Aussie: that's one of the greatest gifts you could give your dad. My father was also there. I know he was at Guam and Saipan. He was born in 1920, and died in 1997. I so wish he had lived to take advantage of all these military historians (of which Mark Felton is the absolute best) on TH-cam. He was genuinely interested in many things I'm happy for you and your dad.
Thank you, Mark. It's stories like these that make me wonder if I would have been able to display the same bravery as these patriots, who risked their lives to save people they never even knew.
I have the same feeling. It is really hard to imagine the circumstances and the hardships people had to overcome back then. Looking back it is very easy to pick the righteous side, but would I have been able to do so and act?
My grandfather had told us he was serving in the Polish army in WW2, sort of commandeered by Russians, then captured by Nazis; he ended up in some forced labour camp, then at the end of the war, he & others were all locked into a few railcars.they were left for 3 days , then finally released,& told that they could go home.he spent a month walking home, arrived on Christmas day .his family did not believe who he was at first
@@eugenecbell my aunt wrote his spoken life's account down, a cousin of mine transcribed it & added the photos & comments , she's just finishing the file, when it's done, pending permission , I'll post a link
I enjoy these kind of stories like I used to when I was a kid living in Los Angeles and an AM Station carried Mystery Radio on Saturday nights. We used to listen when we were camping or backpacking. Thanks Doctor Felton for this story, I did not know that that there was ever a train that was stopped which was carrying Jews. One of my teachers fled the Nazis in Hungary similar to Ann Frank. I don't remember if she showed us her tatoos, but she was real. We had to have our parents sign a waiver before she told the story each semester, it was graphic. She used to tell the story once a semester to her students in 7th Grade and we had nothing but admiration, respect and gratitude for her. It taught us gratitude for ourselves too because we were not living in that kind of society. Thank you and beautiful story!
I had never heard of the Death Train before this series. Thank you, I learned something new. My dad was a paratrooper over France during WWII; however he barely spoke of the horrors he saw while there. He had horrible nightmares for years after. But he did help liberate Paris. I'm very proud of him! This is a great series and I thank you for the upload(s)!
That generation didn't have PTSD. Of course they "had it," but it wasn't defined as such, and before the late 20th century, men were never supposed to have emotional issues anyway. "Stiff upper lip," etc.
Really Mr. Felton, incredibly a sad and dark story; however, like others have said bravery, humility and namely sacred humanity, was welcomed into my evening like a fresh light breeze. (I mean that). Wonderful story of truly caring people, unafraid of possibly their own ruin. With all that is happening around us right now..... this was a good albeit, temporary distraction. Keep up the great work. These stories without video are fantastic. Look forward to more -week night .... listening.
@Event Horizons I know about the plight of the Uighurs and the genocide they face. I also know about the slave labor used in China and I remember them and act accordingly. Why do you presume to think you know about what I know and what I'm doing? You should just check yourself and look in the mirror. What have you done. Are you going to invade China?
Dr. Felton, I'm so excited to hear your new series. I really enjoy actively listening to the stories. You don't just share well researched and narrated information...you take us there in our mind's eye (and ears). Blessings to brave humans who bravely, successfully rose against evil and tyranny of yesteryear. If only people could rise against the evil and tyranny of today. On behalf of your listeners, thank you, Mark. Best regards from the States. Keith
Dr. Felton, your talents as a historical researcher are insane. How in the world you manage to gather such excruciatingly pinpoint details about even such rare and unknown events as this story I will never know. Furthermore, the type of stories you choose to investigate, and the moral intensity with which you relate them, are a testament to your strong moral character. As a son of two parents who were both sole survivors of large families, I feel a great deal of gratitude for you.
I would hope that when history repeats itself, there are still people out there that care enough for their fellow man, to commit such brave acts of selflessness in the face of such danger.
Great story thanks; I'm American but lived in Antwerp for seven years and found Belgians in general to be very hospitable. I've been gone now for fifteen years but know Belgium will always be "second home" in my heart and mind and love to hear stories of them showing kindness, goodness and grace to "strangers."
a moving episode. How hard they fought, the resistant fighters. How little they were thanked. Thanks for the huge effort in keeping their stories alive. Well done. Again.
As a Belgian I'm amazed to hear about this story - new to me. As a Belgian again, I can only smile at the way that Flemish place names are pronounced, sometimes almost unrecognizably :-). Good stuff anyway, thanks !
I’ll take it despite the horrible pronunciations. The message is still clear. Hopefully when they make a movie about this it’ll be properly pronounced then. Hopefully that’s not your only disturbance with this story…
Thanks for your story, Mark. Both fort van Breendonk and Dossinkazerne (deportation camp) in Mechelen are open to the public. Always worth the visit if you're in the neighborhood.
And by performing the raid, it forced the Nazis to pull more of their limited manpower from other more useful tasks. Making a stupid and cruel task , even stupider and more wasteful.
Your research, writing, graphics and narration turns these war stories into thrilling adventures, as good or better than any audiobook I've listened to! Thank you for your hard work!
Thank you for all your great work so we can remember and hopefully learn from some of the darkest moments of our history. These acts of selfless bravery and compassion, no matter how "small" in the grand scheme of things keep hope alive for a better future. I have one tiny remark on this story which bears no weight on the accuracy of the events told, but I'll add it for the sake of completeness and clarity. The fortress turned prison by the Germans is not called "Van Breendonk" but simply "Breendonk". Breendonk is a tiny village about 20 kilometres, or about 13 miles, from Antwerp and the fortress is part of a circle of fortresses built right before world war 1 to defend the city. The fortress was given the same name as the village but in colloquial speech it was often referred to as the fortress of Breendonk (village), which translates to "het fort van Breendonk" in Dutch, the "van" indicating the genitive form of belonging to the village of Breendonk. So it would make more sense to call it "Fortress Breendonk" or "the Fortress of Breendonk" in English, but admittedly in the end this is a semantic detail. On a side note, the fortress is open to visitors on most days and makes for an interesting albeit sobering experience. Keep up the good work, your channel's professionalism is of unique quality! Greetings from Belgium, T.
Thank you Sir. Just subscribed after hearing u mention this on ur other channel. If ur unbiased, precise & informative narration is of the same quality as ur other channel. Then i'm in for a treat catching up on ur back catalogue. Gratitude. The topic first peaked my interest, but ur narration is what holds it. The people's stories must be told & remembered. U do them a great service. Respect to u & ur work.
I always enjoy your stuff Mark, you really have a gift in bringing the history of the war to life!! I thoroughly enjoy your stories and would love to obtain a copy of your book, which I thought was wonderful. I would like an autographed copy if possible. You are my favorite historian!
I've been a steam locomotive driver on a museum line here in the Netherlands. We had locs and cars from everything in the past, including these box cars in which people where transported with in the second world war. We were very much aware of this but it was something so important to show to people what also happened in way passed times, the nice things but also the bad things. We had no signs on them indicating that these were used for that but quite a lot of people asked if these were used in the war as they recognised them from photos. We always were fully open about that matter and would show them the inside even, they could climb in if one prefered to do so. I'ts quite a sad feeling the first time you open up such a car and stand there thinking of all these terrible things that happened in there, how many men, women, children died in those cars? They were in those cars sometimes for up to 14 days in a row, no food, no toilet, nothing. Many died before even reaching a camp. We never stored anything in these cars, in others yes but not in those, just out of respect for all those transported in them and those that died in there and eventually in a camp. May they rest in peace. Nice story Mark, thank you.
Why were there no signs for these cars, do you think? At the risk of "leading the witness," I wonder if maybe because the museum's focus was "railway technology," while these cars represented a difficult time with underlying social issues? It's certainly good that you explained them to people. Question, since you were a driver: is Walschaerts' valve gear even permitted in NL? Doe de groeten aan de koningin!
like so many subscribers - I hit " like " before watching the content , based upon the past videos .This video ( and its predecessor ) and its timing is/are especially relevant for me , as during last week there was Holocaust and ghetto fighter memorial day( based on the Jewish lunar calendar ) in Israel where I live
Thanks Mark... war just breaks my heart.. It never bothered me until the summer of my 18th year when I to found myself in a jungle trying to survive..Since that time my heart aches everytime I hear of these stories.. But they must be told lest we forget..
@ now that I am getting old I get those two mixed up.. along with many other things.. my mind just doesn't behave right any more.. it is getting dark in there.. Thanks for correcting me..
You do an Excellent job Mark at presenting the 'facts' with an addition of 'pure humanity'. If you weren't the person you are I am sure you wouldn't be able to do this great job at teaching me and millions of others things that took place not too long before I was born.
Incredible 2 part story, such worthy material and a master historian and teller extraordinaire. Talk about time well spent, this channel deserves 10X the followers, let's all help Dr Mark build a following.
I've always been intrested in German history,I never miss your uploads,I think what you upload is fantastic,thanks for all your knowledge,my dad was ex royal artillery I was ex UDR Northern ireland
Mark. Amazing story’s I can’t tell you how much I look forward to hearing them. You are definitely the best story teller I have ever heard. One thing I can’t find you information box below.
The engineer screwed up. He should have blown off the locomotive boiler's steam, after the train stopped. It would have taken time to build up pressure again and the train would have been stationary for that duration. :-o
Thanks for continuing to share the stories of Nazi atrocities and the brave people who fought them. Today, too many people are willing to embrace fascism again as they demonize "The Other."
I"ve shown my 96n year old father who fought in the Pacific in WW2 about your channels, this is one of his favorite channels. Thanks for sharing.
Aussie: that's one of the greatest gifts you could give your dad.
My father was also there. I know he was at Guam and Saipan. He was born in 1920, and died in 1997.
I so wish he had lived to take advantage of all these military historians (of which Mark Felton is the absolute best) on TH-cam. He was genuinely interested in many things
I'm happy for you and your dad.
@@uralbob1 Thanks Rob. My father is now 97.
@@aussietaipan8700 wait if your father is 97 how old are you?
@@lolsers747 in my 50's
@@aussietaipan8700 Woah that's so cool my dad is in his 50s too :0
Thank you, Mark. It's stories like these that make me wonder if I would have been able to display the same bravery as these patriots, who risked their lives to save people they never even knew.
I bet you would. The worst of times can bring out the best in people
You can
I have the same feeling. It is really hard to imagine the circumstances and the hardships people had to overcome back then. Looking back it is very easy to pick the righteous side, but would I have been able to do so and act?
I bet you cant. Percentage wise very few helped. Death is a wonderful motivater for compliance
If you can think it, and are altruistically motivated, u can do it. I’d like to think I’m in that camp. Hope I’m never tested
My grandfather had told us he was serving in the Polish army in WW2, sort of commandeered by Russians, then captured by Nazis; he ended up in some forced labour camp, then at the end of the war, he & others were all locked into a few railcars.they were left for 3 days , then finally released,& told that they could go home.he spent a month walking home, arrived on Christmas day .his family did not believe who he was at first
wow , awesome story! :)
I would read the book of his story.
He was lucky he wasn't sent to Russia for years of brutal forced labor like German POWs were.
@@eugenecbell my aunt wrote his spoken life's account down, a cousin of mine transcribed it & added the photos & comments , she's just finishing the file, when it's done, pending permission , I'll post a link
@@richardkey4289, thank you
I enjoy these kind of stories like I used to when I was a kid living in Los Angeles and an AM Station carried Mystery Radio on Saturday nights. We used to listen when we were camping or backpacking. Thanks Doctor Felton for this story, I did not know that that there was ever a train that was stopped which was carrying Jews. One of my teachers fled the Nazis in Hungary similar to Ann Frank. I don't remember if she showed us her tatoos, but she was real. We had to have our parents sign a waiver before she told the story each semester, it was graphic. She used to tell the story once a semester to her students in 7th Grade and we had nothing but admiration, respect and gratitude for her. It taught us gratitude for ourselves too because we were not living in that kind of society. Thank you and beautiful story!
I had never heard of the Death Train before this series. Thank you, I learned something new. My dad was a paratrooper over France during WWII; however he barely spoke of the horrors he saw while there. He had horrible nightmares for years after. But he did help liberate Paris. I'm very proud of him! This is a great series and I thank you for the upload(s)!
That generation didn't have PTSD.
Of course they "had it," but it wasn't defined as such, and before the late 20th century, men were never supposed to have emotional issues anyway. "Stiff upper lip," etc.
Thank you Mark.
A little known story of Belgian resistance.
Brave people one and all.
Peace
Charlie 🇬🇧
Mark you breathe life and humanity into these inhuman times. Thank you.
YES! @Mark Felton has kept me educated and sane during Covid-19!
Really Mr. Felton, incredibly a sad and dark story; however, like others have said bravery, humility and namely sacred humanity, was welcomed into my evening like a fresh light breeze. (I mean that). Wonderful story of truly caring people, unafraid of possibly their own ruin. With all that is happening around us right now..... this was a good albeit, temporary distraction.
Keep up the great work. These stories without video are fantastic. Look forward to more -week night .... listening.
Expert story teller.
Wow, what a story. This should be made into a movie to commemorate those who suffered and did not make it.
A book is published regarding the topic, last year
Hey a book's a good start!
Big thumbs up to that!
@@antonreidt2739 Do you know the title, please?
Incredible bravery and humanity. Never forget.
@Event Horizons I know about the plight of the Uighurs and the genocide they face. I also know about the slave labor used in China and I remember them and act accordingly. Why do you presume to think you know about what I know and what I'm doing? You should just check yourself and look in the mirror. What have you done. Are you going to invade China?
One more reason to love the Belgians. Amazing retelling of an incredible story, Mark. Thank you!
My pleasure!
Dr. Felton, I'm so excited to hear your new series. I really enjoy actively listening to the stories. You don't just share well researched and narrated information...you take us there in our mind's eye (and ears). Blessings to brave humans who bravely, successfully rose against evil and tyranny of yesteryear. If only people could rise against the evil and tyranny of today. On behalf of your listeners, thank you, Mark. Best regards from the States. Keith
Dr. Felton, your talents as a historical researcher are insane. How in the world you manage to gather such excruciatingly pinpoint details about even such rare and unknown events as this story I will never know. Furthermore, the type of stories you choose to investigate, and the moral intensity with which you relate them, are a testament to your strong moral character. As a son of two parents who were both sole survivors of large families, I feel a great deal of gratitude for you.
Damn glad you’re telling these great stories. They must be heard and remembered.
Great great job mr. Felton!
Great and informative episodes! A story I never heard before, but I'm proud of my fellow Belgian countrymen...
I would hope that when history repeats itself, there are still people out there that care enough for their fellow man, to commit such brave acts of selflessness in the face of such danger.
@Lord Gaylord Ondor SPOT ON my friend!
When?? Yugoslavia, Rawanda, Syria, Iraq, Cambodia, China... Pay attention.
@Genaro Scala No they arent
@Genaro Scala stfu. comparing ice camps to nazi concentration camps is horribly offensive to people that died in those camps
Aaron, we can only hope it would be us. What a humble honor it would be.
Great story thanks; I'm American but lived in Antwerp for seven years and found Belgians in general to be very hospitable. I've been gone now for fifteen years but know Belgium will always be "second home" in my heart and mind and love to hear stories of them showing kindness, goodness and grace to "strangers."
a moving episode. How hard they fought, the resistant fighters. How little they were thanked. Thanks for the huge effort in keeping their stories alive. Well done. Again.
As a Belgian I'm amazed to hear about this story - new to me. As a Belgian again, I can only smile at the way that Flemish place names are pronounced, sometimes almost unrecognizably :-).
Good stuff anyway, thanks !
🤣🤣🤣 😜😜
I’ll take it despite the horrible pronunciations. The message is still clear. Hopefully when they make a movie about this it’ll be properly pronounced then. Hopefully that’s not your only disturbance with this story…
Felton never disappoints! Master hostorian and story telling. He's a gift I'll never take for granted.
Thanks for your story, Mark. Both fort van Breendonk and Dossinkazerne (deportation camp) in Mechelen are open to the public. Always worth the visit if you're in the neighborhood.
I spent today watching your videos. I just wanted to say thank you.
It's been a dark couple days here in the USA, thanks for bringing me some hope.
These stories need to be told....and there is no one better than Mark Felton. ...just excellent
You are truly amazing Dr Felton!
This is coming from a 22 year old young chap from Australia.
This is why I love this channel.
Hearing such informative stories.
Happy to support Dr. Felton’s efforts to shine a light on these stories. Remember Patreon!
"He never saw his mother again..." :_(
😢
Heart wrenching. He said it in one sentence but Simon lived never ending chapters about that moment.
And by performing the raid, it forced the Nazis to pull more of their limited manpower from other more useful tasks. Making a stupid and cruel task , even stupider and more wasteful.
Very good insightful videos. Such a perfect capturing of history. Mr Feltons videos should be shown in schools for history education.
Mark Felton’s videos are among the best on TH-cam
Thanks again Mark! You are a gem in this time of "social distancing" !
My pleasure!
Your research, writing, graphics and narration turns these war stories into thrilling adventures, as good or better than any audiobook I've listened to! Thank you for your hard work!
Thank you for all your great work so we can remember and hopefully learn from some of the darkest moments of our history. These acts of selfless bravery and compassion, no matter how "small" in the grand scheme of things keep hope alive for a better future. I have one tiny remark on this story which bears no weight on the accuracy of the events told, but I'll add it for the sake of completeness and clarity.
The fortress turned prison by the Germans is not called "Van Breendonk" but simply "Breendonk". Breendonk is a tiny village about 20 kilometres, or about 13 miles, from Antwerp and the fortress is part of a circle of fortresses built right before world war 1 to defend the city. The fortress was given the same name as the village but in colloquial speech it was often referred to as the fortress of Breendonk (village), which translates to "het fort van Breendonk" in Dutch, the "van" indicating the genitive form of belonging to the village of Breendonk. So it would make more sense to call it "Fortress Breendonk" or "the Fortress of Breendonk" in English, but admittedly in the end this is a semantic detail. On a side note, the fortress is open to visitors on most days and makes for an interesting albeit sobering experience. Keep up the good work, your channel's professionalism is of unique quality! Greetings from Belgium, T.
Amazing story.. Will always remember the 1 train that was stopped. Thanks Mark.
Thank you Sir. Just subscribed after hearing u mention this on ur other channel. If ur unbiased, precise & informative narration is of the same quality as ur other channel. Then i'm in for a treat catching up on ur back catalogue. Gratitude. The topic first peaked my interest, but ur narration is what holds it. The people's stories must be told & remembered. U do them a great service. Respect to u & ur work.
So nice of you
You sneaky sneak ending the first part on such a cliffhanger 🤣
Many thanks Mark for another episode, much appreciated !
Excellent story as always Mark, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it
I always enjoy your stuff Mark, you really have a gift in bringing the history of the war to life!! I thoroughly enjoy your stories and would love to obtain a copy of your book, which I thought was wonderful. I would like an autographed copy if possible. You are my favorite historian!
I've been a steam locomotive driver on a museum line here in the Netherlands. We had locs and cars from everything in the past, including these box cars in which people where transported with in the second world war. We were very much aware of this but it was something so important to show to people what also happened in way passed times, the nice things but also the bad things.
We had no signs on them indicating that these were used for that but quite a lot of people asked if these were used in the war as they recognised them from photos. We always were fully open about that matter and would show them the inside even, they could climb in if one prefered to do so. I'ts quite a sad feeling the first time you open up such a car and stand there thinking of all these terrible things that happened in there, how many men, women, children died in those cars? They were in those cars sometimes for up to 14 days in a row, no food, no toilet, nothing. Many died before even reaching a camp.
We never stored anything in these cars, in others yes but not in those, just out of respect for all those transported in them and those that died in there and eventually in a camp. May they rest in peace.
Nice story Mark, thank you.
Why were there no signs for these cars, do you think?
At the risk of "leading the witness," I wonder if maybe because the museum's focus was "railway technology," while these cars represented a difficult time with underlying social issues?
It's certainly good that you explained them to people.
Question, since you were a driver: is Walschaerts' valve gear even permitted in NL?
Doe de groeten aan de koningin!
Mark this was the maybe nicest story I ever heard of you. Thank you.
Thank you, Mark. Your videos are priceless for all of us. 💛🙏🏼
Really interesting story, glad there were more than a few happy endings for some of the escapees. Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Respect and Love from 🇨🇦.
Saw both Parts 1 & 2 Mark. Excellent story!!
You never hear about these stories, thank you once again Mark.
like so many subscribers - I hit " like " before watching the content , based upon the past videos .This video ( and its predecessor ) and its timing is/are especially relevant for me , as during last week there was Holocaust and ghetto fighter memorial day( based on the Jewish lunar calendar ) in Israel where I live
Wow. Thank you for your history channels.
Thanks Mark... war just breaks my heart.. It never bothered me until the summer of my 18th year when I to found myself in a jungle trying to survive..Since that time my heart aches everytime I hear of these stories.. But they must be told lest we forget..
“Too”. It’s like “also”.
@ now that I am getting old I get those two mixed up.. along with many other things.. my mind just doesn't behave right any more.. it is getting dark in there.. Thanks for correcting me..
You do an Excellent job Mark at presenting the 'facts' with an addition of 'pure humanity'. If you weren't the person you are I am sure you wouldn't be able to do this great job at teaching me and millions of others things that took place not too long before I was born.
I've studied WW2 for a few years now and I never heard the story of train 20. Mark deserves his own tv show.
Wonderful video Mark. So sad and chilling. :_(
Intriguing. You always spoil us with great content. Thank you!
So nice of you
@@WarStorieswithMarkFelton its almost unreal how vivid your narrations are. Bravo
Thanks Mark, your presentations are always superbly researched and delivered. Thank you.
Another great history video by the inimitable Dr. Felton. Thank you sir, keep them coming.
Incredible 2 part story, such worthy material and a master historian and teller extraordinaire. Talk about time well spent, this channel deserves 10X the followers, let's all help Dr Mark build a following.
I thought I only had enough time in my life for one Mark Felton productions... I was wrong and just subscribed to this channel also...
A refit of success in a dark world. Thanks Mark!
Dr. Mark Felton, the best of TH-cam!
Thank you thats an incredible account of bravery very good to hear some were able to escape suffering & death. Very good narration
TY for sharing this
I was acquainted with a Belgian Holocaust survivor named Régina
Part one and two really excellent work Mark .
I can never get over they’re bravery
I've always been intrested in German history,I never miss your uploads,I think what you upload is fantastic,thanks for all your knowledge,my dad was ex royal artillery I was ex UDR Northern ireland
Absolutely great! Thank you so much.
Nice work. Valuable history for young people who can get such valuable knowledge no place else.
Teaching history is lighting a torch of enlightenment in the void of ignorance.
I wish all schools adopted his videos. What a great job you do.
Thanks Mark! Great story telling!
I love your "intro" music. So appropriate to the WW2 stories.
These recording are really excellent, Mark. Thank you very much :)
As usual no words.... SIMPLY THE BEST !!!!
Full mark Mark ! Hisory and narration !
Great work mark! Great way to spend my morning tea break👍
Thanks so much. Heard both of them. Thanks
Hope you have a great day Mark!
You too!
A great episode!!
Well done Mark
Thank you for this amazing bit of history
Great video! You have such great content!
Mark. Amazing story’s I can’t tell you how much I look forward to hearing them. You are definitely the best story teller I have ever heard. One thing I can’t find you information box below.
Try the history guy.com Very good with a variety of subjects and on par with Mark's professionalism. Hat's off to both.
Stunning, courageous and incredible...to all of those rescuers...
Freedom is like water, 'Gold'..
A marvellous story of brave, young people. Outstanding.
I am glad you kept the same music. It always forbods a part of history and a story of humanity. Sometimes inhumanity.
Mark, great stories of WW2!!!
Thank you!!!!
Short but great! Thx mark love all ur vids!
Awesome video, may I suggest a video on wing commander Yeo Thomas? His story is amazing and a testament to his incredible bravery
Great suggestion!
Mark thank you for all this amazing stuff... The way you say her name in Hebrew is CHHAA not Cha but Chhhana.
What a great story. Transport 20, coming soon to Netflix
Excellent....Thanks very much...!
Excellent work. I must say the title comes off a bit tastelessly clickbaity but to be fair it is an accurate description.
The engineer screwed up. He should have blown off the locomotive boiler's steam, after the train stopped. It would have taken time to build up pressure again and the train would have been stationary for that duration. :-o
Thanks for continuing to share the stories of Nazi atrocities and the brave people who fought them. Today, too many people are willing to embrace fascism again as they demonize "The Other."
noice! this was gooood, can't wait for part 3
how about stories from the eastern front? there are a lot of then
Love your content Mark. Have you considered putting this channels stories out as a podcast? Would be glad to help if needed.
I never knew about the the fate of the Belgian jews . A good review . Very brave and selfless people .
DR. FELTON. A MASTER HISTORIAN.
Thanks mark you are the best
You're welcome!
Such courage and such compassion.
Excellent true war story excellent told