How the FRENCH treat GERMANS in VERDUN ( EMOTIONAL)
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I tell you some things that are in my heart in this one. I hope you won´t think I´m silly, but it just hits me hard, since living in Germany.
I felt ashamed while I was standing in front of the monoument of the Battle of Britain at the Themes. Everyone was so nice to me in London and I'm lucky to live in 2023 peaceful Europe!
@@nadinebeck2069I can really understand you. I feel ashamed of the Brexit. It’s one of the reasons why I felt the courage to share this.
@@LaureninGermany ich habe lange Zeit gehofft, zu einer Generation zu gehören, die ihr gesamtes Leben in einem Europa ohne Krieg verbringen kann.. Der Jugoslawien Krieg war der erste, der diese Hoffnung zerstört hat. Liebe Grüße, Ben😢❤
@@tasminoben686ich kann Dich gut verstehen. Ich war erschüttert, als ich gehört habe, was Putin gemacht hat. Krieg gehört zur Geschichte!
Lauren, You spelled me... and I love it 😊❤️😍💋😍❤️😊
These video leaves nobody cool. You found the right words and pictures. For me it was very important to visit Verdun. This lovely town was known as a place of horror. My grandfather was a soldier in the First war. It was very important for to visit the battlefields of Verdun. These fields left me speechless and thoughtful. My grandfather got wounded in Alsace at Hartmanwillerkopf. After WWII he started visiting his former comrade and friend in Alsace. There were never harsh words against him when he was in Alsace. Charles de Gaule hold a speech in Bonn and said: " Ich liebe Deutschland". And he started the French German Friendship. The people in Saarland and Alsace and Lorraine worked in each others countries. Only CORONA told them there was once a border. We should never forget what De Gaule and Adenauer did for each others countries. Lauren thank you for this great movie. You did a great job. Peter
Thank you so much, Peter, for your lovely words and for sharing this. Absolutely, the men who fought, they understood what it meant, and that those „enemies“ were men, boys, people. It moves me so much.
brilliant as always... Lauren, thank you ever so much...
Oh, thank you so much!
How can people not be nice to you Lauren? I think you're right about our current times, but I also think it's good for people to want to make things even better. You for sure made my day better. Thank you!
Absolutely, we have to keep working at improving. And I think that realising how precious our beautiful peace is is so important to make us do that. Thank you!
OMG This is my ABSOLUTE favorite video of yours so far!!! Thank you. From the beautiful pictures to your words!❤
Unfortunately, the EU opponents do not understand the idea behind it. Peace! Thank you for your heartwarming❤ words!😢
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It was a beautiful video. I loved it.
I couldn't agree more Arno.
Ah, Arno this means so much to me. And yes! Peace! Peace and being friends with former „enemies“ - it’s priceless and the blessing of our time.
@@LaurenAngela_aufDeutschthank you, sweetie! I didn’t ever see an email from you? Do
My father always said that there is not much that justifies a war.
He was a soldier in the Second World War, and afterwards he was a prisoner of war in France. He had to work as a miner and a gravedigger. He then moved to a farm near Montpellier. He was friends with the farmer ever since, and this friendship lasted his whole life. A friendship between two men who, under unfortunate circumstances, might have had to shoot each other.
Thank you for the beautiful video.❤️
Sorry for the long text.
Thx for sharing ❤
Don't be sorry!
Don’t be sorry, I am grateful that you shared this! ❤ It is exactly what gets to me, why I was so moved in the video.
@@germaniatv1870 What? No. Please, what have you been reading?
@@germaniatv1870 Oh, schaut mal: ein Antisemit der Geschichtsklitterung zu betreiben und denkt er macht sich hier mit seinem Hass Freunde.
Falsch gedacht.
Speaking from the other side of the Pond, I have to say that, previously, I'd never really looked in to the Battle of Verdun. I just looked it up, though, and was immediately _stunned._ The one in 1916 ran from 21 February to 18 December. Almost _eleven months_ in a _single battle._
No _wonder_ the Great War induced such a state of war fatigue.
I know, right? Absolutely heartbreaking, that it happened and then another ww afterwards. No wonder the Brexit only happened after that generation was almost completely gone.
Hallo Lauren, ich habe gerade Dein beeindruckendes Video gesehen. Ich war auch schon einmal in Verdun und sehr erschüttert wenn man sieht, wieviel unschuldige Menschen für so einen irrsinnigen Krieg ihr Leben lassen müssen. Ich bin glücklich, dass ich in so einer langen Friedenszeit leben durfte, aber ich habe auch Schäden des Krieges mitbekommen. Ich bin 1945 im Ruhrgebiet geboren und habe als Kind auch noch in Häuserruinen gespielt. Es war damals eine schwere Zeit und wenn ich dann heute meine Landsleute jammern höre, wie schlecht es uns geht, werde ich richtig wütend. Aber wenn man dann die Starenschwärme sieht wie sie sich sammeln, geht einem doch das Herz auf. Ich habe mich auch schon oft gewundert, dass die Vögel immer ausweichen können. Wünsche Euch noch einen schönen Sonntagabend, Heinz.
Hallo Heinz, ja, es muss noch mehr frustrierend für Dich sein, wenn Du das Gejämmer von heute Dir anhören musst. Und ich nehme mir auch Kraft und Trost von der Natur - und lieben Menschen, die ich hier treffe, wie Du!
The french was the only innocents in Verdun , germans was invaders then french made what they have to do : fight for their homeland , to not being a german colony
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I just love your soothing voice when you're storytelling. Somehow I feel like I'm in a fairy tale. And at the end, when you said BYE in a breathy, soft voice, it felt like you didn't want to wake me up so I could keep dreaming.
Ah, how lovely, Opa Andre! This is making me smile and smile! ❤
Long Story short Forgive but never forgotten
Absolutely, so that we can learn from the past, but still move forward.
@@LaureninGermany sure and a happy new year by the way.Frohes Neues Jahr 👍
@@Steven91637 thank you! Happy New Year to you, too!
Again, I always find myself grining the whole video through, and afterwards I feel better! They always make my day ❤
I smiled and fought back tears, so beautiful.❤
Thank you so much, Bianca. You are an absolute star. ❤
@@arnodobler1096this is so lovely to know. I am so glad I shared it all, now. ❤
Das beste in diesem Video sind die Aufnahmen vom " Staren-Ballett". Auch bei uns an der Küste sammeln sich dieise Vögel (in english Sterlings?) im Herbst zu riesigen Schwärmen von 1000 bis 2000 Vögel und machen die unglaublichsten Flugformationen in der Luft. Wir nennen das hier bei uns "Staren-Ballett ".
Ah, so nennt man das hier! Das passt wunderbar. Ich habe sie vor ein paar Tagen wieder gesehen. Es ist erstaunlich!
Thank you for your beautiful, optimistic videos. They always put me in a good mood.
Despite my nickname (which in fact comes from a Harry-Potter-game 😅 ) I am German. My husband an I are often on vacation in France with our van and I love the country and the people. Even in Normandy, where you can see the terrible traces of World War II everywhere, the people have always been extremely friendly and warm towards us.
They really are so friendly, aren´t they?! I was truly surprised by it, everywhere I went in France - including Paris. I thought the French were a little more aloof, but no, they were not at all.
And I am thrilled that my videos put you in a good mood. That makes me so happy!
Hi Lauren! Thank you for sharing your positive experience in France. It's nice to hear and see positive stories. Cheers, Peter
Hi Peter, thanks for watching! Yes, it was an experience that is still making me feel good, so many friendly people! Have a great week!
5:54 They are from so many different locations, found together at this specific spot, yet,... never were apart, a unity, a bound, thin as air, *spined arround the world not to lose connection, beyond time.*
Utterly magical!
Fantastic video. ❤❤❤ its so beautiful with a spinkle of magic.
Super, I‘m so glad that you liked it!
From tree Brother who went into the First World War, two were killed, two were never found again. One died at Verdun in an attack on an enemy position. The other one, nobody knows exactly where he died, the documents have probably not been preserved, if there ever were any. The last remaining brother was my great-grandfather, who, like my grandfather who fought in the Second World War, he suffered the psychological and physical consequences of the war for the rest of his life. Once, when I was visiting, I heard him crying at night.
When I asked him the next morning why he had cried, he just said that these are things you don't need to know anything about, and a little bitterly that I should be happy not to know anything about it and hope that I would never experience it first hand. He only meant that battles and war are only in history, noble and equestrian, the reality is a thousand times worse than what you can imagine.
It’s heartbreaking. It must have been so hard for you, too. He was probably so happy that you didn’t understand and never would, but so damaged by his experiences that he was torn in two.
There should be more good news channels, but at least we have Yours! ❤️🤗❤
I‘m trying! 💪
@@LaureninGermany You are doing great 👍💋
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@@arnodobler1096 Guten Abend, lieber Arno!
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@@sisuguillam5109 guten Abend, liebe Sisuuuuuu
@@arnodobler1096 Guten Morgen! Ich glaub' ich hab mir bei meiner Nichte die Erkältung eingefangen.
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Really enjoyed your video, nice to hear your views which you are very right the views of many . Take care
Thank you, Chris!
Quite a lot of the people who are spreading hate are doing it with so much vigour because they know they are loosing out to decency and solidarity.
They cannot stand that doing right by each other, respect, and the promotion of human rights is the goal most of us strive for because that means they can no longer feel superior.
Lovely words, lovely food (and coffee), lovely footage, and even lovelier Lauren!
Siiiiiiisu, I couldn't have said it better! 🏆❤
@@arnodobler1096 Danke, das ist lieb!
@@sisuguillam5109 UND EHRLICH, WIRKLICH!!!
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I never thought of it like that, Sisu. I suppose they are narcissist. It’s a strange thing. This world is an utter miracle and I am so grateful for people that live up to its worth.
And you are a darling!❤
Noticed that the coffee you drank was originally from Puebla, Mexico. Nice city in central Mexico near Mexico City.
The coffee is excellent! I’m just about to drink one now. Amazing, that you know the place where it’s from!
One grand-uncle of me is buried at a cemetry near Verdun, the other one died in the Elsass during WWI. My fathers friend was POW in southern France after WWII and when I was young we visited the farmer where his was stationed. We were welcomed very much.
The EU is the best thing that could happen to our countries. Hard to see that the same happens now in Russia and Ukraine.
Yes, the EU is a marvellous thing and I can’t believe that Brexit happened. It’s because the generation that knows how important and precious peace and international relations within Europe are is in the minority now.
How very sad about your relatives. I am so sorry.
My grand-uncle Kurt died at the Verdun-battle aged 19. One of the countless young lives wasted there for aristocratic vanity.
And yes, you are very right, it has been much worse in the past. I am sick and tired of all that whining of people claiming it's at the worst ever, for the panic the people spread confirms people's fears. And the more people fear, the more right-wing they vote and the more right-wing they vote, the closer a new war comes.
Exactly this! The poor terrified people who don’t realise what we have today- peace and tolerance and freedom.
I am so so sorry about your grand-uncle Kurt. I’m moved to tears thinking about that poor brave 19 year old young man.
@@LaureninGermany Him and all the others. Yepp. To think what their courage and inspiration could have done if they had been living their lives out. How many great artists and scientists and inventors or simply great personalities that could have been putting smiles on the faces of their peers were lost there?
That´s what I think, too. Tragic.
Thank you for your beautiful, optimistic videos. They always put me in a good mood.
Despite my nickname (which in fact comes from a Harry-Potter-game 😅 ) I am German. My husband an I are often on vacation in France with our van and I love the country and the people. Even in Normandy, where you can see the terrible traces of World War II everywhere, the people have always been extremely friendly and warm towards us.
@@zweispurmoppedlol let me tell you something : i won't cry for your grand uncle , your dear Germany tried to destroy France , french told " Verdun, thou shall not pass " and your Germany keep try to destroy France like when you robbed Vulcan propulsors with airbus . Another point : not any british died in Verdun, only french or german . French defended their homeland then no tears for germans
LOL It's never been this bad? Ever heard of a little thing called the Black Death?
Exactly! And so much more! So much comfort and luxury, cleanliness, health care, laws that protect us…
Finding Your channel really was one of the best things in my entire life! ❤
Wow, thank you! You are so unbelievably generous! ❤️❤️❤️
@@LaureninGermany Well, what can I say, You are my hero, really! ILY 🌹
Imagine 105 years ago. A French man, a German man and a British woman ... unlikely, they would have to option to sit together, and have a chat about dogs.
Absolutely. It really affects me to think about it.
Dear Lauren, i Love that you Share your Worm View on the World, With a Lill Bit of Peace in it. Both of my grandpas where soldiers in WW1, One in Jerusalem One in the east Front. We live Now in Peace in the west. With Friends in any Nation, thanks for the forgive and the human friendship. After Two horrorbil war With to mutch Death.
Did you hear about chrimaspeace from tue westernfront near Verdun? On Christmas 1914 Ton 1915, Birtish soldiers singing a chrismassong, tue German soldiers singing the same Melody. Than they singing together der silence than louder. Pricing out there Head out of the war structure. Sitting together Sharing Food under The small chrimastree. Starting a Football Game för US Readers Soccer.
When the morning comes war Has a break. They known the soldiers in tue others side a human and they can Not kill anymore.
Will be so Kind when your singing silength nigth und both languages to remember this small Part of Peace an humanity.
This man will be Brother Forever, With the unbreakeble band of humanity. They was my Heroes what is brave? Brave is With the Face of the Enemy in bis Eyes, put the weapon down, With the Risk to be shoten Next Second.
Ah, Axel, such moving words. Yes, I knew that about the Christmas singing and it makes me cry every time I think of it.
My father came back home late 45 as a prisoner of war from France, he was 18 and underweighted until 45 kg, but he never spoke bad about France nore the French. My grandmother had a French prisoner of war in her house for the winyard work. He came visiting her regularily until end of the 50ees. The same in a neighbourhood house where a bomb had destroyed everything and killed all the people inside except the French prisoner who had survived , thanks to the wine barrels who had protected him from the crashing walls.
So good that we live in better times today here in Europe, hopefully the world can learn from the French-German lesson.
18 years old. To have gone through so much by that tender age.
Yes, we must learn from it and appreciate the peace and friendship that we have.
During WWII my grand-parents risked their lives as they hid Jewish people and even British aviators at a point. Once the war was over, they were early partisans of the reconciliation between France and Germany; I never heard them say anything bad about the Germans. Needless to say they were warm supporters of the creation of what was to become the European Union. And indeed, if there should be only one justification for the EU, that's indeed this one achievement: PEACE. A long and lasting peace and friendship between nations that in the past wasted centuries and millions lives fighting each other to the point of almost destroying each other. I'm French but I now live in Eastern Belgium close to the borders with both Luxembourg and Germany. I regularly go to Germany (going again in two weeks for the Christmas market in Bernkastel-Kues, my third trip across the border this year), and I must say that it's always a pleasure to visit Germany. I'm not fluent but I can speak decent German.
@@jfrancobelgeBernkastel-Kues is so pretty. I bet the Christmas Market is a dream!
And wow, how brave of your family to do that. That puts so many of today’s little problems into perspective.
@@jfrancobelge I live there in Ediger-Eller downward the Mosel toward Koblenz. What I was talking about happened there.
oh, how I love your voice and your videos!! I can't come up with any words for it. thank you . and again thank you!!
Aw, thank you so very much! ❤️
History forgive but never forgotten
Exactly. The way to move forward and avoid any mistakes from the past.
@@LaureninGermany i agree with you Merry Christmas 🎄 Lauren
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Thanks for watching, Werner!