I Met The Family of Nazis Who Fled to Argentina (#99)
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- Far from the bustling capital of Buenos Aires in Argentina lies Bariloche, a scenic resort town that feels like it was pulled right out of the Swiss Alps, or maybe Austria. German settlers arrived here in large numbers in the early 1900’s, and they were later followed by a more questionable group of immigrants - Nazis fleeing prosecution after World War 2. All of the most prominent Nazi commanders and scientists came here, some if only for a brief period. There was even a conspiracy that Hitler himself escaped here.
I decided I would have to look into this a bit more -- and I was quite surprised by what I found.
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TH-cam, I'm trying to make interesting videos. Don't demonetize me please.
Everything about this video is great, from the scenery to the way you tell the stories to the work you put into the stories so it's not merely educational but also so interesting and a wonder to view the actual location and people. Much appreciation and respect ✌
👍🏽🤓👍🏽A “Thursday Thriller” ! Well done, Sabbatical !
Sabbatical Dude! I recommended you go to Baraloche in a comment last week! Is that why you went lol!
Regardless, Happy your there, in the Berlin of Sth America
Baraloche is beautiful , so is El Bolson .
Hope you have another video on El Bolson , lots to see there .
My grandpa was a nazi/fascist supporter from Brenner ( i believe its somewhere in the austrian/italian border nowdays) - As far as my family history goes, he escaped europe after WW2, went to Argentina, and then when rumours that they were looking for nazis for war crimes, he moved to Costa Rica - i never knew him but it's crazy how far those guys travel to escape from their past - Anyway ... Hi from Costa Rica 😅🤘
Wow
Thanks for sharing.
I'm curious (and nosy) - do you/the rest of your family support his ideology? Kinda like how racists raise their children to view themselves as superior to those they hate?
@@DancingDeity uhmm i don't think that more than anyone else, but i get what you meant... uhmm i mean there's definately a " social superiority feeling " component going on... but it has been remove with the newest generations..
@@eyeswideshut2800 you're welcome 🙂
Never ask
A woman her age
A man his salary
An Argentine his grandfather's SS rank
SS? I think you're wrong, it was a double thunderbolt ⚡⚡ and my grandpa was an electrician.
Or to a german
@@dr.chocolates2630 Or he was just The Flash
@@agricolakalipe ah us Germans you can ask. My grandfathers weren't SS, but one was SA and a really devoted Nazi. My grandmother's brothers were SS, though, but I don't know their ranks, they were both killed in Poland during the war.
@@helgaioannidis9365 SA? Heard they had husbands... You are a miracle! kkkkk
As a german i have to say its really astounding how "german" the manerisms and even the way she emphasizes her sentences are! its crazy. she reminds me of the old lady we have as a neighbor
All those things come in the genes, I have a friend who met his father only after he was 30 and surprisingly they both had the same mannerism and way of saying things even though they never met for 30 years!
@@adriansmith7104 yeah. Same with my brother and uncle. Who met for the first time when my brother was already 20
Having a cultural identity is so crazy yeah
@@adriansmith7104 my Gramma never raise my mother, never actually hugged her or anything. They're identical in mannerisms
@@philippevanderborcht1075 is tipical in the south and center of mi country...( argentina)
Nazis go to Argentina: 😡
Nazis go to America and work in to the Uncle Sam's Military industries: 😇✨
They went to the USSR and england too but the difference is the U.S took scientist where aregintina took the guys who committed the atrocities
@@FrankGhal The scientists enabled the thugs to commit mass genocide they are more complicit not less.
@@FrankGhal well obv the US takes the people they can use .....
@@FrankGhalthe scientists committed the atrocities as well
@@diggalehd966soy argentino pero el chico tiene razon, nuestro dictador Juan domingo Peron era un fanatico del facismo, y adoraba a mussulini y hitler
The casual way this guy drops knowledge and interacts with people is just different. He literally just popped up in a former nazi hub, used conspiracy books at a local shop as reference, and went straight to the nazis daughter in law. Then found a few strangers to form a group to go visit a former nazi bunker. And all of that in Spanish, his second language. This guy is a humble (social) genius
Right? I wish I had his social skills. 😂 I would accomplish alot
For so long,i have been looking the same exact words to describe him.He is very well informed and knowledgeable and dishes facts in a very casual manner which is a good contrast.He has visited kenya my country severally and speaks pure Swahili.He has a way of immersing himself into other people's cultures very easily.I think he was preparing himself for this channel since he was young by learning other languages.
Anyone can do what he does , you are just happy in your comfort zone , I’m sure he does his homework before posting his great videos .
@@Quepromm390 You do realize that most of this is staged right?
@@WakandaKingdom You do realize that most of this is staged right??
In 2010, I went to high school with a boy whose grandfather was a Nazi. I'm not exactly sure what he did but it was never a secret and everyone in town knew it. I live in a little town in rural Argentina so everyone one knows each other. They used to call him "El Aleman" (The German).
My grandparents are Polish and knew this nazi guy very well and strangely enough, they had a good relationship!
Second meeting overseas... great story for a movie^^
Because some people understand how war works. They can be friends after
Bojczuk sound Polish to me , is it?
That is actually pretty freaking cool. His name was Carlos Wiederhold.
@@albertoaguilar9773 It is. Strange seeing it next to "Diego" :D
I love how locating an old Nazi bunker became a main quest for the people you met along the way.
Great video!
Jj
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They always meet "randomly " for the same purpose.
What a fuckin A type personality, I'm jealous
I am not against the purpose but I know they can do better.
I enjoyed your easygoing pace, your depth of knowledge and your calm voice. A very interesting topic, as well!
He's done it all to make this video. The story, the people, the location, literally everything is put into this and it's amazing. We're lucky to have such a person to share this with us.
I mean we are paying him with our views so 😂🤣ain’t he lucky too
Us vloggers work hard to give you guys content we hope you enjoy! 👍
@@RandomDavewell yeah bro we’re not gonna give u a view for crappy content your working for ur check as well buddy . U work hard for ur check .
@@pedroarreola9650 Absolutely, if you put in the work you get more out of it.
@@pedroarreola9650 no, only if you're watching the ads on the video and not skipping them......
that's the only way he makes money from these videos.......
Sabbatical is more educated and intelligent than all other vloggers out there. He knows about history, gives interesting info about the country he is in.
Fr he a legend
You should check out bald and bankrupt as well
@@kevinthorsen6032 yeah but he isnt culturally as smart as sabbatical
@@rgasta7765 Your meaning. I love that we have one guy for africa and another for the soviet union. I cant imagine someone managing to hold information from all of the worlds continents. There is also that british english teacher who lived in china. He did some traveling over there.
I myself have traveled alot, my father took me to sumba in indonesia when i was 15, and since then I have traveled the eastern world. I am still missing antarctica and northern sibir, africa + south america. I am planning going to Kenya ASAP, I need some vitamine D for my immune system.
I have considered filming myself, but I am so against contributing to the hive mind of google. Its a nice advertisement platform. But I am not that religious to money, so that wont lure me into it either.
I love sabbatical too, great guy! At least from what I have seen from his videoes.
Sorry about spelling, English is not my mother-tounge.
Yes, he at least made the effort to read the Wikipedia pages.
When I lived in Argentina in the early 1980s, I met a handful of unrepentant Nazis. I spoke with them at length, multiple times over dinner and/or Mate'. I was fascinated by their life experience and perspective. Generally speaking, the people I spoke with were melancholy about how Europe was negatively affected by Germany's loss and the ascendancy of Bolshevism. They all made a good life in Argentina. Thank you for the video. It brought back so many memories.
I found some in Buenos Aires too. No repent of any kind. They didn't deny what they did.
@@philippevanderborcht1075 would love to hear more. How did they not deny it?
@@bethmccall9254 they talked about nazi regime and atrocities without sorrow, regret, but proud. "If we had won the war..." "if we had copied the t34 before..." "corpses burning in Poland..." There was a guy, my father talked to him once, who said: "in 1944 we put out corpses from their graves in Poland and burnt them with flamethrowers" and this man, a SS corporal, didn't show any kind of regret.
@@philippevanderborcht1075 You do not need to travel to Argentina to meet such scum, Europe is full of them, and no need to search SS high ranking officers, even the most lower cadres of the Wehrmacht committed the most incredible atrocities....... you can chat with them while having a beer in any austrian or german town at their KAMERADSCHAFT gatherings without the remotest signs of regret from them
Were you FASCINATED?
I struggle with depression and when it hits me, I come and watch one of your videos..
Your work
Brings it outta me, 1 I see the poverty in other countries and feel grateful for the smallest of things..2 I love history and I get to travel to all these places with you..3 Genuinely, people are nice all over, and the people that have the least are so happy and polite!
So, Thank you Tommy
(I'm also not much older then you and get your personality and sense of humor
L0L)
Jesus Christ loves you, more than you know :)
@kingdongo4388 yes indeed..
Thank you for that specific comment
The lady and her son were actually really helpful and honest.
Strange huh in the modern world.
@@Charless_Martel very strange
@JoeBidenIsTrash 1 nazis were forming a different religion
@JoeBidenIsTrash 1 not all of them i bet alot of them were just scared of being called unpatriotic etc look at the way we were ostricaced for not wearing masks and stuff during covid its like that
She was nervous
This dude was so respectful of that woman, he didn’t push her and let her share what she wanted to share. Great video.
Finding people and filming them randomly and posting it on the internet is the biggest privacy breach thing I can think of
@@SummerSun-sg3wflol. Get a clue.
@SummerSun-sg3wf go watch some CNN then. Oh wait...
Nothing respectful. Just to get some views.
She married and divorced the son and son already died. She has nothing to do with the guy in question.
I love how he just gets a whole party to go find the bunker this is amazing.
Lol is like some rpg
@@jesucristobostero3287 Chrono Nazi Bunker
argentina in a nutshell, you smiled me back? now we are friends.
It felt a bit like Dorothy on her way to see the Wizard of Oz, and everyone just joins in and comes along😂🙌
Interesting Video! Bariloche looks super nice. Actually like Old Germany with better weather :D My neighbor is an Argentinian / German. There were always sayings that his family were Nazis who fleed to Argentina. I talked to him about his past. He said he was vorn in Bariloche, lived there for 20 years and grew up wit 800 Nazis. His parents were from the Netherlands and Germany. My peruvian wife is always laughing when he passes our apartment and hears him screaming Spanish insults haha
They better not censor/demonetize the Sabbatical for telling this amazing story and educating us. Legend.
I though this went to comments section yours was the 1st l ceen. 🙌
We will tf is wrong with you
@@lawtraf8008 Who the bloody hell is "we"?
@@miguelpadeiro762 People who are not literally Nazi sympathizers, We are so rare right ?
@@lawtraf8008 stay the fuck away.
Just to say I really appreciate your laidback style man, I cant stomach 99% of TH-camrs but you seem to be a genuine soul. I will be watching aslong as you are uploading (:
Kurt Katz is good too.
Bald and bankrupt
Is also a good one
and Harald Baldr, the boss
Harold is obnoxious and not laidback at all
@@stephengiannone5449 yeah that man blends with the people of the country. It's very interesting to see him interact with them
What a beautiful place! It is a bit of Norway and Finland combined. Hopefully, someday I visit Argentina myself. One of your best videos so far Tommy.
Remember, the so called Argentina is the ancestral homeland of mapuche tribes, abs not Europeans settlers
@@kingsleykester8167 and England is the ancestral homeland of the celtic britons, out with anyone of Roman, Angle, Saxon or Dane or Norman blood!
Things are what they are
@@rogeriopenna9014 The truth of the matter is that the so called latin and north America are ancestral homeland of native American tribes. Others are immigrants
@@kingsleykester8167 geez you don't say? Passed grade 2 history i see. Way to go man!!🤩
@@dthain Bescumber, if you live in those lands and your ancestors came from Europe, you are living on a stolen land.
I was born in that sanatorium on december 31 1994. Many memories of that place, good content keep it up!
I have been really intrigued by his travels and how he interacts with people, but suddenly this history lesson is a massive eye opener. Love your work @sabbatical .
Way better than Rick Steves on PBS.
Tommy does more than he knows. I followed him from the first videos, but when he went to Africa, he opened my eyes to a whole new world. I am now planning a trip in march or April.
Sadly he forgot to mention that there were a lot more of nazis escapin to usa than to Argentina, and that de "military after 55" were a dictatorship that overthrown Peron by bombin with planes and killin their own population. Peron, as Irigoyen, were the best presidents we had in the XX century, Peron gave to people a lot of basics rights and impulsed the industrialization, but his enemies, the oligarchy allied with usa and uk like in the "braden mision" and the next dictatorships didnt want an industrialized country so its understandable that unitestatian people are educated hating Peron or believing he is some kind of dictator
@@YTbobo4u Too faint praise. TH-camrs like @sabbatical have obsoleted the likes of Rick Steves and the crappy travel (and food) content on television.
@@fabioyanez9515 Perfecto, siempre estos gringo con la historia pedorra Netflix.
I live in San Carlos de Bariloche and consider it the most beautiful city of the planet . There is so much to do here that you would need years to discover all the secrets of this amazing city . Bariloche today has become the centre of Argentina it seems as the pandemic has changed peoples attitudes and everyone wants to now live in Bariloche . The province of Rio Negro is drop dead gorgeous with the best beaches of Argentina and natural scenery . I also like to say that the food here is superb with great local dishes and incredible forest fruits from El Bolson . Love it all !
Nice!
give a dog shelter in your house and I would move there
dame una cucha de perro en tu patio y me mudo allá kjj
SOS argentino?
Is it safe?
@@Maverick0749 Of course it is, the people are all White and Roman Catholic!
My grandma was from Germany, also named Irene, and a nurse. This lady reminded me of her, even though my grandmother moved to the United Stated.
SHE FLED TO ARGENTINA AND MARRIED TO ERICH PRIEBKE'S SON
Thats sad that a wife of a mass murderer reminded you of your grandma
@@SkaterPunkie Your hatred makes you too blind to even realize that she was not his wife but the wife of his son Jorge.
@@henningbartels6245 there were fammily of
@@henningbartels6245 or are you saying nazis were not responsible for the murders and abuse
This is one of the most impressive pieces of investigative journalism I've ever seen. Finding that family, getting hitchikers to go see the bunker, then finishing it with some great cusine and music. So entertaining.
I used to work at the computer lab in college in Buenos Aires, the animation teacher was supervisor there and I got to know him a little in a few years, he came from a german family, he told me ever since he was little, he remembered a stand filled with nazi plates, cups, silverware, he wasnt allowed to touch or ask about it at the time, but soon he figured it out.
Oh god. I can only imagine what his mind went through the moment the light bulb turned on.
And those victims are doing the geno©ide themselves. They hold the real power hiding behind the veneer of victimhood
There is a german show that the cleaner - post murder scene. Is called to a museum where a room has hitler memorabilia, and a box contained Hitlers poop, which he dropped and vacuumed. Show was funny
So what? What's your point? Hitler was selling Nazi memorabilia?
FUC?
I'm Argentinian and i didn't know a lot of stuff that you talked about in the video, i've never been to bariloche and it was really nice learning stuff from other parts of my country. Also i'd like to thank you for not picturing all of the Argentinians who live in Bariloche as Nazis because i know that a lot of people from around the world see Argentina only as a Nazi refugee place or a country where nazi culture affected a lot, when the nazi culture isn't really alive and the nazis for what i know tried to lay low in the country. In Argentina you would find the same amount of Neonazis that you would expect to find anywhere in the world (very few and sick people) really like your channel! (sorry for any english errors)
Your English is quite good. I wish I could likewise speak Spanish. Blessings from Africa.
no English errors. You have given detailed information
Gracias a los alemanes, el Pulqui se armó.
Why do you keep the Nazis there?
I think people are still thinking of the nazis , In the context where did they hide all the so called money ,,or spend all their money ,,if there was any money that they escape with,,it’s not so much that they escaped , but a lot of people still think there’s a big money trial,,
Adventurer, world-traveler, polyglot, and enlightened spirit. Sabbatical is an incredible teacher.
U cant do all of the above without money from your wealthy family
@@ernazcrazed Yes we are aware world travel is very costly.
@@ernazcrazed and?
what do you even mean by enlightened? :o
This guys ability to culture adjust in languages is superb.
This is my hometown. I left because natives reproduced faster and it’s no longer the same. So sad the Germans in Bariloche are dissapearing. They built so many good civilized things in the area!
Indeed!!! 😊
@@HiHello-jy4tdyes, very "civilized" they must have been.
They were murderers who were never taken to responsibility. That is all.
12:38 sabbatical signature move! after interview, he walk away in silent few steps before summarizing the encounter!
the silent walk is very dramatic! well done Tommy!
Wow this guys sound so interesting and I love their attitude and vibes Tommy you are doing good TH-cam won’t demonetize your video sending Love from Uganda 🇺🇬
We miss watching him in Uganda as well!
@@JG-id5vi that’s true
I‘m German and my grandfather‘s cousin or brother (don’t remember) also fled to Argentina after WW2! Now there’s more people living kn Argentina with my last name than here in Germany. I might want to contact them someday…. Thank you so much for this video, it is truly fascinating to me because I have somewhat of a connection to it!!
So your family are nazis?!
beautiful
@@wexfordrob german isn't = nazis
@@SofiaLour kind of is . Only a handful were not nazis
Hy
Woah bro, you really did this!!!!! Awesome man, love it keep it up
you're like bald and bankrupt, except you're not bald and exploring other parts of the world. I really love this style of just vibing with people and being...normal. No sensationalism, no anything.
No gonna bust balls here but. He's completely different than Dr Bald. This guy is like Christopher Walken of travel videos
Hairy Rich
@@tylerd55555 Yea he is more quirky and a little bit more socially awkward than Bald, which is good cause I don't want every vlogger to be some Bald clone either.
@@tylerd55555 that’s exactly who he reminds me of
Yeah he also looks like he’s a younger version of Bald and Bankrupt lmao. He looks very much like him
I wish this was more common, meeting random strangers and going on an adventure together
it is...give it a try..
It is pretty common if you don’t spend all day on your phone or playing video games.
@@alancantu2557 >:(
@@alancantu2557 Exactly, they are expecting some of action in life, but without moving their asses
if you become a backpacker you can do it too. I thought it was weird at first too since people dont do that in the states. In the middle east and asia its kind of alarming how nice people can be
I was a missionary in Córdoba Argentina for two years. One of my areas was Villa General Belgrano. It was a little German town, like a mini version of Bariloche. There were rumors of Nazis back in the day that settled it, but now it’s just a beautiful tourist town. I loved it.
Do you know the history of the name "villa gral Belgrano"?
It's more than a rumor. The crew from the Graf Spee that was sunk during the battle of the River Plate ended up living in that area. The captain killed himself in Buenos Aires. I don't really know what they would have expected us to do? Execute them? Jail them? We weren't officially at war. Their ridiculous beliefs eventually were watered down with the following generations.
been there and heard only german in a little beer shop while having a strudel, what a cool place
They came to our land, pissed and burned our flag and, on top of it, they built Villa General Belgrano. Btw, my favorite place in Córdoba. I'm planning on retiring there.
During the 1940s the town had an important boost with the arrival at the site of 125 crew members of the German armored ship Admiral Graf Spee. Most of the sailors belonged to the ship's technical staff, with which they mastered a wide range of trades.
As a german myself i find your format of approaching these people very interesting. It gives us a quite new perspective on this "germans in argentinia" topic. Thanks a lot, keep up your good work.
Speaking the language of the locals really makes the videos that much more interesting thanks!
Most people in the US learn Spanish, so probably it wasn't a big deal for him...
It's not the language of the locals, it's Spanish. Wonder where the retail locals are. Probably decimated by the Spanish a few centuries ago.
@@vchandrashekar3653 Now it's the locals. Deal with it.
@@d.s3980 Argentinian Castilian (Rioplatense) has been way more influenced by Venetian; Ligurian and Lombardic dialects than fiom Neapolitan
@@vchandrashekar3653 locals mixed with them
Mate is a popular drink in syria too
it is exported from Argentina
It's an amazing drink
Had no idea about that, that's great. I couldn't find it in Lebanon
In fact, I believe that Syria is the largest importer of our yerba mate 🇦🇷
Syria and Armenia. They took that tradition when they went to Argentina in the last century when they were in war.
We have it in the states. A much nicer pick me up then strong coffee which makes you crash.
@@lynnpayne9519 didnt know you got yerba up there. Its easy to find?
As far as I know, being an argentinian myself, you can find the german DNA heritage mostly in the mesopotamic provinces that are in the north east of the country (Misiones, Corrientes, Entre Ríos). Bariloche is a small city in a southern province called Río Negro, but yes, it is predominantly german and swiss, and has very good chocolates too.
Hhahaha it is not predominantly german. As the lady said, theyre all dead, they barely bred
They are all mixed, "mestizos" all over Argentina, even the early immigrants were mixed.
There was NEVER pure breed in this continent.
Not even USA has pure breed.
@Lu M its full of exotic people like you
@@dreamymaxxx3394 she meant German speakers, not German people. Like in the US, about 2% of people with German ancestry still speak German.
@@lucianboar3489 Same thing
My grandfather is from Jovita, Córdoba, in Argentina. And he told me he went to a marriage party of a german old man and he saw a man identical to Hitler there. The man was also being investigated until he disappeared.
Did you see Boys from Brazil
Eyewitness to Hitler's Escape (2018) Peter David Orr
Hitler in Argentina, (2014) Harry Cooper
@@bpd9660
My Mrs . Argentinian tell similar story when she went north from Buenos Aries with her grandfather. ,who was Italian. .
Impossible @@bpd9660
I always learned in history class about Nazis fleeing to Argentina after WWII, but never knew any more detail. Thanks for exploring this area and educating us - hopefully this can stay monetized lol
Flee communism or die.
@@dellingson4833 communism is an idea. What people are afraid of is authoritarians..
Funny fact... around 5000 nazis fled to Argentina and around 10000 nazis fled to the USA. Ironically, everyone around the world is taught that most of the Nazis went to Argentina. I mean... a Nazi got "America" to the moon
@@lukecole5056 right ? And i know a bunch of them went to south Brazil
@@lukecole5056 and a lot of Germans fled to Argentina during nazism (including Jews)
One of your best just full of knowledge about German immigrants in Argentina after WW2 I'd love to see more content about such interesting topics & the impact it has on concerned parties .....and the land , water bodies are just breathtaking to see quite refreshing.
Most of them lived in Chile
@@honestreview169Even more of them went to Canada.
Crazy how much this region resembles the area around Lake Tahoe in California and Nevada-both the lake and the towns. Great video as always. Stay safe.
It is a cooler climate though. Famous for skiiing in season.
@@waitingforapril you can ski at Lake Tahoe as well, it’s cold enough that the lake freezes over in winter.
@@Zombie-lp8bx did not know that, living in the northeast. Thanks!
Really?I’m American but haven’t visited Lake Tahoe. I was in NV recently but only from Salt Lake city down to Las Vegas.
@@Anonymint-vj7bt Absolutely. The majority of Nevada is desert, as you saw in Vegas. However, in northern central Nevada, along the California border, there are alpine forests surrounding Lake Tahoe- which is shared by both states. There are a number of towns on the lake that have a similar alpine vibe. It’s a pretty magical place.
There is also another city of German immigrants called Villa General Belgrano. During the 1940s the town had an important boost with the arrival at the site of 125 crew members of the German armored ship Admiral Graf Spee. Most of the sailors belonged to the ship's technical staff, with which they mastered a wide range of trades. the sailors managed to integrate into the small community that already had German immigrants.
Absolutely astonishing
150 ciudades y pueblos de alemanes hay en argentina.....bariloche y villa general belgrano son los mas conocido...obera en misiones es la ciudad con mas alemanes en argentina...
My wifes uncle lived in bariloche for many years, we visited a number of times, its a fantastically beautiful place and i highly recommend it as a destination.
Thank you very much for this amazing video! Especially for me as a German who lived in Argentina I couldn’t imagine any better content here on TH-cam. Absolutely stunning that you could find and talk to the wife of Jorge Priebke. As soon as possible I will try to realize a similar trip as you just did. Gracias capitan 🙏🇦🇷🇩🇪🇺🇸
i respect it but please dont say it was right for the germans that were actually bad too escape.
@@3way456 I assure you other countries did worse things than germans at the time, germans are not as guilty of anything as mass media makes people believe
I liked this video! I'm argentinian, i live on the coast of Buenos Aires and i remember that when I was younger my mother had a co-worker who was the grandson of Nazis, here there is a lot of countryside and several Germans settled in ranches very far from the towns.
Of course the natzi settled. Far away from town s not to drew attention to themselves. They stole a lot of gold and art to live off of it …
The fact that they destroyed that bunker makes the conspiracies seem even more curious.
To simpletons that ignore all the other evidence maybe...
I found in my 61 Years of Living that most conspiracies turn out to be true
@@charlene3572 sounds like u failed the quest of seeking wisdom
And u would not find it even of the whole great library of Alexandria would collapse on you lol
@@_marlene you sound very close minded and ignorant.
Really like this guy’s vids. Informative, interesting, not corny, and educational. Keep up the good work. Aloha. 🤙🏽
Siempre me sorprendo al escuchar tu acento argentino, es demasiado bueno. Seguí asi che!
garen querido
This is an amazing experience! Where can you find a guy like him who is a history buff then convinces other tourists to look for an old German bunker.
Just reading a novel by Joseph Kanon called The Accomplice set in 1962 Argentine, about Nazis that fled to there. So seeing some of the places mentioned in the book here in your excellent vlog is very interesting indeed.
I recommend you watch “Hunting Hitler” it’s an old History Channel Docuseries that was uploaded on TH-cam recently 🤓👌🏽🔥
Thank you, Tommy, this is a magnificent video, and I enjoyed it. What makes you the best TH-camr on this platform is the ease with how you communicate to your viewers. Your communication is smooth and very direct. I extend my gratitude for giving me enlightenment on Argentina's history. I shall add Argentina to my list of places to visit. Cheers!
HOLA Y TE VA A GUSTAR MUCHO HAY DIFERENTES CLIMAS Y MUCHOS PAISAJES ,TAMBIEN DIFERENTES COMIDAS .
Gracias Hernan Jurado, he estado en Panamá y me encantó la gente, la cultura, la historia y más. Entonces, según mi investigación, Argentina será mi próximo viaje a América Latina y, con suerte, los encontraré allí. ¡Salud!
That's a fantastic tourist destination there!! Looks all brightened up with a lovely beach!! You have done well Sabbatical, keep going dude!!
I went to Bariloche when I was 18 for the "Viaje de egresados" Mostly drunk whole week, so I didn't know anything about this. I would go again and try to discover a bit more about it. Thanks for you video mate, super educational and it shows how big background you have on everything. You please keep doing this vids!
eres de Argentina?
@@carlzune6626 seeee
Muchos lugares de Argentina a mí parecer esconden muchas historias y secretos que ya han sido descubiertos y me gustaría visitar.
Yo tuve la oportunidad de ir pero lo rechacé, quizá en un futuro viaje hasta allá.
I like how he formed his own little fellowship during the adventure.
As a German it´s always interesting to see other aspects of my countries past. Great documentary.
May I ask you a personal question? Were your ancestors in Germany during the Nazi period ? If so , were they nazis? Or did they provide support and assistance to Jewish people?
@@Dah42 yes, my ancestors were Nazis and lived in Germany during WW2. My grandma who passed back in 2014 worked at the weapons manufacturer Mauser. We actually never talked about these times so I never had any first hand information so to speak. My family history dates back to 1385 and is even in the state archive but unfortunately doesn’t include political affiliation.
@@r0tb3rt you have blood on your hands
@@Journeyonplanet No I dont and I´m gonna tell you why. This was happening before I was born and is not my responsibility. HOWEVER, my job is to make sure that things like that are never going to happen again and I do make sure of that. I condemn what happened in WW2 by my country but I have neither blood on my hand s nor will I ever say sorry for something I never had any control over. May I ask what country you are from?
@@r0tb3rt out of interest mate. What was you taught in school about ww2. Over here in UK it was very patriotic what we got taught . Intrigued to see how you guys was taught in your schools.
This is so sick I was literally looking for vlogs about the places where these people settled in Argentina and couldn’t find much so thank you for this upload!
Hay mucha información censurada! Todavía no se sabe todo!
@@Maverick0749 Cuando se sepa todo y que ni Argentina ni Peron tuvieron nada que ver muchos se daran cuenta de las gansadas que se han escrito
Holy shit, I've been blessed by the gods to be so early. Ive heard that in some of the homes there, some people even still have shrines of Nazi war memorabilia, from their Nazi family members. Super interesting stuff man. Thanks for the upload, and as always, be safe Tommy.
Impossible all nazis are trump supporters in the states
@@Justinhomii why would they support a guy who loves Israel and all his children are married to them?
@@roarzish - Trump and his Children follows the MONEY. So long as you have the Money they will Marry you.😅😂😆
@@alonsobrazzel3011 All of Biden's children did the same thing. So I guess they are all buddies (-:
nazi memorabilia is punished by law
Argentina is such a fascinating place
Incredible videos mate. Gained a fan from scotland. Would be cool to do more history style, was really entertaining
Only Tommy could instantly interact with locals and make it an adventure with historical education for everyone!
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Very interesting video. Thank you for sharing. I may add that your Spanish is excellent. I love to hear the Argentine accent. The intonation is musical like Italian. Its very unique to Argentina, Uruguay, etc. :)
stumbled on your videos a few days ago and now i can’t stop watching your videos. as a proud nigerian 🇳🇬 that emigrated to canada 🇨🇦 , this gives me goosebumps i would leave my 9-5 to do this with you if i got the chance
You can start a business. That's what he did. Greetings from Lagos 🇳🇬
Maybe you can start by splitting your UK contraption called 🇳🇬 then having an Oduduwa Republic.
Back in 97, I was traveling either through Chile or Argentina. I remember coming across a small town and it looked and feel like what I imagined a small little German town would look and feel like if I was in Germany. For a small town somewhere in South America, I felt it was very strange and out of place.
The only time I was ever in Germany was like 2014.
After watching a few documentaries on Nazis and TH-cam videos like this one, I knew I wasn't going crazy.
Das Deutsche Volk sind die 12 Stämme Israel! Und diese Leute in Argentinien sind Edom, welche sich Juden nennen, aber lügen, denn sie sind die Synagoge Satans!
@@knechtgottes9109 No. Genocide no good.
@@JohnDoe-zz7on Amalek, was willst du mich lehren?
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There were germans that came previuos to the ww2, not all from the nazi era
where do the relatives of the american soldier live who bombed Vietnam with Agent Orange? Where do the english relatives live who killed in africa and India hundred thousands of people?
I lived in Martinez (Buenos Aires suburb) Argentina in the 70s for a short time as a kid. Lived next door to a German family they were the nicest people ever. They basically adopted me as part if the family. I was spoiled since my neighbors ( our landlords) in a Chicago suburb I lived in were German did the same to me. Argentina was quite different back then as it is today. Its still such a beautiful place. I think Buenos Aires is so interesting.
Which suburb of Chicago did you live in? I’m from the burbs as well
@@StevieWanders98 Well I dont live in the area anymore. Morton Grove is where I lived.
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Yes Buenos Aires is a really beautiful city full of very diverse people and history. Adolf Eichmann used to live in Olivos (Buenos Aires), Mengele also lived in Buenos Aires in the early 60s.
Sadly, the same could be said of 1970s US and today's....
The Nazis escaping to Argentina has always fascinated me. Great video, Very formative!
I stumbled upon to cannibals in Uganda video and here I am! New subscriber!
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I agree, Tommy is a guy that you could go hang out with after just meeting him.. he is the best interacting with the locals or natives, very kind and does a great job…
@@MaxStArlyn Yeah, they respected and killed them LOL
@@hiredmurderer6228 It was war, everyone was shooting at each other .
@@hiredmurderer6228 …you have been lied too, constantly. Nit just about the first and second WW , but all wars for over 1000 years.
im Argentino and i didn't know these facts. Thank you to coming to our country and show how beautiful landscape we have.
Greetings from Buenos Aires!
Wow! I wasn't expecting that title for the video. heavy stuff man.
Argentina has been on my places to go list for ages. In the Spanish speaking world Argentina is the rock capitol.
I like u merged both words into your name. Sounds cool
@@mauriciorv228 yeah
@@filipino437 Tú qué ?
@@Ericson-vk6bx que??
Argentina is the sorrow capital of the hispanic world, now more than ever, it hurts but that's its charm
Went to bariloche years ago. Absolutely beautiful little town and a real feel of the European alps . No wonder getmans immigrated there
Amazingly interesting. The comments equally interesting. Thank you!
I don't know if you left Bariloche already but you may wanna search for El proyecto Huemul and the secret intent of a fusion reactor. Its located on an island in a lake, i believe its only accesible by watercraft of any sort. I've seen people do it by kayak.
Why would a fusion reactor be a secret project?
@@rogeriopenna9014 Because Peron (the president at the time) made a pack with the nazis that seeked refuge. The Argentinian government helped them evade justice and in return their scientists would put to the test their ideas for a 0% waste energy source, which if proven successful would put us back in the path to become a global power
@@guillelazza zero radioactive waste you mean.
Radioactive waste however is not a real problem.
A much major problem is uranium reserves for nuclear power plants. Even worse is tech fur enriching uranium. But the German scientists could help with that.
@@rogeriopenna9014 they were trying to do what China and other countries are doing these days. The so-called 'sun in earth'.
@@jere87 I know very well what fusion power is. I participate of internet forums where Fusion is the main subject, like Talk Polywell forums (Polywell being a fusion design from Bussard, which however failed to materialize (yet) due to lack of funding).
But fusion is not necessarily cheap nor is there reason to do it SECRETLY. That's the question.
With fission, when you enrich uranium, you might get WEAPONS GRADE PLUTONIUM. For nuclear bombs.
But fusion? Why secret?
ps: a fusion bomb is something completely different. But it depends on FISSION bomb... because it's the fission explosion which serves as a trigger to enable fusion.
I remember watching a documentary about the guy and they taked briefly about the town but didn't realize how beautiful it was. It looks like somewhere i'd see going up north to like Washinngton. or BC. Definitely on the bucket list now.
It's probably because it's latitude is approximating the same distance to the south pole as Washington and BC are to the North Pole.
The landscape is so beautiful.
Hola, soy de Buenos Aires. No puedo evitar felicitarte por tu nivel de español y decirte que me encanta escuchar tu acento y tu prolijidad en el idioma. Se nota que hablas de forma tranquila y prolija, a un ritmo neutro y sin errar en la pronunciación o acentuación. Tu español me encanta y por eso tuve que comentar a mitad del video, te felicito.
Ya deje de mirar porque no me gusta cuando las personas arriesgan sus vidas haciendo vlogs en lugares peligrosos como las favelas de Brasil sorry xd
@@miguelheredia4123 que tenia que ver?
@miguelheredia4123 eres bipolar o algo? Qué importa si hace un vlog o no? Haciendo su vlog es como gana en la vida. Felicítale por su uso de español y deséale buena suerte en sus futuros viajes, nada más.
As a former Military guy I can tell you Bariloche is well known and a very interesting place. The Germanic presence is very noticeable in certain areas and can be quite intimidating in certain circles if you are too inquisitive.
Yes, they recognize the nazi association amongst themselves, family. And get angry if you ask for some truth. This guy has a non confrontational skill, I don't posess.
This was an interesting comment! You mean, if you're too inquisitive about the Nazi thing?
@@rarry_rarry There are certain things that cannot be discussed in Bariloche. I am Argentine and I know it. The Nazi German presence is still real.
That's so fkng true, argentinian nazism is so prevalent and dangerous that gives me a fear down the spine, bariloche and it's roots are so creepy that you don't want to speak about that ideology.
People should learn to leave them alone, these productive Folks have nothing to do with the Past and by the way it is their constitutional freedom to celebrate their Heritage like. Anyone else in this green Earth.
I’ve wanted to travel to Patagonia and the Valdivian eco region in general for a long time…and the beautiful vistas in this video are exactly why. Breathtaking! And pretty interesting history…
You should come to visit us!!
Patagonia is beautiful. You should go to Bariloche and its surroundings (El Bolsón, San Martín de Los Andes), El Calafate and its glaciers...
Great video Tommy. Argentina is beautiful. Hoping that you are able to make your way to Ushuaia at the end of the world.
Sabbatical, you're a content legend
that old lady: '(Priebke) just had to do what he was told to do, you know, like everyone else then'
also Priebke: literally responsible for the massacre of over 300 Italians
Yes true but as far I know he had the order to do so.. And if you want to survive you do as they told you..
And he also thought he was the good guy.. Admitting his failure would mean he had to accept the death of hundred innocent ppl as a result of his actions..
The sad thing is that at least 85% of all humans would act like he did..
the banality of evil
Well, in situations like that it takes a true hero to disobey orders, and not everyone is cutout for that. Sometimes it is easier to just comply and survive. Even today, Germans are showing that they are good at complying without regard of how much suffering and injustice they can cause, but now they are doing it alongside half of the world.
@@crystaldrano which case of complying are you referring to? That's sounds like fox news BS to me
@@EngelinZivilBO I’m referring to the fact that most of the injustices committed by Nazis were enforced through law and most of them were just simply complying. My grandma was german and we had this conversation quite a few times. German people are an authoritarian group of people that put complying above humanity and common sense. Same as most of the world right now.
Thank you Sabbatical. Eventhough it isn't all that elaborate it is a thought- provoking video and I enjoyed it, many thanks!
Buenos dias! interesante el video, queria aclarar para las personas que lo ven...la mayoria debe pensar que los argentinos con ascendencia alemana son en mayoria descendientes de los nazis o alemanes que llegaron entre la 1 y 2 guerra mundial, y esto no es asi las mayores colonias de alemanes que se asentaron en Argentina fueron antes del 1900. En su mayoria alemanes del Volga que llegaron alrededor del 1880 y vinieron a trabajar las tierras..
eran agricultures. las mayores colonias estan en entre rios e interior de Buenos Aires. Saludos
That's right, the largest influx of German population was from 1880 to around 1921 when communism trapped the Germans in Russia. The amount of Germans who came from Germany after WWII are few in comparison.
To clarify, most Germans in Argentina are Germans who lived in the Russian empire colonies (from Ukraine to Kazakhastan) and left for new cheap land to build up and grow food on.
@@arielanibalpastura8137 me parece que estan mas cerca de los 3 millones ya pero no hay datos actualizados, en entre rios y las zonas de sierra de la ventana, coronel suarez en Buenos aires hay muchas colonias
No Brasil muitos vieram antes de 1800 porém a maioria deles apoiavam o nazismo, o Brasil chegou a ter o maior partido nazista fora da Alemanha, por isso ninguém é inocente nessa história.
@@victordias1840 antes del 1800 wow!! en diamantes provincia de entre rios hay colonias que datan del 1878, pero son alemanes del volga de ellos no sabia que apoyaban el nazismo, eso era mas de los alemanes que se concentraban en las grandes ciudades como Buenos Aires en 1930, 1940, por eso hago esa division ya que llegaron en distintas epocas.
That was a terrific video. Thank you!
more terrific than the fake war? 🤔
As a norwegian, Bariloche makes me feel at home. What a beautiful place!
as an Argentinian i wanna move to Norway so bad, to Bergen if i had to choose
America is not Europe my friend my continent is only bigger and more extensive
America is not Europe my friend my continent is only bigger and more extensive
Argentina is full of places like this, check Ushuaia
Wait to see all the extreme poorness in Bariloche and Argentina, just like Norway, haha.
Another great video. So wholesome how you got 3 random people to join you on your field trip to the nazi bunker!
It's actually crazy how openly warm people in South America is
Fué de película! La situación perfecta para una película!
What an interesting history to a beautiful, peaceful place. You have nailed story telling, a great video on a topic I had no prior knowledge on. I eagerly look forward to your next video!
I recommend you to watch Hunting Hitler
@@MM-nd1zz thanks for your recommendation, I'll get back to you on how I got on with it!
@@slimfix2311 Good luck :) You are in for a bumpy ride :)
My Grandpa moved to the US from Düsseldorf right after WWI. He had 6 brothers that were killed in Germany during the war. What’s crazy is by the time he was in his 20’s the US entered WWII. He fought against his fatherland and was part of the 7th armored division. He talked very little of the war and would tear up when he talked of the time they went through Düsseldorf and seen the destruction of his child hood home. He said he helped with translation while in the Army. I have tons of pictures of my grandpa going through the Ardennes during the battle of the bulge. I one day hope to visit my family in Düsseldorf. My Dad told me that we have family that went to Argentina after WWII but he said he don’t know their names. My dad talked of them living in a German town in Argentina. He can’t tell me the name of the town of who they are but one day I hope to find out.
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@@susan5333 I actually have. It told me what part my family came from and showed I think 85% Germanic Europe then a small percentage from Switzerland, Sweden, and then a percentage that said Western Europe which showed Germany in the map. Names came up but it mostly showed Americans that was like 7x removed cousins or whatever. Lol. I even had one guy that came up from somewhere in the Middle East that looked middle eastern and had my last name spelled in the old way before my family moved to the US. It’s weird my last name changed spellings 4x since leaving Germany. I’ve had better luck though with my wife doing my ancestry than the company ancestry that we sent our DNA to. My wife doing my ancestry is how we found out about all my grandpas brothers dying in the war. It’s crazy.
Interesting! Im from Düsseldorf and you can still find a lot of "old" fashioned places in the oldtown of Düsseldorf. Unfortunately Düsseldorf was destroyed a lot in the last months of war. A lot of bombings, because it was an Industry Hub. My neighbor is an old Argentinian/ German . Last time I asked him a little bit about Argentina, he said he grew up with 800 Nazis in Bariloche and his parents (dutch and german) went to bariloche after WW II. When he was 20 he left back to Germany.
@@max0007 I plan on visiting within
The next couple years. Düsseldorf, Bottrop, Kirchellen that is in or around Nordrhein Westfalen and Hamborn, Duisburg Deutschland is where they all are around. KleineBreil is the last name. It would be funny if you you knew some. Either way I would love to move to Deutschland because the US is just getting worse. Everything here has become about politics. There is so much corruption that this country is not what it used to be. It’s all about money here. It’s said when you live in a country that is supposed to be so great yet have so many homeless people living on the streets. Banks will take your home if you miss 1 or 2 payments. If you miss a child support payment 2x then it’s on your credit which prevents you from buying anything regardless if you been paying for 13 years on time. It’s not safe for kids to go to schools. This country is spiraling out of control. Look what our president done to Germany by blowing Nordstream. If even just come out that our government is spying on our NATO allies. It’s not good and they are talking about being at war with China in the next 2 years. If that happens then most likely I will be packing up and moving to Deutschland.
@@Bowhunterohio Yeah you should visit your roots. Itll be probably a pretty cool experience. All those towns you mentioned are in a 30 min radius from Düsseldorf. So you can easily visit all places in a short period. But I can tell you, Düsseldorf is by far the nicest of those. Duisburg is nowadays a dump. Comparable to Detroit. A lot of crime, empty houses, no work etc. I studied in Duisburg, the train ride from Düsseldorf to Duisburg is only 20 Min, but it feels like youre going to a different country. So dont expect too much of Germany. There are still nice places, especially in the south, but you see in the past years how Germany loses a lot of economical strenghts, a lot of illegal immigration and crime is rising. My godmother is from South Carolina, I studied a year in Orange County, Fullerton CA and my wifes mother lives in Orlando. I actually even worked for a bit in the US-Consulate in Düsseldorf. So Im close to the USA for a long time but I also realized that the USA is for the past years on a decline. However, the same is happening to Germany. Therefore places like Bariloche look actually pretty nice, clean and quiet.
Argentina is a beautiful country both landscape- as well as culture-wise. The natural beauty is stunning from the far north to the southern tip bordering Antarctica. Argentinians themselves are also very positive and happy people. The video itself is a great trip into the consequences of WWII but with a cheerful tone. :)
Youre a nut my friend
Bueno. Es que aquí siempre vinieron refugiados de todo el mundo y de distintas ideologías que se mezclaron y se mezclan con la gente del lugar.
And full of nazis :)
Patagonia is a paradise of landscape, just a gift of nature.
The rate of inflation is a bit high which would indicate poor government.
Awesome video, as always. I was there just as the pandemic was starting. The entire area is amazing, especially the drive to Villa La Angostura & San Martin de los Andes.
Looking forward to your next upload. Abrazo!
To be frank I really appreciate this video 👍 I've heard about Bariloche for the first time and am seeing a beautiful vlog on Argentina for the first time !! And it's glad to see a beautiful content right for the first time on a new thing 👍
you cover this stuff very well! My first time encountering your material, and I see you deserve the audience you have built :) i have joined them!!!
For so long,i have been looking for words to describe sabbatical.He is very well informed and knowledgeable and dishes facts in a very casual manner which is a good contrast.He has visited kenya my country severally and speaks pure Swahili.He has a way of immersing himself into other people's cultures very easily.I think he was preparing himself for this channel since his childhood by learning other languages.
Nyanam!hi!
Fellow Kenyan here, now in Spain 🖐🏼 I must find that video you speak of 👍🏼
Mayne.. the locations and content keep getting better and better. Making that interview happen was wild. As exclusive as it gets. I wonder what ever happened to that couple🤔
They went off fornicating and using drugs as all of hitchhikers
Don't worry, it is very common in Argentina at that age to travel all over Patagonia as hitchhikers. That is why it is very common to take them if you see them on the road. It's very safe.
@@garchin is it safe though? or only because there was a female in the scene? would you gladly let a male with no companion enter your car in that place? I might be paranoid though
@@canobenitez The people there already know well. They know what characteristics a backpacker tourist has. They knows how they dresses, what objects he should have. They are not bums, they are very young people on the first adventure of their lives. It is something so common, that a branch of the tourist organization of the region is dedicated to them.
My grandparents lived in Bariloche for close to 40 years, they were of German descent having come here just before WWI. I went there so many times I know half the town probably. It’s amazing the stuff you can find if you dig deep enough or ask the people living there.
Do you think Hitler died in Germany or did he live a long life close to Bariloche? Thank you
@@icerice8661 not very bright 😂
@@icerice8661 They moved there before ww1, that's before the nazi party was formed.
@@craigruddock3824 Not true. The nazi party was formed in 1920 while the war started in 1939. That doesn't make every German of that period a nazi supporter of course.
@@tangerinq He said before ww1
Gorgeous views and interesting history.
Tommy, that was a truly superb piece of investigative journalism. Super well done man. Old Irene wasn't *entirely* truthful with you, was she now...😉 Bariloche looks like an amazing place. Beautiful.
Thank you for being you and putting out only top tier content. Stay safe, be well. We will all be waiting for the next one!
Amazing video! Thank you for the content. Bariloche has been on the bucket list for a long time, and still is. You should continue the Argentina/Nazi theme vids, great content.