I was Hitlers Houseadministrator on the Berghof - Herbert Döhring tells his story - Documentary
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- Herbert Döhring (* September 29, 1913 in Paaris, Rastenburg District, East Prussia; † December 23, 2001) was a member of the SS and Hitler's house administrator at the Berghof on Obersalzberg from 1935 to 1943.
In this interview from 1999, Hitler's former employee describes for the first time in detail how he remembers his time at the Berghof.
Döhring, who died in 2001, was one of the best contemporary witnesses from Hitler's immediate environment due to his extraordinary memory. In this interview he impressively describes his time at Obersalzberg.
Having belonged to the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler in Berlin-Lichterfelde since 1934, Döhring transferred in 1935 to the "Führerschutzkommando", which was about 30 strong. His first task was to provide Hitler with personal protection at the Reich Party Congress in Nuremberg in 1935 at the Hotel Deutscher Hof.
After the Nazi Party Conference, Döhring was called to Obersalzberg, where he first worked as a telephone operator/guard in the old Haus Wachenfeld - which at this time was being expanded by the architect Alois Degano into what would later become the Berghof. Then he took over the construction supervision of the extension works. When Hitler was present at Obersalzberg, he stayed in the guest house "Hoher Göll". Finally, Döhring became the caretaker of the generously expanded Berghof.
While working at the Berghof, Döhring met his future wife Anna Krautenbacher, who was also employed there. On December 10, 1936, they were married in Berchtesgaden. The subsequent wedding celebration, which Hitler also attended, took place at the Berghof.
This interview was recorded in 1999 and never published until now.
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Braun is pronounced Brown. I just don't understand why people don't know that.
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At 1:08:42 is a wrong translation! The translator says that Sepp Dietrich was on a yacht in Sweden. The mistake is due to the fact that Doehring pronounces the german word Jagd (the german word for hunt) at 1:08:51 with a slight dialect. It sounds like yacht to the translator.
Doehring says that Sepp Dietrich was hunting in Sweden!
This is an amazing interview....what a look inside this interview provides. This is amazing piece of history. Thank you for posting it.
Plus...speaking of memory...HERBERT DOEHRING... Memory is not hurting either...wow down to even times!
Dankje het is een inzicht die je mee neemt in de tijd toen
Can we take a minute to appreciate what a good job the narrator (translator) did. His storytelling was outstanding and made this interview a pleasure to watch.
Yep. I seem to recall hearing his voice on TV commercials in the 70's. And maybe some TV children's shows. I'd like to find out his name and see if he's done any audiobooks.
Absolutely 🙌👏
Except for saying “Belsen” twice instead of “Bełzec”.
@@Frip36 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Agree.
This is one of the best interviews from a German employee of Hitler I've ever seen, and his memory is unbelievable. Thank you
The murder of Heydrich reprisals on the surrounding villages who provided safe harbor for the assassins. What would you expect? Remember in the Holy Bible when Dianna was raped? Negotiations were held for intermarriage on condition of the rapist’s people all get circumcised. Once circumcised, after a few days when swollen, 2 of the people took swords and murdered all the villagers in revenge for the one rape. Those villagers did not do anything wrong. The rapist did the wrong, yet the whole village paid for the crime. Same thing here with Heydrich, except, there were others involved in hiding the murderers for awhile as they planned their dastardly deed- murdering a man on the way to work in the morning. These are the same type of people of today who will not work, but suck all the money out of the rest of our life savings.
"a man on the way to work in the morning." 🤣Does your "work" include genocide too?
@@thomaspick4123 what tha f@#k??? How are you even comparing???
@@kerrimuir1 go back to the kitchen
I was suprized by his memory too, like it was almost scripted
I could’ve listened to Mr. Dohring for several hours! Thanks for this!
Well you did!!🙂
Herbert Döhring (born September 29, 1913 in Paaris , Rastenburg district , East Prussia ; † December 23, 2001 ) was an SS member and from 1935 to 1943 Hitler's caretaker at the Berghof ( Obersalzberg , Berchtesgaden ).
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Since 1934 a member of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler in Berlin-Lichterfelde , Döhring changed in 1935 to the 30 man strong “Führerschutzkommando”. His first task was to offer Hitler personal protection at the Nuremberg Rally in 1935 in the Hotel Deutscher Hof .
After the Nazi party rally, Döhring was appointed to Obersalzberg, where he first worked as a telephone operator or guard post in the old Wachenfeld house - which at that time was converted into the Berghof under the architect Alois Degano . Then he took over the construction supervision of the expansion work. During the renovation work, Hitler lived in the guest house "Hoher Göll" when he was on Obersalzberg. Eventually Döhring became the caretaker of the spacious Berghof.
While working at the Berghof, Döhring met his future wife Anna Krautenbacher, who was also employed there. They married on December 10, 1936 in Berchtesgaden. The subsequent wedding ceremony, which Hitler also attended, took place in the Berghof.
In the 1990s, Döhring appeared in several television documentaries on the subjects of the Third Reich and the SS. At the end of the 1990s he traveled to his former place of work again and was seen in a documentary about the Berghof.
6:00 for anyone wondering how accurate his memory is - I just checked the weather on Monday the 30th 1933 in East Prussia and indeed the January was very mild at first but then the temperature dropped steeply on the 29th and it remained very cold for a week.
His memory is incredible.
No doubt his memory is superb, but their are areas he might know and areas he doesn't.
Well, considering he probably had to answer these questions 5,000 X's over his lifetime, I doubt it's that incredible :-)
It’s his story & he’s stuck to it since he was interrogated.
Januaries have allways been cold as far as ı can remember
@@koraybakrtas😊
Anyone else spotted the ‘SS’ runes hidden in plain sight on his knitted tank top? 😂
Guess he never stopped working for the boss.
"Meine Ehre heißt Treue" (My honor means loyalty SS motto)
4:50 - Main Headquarters & Vacation Home - Berghof Lodge - Management - Staff
16:17 - H daily routine at Berghof
19:25 - Driving Ms. Hitler
20:43 - H's style, morning moods. News consumption. Depressed about King Edward. "Penny gardening"
25:00 - Guests at Berghof. No one allowed in H's private room(s). Guard security.
37:20 - Food suppliers. H's food preferences. Vegetarian. Apples.
39:44 - Martin Bormann vs head housekeeper over food supplier politics. Bormann personality.
43:30 - H beverages, alcohol. Likes a colder house. Speed reader of large books. High retention ability.
45:30 - News reels daily. Movie watching. No movie watching during war. TV? Music preferences.
47:10 - Bormann argument with Herbert Döhring over music records. Nature of their relationship
53:50 - H painting and drawing. City re-design drawings. Ultra-focus. Temper.
56:45 - Sports viewing. Soccer is boring. Bowling. Guest room details.
59:59 - Did H ever get sick or have a cold.
1:00:20 - H's interests during spare time. Architecture.
1:01:20 - Opinions on military and wars. Destruction vs. Architecture.
1:02:20 - Art collection. Art plans.
1:03:33 - Who was H's closest friend? Was H a good judge of character?
1:04:27 - Not going to talk about women. Talks about women.
1:04:48 - Not easy being a rock star
1:05:34 - H and Bormann relationship. Get'r done. Farms.
1:07:29 - Did H have a temper? 1943.
1:09:40 - Hess's strange flight to Scotland 1941. Did H know about it & Russia's plans? '41, '42.
1:11:39 - Döhring grows agitated when H's gamesmanship is doubted re. Hess. Döhring unsure of himself.
1:12:07 - Did the Berghof staff believe in H's ability?
1:12:54 - Döhring knows he's a stud.
1:13: 28 - H's walks to tea-house.
1:15:35 - Eva Braun, girlfriend. H was not married but kept Eva a secret, since a German leader should be single.
1:24:42 - Was the Berghoff headquarters susceptible to outside spying?
1:25:33 - Could Döhring himself have betrayed H? Big window in the hall. H dislikes air conditioning.
1:27:54 - Dohring can hear conversations through the floorboards. Keeps it private.
1:29:00 - Dohring learns about H's Eastern war plan and generals coming to the Berghof. Dec 31, 1940.
1:32:40 - Fire. H angry.
1:34:20 - What is Bormann like?
1:37:05 - Bormann appropriates homes etc., for Nazi leaders in land around H's headquarters. "Obersalzberg".
1:56:00 - Czech Rep
1:57:08 - Himler, opinion of.
2:00:00 - Stalin demands. Baltics. England/France. Comet. Apparition. Treaty with Russia.
2:04:55 - Goebles influence on the H-man.
2:05:40 - England-France declare war. H opinion of the English. Mussolini visit.
2:09:25 - Hermann Göring
2:10:20 - Ribbentrop, Nazi Minister of Foreign Affairs
2:11:45 - H-man defends Jewish woman. H no tolerance for lawbreakers. Overrides judges.
2:15:00 - When did Döhring realize that unjust persecutions were happening. And Jews. '38
2:17:48 - Last days of The Berghoff. 1942. 1944. Döhring takes over the family farm.
2:20:30 - H orders almost all his servants/Berghoff staff to go fight on the front lines.
2:23:03 - Döhring gets in trouble while in military service as transport leader.
2:24:50 - Plane crash kills H's transportation chief
2:25:00 - When did Döhring learn of H's death
2:26:50 - Döhring opines on what H should have done differently in order to defeat Russia.
2:27:55 - What was your most personal experience with The H-Man?
0:01 His handmade? woollen vest or slipover, displays some very Aryan symbols, anyone else?
@Napalmthedog I I I I I I 100% hand made - 🙈 . I noticed this too. The SS and the "Wolfsangel" in the black diamond shaped patterns - 🥶. I taught about that way he caused to wear that to the interview 🤔🤔🤔
@@napalmthedogiiiiii4105yeah the black ones are definitely SS. I have a very old big Japanese serving plate with swastikas on it. Made long before Hitler was born. Many of his symbols were not original. Guy wasn't as smart as many think.
Thank you for the eford.
@@katarinatibai8396I just noticed that, there is a sideways ZZ or lightning SS symbol there. I've noticed on lots of neo clothing the hidden symbolism in them. Noticed it in Ukraine, and St Petersburg
This fellow’s memory is fantastic . I’m in my late 60’s and there’s no way I could remember this level of detail from that many years ago. He would have been in his 80’s when he recorded this. An invaluable contribution to history.
@M KKrupp Well, we don't really know if his memory is fantastic, do we. He could be talking out of his *ss.
@@Consrignrant Have you watched it? He’s not talking about controversial or disputed historical stuff, just everyday happenings re the running of the property up in the mountains. He even says on a few occasions that he had no knowledge of certain administration things there because he and his wife had left by then. He comes across as factually accurate. It would have been interesting though to hear his views in hindsight on the whole Nazi era and its ideology.
@@Consrignrant 6:01 I checked the weather that he mentioned on a specific day by looking at a weather report in a newspaper from the time (the national library of Austria scans all old papers available at "anno -dot- oenb"). He was correct. Monday was indeed a very cold day in Prussia.
@@Mario.H Lol..... That doesn't really mean anything, now does it, Mario boy. Nice try though.
Hahaha what?! This guy tells you the weather on a specific day 60 years ago (he would have had to go to the national archives just to get ahold of those temperature reports in 1999 before everything was scanned and searchable on Google)
And what about all the other dates that check out. He literally recalls around 20+ dates that are well known during this 2.5h interview. You can go check every single one of them for:
A) is it the correct date (for example Todt's crash)
B) did he recall the right weekday
If you find a single date that he just "randomly made up" and therefore got wrong, let me know. Wikipedia is your friend. I have checked 5 dates by now and all of them have turned out to be correct. Now it's your time to shine buddy.
Until then, nice try though.
I watched this over a few days.we're lucky to have such an interesting recount of history from a man who lived through it .
His memory for events and their dates is simply astounding.
Yes, it's unbelievable.
And yet he can’t remember his Nazi Party Number…
today. BORMAN would be a vice-president of FACEBOOK
Why? Was he secretly Jewish?
What is the solution to the FB problem??
@@thegoyimknow. Whatever do you mean?
I like it because it’s more observational than opinion. History is a story usually written by the victors, not the guy who was actually able to remember the facts, to the best of his ability.
History is not written by the victors in the modern era. Tons of first hand accounts and videos and writings exist for all of the participants.
@@singed8853 they do exist but not known by the mainstream, if what you are saying is true , this man should've been interviewed by a major news channel or newspaper instated of a lost YT channel
@@dejabu24 this guy has personal anecdotes of hitlers daily life. It’s something history buffs are interested in. It’s not major historical news to hear stories about when Hitler had lunch and woke up in the morning and how he treated his waitstaff or Eva Braun. People barely know the major parts of history as it is. They don’t need to know that Hitler did not smoke nor drink.
A lot of people barely know the details of the night of the long knives for example and that does have some historical value. A lot of people don’t know precisely who hitler had murdered that night and morning and the false pretexts for killing one of his closest friends. To this day the prevailing understanding is generally infected by Nazi propaganda from the time it happened. He didn’t just kill his friend and cull SA leadership. He killed political opposition leaders on that night and some of their family members. Plain extra-judicial murder that was illegal by German ‘law’. In my view Hitler was much more evil than the mainstream probably even understands him to have been.
@@singed8853 yah Right there's things I Know about WWII that's not in History Books. German Historians were told by Victors What they can and can not write about.
@@klausphx how exactly do you know world war 2 facts that aren’t written down anywhere? Lol. Making things up and claiming speculation as fact does not substitute for history.
Nazi history is very well documented and it’s almost entirely written or orated by Nazis themselves. The main sources were Nazis. Mein kampf had a Nazi author for example. Imagine that. It may also shock you to learn that the OKH transcripts which transcribed Nazi high command meetings, and the diaries of Josef Goebbels and franz halder were also written and maintained by Nazis.
As a fan of history, esp this era, this is a fascinating interview. Thank you.
I can’t thank Begafilm enough for the channel and the content you guys provide us with. Exceptional historical archive of interviews, tours etc.
Another treasure of an interview and what interesting and priceless stories this man has. His memory is sharp as ever at his age.
I absolutely adore this and want thank you sincerely from the bottom of my heart for your work here. All the best and every success to you ✌️👍
Take a closer look at his sweater, am I the only one who looks controversial with those tiny symbols? The old fox decided to play a little joke with the journalist.
Are you talking about the two letters that look like old SS insignias in black diamonds over his heart? Naw....
About the most fascinating interview ever, including Hitler's favorite apple: Cox's Orange Pippen -- an English variety.
Thanks for this video. I love learning about all the small stuff - like Doehring fighting with Bormann over records, or Hilter liking bowling.
Excellent interview. Insightful. Incredible memory of dates, events, and circumstances.
If this was recorded in 1999, why was it never published?
Was it not televised on German tv?
I remember they showed an interview like this with Traudl Junge.
No it was never in german television.
We just did not publish it till now. We just used all the information he gave us to produce some of our documentaries.
I read her book.I got the feeling she never got over the guilt of working for Hitler til the day she died even though she said she knew nothing of the atrocities being commited until after the war! Just my thoughts.
@@wombatwilly1002 Yes, there is a documentary called Blind Spot where she talks about her life, interspersed with photographs of the time. She died of cancer the day after the documentary premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2002.
@@wombatwilly1002 ? did they not have a radio and check not only Goebbels propaganda? I am just guessing- I know personally the ordinary life under the Regime (of Communism). What a "peaceful" life on the isolated Island of Berghof
“ Edward had not abdicated there would of been no war between us as he was very German friendly “ and they stayed at the Berghof in 1937 “ A very interesting historical interview
Yes, that jumped out at me too.
@@browngreen933 What makes it worse is today the British Government is against the very country that sided with us and lost soldiers, including my ancestors. Europe survived as the second largest economy and we are in the fight against Russia and to me that is a betrayal to a country that also fought fascism. This hatred of Russia began after the war when General Patton said ‘ we defeated the wrong country
The break up of each individual European country and the losses of their own individual currencies and the collapse of their cultures is the ‘biggest experiment’ we are witnessing to go wrong with Europe as a whole and recession in 2023 will be unbearable for the poor people living in poverty and suffering from austerity
Germany won by sweeping the euro currency through European countries and making their currency the Deutsche Mark obsolete
We might as well face it , now European countries are becoming even more multi cultures the true identities of patriots of each country is being swallowed up as even Government are filled up with foreigners. ( I have not thought about other European countries being represented by foreigners) I will look into that because it makes a difference to allegiances and at the moment they are all beating the same drums of war with Russia and like this SS man said they’re cannot be two stags in Europe Stalin and Hitler of Putin or Scholz top dogs of Europe and multi cultures in Governments and countries has swayed public opinions
I'm going to start speaking German one day and freak everyone out. Been listening to these while I fall asleep.
@Evan Hodge You mean English is related to the German language.
@@MrCrowebobby Genau.
Same here
achtung
Jawohl mein Führer!
Has anyone noticed the typical little SS runes (inside the geometric rhombus) over one of the lines, (white ss runes on black rhombus) at the mid-top of his sweater?
I guess not even the interviever noticed it, or perhaps at the time of the interview was "tolerated".
This interview was extremely interesting to me. I am a curious student of history. This filled in some gaps that was satisfying. It reminded me of a long conversation I had with a Nazi tank commander in the year 2017. He was in the initial group that went into Russia. He ultimately, became an escort/driver for an American general until his passing here in California. There is nothing that compares to an eye witness account. Each filled in some missing background information that I had sought though out my life. This was very informative. Thank you.
Grant Burris -
"...a Nazi tank commander..." !?
Where do know if he was a Nazi !?
Not all german Soldiers were Nationalsocialists,
primary they fought for their home country and want to came home
alive. Of course the were many hardcore Nazis under them, but not all.
I watched a documentary about the sinking of the Battleship Tirpitz. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the name of the doc. Anyways, the documentary is based on the British bomber pilots flying over occupied Norway without fighter escort to sink the Battleship Tirpitz. The Germans had radar… Ahh, I’m sure you know all about it so I’m not going to get into all the minutia about Operation Paravane. My point is that there’s a Messerschmidt 109E pilot who shares his experiences as a fighter pilot. Nice guy and he lives in California, that’s why I’m telling you. He meets up with American WWII pilots every year (maybe more) & he talks about Operation Paravane from the German's perspective, it’s cool stuff! If you want? If you haven’t already interviewed or had a conversation with him? Let me know if you’re interested because I’ll go into my history and get his name for you. I know Cali is a huge State but it’s a small world!
What is a Nazi tank commander?
@@johanvandermeulen9696 ??? I don’t know??? What is he?
@@kenduffy5397 Not all German Tank Comanders were Nazis, the most did their job, fighting for their home country.
One thing right or wrong Hitler would turn in his grave if he saw Germany now with all the immigrants living there 😂
Best account of WW2 I've heard yet. This is a treasure trove on information on day to day running of the Berghof and a very intimate first hand account of someone who was so close to the heart of the third reich.
WW II veterans and civilians are the most fascinating sources of information to me. It's 1st hand, unpublished, and from a live source you can converse and interact with. They are living breathing history books. The best kind.
@@AP-hs6ew Documental authenticated archival evidence is how you learn history. First hand accounts of people has a problem that different people have different perception of events and different ways of interpreting them.
@@lepersonnage371 authenticated can also mean tainted or tampered with to be authenticated at what those who authenticate deems adequate. So i wouldnt trust that either.
@@sergiolandz6056 David Irving actually authenticated everything he included in his books by decades of research, since 1960s to this day
Must be one of the best interviews I've ever seen, if not the best.
Thank you for putting in this up because the gentleman who is speaking reminds me of my daughters grand parents they were German speaking and they could also speak english but I miss them speaking especially with him and his wife there last name was the OLLHOFF's Guenter and irmgard!!! I miss them so terribly and listening to them speaking in there language and this remindes me I learned the language from the father his son and daughter spoke as well my kids learned too!!! I wanted them to be proud of what nationality they were from. I just miss the language just thought I might say this!!! They were great people and very kind and happy people to be around I miss them so much I have pics of them and remember those days!!! Good memories!!! THANKYOU for this!!!🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦🌹🕊️🌹✝️🛐🙏💞💗💕💝💓🌈👏👏👏✝️
Ich liebe Deutschland!
This is incredibly interesting!!
Very interesting view of the other side of the war years.
He knows the EXACT last time he saw Hitler, down to the minute. How? More importantly, why? I found this interview very frightening. He has obviously spent decades pondering this experience in his heart. They were his Glory Days. He has them memorized like scripture. There wasn’t one glimmer of “if ONLY I’d known what was really going on..maybe I could’ve poisoned his juice…” No iota of regret was discernable and he certainly knows NOW that millions of civilians were killed by the lords he unwittingly served. Unnerving.
perfectly said.
What's unnerving is people like you who get your history from Hollywood movies! ... the other thing is that while you seem to condemn him for his actions yet, I have no doubt you have no problem with you or your country murdering tens of millions of unborn babies, slaughtered in their mother's womb ...
Please spare me your self righteousness.... ahhhhh, I can't see now, the glory of your holiness is blinding me!!!....
An absolute gem of an interview...fascinating.
I just found this interview! Outstanding! Thank you so much! This gentleman has a fantastic memory. So glad you video this interview! The Narrator did a OUTSTANDING JOB ! From Michigan
Love the little SS symbols on his sweater- haha
Prussians don't forget a thing .
Enjoying this very much
A captivating interview. What a fantastic recall Mr. Doehring had, even after all that time. With his gaze, one can see that he's actually reliving the incidents being discussed. One last look, he was there...
His memory too detail is incredible. How he remembered the names, where they came from, that’s impressive. I can’t remember what I did on Monday by the following Friday😂
I was honestly surprised at how little someone at his level seemed to know about what was really happening to the jewish people. I guess we all assumed that everyone knew what was being done but that is probably not accurate. Based on what he has shared alone it seemed like Hitler was more concentrated on building infrastructure and social reform so now I wonder how much of the actual final agenda was brainstormed by others.
no, he knew.
This interview is an historic treasure
For most people, Hitler is pure evil, but for this man, he was just a regular person with his own habits, food preferences, and other interests.
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I was captivated from the start to the finish of this interview. What an exceptional piece of history this is from someone that had firsthand knowledge of the inner workings of the Third Reich. It helps to humanize the fact that there were ordinary people living ordinary lives while working at the Berghof.
of course, the ww1 and ww2 story are the most fabricated BS next to the moon landings, yeah them things happened but not how they were written in our school books, once you read the losers version of the war you understand the victors are the true enemy.
Thanks for posting this. It's a fascinating piece of 20th century history.
What an awesome interview... impressive memory. Thanks for sharing
Shame about the adverts interrupting tho! *
A truly fascinating aspect of Hitlers life & living by a man who was actually there, I believe these interviews are a part of our history, good or bad, this is important historical information. 🇬🇧
Fascinating, A true first hand account.
This interview with Herbert Dohring has to be the most interesting and informative interview I have ever watched.
Holy crap, this guys memory! I have trouble remembering what I did last week....
"Everyone's entitled to follow his own religion"? Ummm
I hope this is uploaded again with his natural undubbed voice in German with English subtitles.
This guy is burning in hell as i watch this 😂
idiot comment
i could listen to him for days. Incredible story! thank you for sharing
Yes and. His experiences are fascinating. Imagine a afternoon with him Q&A?!
@@matty6848 man's dead
@@tavi501 the act of imagining is not!
So, Jan Kreisinger and Matt Y....you listen uncritically to a man give an interview and believe what he says without question?? I hope it’s not a common practice, bc you’d be extremely easy to manipulate! Doehring is not telling the truth much of the time in this interview, and was in fact self aggrandizing throughout, confident that bc he was one of the last people standing, he could turn himself into the ultimate insider through lies, which you would have known if you had read some books about Hitler and his role as Commander in Chief of the Wehrmacht from primary sources. If you listen to Doehring, the only activity Hitler focused on during the war was redesigning cities!! You obviously couldn’t see the problem with this assertion, bc Hitler was in fact Commander in Chief of the Wehrmacht who ignorantly refused to listen to his top generals, and prolonged the killing indefinitely bc he couldn’t bear to lose the war....he WAS NOT endlessly redesigning cities!! If I were you, I wouldn’t be so quick to believe everything you’re told!
@@voraciousreader3341Mr Doehring is recalling experiences of Hitler mostly before the war started, at that time Germany and Hitler himself focused most on building Germany not on war
His sweater even had the SS rune on it 😂😂😂
Not exactly. Look closely and compare the ss and the s like letter on his sweater.
it does! I cant stop seeing it now lol
His homeland and birthplace, Prussia, was stolen from Germany and handed over to Poland so that the Russians could keep all the Polish territory in the east of Poland that they stole and occupied in 1939. This resulted in millions of German refugees being forced to flee from Prussia, "relocated" by force at the end of the war. Many starved, were burned alive at Dresden (whole homeless families), and died on the MV Wilhelm Gustloff.
The Germans were not the only people relocated after WW2. It was a period of mass relocation and ethnic cleansing involving different European countries.
@@normamimosa5991 Whataboutism does not excuse what the Allies did to the Prussian people. Nowhere else was a FORCED exodus on this scale. It was mass murder.
@@normamimosa5991 Please cite verifiable sources. Thank you.
I am wondering if anybody has also noticed he is wearing a vest with a design that reminds to the SS emblem. He must be definitely wearing his favorite piece on his wardrobe 😅. Irony aside, great interwiew.
Thank you for saying this, was thinking the same exact thing! Great interview regardless though lol.
I thought the same thing haha
Thankyou for your service sir RIP.
HE HAS A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPRESSES IT VERY VERY WELL ABOUT THE TIME WITH HITLER AT BERGHOF
Can you imagine how bad Martin Bormann must have been if even the Nazis thought he was too much 😅
Amazing interview. Thanks for sharing
He confirms my suspicion of why the allies jailed Hess for life. They didn't want it out that Hitler sued for peace and was refused .
@David Plumer Your "suspicion"?..... Lol.... Aren't you clever. What a load of nonsense. Hitler never "sued for peace". He did however make threats like "peace or destruction". No sane leader could possibly have agreed.
Churchill was hell bent on war! It's what the man lived for he was disappointed when the war ended I bet. Such a hideous man. Ironic how much he used to bang the drum for the British Empire yet he single handedly destroyed it within only a few years
@@Consrignrant well, you told me!
Whatever
@@cutekanjii Churchill was hellbent on a war they would never win without American involvement so he easily manipulated the American President.
It was a total disgrace how Hess was treated especially aftee the war was over. To keep him locked up his whole life like a solitary caged animal, it's shameful! All the man did was try to find peace. If we go by the official account of the events anyway, all he did was try to put world events and the lives of millions ahead of himself & loyalties to one particular side. He could have just stayed quiet & sought personal gain, power & wealth within Germany like Goring & the like did but instead he left all that behind, taking a huge risk not only to his life by crossing the channel but not knowing what reception he'd recieve & look what did happen! Even if he was suffering from delusions and mental illness then that's even more reason to be lenient. It is one of the many injustices the allies got away with just because they were the victors. Total hypocrisy
WW2 was Man vs. Evil and Man lost
So TRUE 🙁
Yes, very true indeed, if those allie soldiers knew what was to become of their homelands they wouldn't have stepped a foot up those French beaches, i so wish that Britain had allied with Germany to defeat the Bolsheviks/communist(filth).
@@pwdb1968 yes Brother. Germany was fighting for all of Western Civilization
I too no longer believe in the religion of ww2 anymore. This is something I once thought I’d never say. It was hard to accept that we’ve been living in the Empire of Lies. And that for all too long.
@@daqt6079 the winners write the history and nobody asks if they are telling the truth. We all know who the Kings of the Liars are
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Perfect video
When commercial comes on
Happiness.
The Answer
Why did sooo many people follow the Hitler.???
1 person a day
Doing normal thinks
He had to do it, post WW1 during the diminishing of the treaty of Versailles I'll there was a strict economization of everything in Germany this is very true
It's sad really. It seems Germany can never get away from the Hitler/NAZI cloud at least in the media anyway.
I lived in Munich, Germany in the 1985/86 period. I enjoyed the living and working there sans history or politics, and I had an excellent quality of life.
Well, it's hard to wash away the stain of a nation having started a war that killed well over 50,000,000 people.
A girl that I hung around with was from Stuttgart Germany. I couldn’t believe how many people (Americans) would flat out ask her if she was a Nazi!
She was born in the early to mid 1980’s!!! 🙄🤦🏻♀️
It amazes me just how stupid people can be! Being part German myself it really pissed me off. However for her I could see how hurtful it was. An it really was a constant thing. (This was only ten to twelve years ago.)
So, you think the history should be wiped away? Forgotten. During the period you were in Germany, WW2 history and Hitler were actually silenced in Germany. We must all understand our history but not blame descendents for the sins of their ancestors, which is an absurd and dangerous notion taking hold in the world today.
@@kkdesignservices183 Germany NEVER started any wars. And the great majority of the killings was by the allies.
@@kkdesignservices183 lets just forget about the stain from the atomic bomb.
ADL filth would like to erase all genuine accounts like this one, im sure.
Inexpertly translated. "He can slide down my hump" should have been "He can kiss my ass." "Hitler couldn't smell meat" is how Germans would say he couldn't stand meat, and had nothing to do with the odor of meat. Several other mistranslations need correction as well. "Jagd" is translated as though it were "Jacht," so Hitler was angry because his underling was HUNTing, not YACHTing. So many German names and words were mispronounced, Doering most frequently.
I am not sure that "He couldn't smell meat" is a mistranslation, as he explained that Hitler said he couldn't smell meat because of a gas attack during WW1. The side effects of a gas attack, surely wouldn't have anything to do with simply not liking meat.
Calm down and appreciate the importance of the overall information, rather than little details of translation. If you are German, then you were able to grasp the nuances -- so no problems.
@@normamimosa5991 but the one of 'Hunting'was a huge mistake, I was really confused.
*it was no 'Accident' that Hess landed within 20-miles of 'Balmoral Castle' and likely he was to meet in secret w/members of the 'Royal Family' who disagreed strongly w/Churchill and wanted a 'Cessation of open Hostilities' a more or less de facto Armistice*
*England was in no condition to fight Germany, militarily or economically, and it was the opinion of many "We lived-up to our agreements & treaties in Europe and kept our honor and to become embroiled in 'open War' now is foolish and pointless!"*
( *Why is it NO ONE was allowed to speak to or interview Hess for fear of what he might reveal regarding Hitler and the 'Royals?'* )
*No one knew anything in 1940...and no knows anything now either*
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*The very fact of 'No one knows a damned thing!' makes many, including myself. very curious over 'What is the real story?' and the obvious answer is Hitler sent his 'Deputy Fuhrer' as an envoy to negotiations for peace*
The planning for the Attack upon Soviet Union was in progress on July 31, 1940...about the time of the attack on England in Summer of 1940. This man's memory is beyond amazing.
For those of you enjoying this, and thinking his memory so profound, the tradition of oral history is still (or was pre-social media) strong. I lived in Germany on the economy in the mid 70's. We lived in a small town with a Schloss just outside of Landsberg. The Schloss, built beginning early 17thc., was occupied by the SS during the war to oversee the Dachau extension of Kaufering. But I knew Kaufering as a lovely town where I showed for groceries and the Schloss was a fairytale place for my children to play while i worked there. As I began to learn the history of the town, the surrounding towns and cities I began to appreciate what happened there only 33 years before. There grew in my mind an overlay of historical images I'd grown up with- now superimposed on my daily life. Riding the railway, seeing the pediatrician in Landsberg, dining in Augsburg. All around me were older people who had been active in the war, the persecutions etc, including my kindly landlord. Rarely do you find people willing to admit wrong doing and the veil of polite society prohibits any attempt to talk on the subject. BUT DON'T BE FOOLED. Germany is really a small country and everyone knew what was going on. There was no way to not know. The concentration camp of Dachau stood outside the city. The railroads were filled with trains carrying dying and ill treated people- right through town. In imagine our city center subways filled with dying, miserable, starving people and as it stops at all the proper stops we can easily see and hear the people. Germany runs like clockwork the way it always has. Like clockwork they killed and then forgot.
I remember about 15 years ago I was working in Munich, and on one weekend I thought I would go and see Dachau. This was before I had a satnav, so I just used a map. I asked several locals (Germans) for directions who were out and about (mowing a lawn, or just walking in the street). They had never heard of Dachau, or so they said. I never went in the end. It turned out that I was only a couple of km away.
It's just anecdotal, I know, but years later I thought about how suspicious that was.
Tricking our mind to believe it ever happened or wasn’t our fault is a survival trait for maintaining our sanity , to be one of a million straws that broke the camels back makes us feel just fine pleading not guilty , that poor camel 😥
I am half German, I know my peers - now 50ish, but I was there when they showed me the wall coming down from then recent video, and my cousins expressed some concern around new nationalism (“we are strong again”…) This has not happened, as they are strong allies and lead the democratic West, excluding the US that is somewhat shaky due to idiot Jordan basically under orders to cut-off aid to the Ukraine.
Liar.
@@nwogamesalert Learn something. Do some research. I'm not saying that most Germans are not"good" people. What I'm saying is enough propaganda and blaming, even the most rational people will have a tendency to behave in evil ways. The US army was well aware of how many people knew about the concentration and death camps. The problem is so many denied it. But all you have to do is get a many of Germany, Poland, Austria. Place all the concentration and death camps on it. Note the proximity of these camps to Urban areas- no matter the size. Then overlay this on a map of New England for size and approximate population comparison. I think you might be shocked. I know I was. My understanding came with personal experience, book education and actually speaking to people who lived through this. I worked in a Schloss that was used as a Nazi headquarters and the headquarters for a Dachau satellite camp. Don't forget that each main camp has a few to many satellite camps. And they were located near or next to villages just like the village I lived in. I was happy to live in Germany. I learned much. But most do not deny or forget, why should you?
I calculated how much he was making. 300 Marks back then is $7,100 today. His wife gets the same amount. He mentioned 100something Marks from the military that’s over $2300 a month. That’s around $16,500. He said food, water and housing is all covered so that’s $16,500 with little to no expenses.
Fascinating. What really interested me was how differently he saw the war from his perspective. I'm in the US, & my brother in law dated a very nice young girl whose family was from Germany. I will assume her grandfather was a Nazi soldier. While we were eating lunch in Solvang, she denied the Nazi death camps and their attempt to eliminate the Jews & Gypsies. She is convinced they never existed. I wasn't sure if she was joking or actually believed it. She believed it.
I really would love to have spoken to the rest of her family. I guess I can compare it to my sister telling me Joe Biden is an honest man. 😂😂😂
It's illegal to deny the Holocaust, in Germany. There are reasons for that. I've met enough who deny it happened, in private. I think it happened, but I wouldn't punish someone who doesn't believe it. Free speech is not the same in Germany as it is in the USA.
This is great. Thank you for bringing it to me. I know many historians don't want to do voiceovers. Sometimes for good reason. However I listen to these while I work. And can't sit and read subtitles.
Thinking a out it was a great application for dvd or blueray multiple audio streams.
What a wonderfully fascinating interview! It's one of the most interesting ever.
We must always be aware that this man was not simply a house keeper, but a member of the Waffen SS.
Apart from this, most of what he says appears to be frank and honest, he seems to be wanting to get it all out
there before he dies. Which he in fact did 2 years later. He recalls dates with great accuracy, his mind is clear.
This interview is PRICELESS.. a hands on report from an actual eye witness to the most important events of the
20th century.
You must always remember who wrote the history....Just a day or two ago a 100+ year old camp guard was sentenced to 5 years...If a person thinks that one side was squeaky clean with no sin they need to study some more...To the victors go the spoils...And the history.
@@markjohnston2675 There was a great number of convoluted stories and propaganda from the allied side also. As you said, nobody was squeaky clean, it was war.
Who cares if he was a member of the Waffen SS, It does not mean he had anything to do with war crimes. War crimes and propaganda happened on all sides and does till this very day.
@@darrinrentruc6614 Hey stupido.. did I say he was involved in War Crimes? Stop projecting here.🤡👆Do you know what indoctrination is.? I doubt that you do. My comment was way beyond your intellectual level.
I would love to see one interview with one of Stalin's insiders, or Fidel Castro's or Pol Pot's. Would be interesting! Real talk! 💯%!👍☝️
Its interesting to note that Hitler treated his staff really well, whereas Churchill was rude,obnoxious and bullying towards his.. something I didn't find surprising as Churchill was drunk most of the time and was known for his alcoholic outbursts with liquid courage fuelling most of his famous speeches.
Thank you ever so much for this interview. It is a great insight on the works and routines at the Berghof.
Nice sweater vest. Hugo Boss?
Fantastic. Thanks. What an interesting interview and Herbert seems to be a genuine nice guy
Such a shame the Axis lost......
I just noticed the black diamonds on his sweater have “S” runes like the ones in SS collar badges. I assume this is just ironic coincidence.
I noticed the runes on his little sweater vest too. No way that’s a coincidence. Fascinating interview, but I think ol’ Herbert was a bit unrepentant.
"I assume this is just ironic coincidence."
Oh sweet summer child....
Yes, I noticed that right off the bat. Also, one of the other designs looks a little like skulls that were on some of their hats and uniforms. Very interesting historical events, but he's SS to the core. You cannot tell me he didn't know the patterns on his sweater mimicked Nazi symbols. Cunning man.
Not exactly. Compare the two
Thank you for this amazing video. I have to ask if the "SS" runes were a coincidence on the sweater?
I was wondering if I was just making that connection in my mind!
Haha I’m sure he loves that sweater. He seems proud of ALL his past. He being that close around Hitler I’m sure shared view points. 🤷🏻♂️ he was SS at end of day.. those views usually never go away
@Tagedieb Your nom de plume speaks volumes.
Very good interview, however his superb memory seems to faulter somewhat when it comes to certain 'sensitive' issues. Interesting.
Of course it "faulters". You can'r expect a Nazi (or ex-Nazi) to tell the whole truth at their own risk. He is the epitome of a biased witness.
Clicked away as soon as I head it was a dub. STOP DUBBING OVER PEOPLE, we want to hear what he's actually saying, and not have to trust the shoddy translation work. Can't fully trust the interpretation since we can't hear the source. Will look for another source of the same vid
Incredible interview, thank you very much.
The story about the red sky was a sign of god for the jews were dying and the war's were beginning where blood would flow and there was plenty, so sad and now it is here again😢
I am so impressed with how detailed his history is at his age.
I don’t feel like he
Hitler was very dapper indeed. This is a truthful account.
Curious jumper design 😊
I love his East Prussian dialect - a dialect that no longer exists as all speakers died already 😔
thankfully
Das ist ein typischer norddeutscher Dialekt. Du musst nur mal nach Mecklenburg-Vorpommern schauen, Wismar z.B., da redet gefühlt jeder so. Selbst Plattdeutsch wirst du in der Region hören, aber das wird überwiegend "nur" noch von dem alten Eisen gesprochen.
FROM 001 to 2.29.56 video, THE MOST AMAZING AND INTERESTING INTERVIEW I EVER HEARD. WISH THEY WERE MORE!
8 years with Hitler. Never a dull moment.
Brilliant! 😂
I’m curious how his farts smelled.. my guess not much with all the opioids in his system. He’s probably backed up like a freaking stein sausage.
I would not have like to meet that man . Dangerously obedient indeed
Imagine if instead of waging war Hitler had used his energy and passions on architectural projects. Maybe his legacy would have been one of a hero instead of a psychopathic villain !
For sure was not able to combine more damage that he did as a leader of Germany. 60 millions people died, not even the worst architect would reach such Cifers 🤣🤣🤣
@@markmilan8365 lies
Churchill was the warmonger. Do a deep dive and reseaefh
The third Reich was definitely
an astonishingly fascinating action from bottom to top. It went found because of moral frailty at top.
The records in Hitler's private theater show he watched the Charlie Chaplin movie "The Great Dictator" twice. That came out in 1940 once the war started, so Hitler did see some movies beyond newsreels after the war started.
his memory was good and things he experienced cant be forgotten
Thank you for this most interesting interview. I appreciate the voice over translation. I actually prefer captions since I enjoy listening to the Germanic language. Peace be with you.