Man, this content is unbelievable to watch for free! I've dedicated a lot of my time to watching these documentaries! The amount of work you put into documenting such detailed accounts of these important historical footnotes, it's simply impeccable! Now, how can I share my fascination with this history without seeming... suspicious.
I am really sick the past few days, and watching all Mark Felton’s videos has been a great distraction. Thank you so much for putting this great content out there.
Mr Felton. I am a retired officer from the INDIAN ARMY. I watch your videos regularly and i must say that you carry out splendid research and fantastic presentation. Thank you
As a young child in about 1968I watched a TV documentary on Bormann--which terrified me because it suggested that he might be still alive, and in Paraguay. Now I am 66 and still very glad to know that he did not defy fate, not for long. Excellent research and presentation. Thanks!
So Blashkes statements weren't made by him....but the West German government....hmm...this is in line with Hitler and Braun died at the bunker...which has NO veracity AT ALL...THERE IS NO EVIDENCE AT ALL that Bormann Hitler or Braun died in Berlin. There is powerful evidence that all arrived in Souuth America. After all a few worked for the CIA...
I got to watch the last episode of this series with my GodFather, a longtime WW2 buff, just before he passed from cancer. He loved it. Thanks for posting it in long form.
@@Smudgeroon74 It was a recurrence after a period of approx 25 years of remission and management. It was particularly aggressive and non-responsive, so he only had around 9-months. But he was lucid and absolutely loved this series.
I’ve probably been through the World at War series at least 6-8 times, Victory at Sea almost as many times….and most of the successor series over the years. I’m lucky to have discovered your channel in the early days, and have enjoyed the style and content that you’ve sharpened over those years. I think you have a very small number of channels that are anywhere close to your depth and quality of work. Thank you, Mark
@@watchRedIceTVto be honest, unless you are German with ties to said past, none of you actually know anything. Just what you were told or researched, including mark Felton. I leave it there
@@SaRkAsMuSoNe-True. Modern Germans alike anyone believing in mainstream history (which Felton is part of) know nothing. The lies agreed upon by the victors are called history (Napoleon).
Amazing work Mark 👏 your commitment to detail is unmatched when it comes to WW2 history. There is no better place to learn this period of history than this channel on YT. So many people appreciate it. 👍
My father was obsessed with Bormann and his escape from the end he so justly deserved. Of course not so much known in the fifties and sixties so he would have been fascinated by the Dr Felton series of videos. Thanks so much!
The clay on Bormann’s skull is from some place in South America, and there were accounts of him living there as a sort of gang boss with an undercover name.
I too like what I've listened to here. Hypohysterical History has produced some excellent videos, many involving lesser-known battles in the Pacific Theatre of WW2. (His two-parter on the Falklands War is outstanding, too.) I'll also mention Hardthrasher who has produced some very good videos documenting aspects of WW2, specifically the Allied bombing campaign and the Battle of Britain. Irreverent, yes (but, being British and ex-Army, I appreciate much of that kind of humour) but very informative, very interesting.
I love Mark Felton fans. Who else refers to long form podcast about Martin Boorman as a "banger" / "club banger"? I have found my tribe...here with my fellow Feltonites!
As usual you kick the asses of your academic colleagues, especially the German historians who have to follow historic dogmas. Your work is excellent historic research that sets the highest standards. Awesome!
@@Jreb1865 Been there man. From a no lunch driving job to a 45-50 minutes lounge fest that we got away with for two years until the owner started checking the time cards. We weren't ripping him off or anything we would work past what we needed to then would have to wait for the next job to come to us. He wanted us there not at the park
@13:29 The proper and succinct statement, "placed in a shell hole, doused in petrol, and set alight", is the reason why yours is the perfect voice for audio books reading scary stories to children!!
I'm impressed time and again by your work Mr. Felton, this subject in particular being one I had looked in to many years ago. I ended up buried in the same stories you brought up and some more fanciful ones that I'm assuming you've also seen and dismissed like I for the most part did. I'm certain at this point that we won't conclusively know totally for sure what happened since each official version meets counter evidence that is hard to ignore, on one level or another. I think younger generations will find these stories perhaps interesting but on a somewhat different level than we do, when I was a child I met and interacted with people who did experience and in some cases take part in the events of WW2, on various 'sides' as it were. I'll never forget one guy I got to know when I lived in Italy as a kid, he was our neighbor. Every morning, he'd go to his garage and put a freshly brewed cup of coffee in front of, and salute, a bust of Benito Mussolini. I've met and talked to Finnish guys who trained in Germany and had a rank in the SS, and various other 'cast members' of WW2 in some form. They are of course all dead now, but 30-40yrs ago they were still in good enough shape to tell things from their perspective, which taught me a lot. In particular since their stories are not written down anywhere or deemed worthy to be recorded.
I haven’t been gripped to a scoop like this for a long time so much so I’ve ignored all phones and and txt messaged, which is a great felling in its self, thank you again for bring a first class factual documentary
Wouldn't usually consider myself an avid WW2 history enthusiast, but the quality of this content is making me consume your channel with averice. Fantastic delivery, the perfect mix of not over dramatising things but still keeping them interesting.
Doc Mark, you must know, sad people like myself have listened to the parts of this presentation over and over again, it's your best ever. Now I've got it feature length. Can't wait to tell my wife!!! Seriously, it's the best
I wasnt much into history in high school. But watching dr.feltons videos i enjoy. Ive learned a lot. Dr. Felton is a good lecturer and likely an amazing professor.
An awesome documentary - I related this story in an earlier Bormann segment, but I think it is work repeating in summary. I had a chance encounter one evening with a supertanker captain on vacation in the Philippines in 1977 who was staying at the same small hotel. As the small number of guests gathered around the fireplace after dinner, he related how about ten years earlier he was on a walking holiday high in the Bavarian Alps. He stopped at a small Guesthouse that served as the local "pub" in a tiny hamlet high up in the mountains. While at dinner in the company of a dozen or so locals, a stocky elderly man, in obviously frail health, entered the dining room. What caused the Captain to note the event was because the locals in the room went totally silent as he entered the dining/pub room. The proprietor personally greeted and waited on the man, treating him with obvious deference. The man ate and drank in silence and didn't interact with any of the locals. He got up and left without leaving any payment or interaction with the staff. After his departure, normal conversation began again among the locals. The captain related he had no idea who the person was at the time and was mostly struck by the behavior of the locals. The final oddity was when the Captain asked the proprietor at the time who that man was, the proprietor got very nervous and he never got an answer! A couple of years later, he happened upon a news report about Bormann that included some pictures. Upon seeing the pictures of who was a somewhat obscure, but important Nazi, he related that he immediately recognized a marked resemblance to this obviously older man he had seen several years earlier. His comment to us was the man's facial structure and his haunting eyes were the most striking similar feature. His assumption was that this old Nazi was residing in the area and the residents both knew who he was and were scared to incur any of his displeasure. The captain also commented that the area had a very large population of elderly residents who would definitely be in the age range to be WWII adults, including having been potentially active Nazis or living under the Nazis. He continued on his walking vacation and never had any other interactions with that area or the people living there.
The problem I have with stories like that, as is stated in the video, is that Bormann was an anonymous face in Hitler's team. People wouldn't have known who he was, and after the fall of the 3rd Reich, he really was a nobody. He would never be a man with a great post-war following, a man with clout - his clout disappeared the moment Hitler killed himself. I can't see why the locals would be deferential to a man with no reputation for anything other than being a toady - in fact, I'd say it would make him more likely to be turned in by someone who didn't hark back to the "good old days" of the Reich, or someone just looking for some reward money. Bormann would have been a target, for those who may have had to bow and scrape to him when Hitler was alive, or had perhaps been humiliated or sidelined by him when they tried to communicate with Hitler. Bormann could only really survive by being ultra-ordinary, the kind of person who WASN'T known to the locals. Even if he squirreled away plenty of wealth during his time in Govt, I doubt he would have had enough to buy anonymity and safety for long.
I’m sorry but why was there a lit fireplace in the Philippines lol it’s very humid all year round over there. Unless you were experiencing a hurricane but even then it’s still warm
@@marccasas2010 Where did he say "lit fireplace"? He just said "fireplace", as in "hearth", a natural place for people to gather, regardless of whether there is actually a fire. This is why so many people think all sorts of nonsense - because they don't read properly then jump to conclusions.
@@anonymousanimal1534 Given how many times Bormann was reported dead by "credible" or "official" sources, I don't think anyone knows for sure now. Bormann was noted for his craftiness and deviousness, so laying all sorts of false trails is not unlikely to cover his tracks. I was just relating what I was told and in the context of when it happened the gentleman did seem credible and not prone to exaggeration.
Once again, perfectly researched , gripping, and well told, just first class! Mr. Felton, my wife will not be happy as I was supposed to paint our bedroom but your episode came up and I could not resist. 🤣
Hi Mark. I really do enjoy these long-form videos, (and of course all your other work). The amount of research going into this is staggering! Very well done!
@@aiglonducal314I’ve read multiple books detailing the post war activities of the Nazi cult in diaspora in the aftermath of WWII. Mark Felton has taken a highly sensitive subject and shifted through a myriad of deceptions to produce what I consider to be the most through discussion of Martin Bormanns fate, ever put to film. I would suggest that you watch the video before dismissing its content out of hand.
Dr. Felton, you never cease to provide fantastic videos. This has always been a question for me as a student of the period ... Bormann's remains. It does not add up, but the questions cannot be answered. Great, great job!
A friend of mine in the mid 70s had been a combat engineer with the Berlin Brigade. He had been dispatched to the grave site by his command. He himself found a rusted out HSC handgun at the site of Bormann’s skull. He, himself believed that at the least Bormann’s skull had been planted there by Neo Nazis. Per my friend, whom I trusted explicitly, there was an incredibly intricate organisation of Nazis operating in Germany at that time. Not truly “Neo”, but actual 1st or second generation Nazis. My question, which I never received an answer to, was “Why was the US military involved in the search for remains?”. That would make for an incredibly documentary.
I truly enjoy your videos very much Dr. Felton! You are well-read and your research thorough. Thank you for creating and sharing these informative videos for us to learn from.
Just found your channel and will be coming back again and again. This is so well researched and analyzed and presented - blissfully - without noisy background music trying to manipulate my feelings. Thanks again - so very interesting!
Your research, the time and dedication to these videos are amazing! I’m a huge WW2 enthusiast. My grandfather served in Guam and Tinian and I had the pleasure of serving in Guam and Europe (Germany and The Netherlands) while I was on active duty. I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos
I love that you combined all your episodes into one video. Could you please consider putting all your brilliant videos of the deaths and investigations of Hitler and Eva Braun into a one long episode format like you did with this video. It would be Epic if you did this
Yes!! If there’s atleast 4 or 5 vids on awesome subjects by Mark-Such as his fascinating One on the “RAT LINES” that helped Nazis escape Europe would Greatly Embraced!!! Brilliant Combination Videos like this are enjoyed & BEYOND Interesting!!
If only he would stop with the Propaganda. It's difficult to respect or take seriously an historian who Honest To God believes that Adolf Hitler was a 24 year old trans man.
The research and effort and editing you put in to this is phenomenal... It's better than all the top channels and you deserve a show on one of those big channels.... I've watched a few documentaries regarding this and similar topics and your light years ahead ..... Your efforts will eventually be rewarded .... Just brilliant 👍👍👍
I lived in Baden Baden and knew nothing about the Second World War, but with all your information, thank you and there is unrest in this world again, but all with prevail, love your vision and all history, amazing man
It is absolutely absurd that such quality content is available for free. You have done a wonderful job of your long form videos, and I really enjoy each of them. Keep up the good work, and thank you for the time you have spent to produce such wonderful content!
Thank you for compiling this video series for us. So maybe Gerda Borman didn't really die from cancer and her death was also staged so that she could eventually join up with him somewhere when the coast was clear?!?
Excellent documentary 👏 the longer the better. The details and minutia are what sets you apart. You truly lay things out unlike most documentaries that are cut & paste and go over what's already in the ether. Thank you.
Youd think who ever dug him up in South America, flew or sailed all the way to Europe then travelled to Berlin would at some point thought 'Might he a good idea if I cleaned off all this red clay'.
Mark. You’ve single handedly ignited a passion in me for all things World War Two, over the last few years - hated history in school, now I LOVE it and dare I say, know my stuff! 👏🏻
As many problems as Bormann created, and as many spanners as he threw into the workings of Hitler's office, I've begun to wonder if he was a British asset, and that that's why he was able to escape after the war.
Great video Mark 👍. I think Boremen did get to South America, but that's so frustrating and disturbing to realize. Always good to watch your videos. Thank you 🙏
This is off the charts! I have long been fascinated by Bormann and thought I knew a fair amount about him and his final days (wherever they were!). Was I ever wrong. Amazing deep dive with lots of new insights. Thanks very much and keep going…your content is excellent.
It's alleged that the adopted son of Walter Scheel, who was adopted from Bolivia and coincidently named Simon Martin Scheel, was actually the blood son of Martin Bormann, with a Bolivian, or Argentinian native woman. It's alleged that when Walter Scheel went to South America for a tour, he met with Bormann, who requested the boy have the opportunity to live a proper German life in Germany. If true, then not only is their another child, but the then newly post-war German Chancellor was not only well aware of Bormanns existence, but was apparently doing him a big favor.
@anthonybendl8125 this info is available in the book 'Martin Bormann Nazi in exile' if you want further info. It is available for free on some forums and sites
I don't get anxious, I feel content that the leaders/Generals and high ranking National Socialist German Workers Party members were full of fear and horror at the impending end. After all the Genocide of the Concentration Camps, the destruction, death and vengeance against all of the Allies including Stalingrad. With the Russian Troops within meters of them in the bunker. As my Wise old Grandfather (and WWII veteran) used to say.... "God pays debts without money!"
My best friend recommended me this video. Her father played Bormann in a movie. Don’t really know much about Bormann but it’s very well put together and very interesting. I have subscribed and looking forward to delving into your other work. Glad you have so many subscribers as it’s well earned.
i am highly entertained by the magnificent wealth of storytelling and evidence presented on the subject. Thank you seems inadequate as no one has ever provided such a substantial amount of information, in my experience in researching Germany post Hitler 1945. Please do keep up the good work my friend
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Man, this content is unbelievable to watch for free! I've dedicated a lot of my time to watching these documentaries! The amount of work you put into documenting such detailed accounts of these important historical footnotes, it's simply impeccable!
Now, how can I share my fascination with this history without seeming... suspicious.
I am really sick the past few days, and watching all Mark Felton’s videos has been a great distraction. Thank you so much for putting this great content out there.
This is quite the long form video. Almost like a documentary you would on BBC or ITV or in the U.S. on PBS. Well done!
Can't speak for the BBC, but PBS wouldn't do such a good job on this. Dr. Felton has done another great job. Cheers from Tennessee
Dont comapre trashy propaganda filled BBC with Mark Felton :D
You do not get serious documentaries on ITV - it's a channel for simpletons now sadly.
Even better in my opinion
After 5 minutes in... I've decided to save this video to enjoy later this evening. Looks to be fantastic.
Thanks as always Dr Felton!
👍🏾
Mr Felton. I am a retired officer from the INDIAN ARMY. I watch your videos regularly and i must say that you carry out splendid research and fantastic presentation. Thank you
Dr. Felton
Sorry if this is rude but you got any stories when you served?
The INDIAN ARMY, you say?
@@tcpnetworksthe INDIAN ARMY, yes
Jai Bharat!
Thank you so much for compiling all five episodes into one video Dr. Felton!
All the good history channels do this
@@freedombro And? Does that mean one cannot express grattude?
As a young child in about 1968I watched a TV documentary on Bormann--which terrified me because it suggested that he might be still alive, and in Paraguay. Now I am 66 and still very glad to know that he did not defy fate, not for long. Excellent research and presentation. Thanks!
My goodness Mark, your content is just absolutely brilliant. I cannot express enough how much I am educated and entertained by what you do.
Thanks Uncle Ben, love Mark.
Totally agree. You bring history to life and make it interesting to want to learn more
Desperate SS gave up arguing with railway personnel.? Yeah right...last time I looked SS were armed murderers....
So Blashkes statements weren't made by him....but the West German government....hmm...this is in line with Hitler and Braun died at the bunker...which has NO veracity AT ALL...THERE IS NO EVIDENCE AT ALL that Bormann Hitler or Braun died in Berlin. There is powerful evidence that all arrived in Souuth America. After all a few worked for the CIA...
Neither are true by your own statements Either way that is not Bormanns skull in 1972 and he didn't die in Berlin 1945. You've got the rest right.
This is without a doubt one of my favorite channels on all of TH-cam. These videos are so well done
I got to watch the last episode of this series with my GodFather, a longtime WW2 buff, just before he passed from cancer. He loved it. Thanks for posting it in long form.
Mind me asking how long did your Godfather live from when he was first diagnosed regards
@@Smudgeroon74 It was a recurrence after a period of approx 25 years of remission and management. It was particularly aggressive and non-responsive, so he only had around 9-months. But he was lucid and absolutely loved this series.
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I am so happy you had that time with him...@@LochTaupo
I’ve probably been through the World at War series at least 6-8 times, Victory at Sea almost as many times….and most of the successor series over the years. I’m lucky to have discovered your channel in the early days, and have enjoyed the style and content that you’ve sharpened over those years. I think you have a very small number of channels that are anywhere close to your depth and quality of work.
Thank you, Mark
I'm snowed in inside my home and this is exactly what I needed. Dr Mark Felton > History channel.
Same. Damn car hasn't been starting either
that intro music is the themetune to my life at this point
By now everybody should know why Germans fought to the last battle back than. Mr. Felton does not seem to get the bigger picture here.
@@watchRedIceTVto be honest, unless you are German with ties to said past, none of you actually know anything. Just what you were told or researched, including mark Felton. I leave it there
@@SaRkAsMuSoNe-True. Modern Germans alike anyone believing in mainstream history (which Felton is part of) know nothing. The lies agreed upon by the victors are called history (Napoleon).
Amazing work Mark 👏 your commitment to detail is unmatched when it comes to WW2 history. There is no better place to learn this period of history than this channel on YT. So many people appreciate it. 👍
My father was obsessed with Bormann and his escape from the end he so justly deserved. Of course not so much known in the fifties and sixties so he would have been fascinated by the Dr Felton series of videos. Thanks so much!
The clay on Bormann’s skull is from some place in South America, and there were accounts of him living there as a sort of gang boss with an undercover name.
I think its clear, he died in Ita, in 1959, then his skull ends up in that grave in Germany, not sure by who, though.
@@Ranman1 yea I keep forgetting where too lol
@@Occident. who are you talking to?
@@Occident.. I thought the same.
This is by far the best WW2 history channel. Nothing else comes even close.
I too like what I've listened to here.
Hypohysterical History has produced some excellent videos, many involving lesser-known battles in the Pacific Theatre of WW2. (His two-parter on the Falklands War is outstanding, too.)
I'll also mention Hardthrasher who has produced some very good videos documenting aspects of WW2, specifically the Allied bombing campaign and the Battle of Britain. Irreverent, yes (but, being British and ex-Army, I appreciate much of that kind of humour) but very informative, very interesting.
@@ednigma6526 I'll take a look at those channels, thank you.
I've recommended it to others.
With a lot of BS ! He should talk about there gosh nässte and lobte testimony camps there English had 1899-1902 ! Plus what they did to the Germans
@@wittelsbacher27cameron16 What BS? I've never heard him state anything inaccurate.
Was re-watching Mark’s series on Bormann just yesterday and now he’s dropped this banger, you love to see it
I love Mark Felton fans. Who else refers to long form podcast about Martin Boorman as a "banger" / "club banger"? I have found my tribe...here with my fellow Feltonites!
@@Amped4Life It is such a cool Channel and fan base!
@@Amped4Lifewas thinking the same thing
As usual you kick the asses of your academic colleagues, especially the German historians who have to follow historic dogmas. Your work is excellent historic research that sets the highest standards. Awesome!
Over 1 hour of Mr Felton? A fantastic way to spend my lunch 👍
Dr. Felton
Over an hour for lunch? Good to be you
@jonossell121 For real. I used to get 20 minutes. Just enough time to shove something down...
@@Jreb1865 Been there man. From a no lunch driving job to a 45-50 minutes lounge fest that we got away with for two years until the owner started checking the time cards. We weren't ripping him off or anything we would work past what we needed to then would have to wait for the next job to come to us. He wanted us there not at the park
Bon appetit
@13:29 The proper and succinct statement, "placed in a shell hole, doused in petrol, and set alight", is the reason why yours is the perfect voice for audio books reading scary stories to children!!
Over an hour long?! Excellent!! 🙏
We've been given a late Christmas gift! Hooray! Over 1 hour of content from my favorite historian.
Love long form Felton, always a nice treat to listen to at work.👍
Its previous episodes combined into one
I'm impressed time and again by your work Mr. Felton, this subject in particular being one I had looked in to many years ago. I ended up buried in the same stories you brought up and some more fanciful ones that I'm assuming you've also seen and dismissed like I for the most part did. I'm certain at this point that we won't conclusively know totally for sure what happened since each official version meets counter evidence that is hard to ignore, on one level or another. I think younger generations will find these stories perhaps interesting but on a somewhat different level than we do, when I was a child I met and interacted with people who did experience and in some cases take part in the events of WW2, on various 'sides' as it were. I'll never forget one guy I got to know when I lived in Italy as a kid, he was our neighbor. Every morning, he'd go to his garage and put a freshly brewed cup of coffee in front of, and salute, a bust of Benito Mussolini. I've met and talked to Finnish guys who trained in Germany and had a rank in the SS, and various other 'cast members' of WW2 in some form. They are of course all dead now, but 30-40yrs ago they were still in good enough shape to tell things from their perspective, which taught me a lot. In particular since their stories are not written down anywhere or deemed worthy to be recorded.
Thank you for compiling this all into one video!
Superb and dedicated body of work , scenario no 3 definitely. Thanks Martin, well done
Never have I ever clicked so fast to watch a freshly uploaded video in my life
YES ❤
Same
me too 😂
Same 😂😂😂
Same here!
I haven’t been gripped to a scoop like this for a long time so much so I’ve ignored all phones and and txt messaged, which is a great felling in its self, thank you again for bring a first class factual documentary
An hour long doc Felton video with pictures, we have hit peak entertainment 2024
Wouldn't usually consider myself an avid WW2 history enthusiast, but the quality of this content is making me consume your channel with averice.
Fantastic delivery, the perfect mix of not over dramatising things but still keeping them interesting.
Doc Mark, you must know, sad people like myself have listened to the parts of this presentation over and over again, it's your best ever. Now I've got it feature length. Can't wait to tell my wife!!!
Seriously, it's the best
Always spices up a marriage when bedroom discussions turn to Bormann's teeth.
@@darrenrobinson9041If he's feature length she won't mind.
That was an absolutely amazing explanation,....thank you Mark.
This is pretty much my favorite channel on TH-cam. Thanks for another great one, Doc.
Doctor, your channel is a gem for people interested in history. Thank you for the quality content.
Excellent production, sir.. top tier in WWII history. Everything you release is enlightening.
This series is a masterpiece of investigative work.
There are tv productions, probably in the millions to produce, that have only a fraction of the quality of this video. Outstanding work, Mark!
I wasnt much into history in high school. But watching dr.feltons videos i enjoy. Ive learned a lot. Dr. Felton is a good lecturer and likely an amazing professor.
Thundersnow and foul weather in Norfolk yields great benefit to viewers......I watched all 5 as they came out, great " Collectors Edition" Dr. Felton!
An awesome documentary - I related this story in an earlier Bormann segment, but I think it is work repeating in summary. I had a chance encounter one evening with a supertanker captain on vacation in the Philippines in 1977 who was staying at the same small hotel. As the small number of guests gathered around the fireplace after dinner, he related how about ten years earlier he was on a walking holiday high in the Bavarian Alps. He stopped at a small Guesthouse that served as the local "pub" in a tiny hamlet high up in the mountains. While at dinner in the company of a dozen or so locals, a stocky elderly man, in obviously frail health, entered the dining room. What caused the Captain to note the event was because the locals in the room went totally silent as he entered the dining/pub room. The proprietor personally greeted and waited on the man, treating him with obvious deference. The man ate and drank in silence and didn't interact with any of the locals. He got up and left without leaving any payment or interaction with the staff. After his departure, normal conversation began again among the locals. The captain related he had no idea who the person was at the time and was mostly struck by the behavior of the locals. The final oddity was when the Captain asked the proprietor at the time who that man was, the proprietor got very nervous and he never got an answer! A couple of years later, he happened upon a news report about Bormann that included some pictures. Upon seeing the pictures of who was a somewhat obscure, but important Nazi, he related that he immediately recognized a marked resemblance to this obviously older man he had seen several years earlier. His comment to us was the man's facial structure and his haunting eyes were the most striking similar feature. His assumption was that this old Nazi was residing in the area and the residents both knew who he was and were scared to incur any of his displeasure. The captain also commented that the area had a very large population of elderly residents who would definitely be in the age range to be WWII adults, including having been potentially active Nazis or living under the Nazis. He continued on his walking vacation and never had any other interactions with that area or the people living there.
The problem I have with stories like that, as is stated in the video, is that Bormann was an anonymous face in Hitler's team. People wouldn't have known who he was, and after the fall of the 3rd Reich, he really was a nobody. He would never be a man with a great post-war following, a man with clout - his clout disappeared the moment Hitler killed himself. I can't see why the locals would be deferential to a man with no reputation for anything other than being a toady - in fact, I'd say it would make him more likely to be turned in by someone who didn't hark back to the "good old days" of the Reich, or someone just looking for some reward money. Bormann would have been a target, for those who may have had to bow and scrape to him when Hitler was alive, or had perhaps been humiliated or sidelined by him when they tried to communicate with Hitler. Bormann could only really survive by being ultra-ordinary, the kind of person who WASN'T known to the locals. Even if he squirreled away plenty of wealth during his time in Govt, I doubt he would have had enough to buy anonymity and safety for long.
I’m sorry but why was there a lit fireplace in the Philippines lol it’s very humid all year round over there. Unless you were experiencing a hurricane but even then it’s still warm
@@marccasas2010 Where did he say "lit fireplace"? He just said "fireplace", as in "hearth", a natural place for people to gather, regardless of whether there is actually a fire. This is why so many people think all sorts of nonsense - because they don't read properly then jump to conclusions.
1977 minus ten years is 1967. Bormann died of cancer in February 1959. That could NOT have been Bormann.
@@anonymousanimal1534 Given how many times Bormann was reported dead by "credible" or "official" sources, I don't think anyone knows for sure now. Bormann was noted for his craftiness and deviousness, so laying all sorts of false trails is not unlikely to cover his tracks. I was just relating what I was told and in the context of when it happened the gentleman did seem credible and not prone to exaggeration.
I'd love to see more long form content from you Dr Felton. Such an amazing treat
Thanks @markfelton please let’s have more of these documentary style longer uploads! Brilliant 🤩
Once again, perfectly researched , gripping, and well told, just first class! Mr. Felton, my wife will not be happy as I was supposed to paint our bedroom but your episode came up and I could not resist. 🤣
Give her your trousers back.
So, you're gonna overlook the fact that this is all conspiratorial nonsense?*
@@frontenac5083So you'll be keen to tell us the contrary evidence then.
So, how did she react?
He’s dead
Hi Mark. I really do enjoy these long-form videos, (and of course all your other work). The amount of research going into this is staggering! Very well done!
The importance of this documentary cannot be overstated. Well played Mr Felton.
@@aiglonducal314I’ve read multiple books detailing the post war activities of the Nazi cult in diaspora in the aftermath of WWII. Mark Felton has taken a highly sensitive subject and shifted through a myriad of deceptions to produce what I consider to be the most through discussion of Martin Bormanns fate, ever put to film. I would suggest that you watch the video before dismissing its content out of hand.
Favourite thing to hear in my 20s: “Let’s go back to my place…”
Favourite thing to hear today:
I continue to be amazed at the depth and quality of Mark's films!
I am not. There is way better ones, such as "Europa the last battle".
@watchRedIceTV the guy at the start of that has a teardrop tattoo lol.
@@watchRedIceTV So NAZI propaganda?
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Yes, I am amazed at how Dr. Felton found all these photos.
Thank you Dr. Felton. My respects and appreciation, from Canada.
Dr. Felton, you never cease to provide fantastic videos. This has always been a question for me as a student of the period ... Bormann's remains. It does not add up, but the questions cannot be answered. Great, great job!
The soil on his bones was from south America.
I enjoy and appreciate the long form content. Thank you, Mr. Felton!
A friend of mine in the mid 70s had been a combat engineer with the Berlin Brigade. He had been dispatched to the grave site by his command. He himself found a rusted out HSC handgun at the site of Bormann’s skull. He, himself believed that at the least Bormann’s skull had been planted there by Neo Nazis. Per my friend, whom I trusted explicitly, there was an incredibly intricate organisation of Nazis operating in Germany at that time. Not truly “Neo”, but actual 1st or second generation Nazis. My question, which I never received an answer to, was “Why was the US military involved in the search for remains?”. That would make for an incredibly documentary.
1 hour 15, absolutely epic! Thank you Dr Felton.
I truly enjoy your videos very much Dr. Felton! You are well-read and your research thorough. Thank you for creating and sharing these informative videos for us to learn from.
Love this extra long video Dr. Felton. Perfect for an icy, cold, and snowy day like today. We appreciate all your hard work. 👍
Just found your channel and will be coming back again and again. This is so well researched and analyzed and presented - blissfully - without noisy background music trying to manipulate my feelings. Thanks again - so very interesting!
Your research, the time and dedication to these videos are amazing! I’m a huge WW2 enthusiast. My grandfather served in Guam and Tinian and I had the pleasure of serving in Guam and Europe (Germany and The Netherlands) while I was on active duty. I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos
You are simply amazing Mark, thank you for your hard work
I love that you combined all your episodes into one video. Could you please consider putting all your brilliant videos of the deaths and investigations of Hitler and Eva Braun into a one long episode format like you did with this video. It would be Epic if you did this
Yes!! If there’s atleast 4 or 5 vids on awesome subjects by Mark-Such as his fascinating One on the “RAT LINES” that helped Nazis escape Europe would Greatly Embraced!!! Brilliant Combination Videos like this are enjoyed & BEYOND Interesting!!
If only he would stop with the Propaganda. It's difficult to respect or take seriously an historian who Honest To God believes that Adolf Hitler was a 24 year old trans man.
The research and effort and editing you put in to this is phenomenal... It's better than all the top channels and you deserve a show on one of those big channels.... I've watched a few documentaries regarding this and similar topics and your light years ahead ..... Your efforts will eventually be rewarded .... Just brilliant 👍👍👍
As someone who in the 80's and 90's read everything written about dead nazis written in the 70's, this is like a warm quilt of nostalgia.
I lived in Baden Baden and knew nothing about the Second World War, but with all your information, thank you and there is unrest in this world again, but all with prevail, love your vision and all history, amazing man
As always Dr. Felton delivers some of the best historical content out there. I can’t imagine the amount of research needed for his videos.
Wow you're easy to impress, eh?
It is absolutely absurd that such quality content is available for free. You have done a wonderful job of your long form videos, and I really enjoy each of them. Keep up the good work, and thank you for the time you have spent to produce such wonderful content!
My spouse is of German Mennonite heritage. Her mother had a brother and his family who lived in Paraguay. They had neighbors who were named Bormann.
A fellow man of culture I see.
@@MarvinHartmann452 lame
Congratulations
Excellent program
Thank you for posting
this man tought me more about history than any history channel ❤
Thank you for compiling this video series for us. So maybe Gerda Borman didn't really die from cancer and her death was also staged so that she could eventually join up with him somewhere when the coast was clear?!?
Thanks, Mark, for an excellent, gripping and thought-provoking video. And I liked the humour where you described Gehlen dressed as George Smiley!
This channel will always be gold. Time rewatch all the videos. Thank you for sharing and for the well documented videos.
Re-hashing history, even Dr. Felton originals, is entertaining and informative. Perfect for a cold winter evening.
I don’t know if it’s possible to sum up how much excitement I just felt when I saw a new Mark Felton video over an hour 😍😍😍
Can someone make a continuous loop of Dr. F's theme song? I think it would be good therapy to listen at
certain times🙂
Excellent documentary 👏 the longer the better. The details and minutia are what sets you apart. You truly lay things out unlike most documentaries that are cut & paste and go over what's already in the ether. Thank you.
An incredible deep dive into the story and quite a bit of detailed information. Thank you, Dr. Felton!
Youd think who ever dug him up in South America, flew or sailed all the way to Europe then travelled to Berlin would at some point thought 'Might he a good idea if I cleaned off all this red clay'.
Probably not a forensic expert. What does not make sense however is that they would start an escape and suddenly take their lives.
Amazing content. I’ll never get enough of Dr. Felton telling a story either way, but Bormann content is even better!
Mark. You’ve single handedly ignited a passion in me for all things World War Two, over the last few years - hated history in school, now I LOVE it and dare I say, know my stuff! 👏🏻
incredible stuff, I hated history in high school and now find it utterly fascinating ! This channel is the best !
As many problems as Bormann created, and as many spanners as he threw into the workings of Hitler's office, I've begun to wonder if he was a British asset, and that that's why he was able to escape after the war.
Anything is possible at this point.
A feature length Felton!
Dr. Felton ,Dear Sir, my heartiest Thank you
for your work.
Thanks for making this all in one video Dr. Felton!! I know splitting into parts works for some people but I enjoy the whole story told at once.
Great video Mark 👍. I think Boremen did get to South America, but that's so frustrating and disturbing to realize. Always good to watch your videos. Thank you 🙏
Ah, so Martin Bormann originally worked in insurance. I always thought something about him didn't sit quite right with me - now I know why.
Nazi insurance, at that.
I love these style videos,better than a netflix documentary
Anything is better than a Netflix documentary. Or a Netflix anything.
Another great production by Mark Felton! Very thorough and thought provoking. This is my favorite channel on TH-cam.
I watched this in individual parts, now im watching it again. Both formats are nice for these long documentaries. Excellent to watch
POSSIBLY one of the best YT channels.
This is off the charts! I have long been fascinated by Bormann and thought I knew a fair amount about him and his final days (wherever they were!). Was I ever wrong. Amazing deep dive with lots of new insights. Thanks very much and keep going…your content is excellent.
Absolutely brilliant. Thank you Mark. Cheers from Australia
Always excellent and superb. I never refuse the viewing. The zenith of quality and scholarship. Really quite remarkable history. Please carry on
It's conspiracy theory, not history.
Another brilliant video, thank you very much for such an informative and interesting piece Dr. Felton.
It’s so crazy that you posted this because I just rewatched your five part video series on this topic.
You never fail to hit the spot with your vids, glorious!
Thank you so much for fuelling my love of history.
Fascinating, even though I'm watching this story for the second time. Fantastic viewing Dr Felton.
Very interesting. I wonder what happened to the Bormann children, and did anyone attempt to interview them. Thank you, Dr. Felton
I was also wondering about the children.
One of his sons was a catholic priest in the Congo 🇨🇩
It's alleged that the adopted son of Walter Scheel, who was adopted from Bolivia and coincidently named Simon Martin Scheel, was actually the blood son of Martin Bormann, with a Bolivian, or Argentinian native woman.
It's alleged that when Walter Scheel went to South America for a tour, he met with Bormann, who requested the boy have the opportunity to live a proper German life in Germany.
If true, then not only is their another child, but the then newly post-war German Chancellor was not only well aware of Bormanns existence, but was apparently doing him a big favor.
@@Khaymen223 very interesting, Thank you.
@anthonybendl8125 this info is available in the book 'Martin Bormann Nazi in exile' if you want further info. It is available for free on some forums and sites
I'm super grateful for the upload. 👍 It's top notch. Keep up the great work. 🐯
I get anxiety just thinking about how desperate the situation must have been in the last days in Berlin. Sheeeeesh.
I don't get anxious, I feel content that the leaders/Generals and high ranking National Socialist German Workers Party members were full of fear and horror at the impending end. After all the Genocide of the Concentration Camps, the destruction, death and vengeance against all of the Allies including Stalingrad. With the Russian Troops within meters of them in the bunker. As my Wise old Grandfather (and WWII veteran) used to say.... "God pays debts without money!"
Mr Felton, thank you for providing insightful documentaries for when I am awake and bedtime stories . Keep it up .
My best friend recommended me this video. Her father played Bormann in a movie. Don’t really know much about Bormann but it’s very well put together and very interesting. I have subscribed and looking forward to delving into your other work. Glad you have so many subscribers as it’s well earned.
which movie?
If only Bormann had known how to build rockets…….
You mean, then he would have been moved to the US?😊
Indeed🎉
i am highly entertained by the magnificent wealth of storytelling and evidence presented on the subject. Thank you seems inadequate as no one has ever provided such a substantial amount of information, in my experience in researching Germany post Hitler 1945. Please do keep up the good work my friend
Dr Felton, thank you ! Great work!
Another brilliant piece of investigative history. Many thanks 🙏