the nerve to declare Adolf Hitler had given an illegal order.

  • @katarzynaligorowska7370
    @katarzynaligorowska7370 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Dziękuję za program, ciekawe ilu ich zmarło śmiercią naturalną w Ameryce Południowej.

    • @The_ZeroLine
      @The_ZeroLine 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thousands and thousands.

  • @Articulate99
    @Articulate99 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always interesting, thank you.

  • @DaiElsan
    @DaiElsan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    How the hell are Tony Blair and George Bush still not in prison for war crimes?

    • @ulrikjensen6841
      @ulrikjensen6841 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "This is a war about VALUES!" Blair promised us, when the balkanic idiocy began.

    • @harrypotta2188
      @harrypotta2188 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because being wrong or an idiot isn't a war crime. Bad intelligence from an Iraqi spy lead them to believe Iraq had chemical weapons. Wasn't right but they weren't rounding up civilians.

    • @DaiElsan
      @DaiElsan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@harrypotta2188 so it had nothing to do with Saddam Hussain wanting to trade oil in a different currency to the Petrodollar? The same reason why Gadaffi was ousted and killed because he wanted to trade in gold.

    • @DaiElsan
      @DaiElsan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ulrikjensen6841 I do not see the Balkan issue being connected with American dominance in the trade of oil in dollars.

    • @trevormillar1576
      @trevormillar1576 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because they were on the "winning" side....

  • @evanray8413
    @evanray8413 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can't wait for part 5!

  • @LondonHistory1977
    @LondonHistory1977 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Can we have a video on Britain's war crimes in the Opium Wars of 1843?

    • @rahuldixit793
      @rahuldixit793 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      One life wouldn't be sufficient to know all about british crimes that they carried all over the world. It would be great if Dr. Felton also cover the Stalin's war crimes

    • @y_ffordd
      @y_ffordd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nah, he prefers the easy WW2 storys, I would like to see one on Churchills famine/genocide of 3 million Indians.

    • @douglaslamb7267
      @douglaslamb7267 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@y_ffordd How about one about nazi and rusky trolls ?

    • @g-1393
      @g-1393 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope we are never getting that

  • @jimc.goodfellas
    @jimc.goodfellas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Keep em coming Doc

  • @ahall1459
    @ahall1459 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I wonder what would have happened if he had admitted his guilt & his sorrow for the crimes committed?

    • @williamhoskins2300
      @williamhoskins2300 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      perhaps he would not be screaming in hell , as he is now . I hope.

    • @gabegood8989
      @gabegood8989 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If released he would have been hunted by Israel and assassinated or kidnapped

    • @stevetournay6103
      @stevetournay6103 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well he does seem to have taken responsibility. Proudly, though. So, no chance of sorrow from him. (And none of sorrow from any of us now the old bastard's dead...)

  • @ichiroakuma7311
    @ichiroakuma7311 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for showing only relevant images, and not padding your great narrative with stock photos and video.

  • @fergalfoley6718
    @fergalfoley6718 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic Documentry Mark
    Which shows that no one be hidden away from crimes against no matter how many years after WW2 !!

  • @hanzup4117
    @hanzup4117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good morning, all.

  • @StevenKeery
    @StevenKeery 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Surprising, the longevity of these old Nazis. I wonder why?
    Could it be that they were so physically fit in their youth and they had continued with a physical regime into later life?

    • @hansvonmannschaft9062
      @hansvonmannschaft9062 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Quite a large amount of Allied D-Day survivors still around, too, at 100 or above. Some below, of course, but not by much.
      And most likely, a lot of people that never became famous got or will get to that age. But wars and tragedies show up in the newspapers, that's how you learn about, for example, people who survived the Titanic disaster in 1912 that also reached or passed the 100 year mark. They simply "were there", and got put on a list of sorts.

    • @robertomeneghetti6215
      @robertomeneghetti6215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because they found help in
      many countries, for food
      and job and protection. Under
      these circumstances it's not
      difficult to live comfortably
      and long! Unjust destiny...
      unfortunately...

  • @davidthompson62
    @davidthompson62 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The law should also go after all those, including Catholic priest and bishops, that aided and abetted these criminals escape. As a Catholic, the behavior in this and other matters demonstrates a serious problem at the highest levels of The Church. I guess the behaviors they call sinful when others engage in them don’t apply to them, including sexual behavior of the clergy.

    • @stevetournay6103
      @stevetournay6103 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Rules for thee, not for me. A very long-established principle...

  • @pressf4896
    @pressf4896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When is “The Vault” channel coming out?

  • @somedumbozzie1539
    @somedumbozzie1539 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    War is the crime.

  • @geemeff
    @geemeff 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video bud.

  • @patrickdurham8393
    @patrickdurham8393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As the United States Marine I took an oath to obey all lawful orders. It was all on me if I did something after that

  • @yuvalella6776
    @yuvalella6776 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love listening to you Mark

  • @rajeshkhanna2531
    @rajeshkhanna2531 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The victor is never accused of such crimes it's only the defeated who are accused .

    • @carolempluckrose4188
      @carolempluckrose4188 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don't bet on it.

    • @jomama3465
      @jomama3465 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Straw man. Whether the Allies committed war crimes or not, Priebka amd his ilks deserve it.

    • @stephenduffy5406
      @stephenduffy5406 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Who faced trial for the fire bombing of Dresden or Tokyo, or 100 other cities? Were the Russians punished for executing thousands of Polish officer POWs? Nope.

    • @bigzach7778
      @bigzach7778 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stephenduffy5406 cope. War is Hell to the victor goes the spoils

    • @micanopykracker902
      @micanopykracker902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stephenduffy5406 100%

  • @dangonpoop
    @dangonpoop 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You Rock. You provide history and entertainment. History channel should take a note.

  • @georgedavisisinnocent79
    @georgedavisisinnocent79 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your stuff as always, if you have some stuff on WW1 that would be great also.

  • @annehersey9895
    @annehersey9895 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I don't care how old he was, he should have been put into a dark dank prison cell with all the other criminals because that is exactly what he was-a criminal! I kind of wish he had been sentenced by his own people in Germany where he could have been booed!!! Then maybe he would have realize that even 'his people whom he loved' didn't even support him!

  • @Mordalo
    @Mordalo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What I find interesting is that by the logic used here, every bomber pilot of every nation ever, that bombed civilians is guilty of war crimes by the hundreds of thousands. The big ones that come to mind are Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Dresden.

    • @philipskalla4312
      @philipskalla4312 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Strategic bombing during World War II began on 1 September 1939 when Germany invaded Poland and the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) began bombing Polish cities and the civilian population in an aerial bombardment campaign.[22] As the war continued to expand, bombing by both the Axis and the Allies increased significantly. The Royal Air Force began bombing military targets in Germany, such as docks and shipyards, in March 1940, and began targeting Berlin in August 1940.[23] In September 1940 the Luftwaffe began targeting British cities in the Blitz.[24
      After the beginning of Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, the Luftwaffe attacked Soviet cities and infrastructure.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II
      I am interested to know how differently you would have conducted a war against Nazi Germany and, had you been in President Truman's position, how many more of your troops you would have been prepared to see die in a conventional continuation of the war, and how you would have explained to your people afterwards that you chose to let them die when you had the means to bring the war to a swift conclusion.

    • @stevetournay6103
      @stevetournay6103 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Those first to are infamous because of the havoc wrought by one lone munition in each case. Many other 20th AF raids on Japan caused more deaths than either A-bomb raid. Doesn't negate your point, of course, just expands it...

  • @2Uahoj
    @2Uahoj ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have zero sympathy for Nazis who committed atrocities, but there is a degree of "Victor's justice" involved in these cases. Let us not forget the allied atrocities in WWII, especially the Deliberate carpet bombing of German and Japanese cities, which targeted thousands if not hundreds of thousands of civilians in cities like Berlin, Dresden, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Lubeck, Stuttgart, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, etc., - city centers with little to no military value.
    Where were the trials for the people who made those decisions? Should the pilots and aircrews who were "only following orders" be put on trial too? You see, life is much more complex than we often make it out to be.

  • @thinman8621
    @thinman8621 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    How is the artillery shelling and aerial bombardment of cities not considered to be the murder of innocent civilians? Priebke was an unrepentant killer but a lot of innocents died from artillery and aerial bombardment and most don't call the artillery men and airmen murderers. Many shades of gray in war.

    • @daniakalaina
      @daniakalaina ปีที่แล้ว

      If the Allies had lost the war we would have been convicted of war crimes

  • @Albukhshi
    @Albukhshi หลายเดือนก่อน

    @ 2:12
    It's older still:
    Peter von Hagenbach was beheaded for war crimes in 1474. He attempted to defend himself by offering that he was only acting under orders. The judges didn't buy that since, as a knight, he was seen as independent, and as governor of the city where crimes happened, he had the power to prevent such crimes.
    Breaker Morant and one of his accomplices similarly offered such a defense, and once again, they still got the death penalty and were shot.
    These, at least, are the precedents in Europe.

  • @TheC1kabar
    @TheC1kabar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It is no surprise that the Catholic Church facilitated the escape of such men, just as it was complicit in the abuse of young men by its clergy throughout the world. The fact that it denied him a Catholic funeral only proves the church had to find an excuse to separate itself from him to protect its own image.

    • @spiedvriek8948
      @spiedvriek8948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Indeed, a proper Catholic burial would have been quite fitting, actually.

  • @JohnnyPerth
    @JohnnyPerth ปีที่แล้ว

    My Grandfather fought in both wars for the Allies. He said there were cruelties done by all sides

  • @ladycplum
    @ladycplum 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr. Felton, I remember your video on the Nazi wives and children on your other channel. Do you think you could possibly do another video of some of the wives of the higher echelon of Nazis that weren't included in that video, like Ilse Hess, Henriette von Schirach, Margret Speer, Elisabeth Kaltenbrunner, Lina Heydrich, and others and their children? Or videos showcasing mysteries like whatever happened to Raoul Wallenberg, or who betrayed Anne Frank? What happened to the Amber Room from Konigsberg Castle?

  • @The_ZeroLine
    @The_ZeroLine 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who the hell was the Italian judge who tried to let Pricker off?!

  • @freedomisslavery6840
    @freedomisslavery6840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The allies didn't commit such acts of terror? So what was Dresden? Somewhat slanted reporting on this one Mark. Lets not pretend it was just Germans who committed horrific acts of murder.

    • @quintrankid8045
      @quintrankid8045 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Was the bombing of Dresden illegal? NB, I'm not arguing morality here, just a question about the law. And if it wasn't illegal, then why is it, specifically, an act of terror? Was Dresden a legitimate military target, at least as a transport hub, or not?

    • @uffa00001
      @uffa00001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@quintrankid8045 No it wasn't. It wasn't a legitimate target. And in any case the aim was not to disable some railway stations but to destroy the entire historical city centre. They used incendiary bombs because the old city centre was made of wooden house that would burn very fast and very easily. There is no comparison between the military benefit (which can always be obtained by attacking in another transport hub, or by using a different means of attack) and the intentional destruction of an ancient art city, world heritage. All cities are transport hubs somehow, but the obliteration of Florence or Siena or Perugia because of the transport hub is just a ridiculous excuse. Also, Dresden was packed full of refugees. Dresden was NOT a legitimate target of that kind of bombing. It's just another Anglo-British crime that goes unpunished because it was made by the winning side.

  • @UserNotFound-mw4hp
    @UserNotFound-mw4hp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    After all that time. It's not worth it.

  • @towel2473
    @towel2473 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you release an abridged version of this when finished?

  • @nickkerr8775
    @nickkerr8775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    If war criminals were punished fairly , at least 75,000 American soldiers from our many wars an operations from the last 20 years would be in prison for life , or hanged .

    • @pmcmanus420
      @pmcmanus420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      … and Dick Cheney.

    • @pmcmanus420
      @pmcmanus420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      … and Donald Rumsfeld.

    • @leonbusjes5794
      @leonbusjes5794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@pmcmanus420 Bill Clit.. Clinton, George W. Bush.

    • @dextrogen11
      @dextrogen11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Indeed. 😄

    • @bloodybones63
      @bloodybones63 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And Joey Biden, for pulling out & causing 13 Americans deaths.

  • @pseudonym745
    @pseudonym745 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    But "your people" don't love and want you! What a shame how many of these bastards got away with drastically reduced sentences if brought to justice at all. That many of them lived the last days of their disgusting existence IN GERMANY shows me in which state this state really is. 🤢🤮

  • @StalinTheMan0fSteel
    @StalinTheMan0fSteel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    His actions were criminal, but illegal killings took place throughout the war by all belligerents.

    • @verborgenewahrheit1594
      @verborgenewahrheit1594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Illegal killings took place since the Red Revolution

    • @thechekist2044
      @thechekist2044 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This doesn't change anything about him going to trial. Every single one of your comments is repeating the same thing

    • @StalinTheMan0fSteel
      @StalinTheMan0fSteel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thechekist2044 No, all of yours are. Go away troll, you're boring me.

    • @thechekist2044
      @thechekist2044 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StalinTheMan0fSteel Stop calling everyone troll bud. And stop crying over these trials with whataboutism.

  • @vaibhavgodse434
    @vaibhavgodse434 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    All these war crimes/crimes against humanity depend the way we look at it. The allied powers accuse Germany/Japan of committing war crimes/Crimes against humanity where as they (UK) in India have committed crimes that are far more evil and inhumane. Take for example the jalian wala bhag massacre where a British officer General Dyer ordered the firing upon peaceful protesters which resulted in a death of 1000+ people. Which trial did General Dyre go through for such crime? None, infact he was praised/promoted. Later on an Indian revolutionary Uddham Singh killed him in London.

  • @Eric-the-Bold
    @Eric-the-Bold 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Some war criminals of WW2 were never brought to justice for their crimes. Was it the case of the winners dispensing their take on justice or using existing international law. A recored casi in the Netherlands, German soldier refused to shoot Hostages, he was shot there and then by the SD. I was told this by an ex British Soldier, Somerset Light Infantry, Malayan Emergency. He states when in the jungle they wore plimsoles, a hat with interchangeable coloured bands designating their patrol. No noise, no talking no smoking etc etc. He goes on they met up with another patrol, in a clearing who had three prisoners and guides. It transpired that the prisoners could not be taken back through the jungle, in case the enemy were alerted . The tribes solved the problem, back at base a bag with heads and hands for fingerprinting were produced. So it appears that was OK then.

    • @ifv2089
      @ifv2089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Operation Paperclip 📎

    • @killer3000ad
      @killer3000ad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Non-westerners always have a simplistic way of solving such problems. In Afghanistan during NATO's mission, a British Gurkha unit had killed a Taliban commander but then came under fire while trying to move his body back. Told that they had to bring the body back for positive ID, one Gurkha solved the issue by decapitating the corpse and bringing the head back.
      Unfortunately his British commanders didn't take kindly to his solution and the Gurkha was withdrawn from Afghanistan.

  • @daviddoran3673
    @daviddoran3673 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Ardeatine caves massacre.

  • @davechavezjr5399
    @davechavezjr5399 ปีที่แล้ว

    A despicable human being! Defiant and without remorse until the end! How terrible that he was able to live a free man for so long.

  • @awesomeness-lh1gg
    @awesomeness-lh1gg 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    People don’t realize that standing against an order in such a regime would mean execution.

  • @waynelittle646
    @waynelittle646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    No one can comment on how they would have behaved if they were in that situation. He was following orders, what do you think would have happened to him and his family if he said no I'm not doing that

    • @verborgenewahrheit1594
      @verborgenewahrheit1594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly.

    • @quintrankid8045
      @quintrankid8045 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@verborgenewahrheit1594 Isn't this covered in the video? Doesn't Dr. Felton mention that some refused to participate and were not punished?

    • @gabork5055
      @gabork5055 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@quintrankid8045 And that obviously makes the cases known or unknown when they were punished irrelevant somehow.
      Hitler f.ex. was threatening Rommel with hurting his family in case he wouldn't undergo with his order to commit suicide just because he *suspected* him of taking part in the conspiracy against him.

    • @quintrankid8045
      @quintrankid8045 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gabork5055 Yes, it's clear that in some cases people's families were threatened or mistreated. But it's not clear that this happened in every case.

  • @Bibg867
    @Bibg867 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched the film version of this atrocity and even that was sickening.

  • @michae8jackson378
    @michae8jackson378 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Here in the US, as vets, we were instructed to ALWAYS disobey any illegal order! PERIOD!

    • @yzdatabase4175
      @yzdatabase4175 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣 Syria, Libya, Iraq, Vietnam... illegal wars of aggression. crimes against humanity/peace.

    • @nou712
      @nou712 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It wasn't an illegal order in germany, they were orders that to not follow would mean death for the one who doesn't follow. Did you forget who lead that country?

    • @jussim.konttinen4981
      @jussim.konttinen4981 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Compare to Marcus Luttrell. They would have gotten away if they had kidnapped civilians. Such a situation is also shown in the Eagle Has Landed (1976). When everyone is rounded up and put in the village church, the vicar's sister escapes and alerts a unit of United States Army Rangers.

    • @michae8jackson378
      @michae8jackson378 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nou712 He gave an example of a soldier who refused and was NOT punished...so....

    • @jussim.konttinen4981
      @jussim.konttinen4981 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually, the US army is a bit more conservative than what we have in Finland and Germany. For example, imposing push-ups on others has long been banned. If you want to get something done, you have to do it yourselves. However, conscription is kind of "lord of the flies" type deal.

  • @Nowun_Toospecial
    @Nowun_Toospecial ปีที่แล้ว

    The kid glove handling of these animals is dispicable.

  • @warrengoss7547
    @warrengoss7547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In America we also have this law in the military. However, if anyone in our military refuses to follow an order that they believe to be illegal or immoral they WILL be arrested. They will spend years in jail until they are discharged. This shows it's better to follow the order and remain quiet. Refusing to follow any order will destroy your military career. I can't condone what he did but I don't blame him.

    • @TheWilferch
      @TheWilferch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's unfortunately true...and similar to being a "whistle-blower"...all sorts of legal language is in place to protect and "encourage" doing this....but the real world affect is that this person's life will be ruined.

    • @daviddoran3673
      @daviddoran3673 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      But what about your regimes celebrated freedom, democracy, diversity, humanitarianism, accountability?

    • @warrengoss7547
      @warrengoss7547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@daviddoran3673 it's all for public consumption. Reality is a different story.

    • @454FatJack
      @454FatJack 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      At Guantanamo too??

    • @quintrankid8045
      @quintrankid8045 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Does the accused get a trial, or are they assumed to be guilty?

  • @marknestbox
    @marknestbox 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    'Heed well the Devils deeds of a dead man; what he did and where he is'.

  • @justout75
    @justout75 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He lived to 100 years old.😮 Wow..he got away with it .

  • @ChipsChallenge95
    @ChipsChallenge95 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The cop on the right in the thumbnail looks like an Oblivion character

  • @mikecimerian6913
    @mikecimerian6913 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Timely program when we consider context.

  • @byza101
    @byza101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It’s very easy for us to judge from the comfort of our lounge in the 21st century. Can anyone who is throwing shade on Priebke honestly say, that if they were in his position in the war that they would have disobeyed the order?

    • @LazyLifeIFreak
      @LazyLifeIFreak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, absolutely, unquestionably so.

    • @byza101
      @byza101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@LazyLifeIFreak hmm, you say that now. But had you grown up in Germany in the 30’s I bet you’d act different.

    • @LazyLifeIFreak
      @LazyLifeIFreak 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@byza101 No, absolutely not.

    • @tamkin007
      @tamkin007 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Over a million brave Germans did resist the Nazis a lot of them were murdered in their homes or in the camps.

    • @patrickfleming253
      @patrickfleming253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@LazyLifeIFreak well it’s lucky for you that you haven’t been tested in the way these guys have been. You can’t say anything for certain and pass judgment when you haven’t faced anything even remotely similar to this

  • @sledgehammer9739
    @sledgehammer9739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rearrested. OJ must be happy he doesn't live in Italy.

  • @nordicson2835
    @nordicson2835 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    l would hope that the Vatican officials would also be held responsible for these crimes.

    • @markfryer9880
      @markfryer9880 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, the Vatican still has to answer for some of it's wartime deeds and more importantly it's active involvement in the hiding of Nazis on the run as well as the organising of the 'Rat Lines' to Argentina and South America.
      Mark from Melbourne Australia

    • @robertomeneghetti6215
      @robertomeneghetti6215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It should be, for sure!

    • @djmech3871
      @djmech3871 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fat chance

  • @claudemaassen2963
    @claudemaassen2963 ปีที่แล้ว

    Some of these criminals, literally, got away with murder. Shameful.

  • @pope3529
    @pope3529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    not saying I agree with anything this guy did and it was good that he got what he deserved justice wise in the end. But denying someone basic funeral rights is pretty sick, no matter who they are. Especially for the Catholic church who always loves to flaunt how "forgiving" Christians are.
    Everything that happened to him near the end of his life, being dragged through the courts, arrested, put under house arrest and what not he undoubtedly deserved.
    Messing with someone's last wishes when it comes to burial however, I think is crossing the line.

    • @popefang
      @popefang 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The same Catholic Church that established Ratlines to hide and transport nazis to exile in secret? That catholic church?

    • @scootergoat98
      @scootergoat98 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ‘Nazis have feelings too’

    • @pinchevulpes
      @pinchevulpes 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Least he got better than those Italians he machine gunned in a cave like animals.
      Why you feel any sympathy for this creature is beyond me.

    • @actoraa
      @actoraa 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree you should respect final wishes as much as possible, even for a war criminal. The irony is that Priebke was forced to become catholic in order to be helped to escape Europe. Here's another video idea: the role of the Catholic church and different priests helping Nazis before, during and after the war.

    • @Losantiville
      @Losantiville 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Funeral ceremonies are a memorial to a Christian life, doesn’t seem he asked for forgiveness. Admission of sin then asking forgiveness is required. Seems this Nazi failed to do his part to earn his wishes.

  • @garrickphilp290
    @garrickphilp290 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I enjoy your videos enormously but PLEASE get someone to help you with the pronunciation of "Nuremberg".

  • @MoDave82
    @MoDave82 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Then why was he on the run?

  • @patrickfleming253
    @patrickfleming253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When is Felton gonna make a video about Allied war crimes? How about a video on how the bombers of Hiroshima or Nagasaki were never prosecuted for their obvious war crimes? How about a video on the atrocities committed by the British army? How about a video on the Bengal famine as orchestrated by saint Churchill? Somehow I don’t think these videos will be made because it’s all too easy to paint the Germans as being uniquely evil and that’s why they seem to be held to a different standard than everybody else

    • @quintrankid8045
      @quintrankid8045 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "he bombers of Hiroshima or Nagasaki were never prosecuted for their obvious war crimes" Please tell me what their obvious war crimes were.

    • @patrickfleming253
      @patrickfleming253 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@quintrankid8045 I can’t believe I have to explain this, the murder of civilians for one is an obvious war crime and the use of terror as a means of coercing a population into laying down its arms is also criminal

    • @quintrankid8045
      @quintrankid8045 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@patrickfleming253 Then perhaps you can explain why the people who bombed cities like London, Warsaw, and Rotterdam weren't prosecuted for those "obvious war crimes". And perhaps you can point me to the exact text that would have made those bombings war crimes. TIA

  • @PSMCR69
    @PSMCR69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First place Mark Felton Stories ------ second place Arabian Nights stories

  • @Roy-hb8yi
    @Roy-hb8yi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Said just following my leader sounds familiar just a little while ago 😐

  • @Bream243
    @Bream243 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a story! I can't help believing that this man's punishment did not come close to matching his sadistic crimes. Sometime we just have to "leave them to Heaven."

  • @1joshjosh1
    @1joshjosh1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In Mark's next episode:
    Nazi nazi nazi, nazi and nazi German something nazi.
    Stay tuned!!!