Your research is fantastic and videos very impressive, much needed at a time when it seems history is trying to be deleted. That war is something that should never be forgotten. Thankyou for the time and effort you put into making these, very interesting.
@@MrCrowebobby that's ok! I remember my Grandpa telling me of his time with The US Navy as an Ensign. All of his time was set in the South Pacific but all four of his brothers were in Europe. Only one of them wasn't an officer and that was his youngest brother Gene but his older brothers & himself were all ROTC or University graduates. They were all from Minnesota and all came home alive to share their stories with the family for decades to come. We lost my Grandpa in 1994 to Lung Cancer. I'm always happy to meet and talk with anyone from that era in time! I'm sure you have plenty of interesting stories yourself! Have a wonderful day!EDIT: oh, ok so that's what you meant to type!
The injured soldier, actually a pilot as he's wearing a Pilotenabzeichen (pilot's badge) has the rank of Oberfeldwebel (NATO OR-6). The award/badge next to the pilot's badge is not known to me. It's not necessarily that he is a pilot, but at least he is qualified to fly. Based of his epaulets which have a slight orange color on the edges make me believe that he is from the Feldgendarmerie. Also there are letters on those epaulets, but they are hard to read. I think it says 'FG' or 'KS'. But to my knowledge, those Shouler Board Cyphers do not exist for the Feldgendarmerie. My best guess, based on the shapes, would be 'FP' or still 'KS'. This means that this man is: A member of the Luftwaffe Feldgendarmerie was assigned to the Field Post (Feldpost) with the rank of Oberfeldwebel. Furthermore, he is qualified to fly an aircraft. OR... A member of the Luftwaffe Feldgendarmerie, who was part of the 'Luftkriegschule' (Aerial Warfare School) with the rank of Oberfeldwebel. Furthermore, he is qualified to fly an aircraft. EDIT: I have done more 'research' and I am confident to say that the round award next to his pilot's badge is likely to be a Luftwaffe/NSFK Zeger Flieger. This means he is/was part of the The National Socialist Flyers Corps (Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps). As the award is filled with possible three 'gulls' in the award, this means he has a 'C-class' version of the award. So he must have been a very skilled glider pilot.
As an American, I live in Germany and even once lived near the actual city of Nuremberg. Even until this day, many of these buildings seen in this video are still standing today in 2021. Good job.
0:31 (you can see him again from 1:18 on): The soldier is an Oberfähnrich (senior officer candidate) of the Luftwaffe (Air Force). He has two pips and the letters "KS" for Luftkriegsschule on his shoulderboards.
Not an expert but my swag is: His rank color is gold meaning he was part of the flying troops He looks to have the Pilot's Badge (silver wreath) on his left breast pocket. And the Luftwaffe Combat Clasp on his right breast pocket with eagle clasping swastika (not Iron Cross). I can't make it out for sure but I believe that may be a wound badge under his Pilot's Badge. It is in the correct position on the pocket but .... If so and it is silver means he was wounded three times in combat. Wonder if he was ever shot down? He looks young to have that much combat experience but I guess if 14 YOs are manning anti tank guns in Berlin then .... About the Luftwaffe Combat Clasp maybe he was not successful in shooting down any aircraft and perhaps why he does not have the Iron Cross version?
@@csc115 Thank you for explaining this. I have so little knowledge about badges and the meaning of the same. Men are so interested in every little detail of weapons, uniforms, etc. I, as a woman, am so interested in the human suffering, how it was and still is possible that such young lads are put in uniforms (this one here is almost "old" compared to some of the 12-14-year-olds) and are made to fight and then are sacrificed?! I then look at MY boys and just coil up in horror! I'd never never let them go!
I was stationed in Germany in 1970 after returning from 'Nam.I was with the 3rd Armored Division and we would war games in Wildflicken and Grafenwoehr.In one of these occasions we passed by a small town that was left in ruins, it was really bombed out.I remember feeling sadness just thinking of all the people that had died there.This was 25 years after the war so there were still traces in some places.
I lived in the Nurnberg area as a US Army dependent. 60, 61, 62. 5th 6th and 7th grades. They were still rebuilding some parts of downtown Nurnberg. It's amazing and sad to see Nurnberg in such a destroyed condition. I remember it being a wonderful place with lots of friendly people.
I am amazed at how well dressed these people are, even after what they’ve been through. They look healthier and better turned out than most people today.
Ja, no. wonder.... Firstly HUGO BOSS styling, (the best in the world, besides the Russian Imperial military style) and then - the Idea that was guiding them all throughout that historical period, the Idea (no matter wrong or right), in which they beleived ! And people today don' t have any beleives.
@@randyjones3050 yes well we win the war and Germany still ended up with a better economy than us in the U.K. ended up bankrupt with millions of men coming home with PTSD and by the 1970s just 25/30 years later the then West German economy was booming and Britain went from recession to recession. We won the war on paper, but in reality we lost everything. Most of our empire and Commonwealth had gone, our Navy once the biggest in the world was reduced to nothing as a cost cutting exercise because we ended up in so much debt to the banks and for exchange or American help we handed over many overseas lands to America. The end of WW2 was when Britain realised it was no longer a superpower and we handed the baton to our yank cousins. Now we have the American empire, which coincidentally is under threat from China today.
@@sebastianbattaglia6330 war is fought with no quarter given. That’s why we should avoid armed conflict until it’s the last resort. Ukraine for example
@@billfra but those bombs was a crime...otherwise, let;s start to use mustard gas again. They should have been prosecuted (those who gave the order to drop the bombs) as they did with the nazis..
That's correct. Notice he has the Pilots badge and an Officers quality Brustadler...he was probably just short of being Commissioned as a Lieutenant when the War ended.
Na die Männer haben ja entweder noch gekämpft oder waren in Kriegsgefangenschaft. Aber ja, das haben sie und da heißt es immer die Frauen seinen das schwache Geschlecht. Was für ein Blödsinn.
@@D37-i7r Oder gefallen. Drei von vier Brüder meines Vater, der mit sieben Jahren am Kriegsende der jüngste war von den fünf, sind in Russland gefallen. Er und der zweitjüngste haben u. U. nur überlebt, weil sie noch Kinder und somit zu jung für diesen Wahnsinn waren.
@@lirichsud5946 Herrlich wie immer verallgemeinert wird. Zur Info: Hitler hatte im Januar 1933 gerade knapp über 30% der Stimmen. Was war mit dem Rest? Auch alle Nazis? Können Sie sich vorstellen, dass so etwas heutzutage eventuell unter einem anderen Namen wieder passieren könnte? Also ich kann mir das vorstellen, sehr gut sogar. Es braucht nur eine gewisse Anzahl von Leuten an den richtigen Stellen, die geeignete Situation und voila, schon geht's wieder rund. Ob dann wohl wie zwischen 33 und 45 auch wieder ausnahmslos ALLE mitmachen werden?
Very interesting pictures . I live in Nuernberg of today. It's great to see the differences to todays Nuernberg I pass by every day . My office is the former SS-Baracks of Nuernberg. This is history live
@@alexandre210613 Je pense la restaurazion de Nuernberg est bien. Jaque an becoup des bombes sont trouvee ici. Nuernberg est tred,interessant a voir Amities Hubert
I was stationed at Merrell Barracks in the 80's. I'm assuming that is the building that you are referring to. I enjoyed my stay in Nurnberg. Beautiful city.
I lived in those barracks in 1965 to 1967. I left a German girl behind and often think of her today Magdelena Maier was her name. We met just a few weeks before I got my orders to Nam. For about a year we wrote each other but mutually forgot one another.
This where my father was sent as a Sargent with the Army Corp of Engineers. I was not born yet but oldest brother was. That probably kept him out of combat. They did "clean up" in Nuremberg. He could speak some German as his father came here (Minneapolis Minnesota USA) from Germany before WW1. His younger brother served with the 17th Airborne, they served.
Regarding the rank of the wounded German airforce-soldier at timecode 00:32 - Epaulettes, collar-tabs and the collar piping identify the young man as a "Oberfeldwebel" (= Master Sergeant). On the the left side of the jacket, he wears above the badge of a pilot or observer, the lower badge is not easy to see, but it could be a wounded-badge...
@@wcatholic1 The USAAF had sergeant pilots until 1942. US Army pilots are Warrant Officers. USAF Pilots were all commissioned until 2015 when enlisted drone pilots were recruited (the drone pilots are trained to fly simple manned aircraft too).
@@rainerstorberg7509 He could be between 18 and 22, if hes 22 that means about 4 years of service, i think its his. The way he acts and wears it also leads me to believe he has some kind of status, not your weak and defeated normal soldier.
My Mother was living in Nürnberg, at this time. She is borne 1930, and still living. She lost both her parents, in Concentration-camps. She and her twin sister, was in the children’s home. I have heard many things about, the war in that time. She often cry when she told stories, about the Allies bombing. All the small babies who burned to die, when the children’s home was bombing. Many said story’s, she can tell. 😢😢😢💔💔💔💔💔
@Emre Mutlu Thanks! Everywhere in the world, but especially in Germany, people believe that the Nazis only killed Jews. But these fuckers also killed their own people if they weren't on the "right" side.
@@bananajoe3669 So true. My grandparents would not baying, the Nazi’s Party Card or sighing the documents, that they gave up there’s believe in God. We have made our choice, to serve God before Hitler. Therefore was they send to jail and concentration camps, and then killed. The were German citizen, for many generations back in history.
@@chronoshistory 1:55 The building on the right is a air raid shelter (Färbertor Bunker) that was disguised to look like the old city walls. If you look closer you can see the concrete ceiling on top of it. During the cold war era it was still ready to be used and it still exists today.
So tragic was WWII. Videos before the war show how beautiful Europe was. All the smashed buildings from centuries before. Many replaced with ugly modern ones.
Yes - it is beyond sad. However, Nuernberg re-built all the old churches, the ancient city walls, the "Burg" and many other buildings. At first, the plan was (in 1949 or so) to leave the destroyed city as one big, giant memorial and a warning to generations for hundreds of years what bombs do to a city and the people who live in it. The city as such was planned to be rebuilt a few kilometers away from the original site. However, they (the people at the time) decided against it and repaired lovingly and with great effort (labour and financial sacrifices) the ancient buildings.
Just remember how war destroys places and people. Appreciate the amazing job our grandparents did in rebuilding their own countries after this futile destruction.
War is a terrible thing and yes your grandparents did a good job with the many planes of goods and help that was flying into the Country everyday but the destruction as you say was not futile remember the people we see in the video where of a sub human kind, that never revolted to all injustice but sleept in peace at night knowing of the innocent killings and if you where told that they didin't know, ask again.
@@dustybootraveler A large and ever increasing number of Germans during that time period were against Hitler's conquests but one could do very little to go against the Third Reich. Sure, even before the war there was evidence of what was going on in the ways Jews and certain other groups of people were viewed, but it wasn't too different from the way certain ethnic groups are still treated today, even in countries like the US, UK, France, or any other modern society. Your sub human comment is much the same as calling Americans sub humans since they're able to sleep at night knowing of atrocities that happen daily with certain ethnic groups. The truth is, most people are concerned with their own well-being and speaking out or revolting rarely comes with a positive outcome, especially when you could be jailed or even executed for doing so.
@@dustybootraveler You are not a student of actual history. You Paul are one of millions of people who believe what has been expertly presented to them. I used to be also, I am a 24 year US Navy veteran. No war ever made any sense until I learned the truth behind all of it. The greedy, soulless, unconscionable, bastard bankers are behind every war America has ever been a part of. There is no such thing as "sub human". The first casualty in every single war is..Truth! Real truth is not spoon fed to you in a nice little package, you have to want the information and dig for it. Sir, you do not know the truth!
I visited Nuremberg on a USO day trip for it's Christmas Market shortly after I arrived in Germany in 1979. The tour bus went past the Hall of Justice where the war tribunal trials were held It's a beautiful city. I hope to go back and see the city I couldn't see at night before I die.
@@tommiller5628 Hi Tom, Thanks for your service, Yes Nuremberg was an amazing place. Furth Barracks was a place I had to go a few times.I was first stationed in Ansbach with HHB VII Corps 210th Field Artillery Unit as a medic. My unit got moved to Herzo Base in June 1971and what a beautiful area to be stationed. I was also one of the Army’s first drug counselors. CDAAC . I got a 3 month early out and left Germany in April 1973. Herzo Base is now the Adidas HQ. A little history for you. Adidas and Puma shoe manufacturers are brothers, they had a falling out during WW11 so one brother built one plant on one side of town and the other on the other side. Again thanks for your service !! Be safe and vigilant.
1/37 Armor, 1st Armored Division, Katterbach 71-74. Loved to take the train from Ansbach to Nuremberg, and spend the day sightseeing. The Nuremberg bratwursts were almost as good as the Ansbacher bratwursts.
In lieu of narration, the captions are a very good idea. These were the lucky ones. They fell into the hands of the U.S. Army. Bad things still happened, but not to the extent they happened in the East.
And how many millions did the Germans murder in the East? How many Jews came home? Poles? Russian soldiers were used as experiments. The Nazis rarely took soviets as prisoners.
I agree 110% with you.The bitching going on about how bad they have it in the US or Canada is just mind boggling.A year or two in China or North Korea would certainly take THAT STING out of them.
Today our cities are becoming shitholes worse than this ask people who are obligated to live with crackheads in their neighbourhood how " good" they have it . And the pandemic is no fun too.
You have no clue what you're talking about .....It's the brain of people that have been made soft , not oppression which is much more subtle and stealthy , so it can be done in front of most peoples's eyes clogged by delusion .
Lived in Nurnberg/Furth as a teen 1976-78 and was stationed about 25 mile north in Bamberg 87-90. Nurnberg is a beautiful city with wonderful, friendly citizens. The city was a large American military community until late 1990’s.
Wish it still was....what you mention & whats seen in this video footage (+ other vintage videos) is truly amazing. I too visited Western Europe (#1) in kickass late 1980s & was lucky to spend some time in both France (awesome as always) & West Germany when i visited the region as a teen in 1988. Wish i had stayed there for a decade++ (ideally with the US/UK military). Ended up serving a few years later but mostly in Japan. Still looking forward to revisiting both Germany & entire continent & with much more time to. Do so. Cheers!!!
@@danielgroth3070 Ask her if she knows or knew the "Baufirma Ostertag" please? I am searching for people who were alive back then and call tell me about my Nurnberg and my ancestors. I hope your mother is well Daniel. Wishing you and yours the best from my end of the world. Who is the young soldier at 1:20 with the injured leg? What kind of uniform is this? Who is the blond boy (about 10/11 years old) at 2:10-2:18 that splits wood, then stands with four other males (one man and three lads of different ages) on the side and then somebody in the background or foreground (one cannot see the person) seems to say something to the group because the blond boy mouthes something and then moves towards somebody and the others follow him. What was this all about? Were these boys and lads "Pimpfe"?! I hope nobody mistreated them.
@@KR-jt4ut The victors of course - who else? The boys - most likely - were previous members of the "Hitler Youth", so it is likely that they got interrogated and abused. That's why I am asking and hope that somebody who lived back then (maybe even one of these boys who would be now between 85 - 90 years old, if they are still alive) can answer my question!
Not at all. My great aunt was born in 1928 and is still alive. She’ll be 93 on Feb 28, 2021. There are still quite a few people who were around in 1945 and are still alive today.
Could it be “KS”: LuftkriegSchule? It looks almost like the number 15 but on Google images the KS shoulder strap design also look like 15 because the K and S are overlapped.
The total bombing and destruction of these Ancient towns and cities is appalling. 500-1000 year old towns and cities destroyed by both the Germans and Allies was totally uncalled for. In Germany only old men, women and children were in those towns. Historic Churches, homes, artwork lost forever.
I agree, really very sad. But a lot of damned failured old German generals of WWI (i.e. Erich Von Luddendorf) were the authors of the concept "total war" in the ´30s., enthusiascally appropiated and openly diffused by Nazi leadership during WWII. They received what they practised.
Weil, the Nazis also used castles for military purposes, That was a Crime and forced the bombing. Still, mistakes have been made but it shouldnt be forgotten, That the Nazis did this to their own people.
Chris Allen: The seeds of WWII were sown by the end of WWI. Had the allies occupied Germany - instead of stopping at her borders and allowing Germany's armed forces to retreat into Germany with their arms - its debatable whether or not WWII would've started. This error was seen by one French general at Versailles who said: "we've only delayed the next war by 20yrs" (he was actually 3mths out in his prediction). But the destruction and occupation of Germany was necessary if only to avoid the same mistake as at the end of WWI, which may have precipitated WWIII. Don't forget, too, that the Nazism hierarchy plundered Europe of fine art and treasures,confiscating much from their legitimate owners (most of which is still missing to this day). But most important of all - above any cultural or art treasures - is the fact that Germany deliberately practised wholesale genocide and persecution of Jews and the minorities, with very, very few of those criminals ever being convicted of crimes against humanity!! So before you get all revisionist, please note, the allies had to win the war for us and those being exterminated, and that Germany herself caused the war - plus the ensuing, inevitable and unavoidable, destruction.
3:37 Krass wie fertig und verhärmt die alle sind. Nie lächelt einer oder nur ganz selten. Alle sehen einfach nur erschöpft aus. Was für ein Glück das es vorbei ist.
None of the unfortunate Germans, with their entire Cities and families blasted to rubble looked very happy. Would you be? The video is the best quality I've ever seen, keep up the great work!
@@oldman1734 "reasonable"??!! The United States didn't have to help rebuild after Germany started the devastation. I believe the United States and our people and military were MORE than reasonable!!
@@SMichaelDeHart. The Americans always did what was best for themselves. For example I’m old enough to remember the war and especially the years after, and listening to to people who actually made the decisions. American leaders made it clear that after Pearl Harbor they would NOT have entered the European war if Germany had not declared war on them a few days after. America made the British send all their gold reserves to South Africa (in case the Germans invaded Britain). By the end of the war Britain was totally broke and starving. We asked for help. America said no, no, no. All aid ended the day the war ended. Eventually Britain was able to obtain a loan (eventually paid off in the early two thousands). The Marshall Plan followed a couple of years later but that was to protect America as much as anyone. The Soviet Union seemed increasingly aggressive, Italy looked it might become communist and France likewise. America is not good at war. We had to teach you the basics of anti-submarine warfare. Your Admiral King was a fool. North Africa became a fiasco with the British having to go in to stop the Americans from running away. True. The British were the only nation to fight from the first day until the last and on more fronts than anyone else. We even took over Vietnam after the war and when we left, it was at peace. We defeated the communist take-over of Malaysia while you were defeated in Vietnam, despite us telling you how to defeat the communists as we had. They was no shame in Britain being the only nation to keep fighting when everyone else had surrendered (we stood alone for a year against a much bigger country with the best armed forces and shattered by six years of bombing.
@@oldman1734 you're damn right we did what's best for us. Don't cry to me about your empire falling to pieces. We could have let you just learned German. Thr politicians lost Nom, not the military.
@@SMichaelDeHart. You don’t know or think much do you? Britain could have made peace after the defeat of France in 1940. Hitler wanted it. His aim all along had been to invade Poland and the Soviet Union, not France or Britain. But France and Britain felt they had no other option but declare war on Germany. Unfortunately France with its army of about three million (against Germany’s army of the same size) was unable to defend itself and Britain with its army of 220 thousand had to to retreat back to Britain (known as the Miracle of Dunkirk). But Britain was determined to carry on, even attacking the French fleet in North Africa.
Did the Americans also carpet bomb this area? Yes. From wiki, for what that's worth: "The bombing of Nuremberg was a series of air raids carried out by allied forces of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) that caused heavy damage throughout the city from 1940 through 1945."
and in '53 there was Korea, in the '60 and '70 Viernam. Later on The Soviets in Afganistan,not to forget all the 'small' conflicts like Algeria, Congo, Rhodesia, Nicaragua .... . Never again is wishfull thinking.
The injured fellow is most probably a pilot, yellow collar patches and Flying badge on his blouse. Rank looks to be along the lines of a First Sergeant, Oberfeldwebel. I cannot make out the number on his epaulets though which would help distinguish position/unit. Ahh see comment below. KS. Even though my eyes can't confirm that for myself.
@@manithrupasinghe8744 I'm not familiar with all the badges I just knew that the Luftwaffe also operated flak units and some ground units as well as paratroopers, also towards the end of the war a lot of Luftwaffe personnel were pressed into ground units to fight as infantry, however a comment below did say flak units had red lapels so probably not flak after all.
@@forgivemenot1 With the badge on his chest indicates he is some sort of airman. While ground units had wings folded or inside the badge. I can't get a good look at what the eagle is grasping, to identify what type of airman he is (Pilot, observer, gunner or radio operator) But he is clearly someone who operated inside of an aircraft with how wide the wings are out on the eagle.
“When this war is over we will be accused of an infinity of murder as if all men at war everywhere hadn’t behaved the same way” the forgotten soldier. The victor is the judge and the jury and the vanquished is the accused
And exactly which units of the Allies were the equivalent of the Einsastzgruppen ? Where were the Allied Death transports and gas chambers?.... How many German civilians bore Allied imposed number tattoos on their arms ?
@@wholeNwon “if we see that Germany is winning we should help Russia and if we see that Russia is winning we should help Germany that way they kill as many as possible” Harry Truman
My uncle Adrian, was an Infantryman in the 180th Infantry Battalion, 45th Infantry Division. He died 18 April 1945 fighting near the NAZI stadium. To think he fought the entire war beginning in North Africa, the invasion of Italy. He survived all of it, killing many wehrmacht soldiers, until the last days of fighting in Nürnberg.
So, Germany hadn't yet surrendered when this film was shot. That's very interesting to me. The faces of a lot of the German citizens here are of relief. They seem hopeful for the days to come.
@@ruairidhcreez8104 Stricktly it should be May 9. Jodl had signed the surrender of Germany on May 7 1945 in Reims. Because the documents were not signed by the chief commander (Keitel at that moment) all the parties decided that a second document was needed, this time also signed by Keitel. So they did a second session in Berlin on May 8, this time also with the Soviets. The documents of the unconditional surrender were signed not on May 8 but just after midnight -so May 9- by Keitel and the allied forces. That is why in Russia they celebrate the surrender on May 9, in Europe and the VS on May 8.
Notice how there’s no one around wearing an SS uniform. Interesting 🧐 ah yes, “i was in the luftwaffe” when i was a kid my parents knew this old German couple who also claimed the husband was luftwaffe and had set his flak gun up on her daddy’s farm, a true love story, but was it? He always had the look and bearing of a Prussian officer. I always wondered if he was living under a cover story.
@@merkcityboy834 American football. He was in a railroad battalion that was repairing the trains and among other duties was the recreation officer for his unit. I have a picture of a game.
@@JesusMagicPanties Poland. They didn’t stand a chance. If the Russians missed them, the Germans came along and cleaned up. And it the Germans didn’t clean up what the Russians missed the first time the Russians came back for another shot at them.
@@JesusMagicPanties The British waters were home to the biggest navy in the world when Britain declared war on Germany. And by Britain gaining air supremacy via the Battle of Britain, Hitler had no chance of sinking it. The U Boats were nifty, but not good enough, and in the end were often zapped.
@@routeoz02 After battle of britain it took very, very long time until u boots and their devastating job were stopped and it has very little in common with the very air forces just because of a simple reason: the u boots were operating in the atlantic ocean beyond the reach of aviation at the time, in a so called black hole, back then. Other measures taken caused their neutralization, which were at the most part the technology (mobile radar) and intelligence (broken enigma codes) combined. Without these factors the u boots would be definitely good enough to win the battle of atlantic ocean and no allied air forces alone could have averted that.
Anti-airforce? You mean Flak, which was part of the Luftwaffe? Then no - Flak units had Luftwaffe uniforms with red instead of yellow collars and patches. This young man is an Oberfeldwebel (in training), or Staff Sergeant. Would he have been from a Flak unit, his rank would have been Oberwachtmeister.
Notice there are only women and old men and young children all of the young men were conscripted into the army, and the young man in the beginning is a German Luftwaffe NCO, you can tell by the gold on his collar, he looks to have a silver wreath with eagle clasping swastika which is a wound badge actually for being wounded 3 times, also looks to have his flying badge, looks very young.
I've stood right there! I was stationed in Schwabach, West Germany 🇩🇪 from '82 - '91 Had a lot of great and lasting memories strolling around Nuremberg.
WoW to think these people are forever safe in time with their faces once again been seen by the modern world. It would do no harm to remind the youth of today, this was life and it was brutally hard for them to start all over again. But they did, Thank you for this video Chronos-Media.
Ich interessiere mich für die Geschichte,habe mir vor paar Tagen die DVD Schindlers Liste angeschaut...ich Frage mich oft...wenn ich zu der Zeit gelebt hätte, würde ich es überleben? Ich bete zu Gott das sich sowas grausames nie wiederholt
Check out the word "coventrate". It was invented by the nazis. Its meaning: "The complete and utter destruction of a city [in Britain ] by bombing attack with an excessive amount of bombs." It was used by the POS Propaganda Minister Goebbels. They tried it, but got it in return several times worse.
The young injured airman is an Oberfeldwebel (Master Sgt). The yellow color denotes the flying branch and he is wearing an embroidered pilots badge. The letters on his epaulettes between his rank pips are probably from his flying school but that's just a guess. He doesn't even look old enough to shave, but well fed and thats probably his best girl of wife with him. The Yank on the PA is wearing the 80th Infantry Division Shoulder patch which means this is right after the 3rd Army took over from the 7th Army. My dad was in an antiaircraft battery attached to 80th Division around this time so he was probably in the area.
Awesome footage! That Luftwaffe NCO is probably very thankful to still be alive (he looks so young). Post-war Germany could not have been a pleasant place to live for many years.
@@kotoff8328 No argument there. Germany committed some pretty atrocious acts on the people of the USSR. Justifiably there was a certain amount of revenge by the Red Army on anyone wearing German uniforms.
Remarkable how clean and tidy were the German people in this terrible city people today are not as caring about there appearance in public today anything goes
These images show people who are absolutely exhausted. They have endured six years of war with the last three of them under attack. Surely they must have felt immense relief at the end of it.
Well, first of all, it was not so much the 'spirit of liberation' as it says in the video, but the 'spirit of deafeat and occupation'. One must not forget that the German population had been exposed to Nazi propaganda for 12 years. At the time, the Americans were enemies that had attacked the civilian population in carpet bombings time and again. In Nuremberg (and Bavaria as a whole), people were glad that the Americans had invaded first. People did not necessarily feel 'liberated'. It was just very much hoped that the Americans would be the lesser evil. Above all, people were just glad that the war was over. And in the foreground was the mere struggle for survival! I therefore find it inappropriate to speak of a 'spirit of liberation'. - Greetz from a German!
Und heute wird gemeckert wenn Kneipen,Discos,Schipisten,Hotels,Fitnessstudios dicht sind! Die Spaßgesellschaft ist seiner Bürgerrechte beraubt,welch ein Jammer ,man kann nicht feiern wie man will,denn das ist der Sinn des Lebens für viele,sogar sehr viele Zeitgenossen.
Was gefällt dir an dem Vergleich nicht? Es ist ein Gedankenspiel und scheinbar fühlst du dich dadurch betroffen. Wahr ist, die heutigen Menschen kennen solche Tage nicht und ich bin aus Nürnberg. Da wird hier und da gemeckert weil die Regierung etwas von einem Will was Menschenleben rettet und wie reagieren manche? Vergleichen es mit Nazi Praktiken.
@@olgajakobi8353 Korrekt. Nimm noch Caen und andere französische Städte dazu, die von den Alliierten bombardiert wurden. Was ich sagen wollte: Jede Seite hat in Bezug auf die Bombardierung von Zivilisten Dreck am Stecken. Ich könnte soweit argumentieren, dass Deutschland angefangen hat und mit den Konsequenzen leben musste. Wer Wind sät wird Sturm ernten. Ich heiße weder deutsche noch alliierte Kriegsverbrechen gut, aber ich verurteile die Täter nicht. Wir waren nicht dabei und können nicht wissen, was wir damals gemacht hätten. Krieg ist Krieg. Ich mache allerdings eine Ausnahme bei den Vernichtungslagern. Das hatte nichts mit Krieg zu tun und bleibt unentschuldbar.
Thr rank of the young soldier at 1:30 is Oberfähnrich. The yellow collar tabs are showing that he is in the flying corps. Two badges of rank can be seen on the shoulder flap. One above and one below. In the middle of these two badges of rank there are two squiggly letters, a K and an S. KS means Kriegsschule. The junior officers of the Air Force were trained at the Luftwaffenkriegsschule. Since the young Oberfähnrich has no sergeant braid on the collar around the collar tabs, it can be concluded that he was recently promoted to Oberfähnrich and only received his shoulder boards during the promotion. Or it is the last issued uniform of the Luftwaffe, with no sergeant's braid.
1:43...it is hard to believe how YOUNG he is... how young everyone in this clip is.. What an Incredible video, really caught at the heat of the moment, at the center of it all. Incredible. It's hard to believe that this landscape is real and then there are live people walking around in and out of these ruins. Totally surreal. I just imagine the scene a few days before this video was taken. The absolute size of the destruction to do that to those buildings. Wow. And yet some people survived and then gathered in their best clothes. Unreal, the human spirit..
The West was worried that the Communist would find a reason to take the rest of the Country, so Germans where pampered with opportunities. just as an example VW was rebuild with the help of the British and the story goes on.
Thanks for keeping & showing the history! Think about it, all adults in the film are most likely dead. Any young kids still living are all senior citizens now...
Seeing this well preserved color footage, plus the near-live footage we now see in the Russian-Ukrainian war, just emphasizes that the face of war never really changes. Styles change, but the injuries and deaths are always ugly. We live, love, fight, and die on the same earth, under the same beautiful blue sky and cold grey clouds.
@@harryhirsch8527 wenn du etwas dein Hirn anstrengen würdest,oder willst du etwa ablenken vom Thema Wer hat den Krieg angefangen und wer hat es beendet? Dann würden nicht solche Ruinen stehen
Your research is fantastic and videos very impressive, much needed at a time when it seems history is trying to be deleted. That war is something that should never be forgotten. Thankyou for the time and effort you put into making these, very interesting.
Agreed! What's happening in today's world re: "history is trying to be deleted" is complete BULLSHIT by a bunch of BRAIN DEAD youngsters!
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This war should never have taken place.
absolute agree with you,ww2 is an important of the word history
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Не забывайте что немцы на нас напали а мы мир спасли!.. за ленд-лиз спасибо!✋
I was 8 years old and I'm still very young for 83. Luckily,
Hehe
Good!
Good to have you alive and in good spirits
@@roymartin500 I meant to say "Likely (luckily) I wasn't born in Germany or I would remember all this."
@@MrCrowebobby that's ok! I remember my Grandpa telling me of his time with The US Navy as an Ensign. All of his time was set in the South Pacific but all four of his brothers were in Europe. Only one of them wasn't an officer and that was his youngest brother Gene but his older brothers & himself were all ROTC or University graduates. They were all from Minnesota and all came home alive to share their stories with the family for decades to come. We lost my Grandpa in 1994 to Lung Cancer. I'm always happy to meet and talk with anyone from that era in time! I'm sure you have plenty of interesting stories yourself! Have a wonderful day!EDIT: oh, ok so that's what you meant to type!
The injured soldier, actually a pilot as he's wearing a Pilotenabzeichen (pilot's badge) has the rank of Oberfeldwebel (NATO OR-6). The award/badge next to the pilot's badge is not known to me. It's not necessarily that he is a pilot, but at least he is qualified to fly. Based of his epaulets which have a slight orange color on the edges make me believe that he is from the Feldgendarmerie. Also there are letters on those epaulets, but they are hard to read. I think it says 'FG' or 'KS'. But to my knowledge, those Shouler Board Cyphers do not exist for the Feldgendarmerie. My best guess, based on the shapes, would be 'FP' or still 'KS'. This means that this man is:
A member of the Luftwaffe Feldgendarmerie was assigned to the Field Post (Feldpost) with the rank of Oberfeldwebel. Furthermore, he is qualified to fly an aircraft. OR...
A member of the Luftwaffe Feldgendarmerie, who was part of the 'Luftkriegschule' (Aerial Warfare School) with the rank of Oberfeldwebel.
Furthermore, he is qualified to fly an aircraft.
EDIT: I have done more 'research' and I am confident to say that the round award next to his pilot's badge is likely to be a Luftwaffe/NSFK Zeger Flieger. This means he is/was part of the The National Socialist Flyers Corps (Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps). As the award is filled with possible three 'gulls' in the award, this means he has a 'C-class' version of the award. So he must have been a very skilled glider pilot.
Thank you for your effort and research.
That chap looks like me when young, i fly also, bit weird.
As an American, I live in Germany and even once lived near the actual city of Nuremberg. Even until this day, many of these buildings seen in this video are still standing today in 2021. Good job.
Dragonlord? Hahaha just kidding
They didn't have good bomb in that time , today they can blow up several building on single shot
That is another bad thing about war despite whole generations being wiped out is the destruction of historic landmarks.
So you are so arrogant as to accompany an Army of Occupation and try to exploit further the German people.
@@mikeggg5671 theres been contractors doing it for years. The gulf War area is a prime example.
0:31 (you can see him again from 1:18 on): The soldier is an Oberfähnrich (senior officer candidate) of the Luftwaffe (Air Force). He has two pips and the letters "KS" for Luftkriegsschule on his shoulderboards.
Thank you for explaining this. I could not make out his uniform - it looked so different from that of the "Wehrmacht".
Not an expert but my swag is:
His rank color is gold meaning he was part of the flying troops
He looks to have the Pilot's Badge (silver wreath) on his left breast pocket.
And the Luftwaffe Combat Clasp on his right breast pocket with eagle clasping swastika (not Iron Cross).
I can't make it out for sure but I believe that may be a wound badge under his Pilot's Badge.
It is in the correct position on the pocket but ....
If so and it is silver means he was wounded three times in combat. Wonder if he was ever shot down?
He looks young to have that much combat experience but I guess if 14 YOs are manning anti tank guns in Berlin then ....
About the Luftwaffe Combat Clasp maybe he was not successful in shooting down any aircraft and perhaps why he does not have the Iron Cross version?
@@csc115 Thank you for explaining this. I have so little knowledge about badges and the meaning of the same.
Men are so interested in every little detail of weapons, uniforms, etc. I, as a woman, am so interested in the human suffering,
how it was and still is possible that such young lads are put in uniforms (this one here is almost "old" compared to some of the 12-14-year-olds)
and are made to fight and then are sacrificed?! I then look at MY boys and just coil up in horror! I'd never never let them go!
"KS" for Luftkriegsschule
The K stands for Luft. ^^
@Werner Monoton yes bro. but where is the L ?
Somehow, color makes the dimensional quality appear as if we were viewing this today as a spectator. Black and white converts our images to history.
I agree completely.
@@jasondaniel918 Me too. Color film did exist since the early 1930s. BW was cheaper to easy to make. But, color was there.
i thought about this man you absolutely right
That is why in history books images from the civil rights era are shown as black and white , even when they were originally taken as a color image.
I was stationed in Germany in 1970 after returning from 'Nam.I was with the 3rd Armored Division and we would war games in Wildflicken and Grafenwoehr.In one of these occasions we passed by a small town that was left in ruins, it was really bombed out.I remember feeling sadness just thinking of all the people that had died there.This was 25 years after the war so there were still traces in some places.
I lived in the Nurnberg area as a US Army dependent. 60, 61, 62. 5th 6th and 7th grades. They were still rebuilding some parts of downtown Nurnberg. It's amazing and sad to see Nurnberg in such a destroyed condition. I remember it being a wonderful place with lots of friendly people.
Germany on the whole is a very friendly place.
@@happytentcamper It is!
Yes they where so friendly esp to their jewish neighbors
@@jdarst100
We were talking about modern Germany… Do you even know what “on the whole” means? I don’t think so.
@@jdarst100 That's history and we could say the same on how whites treated blacks in America.
I am amazed at how well dressed these people are, even after what they’ve been through. They look healthier and better turned out than most people today.
You picked up on that as well...........
That's the Germans for you. No matter how many times they get beat down, they still manage to arise from the ashes.
What strikes me in their appearance is their elaborate/ elegant hairdo
Ja, no. wonder....
Firstly HUGO BOSS styling, (the best in the world, besides the Russian Imperial military style)
and then - the Idea that was guiding them all throughout that historical period, the Idea (no matter wrong or right), in which they beleived !
And people today don' t have any beleives.
@@randyjones3050 yes well we win the war and Germany still ended up with a better economy than us in the U.K. ended up bankrupt with millions of men coming home with PTSD and by the 1970s just 25/30 years later the then West German economy was booming and Britain went from recession to recession. We won the war on paper, but in reality we lost everything. Most of our empire and Commonwealth had gone, our Navy once the biggest in the world was reduced to nothing as a cost cutting exercise because we ended up in so much debt to the banks and for exchange or American help we handed over many overseas lands to America. The end of WW2 was when Britain realised it was no longer a superpower and we handed the baton to our yank cousins. Now we have the American empire, which coincidentally is under threat from China today.
I'm an American but it still makes me sad to see Germany in ruins and yes, I know why it got that way but it still is sad.
I wonder how much time the fucking nazis spent sympathizing for the Jews they treated worst than dogs?
and hiroshima and nagasaki?
@@sebastianbattaglia6330 war is fought with no quarter given. That’s why we should avoid armed conflict until it’s the last resort. Ukraine for example
@@billfra but those bombs was a crime...otherwise, let;s start to use mustard gas again. They should have been prosecuted (those who gave the order to drop the bombs) as they did with the
nazis..
Hai idea di quello che i Tedeschi hanno compiuto nei paesi occupati in Europa? É triste che a pagare sia sempre il popolo, questo si
I think the rank of the soldier is a Luftwaffe Oberfeldwebel Luftkriegsschule (KS in the Shoulder Boards)
That's correct. Notice he has the Pilots badge and an Officers quality Brustadler...he was probably just short of being Commissioned as a Lieutenant when the War ended.
@@Bigsky1991
Strange that he still has his shoulder boards
@@vulgarisopinio not at all...
Hes lucky to be alive he be marching to Siberia with that busted foot if Ivan had got him...
I wonder who he was and what happened to him after the war. Wounded yet uniform neat, well-groomed and shaved...interesting.
Es sind fast alles alte Leute, Frauen und Kinder zu sehen.
Sie sind geblieben und haben die Trümmer wieder aufgebaut. Respekt!
Na die Männer haben ja entweder noch gekämpft oder waren in Kriegsgefangenschaft. Aber ja, das haben sie und da heißt es immer die Frauen seinen das schwache Geschlecht. Was für ein Blödsinn.
@@D37-i7r Oder gefallen. Drei von vier Brüder meines Vater, der mit sieben Jahren am Kriegsende der jüngste war von den fünf, sind in Russland gefallen. Er und der zweitjüngste haben u. U. nur überlebt, weil sie noch Kinder und somit zu jung für diesen Wahnsinn waren.
@@bananajoe3669 Und außer den Gefallenen natürlich. Mir ging es um diejenigen die noch am Leben waren um so etwas zu tun.
@@lirichsud5946 Herrlich wie immer verallgemeinert wird. Zur Info: Hitler hatte im Januar 1933 gerade knapp über 30% der Stimmen. Was war mit dem Rest? Auch alle Nazis? Können Sie sich vorstellen, dass so etwas heutzutage eventuell unter einem anderen Namen wieder passieren könnte? Also ich kann mir das vorstellen, sehr gut sogar. Es braucht nur eine gewisse Anzahl von Leuten an den richtigen Stellen, die geeignete Situation und voila, schon geht's wieder rund. Ob dann wohl wie zwischen 33 und 45 auch wieder ausnahmslos ALLE mitmachen werden?
@Lars Kumpaan Ja, die Trümmerfrauen hatten mitunter Kopftuch auf. :''D
Very interesting pictures . I live in Nuernberg of today.
It's great to see the differences to todays Nuernberg I pass by every day .
My office is the former SS-Baracks of Nuernberg.
This is history live
Une bonne adresse de restauration dans le Nuremberg d'aujourd'hui ? Merci Hubert !
@@alexandre210613 Je pense la restaurazion de Nuernberg est bien.
Jaque an becoup des bombes sont trouvee ici.
Nuernberg est tred,interessant a voir
Amities
Hubert
I was stationed at Merrell Barracks in the 80's. I'm assuming that is the building that you are referring to. I enjoyed my stay in Nurnberg. Beautiful city.
I lived in those barracks in 1965 to 1967. I left a German girl behind and often think of her today
Magdelena Maier was her name. We met just a few weeks before I got my orders to Nam. For about a year we wrote each other but mutually forgot one another.
No deja de impresionar la crueldad e infierno que provoca una guerra,reflejada en esos rostros y en la destrucción que los rodea.
Wow! What a scene! What destruction! And then there is the people there to witness this horrible time of our history! Fantastic footage to see.
This where my father was sent as a Sargent with the Army Corp of Engineers. I was not born yet but oldest brother was. That probably kept him out of combat. They did "clean up" in Nuremberg. He could speak some German as his father came here (Minneapolis Minnesota USA) from Germany before WW1. His younger brother served with the 17th Airborne, they served.
Imagine being the person doing the filming of this. Great work. 👍
Regarding the rank of the wounded German airforce-soldier at timecode 00:32 - Epaulettes, collar-tabs and the collar piping identify the young man as a "Oberfeldwebel" (= Master Sergeant). On the the left side of the jacket, he wears above the badge of a pilot or observer, the lower badge is not easy to see, but it could be a wounded-badge...
Pilot. I know the Luftwaffe had NCO pilots, as did the RAF. Yellow was flying branch I think. I think only the US required pilots to be Officers.
@@wcatholic1 The USAAF had sergeant pilots until 1942.
US Army pilots are Warrant Officers.
USAF Pilots were all commissioned until 2015 when enlisted drone pilots were recruited (the drone pilots are trained to fly simple manned aircraft too).
Ich glaube nicht, dass das seine Uniformjacke ist. Für einen Oberfeldwebel ist er mir zu jung. Uniformteile lagen bei Kriegsende überall herum !
@@rainerstorberg7509 He could be between 18 and 22, if hes 22 that means about 4 years of service, i think its his. The way he acts and wears it also leads me to believe he has some kind of status, not your weak and defeated normal soldier.
Amazing footage this channel has.
My Mother was living in Nürnberg, at this time.
She is borne 1930, and still living.
She lost both her parents, in Concentration-camps.
She and her twin sister, was in the children’s home.
I have heard many things about, the war in that time.
She often cry when she told stories, about the Allies bombing.
All the small babies who burned to die, when the children’s home was bombing.
Many said story’s, she can tell.
😢😢😢💔💔💔💔💔
Jewish children surviving in a Children's home, in Nurnberg, capital of the Nazi's? Strange ...
@Emre Mutlu Thanks! Everywhere in the world, but especially in Germany, people believe that the Nazis only killed Jews. But these fuckers also killed their own people if they weren't on the "right" side.
Nobody know real history
@@bananajoe3669
So true.
My grandparents would not baying, the Nazi’s Party Card or sighing the documents, that they gave up there’s
believe in God.
We have made our choice, to serve God before Hitler.
Therefore was they send to jail and concentration camps, and then killed.
The were German citizen, for many generations back in history.
Nazis were horrible but Allies ain't the saints either.
1:53 Färbertor
3:24 Färberstraße
4:16 Gauhaus
@@chronoshistory 1:55 The building on the right is a air raid shelter (Färbertor Bunker) that was disguised to look like the old city walls. If you look closer you can see the concrete ceiling on top of it. During the cold war era it was still ready to be used and it still exists today.
So tragic was WWII. Videos before the war show how beautiful Europe was. All the smashed buildings from centuries before. Many replaced with ugly modern ones.
Yes - it is beyond sad. However, Nuernberg re-built all the old churches, the ancient city walls, the "Burg" and many other buildings.
At first, the plan was (in 1949 or so) to leave the destroyed city as one big, giant memorial and a warning to generations for hundreds of years
what bombs do to a city and the people who live in it.
The city as such was planned to be rebuilt a few kilometers away from the original site.
However, they (the people at the time) decided against it and repaired lovingly and with great effort (labour and financial sacrifices)
the ancient buildings.
@@renataostertag6051 Thank you for your comment, that was new information for me. Where the "new city" was to be built exactly?
@@HeilAmarth I am not exactly sure where. Maybe near the airport? Just a guess. Don't know.
Very tragic.
Just remember how war destroys places and people. Appreciate the amazing job our grandparents did in rebuilding their own countries after this futile destruction.
War is a terrible thing and yes your grandparents did a good job with the many planes of goods and help that was flying into the Country everyday but the destruction as you say was not futile remember the people we see in the video where of a sub human kind, that never revolted to all injustice but sleept in peace at night knowing of the innocent killings and if you where told that they didin't know, ask again.
@@dustybootraveler I agree.
It was not "futile" as the NAZIs no longer exist.
@@dustybootraveler A large and ever increasing number of Germans during that time period were against Hitler's conquests but one could do very little to go against the Third Reich. Sure, even before the war there was evidence of what was going on in the ways Jews and certain other groups of people were viewed, but it wasn't too different from the way certain ethnic groups are still treated today, even in countries like the US, UK, France, or any other modern society. Your sub human comment is much the same as calling Americans sub humans since they're able to sleep at night knowing of atrocities that happen daily with certain ethnic groups. The truth is, most people are concerned with their own well-being and speaking out or revolting rarely comes with a positive outcome, especially when you could be jailed or even executed for doing so.
@@dustybootraveler You are not a student of actual history. You Paul are one of millions of people who believe what has been expertly presented to them. I used to be also, I am a 24 year US Navy veteran. No war ever made any sense until I learned the truth behind all of it. The greedy, soulless, unconscionable, bastard bankers are behind every war America has ever been a part of. There is no such thing as "sub human". The first casualty in every single war is..Truth! Real truth is not spoon fed to you in a nice little package, you have to want the information and dig for it. Sir, you do not know the truth!
@George Prince 1943 the first writing on the wall against the regime too little too late, humanity was on vacation in Germany!!
I visited Nuremberg on a USO day trip for it's Christmas Market shortly after I arrived in Germany in 1979. The tour bus went past the Hall of Justice where the war tribunal trials were held It's a beautiful city. I hope to go back and see the city I couldn't see at night before I die.
I was stationed just outside Nuremberg from 1971-1973 and it always a pleasure to visit Nuremberg and explore and taste the local food.
I just love our food in Nuernberg and all across Bavaria. Makes me happy that so many foreigners appreciate it too.
I was stationedin Furth 1973-1976 took 40 min on the streetcar to get to downtown Nuremberg.
@@tommiller5628 Hi Tom, Thanks for your service, Yes Nuremberg was an amazing place. Furth Barracks was a place I had to go a few times.I was first stationed in Ansbach with HHB VII Corps 210th Field Artillery Unit as a medic. My unit got moved to Herzo Base in June 1971and what a beautiful area to be stationed. I was also one of the Army’s first drug counselors. CDAAC . I got a 3 month early out and left Germany in April 1973. Herzo Base is now the Adidas HQ. A little history for you. Adidas and Puma shoe manufacturers are brothers, they had a falling out during WW11 so one brother built one plant on one side of town and the other on the other side. Again thanks for your service !! Be safe and vigilant.
1/37 Armor, 1st Armored Division, Katterbach 71-74. Loved to take the train from Ansbach to Nuremberg, and spend the day sightseeing. The Nuremberg bratwursts were almost as good as the Ansbacher bratwursts.
@@scotsmanofnewengland7713 Worked CDAAC in Erlangen with Lt. Mathias who lived at Herzo in 73/74. Just missed you.
In lieu of narration, the captions are a very good idea.
These were the lucky ones. They fell into the hands of the U.S. Army. Bad things still happened, but not to the extent they happened in the East.
That´s right. For example look for "Russian veteran recalls their crimes in Germany" on YT.
And how many millions did the Germans murder in the East? How many Jews came home? Poles? Russian soldiers were used as experiments. The Nazis rarely took soviets as prisoners.
Watching this video just goes to show how NOT oppressed we are today.
We have it so soft it is amazing. Be happy and don't throw it away.
I agree 110% with you.The bitching going on about how bad they have it in the US or Canada is just mind boggling.A year or two in China or North Korea would certainly take THAT STING out of them.
Today our cities are becoming shitholes worse than this ask people who are obligated to live with crackheads in their neighbourhood how " good" they have it . And the pandemic is no fun too.
@@towaritch if you're crazy enough to live in a "city_ 😁
You have no clue what you're talking about .....It's the brain of people that have been made soft , not oppression which is much more subtle and stealthy , so it can be done in front of most peoples's eyes clogged by delusion .
I absolutely love thease old films I find them very interesting and you can learn so much from them 👍
Lived in Nurnberg/Furth as a teen 1976-78 and was stationed about 25 mile north in Bamberg 87-90. Nurnberg is a beautiful city with wonderful, friendly citizens. The city was a large American military community until late 1990’s.
Wish it still was....what you mention & whats seen in this video footage (+ other vintage videos) is truly amazing. I too visited Western Europe (#1) in kickass late 1980s & was lucky to spend some time in both France (awesome as always) & West Germany when i visited the region as a teen in 1988. Wish i had stayed there for a decade++ (ideally with the US/UK military). Ended up serving a few years later but mostly in Japan. Still looking forward to revisiting both Germany & entire continent & with much more time to. Do so. Cheers!!!
lived in Furth--Monteith Barracks 57-58-59
I was there in 1966 to 1967, and yes it was a great time, especially with Vietnam going on, at the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for AFN Nuremberg. So sad the TV Signal was so weak and without audio on German TVs.
Our family's hometown. Our home in that very area was completely destroyed during the RAF bombing in the last days of the war. The home was a gem.
My Mother is born 1930, in Nürnberg.
She was in Nürnberg, under the war.
She tell me so much about the bombing, under the war.
@@danielgroth3070 Ask her if she knows or knew the "Baufirma Ostertag" please? I am searching for people who were alive back then and call tell me
about my Nurnberg and my ancestors. I hope your mother is well Daniel. Wishing you and yours the best from my end of the world.
Who is the young soldier at 1:20 with the injured leg? What kind of uniform is this?
Who is the blond boy (about 10/11 years old) at 2:10-2:18 that splits wood, then stands with four other males (one man and three lads of different ages)
on the side and then somebody in the background or foreground (one cannot see the person) seems to say something to the group because
the blond boy mouthes something and then moves towards somebody and the others follow him.
What was this all about? Were these boys and lads "Pimpfe"?! I hope nobody mistreated them.
@@renataostertag6051 "I hope nobody mistreated them" .... who would do that?
@@KR-jt4ut The victors of course - who else? The boys - most likely - were previous members of the "Hitler Youth", so it is likely that they got interrogated
and abused. That's why I am asking and hope that somebody who lived back then (maybe even one of these boys who would be now between 85 - 90 years old,
if they are still alive) can answer my question!
@@renataostertag6051 about 9 million Nazi-soldiers were taken captive. And not one testimony about "being abused" by the "Amis". Strange
Hits different when you understand nearly everyone is dead today.
Not at all. My great aunt was born in 1928 and is still alive. She’ll be 93 on Feb 28, 2021. There are still quite a few people who were around in 1945 and are still alive today.
My father was 9 and is still ok. :)
@@timsummers870 He did say "nearly everyone".
yes , not to forget the US Soldiers also gone....that´s the way
1:42
Oberfeldwebel of the Luftwaffe.
I can't make out his unit insignia.
Ok !
Where on his uniform is the unit insignia?
@@RageBoys33X
In the middle of his shoulder pieces
Also a pilot
Could it be “KS”: LuftkriegSchule? It looks almost like the number 15 but on Google images the KS shoulder strap design also look like 15 because the K and S are overlapped.
The total bombing and destruction of these Ancient towns and cities is appalling. 500-1000 year old towns and cities destroyed by both the Germans and Allies was totally uncalled for. In Germany only old men, women and children were in those towns. Historic Churches, homes, artwork lost forever.
I agree, really very sad. But a lot of damned failured old German generals of WWI (i.e. Erich Von Luddendorf) were the authors of the concept "total war" in the ´30s., enthusiascally appropiated and openly diffused by Nazi leadership during WWII. They received what they practised.
Ja leider, Und jetzt haben wir viele hässliche Städte.
Weil, the Nazis also used castles for military purposes, That was a Crime and forced the bombing. Still, mistakes have been made but it shouldnt be forgotten, That the Nazis did this to their own people.
The Germans brought it on themselves
Chris Allen: The seeds of WWII were sown by the end of WWI. Had the allies occupied Germany - instead of stopping at her borders and allowing Germany's armed forces to retreat into Germany with their arms - its debatable whether or not WWII would've started. This error was seen by one French general at Versailles who said: "we've only delayed the next war by 20yrs" (he was actually 3mths out in his prediction).
But the destruction and occupation of Germany was necessary if only to avoid the same mistake as at the end of WWI, which may have precipitated WWIII. Don't forget, too, that the Nazism hierarchy plundered Europe of fine art and treasures,confiscating much from their legitimate owners (most of which is still missing to this day).
But most important of all - above any cultural or art treasures - is the fact that Germany deliberately practised wholesale genocide and persecution of Jews and the minorities, with very, very few of those criminals ever being convicted of crimes against humanity!!
So before you get all revisionist, please note, the allies had to win the war for us and those being exterminated, and that Germany herself caused the war - plus the ensuing, inevitable and unavoidable, destruction.
3:37 Krass wie fertig und verhärmt die alle sind. Nie lächelt einer oder nur ganz selten. Alle sehen einfach nur erschöpft aus. Was für ein Glück das es vorbei ist.
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None of the unfortunate Germans, with their entire Cities and families blasted to rubble looked very happy. Would you be? The video is the best quality I've ever seen, keep up the great work!
Not happy but relieved. The war was over. The killing and further destruction was over. And the western allies were likely to be reasonable.
@@oldman1734 "reasonable"??!! The United States didn't have to help rebuild after Germany started the devastation. I believe the United States and our people and military were MORE than reasonable!!
@@SMichaelDeHart. The Americans always did what was best for themselves. For example I’m old enough to remember the war and especially the years after, and listening to to people who actually made the decisions. American leaders made it clear that after Pearl Harbor they would NOT have entered the European war if Germany had not declared war on them a few days after. America made the British send all their gold reserves to South Africa (in case the Germans invaded Britain).
By the end of the war Britain was totally broke and starving. We asked for help. America said no, no, no. All aid ended the day the war ended.
Eventually Britain was able to obtain a loan (eventually paid off in the early two thousands). The Marshall Plan followed a couple of years later but that was to protect America as much as anyone. The Soviet Union seemed increasingly aggressive, Italy looked it might become communist and France likewise.
America is not good at war.
We had to teach you the basics of anti-submarine warfare. Your Admiral King was a fool. North Africa became a fiasco with the British having to go in to stop the Americans from running away. True.
The British were the only nation to fight from the first day until the last and on more fronts than anyone else. We even took over Vietnam after the war and when we left, it was at peace. We defeated the communist take-over of Malaysia while you were defeated in Vietnam, despite us telling you how to defeat the communists as we had.
They was no shame in Britain being the only nation to keep fighting when everyone else had surrendered (we stood alone for a year against a much bigger country with the best armed forces and shattered by six years of bombing.
@@oldman1734 you're damn right we did what's best for us. Don't cry to me about your empire falling to pieces. We could have let you just learned German. Thr politicians lost Nom, not the military.
@@SMichaelDeHart. You don’t know or think much do you? Britain could have made peace after the defeat of France in 1940. Hitler wanted it. His aim all along had been to invade Poland and the Soviet Union, not France or Britain.
But France and Britain felt they had no other option but declare war on Germany.
Unfortunately France with its army of about three million (against Germany’s army of the same size) was unable to defend itself and Britain with its army of 220 thousand had to to retreat back to Britain (known as the Miracle of Dunkirk).
But Britain was determined to carry on, even attacking the French fleet in North Africa.
The color is incredible. Could have been filmed yesterday
4:20 Neptune Fountain + Gauhaus NSDAP
5:08 covered Schoner Brunnen (The Beautiful Fountain)
What an appalling war and clearly English Area Bombing found this area. Thanks again Chrono, peerless upload!
And just a few short weeks before the end
British area bombing.
Keep laughing. One day you too will lose your laughter.
@@petergehlen4190 I see no humour in this thread?
Did the Americans also carpet bomb this area? Yes. From wiki, for what that's worth: "The bombing of Nuremberg was a series of air raids carried out by allied forces of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) that caused heavy damage throughout the city from 1940 through 1945."
Awesome footage. Thanks for share.
The Red Cross flag full of shrapnel holes.
Either that or Nuremberg has some brutal moths.
@@Wolfsschanze99 Or it's the flag of England [yeah, i know it's not, but could pass for it].
I think it was riddled by sharpenels from near miss shells from Allied guns.
Great video’s. 👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻thanks.
dose anyone know the name of the music used ? i cant find it under the provided link
"Ground Zero" by Antoine Marsaud: open.spotify.com/track/1evEkkd0c8NYlqFNuByivk?si=UIB88cyrSkGfLY23SBW4uQ
@@chronoshistory Vielen dank dass ihr euer Wort gehalten habt
Does it need to have the old reel projector sound effect?
Agreed...some Death Metal perhaps?
@@NoLefTurnUnStoned. rammstein perhaps 🤔
I am of the belief it adds a certain charm !
*Never again!*
Until next time.
Amen
They said the same thing after ww1.
and in '53 there was Korea, in the '60 and '70 Viernam. Later on The Soviets in Afganistan,not to forget all the 'small' conflicts like Algeria, Congo, Rhodesia, Nicaragua .... .
Never again is wishfull thinking.
Putin in Russia has people say "we can repeat again" about murdering own people
Projecteur qui tourne la musique les documents très rares a gardé precieusement . Merci infiniment pour votre travaille .
The injured fellow is most probably a pilot, yellow collar patches and Flying badge on his blouse. Rank looks to be along the lines of a First Sergeant, Oberfeldwebel. I cannot make out the number on his epaulets though which would help distinguish position/unit. Ahh see comment below. KS. Even though my eyes can't confirm that for myself.
i think he is a pilot or navigator .but his rank is obergrefiter.
Could be from a flak unit.
@@forgivemenot1 maybe , but he has a flying/observer badge on his jacket.
@@manithrupasinghe8744 I'm not familiar with all the badges I just knew that the Luftwaffe also operated flak units and some ground units as well as paratroopers, also towards the end of the war a lot of Luftwaffe personnel were pressed into ground units to fight as infantry, however a comment below did say flak units had red lapels so probably not flak after all.
@@forgivemenot1 With the badge on his chest indicates he is some sort of airman. While ground units had wings folded or inside the badge. I can't get a good look at what the eagle is grasping, to identify what type of airman he is (Pilot, observer, gunner or radio operator) But he is clearly someone who operated inside of an aircraft with how wide the wings are out on the eagle.
Any footage of Kaiserslautern during the war?
“When this war is over we will be accused of an infinity of murder as if all men at war everywhere hadn’t behaved the same way” the forgotten soldier.
The victor is the judge and the jury and the vanquished is the accused
And exactly which units of the Allies were the equivalent of the Einsastzgruppen ? Where were the Allied Death transports and gas chambers?.... How many German civilians bore Allied imposed number tattoos on their arms ?
You related to Donovan?
Where were the allied gas chambers for civilians?
@@wholeNwon “if we see that Germany is winning we should help Russia and if we see that Russia is winning we should help Germany that way they kill as many as possible” Harry Truman
@@pazdylan1873 and who used weapons of mass destruction against civilians
What’s the rank of the Luftwaffe pilot at 1:48
OR-7 Nato ranks, an officer cadet
My uncle Adrian, was an Infantryman in the 180th Infantry Battalion, 45th Infantry Division. He died 18 April 1945 fighting near the NAZI stadium. To think he fought the entire war beginning in North Africa, the invasion of Italy. He survived all of it, killing many wehrmacht soldiers, until the last days of fighting in Nürnberg.
Your Uncle Adrian, was a hero.
We have all yet to live up to their sacrifices.
@@justlive112 slava mu(glory to him)
Whoever kill many people will be sentenced by God！Near the end of war，you uncle should not kill people who will build up new Germany.Conscience！
@@justlive112 😂
A BIG G B. HIM
So, Germany hadn't yet surrendered when this film was shot. That's very interesting to me. The faces of a lot of the German citizens here are of relief. They seem hopeful for the days to come.
this video is after the surrender
@@LondonPower No, because Germany surrenders to the combined Allied forces on May 5, 1945. Germany is still fighting when this film was shot.
@@yohannbiimu ok you right
@@yohannbiimu The surrender was on May 7.
@@ruairidhcreez8104 Stricktly it should be May 9. Jodl had signed the surrender of Germany on May 7 1945 in Reims. Because the documents were not signed by the chief commander (Keitel at that moment) all the parties decided that a second document was needed, this time also signed by Keitel. So they did a second session in Berlin on May 8, this time also with the Soviets. The documents of the unconditional surrender were signed not on May 8 but just after midnight -so May 9- by Keitel and the allied forces. That is why in Russia they celebrate the surrender on May 9, in Europe and the VS on May 8.
His collar marks him as Luftwaffe Sgt Major, and the fancy letters on his shoulder board show which training school he was in, I think.
Young!
Notice how there’s no one around wearing an SS uniform. Interesting 🧐 ah yes, “i was in the luftwaffe” when i was a kid my parents knew this old German couple who also claimed the husband was luftwaffe and had set his flak gun up on her daddy’s farm, a true love story, but was it? He always had the look and bearing of a Prussian officer. I always wondered if he was living under a cover story.
The music is awesome! It makes the film even interesting
That was my father’s station in 1945-1946. He organized a football game at the big field where the rallies were.
Actual football or soccer?
@@merkcityboy834 American football. He was in a railroad battalion that was repairing the trains and among other duties was the recreation officer for his unit. I have a picture of a game.
Music stops from 4:33 and the overdub of the projector is at least is neutral in the footage.
But both were totally unnecessary.
How did they ever get that cleaned up. Anyone in the armed forces who was there will tell you, “One bucket. One bucket at a time.”
They're lucky. Warsaw was difinitely flattened. Including 200.000 residents murdered. By them.
@@JesusMagicPanties Poland. They didn’t stand a chance. If the Russians missed them, the Germans came along and cleaned up. And it the Germans didn’t clean up what the Russians missed the first time the Russians came back for another shot at them.
@@chrisnnh Indeed so. No country wouldn't stand in such situation. The Brits
and Americans have the waters and friends around there...
@@JesusMagicPanties The British waters were home to the biggest navy in the world when Britain declared war on Germany. And by Britain gaining air supremacy via the Battle of Britain, Hitler had no chance of sinking it. The U Boats were nifty, but not good enough, and in the end were often zapped.
@@routeoz02 After battle of britain it took very, very long time until u boots and their devastating job were stopped and it has very little in common with the very air forces just because of a simple reason: the u boots were operating in the atlantic ocean beyond the reach of aviation at the time, in a so called black hole, back then. Other measures taken caused their neutralization, which were at the most part the technology (mobile radar) and intelligence (broken enigma codes) combined. Without these factors the u boots would be definitely good enough to win the battle of atlantic ocean and no allied air forces alone could have averted that.
The music adds to the impact of the visuals ....very well done indeed
the guy in the first clip is a sergeant in training for the anti-air force
Anti-airforce? You mean Flak, which was part of the Luftwaffe? Then no - Flak units had Luftwaffe uniforms with red instead of yellow collars and patches.
This young man is an Oberfeldwebel (in training), or Staff Sergeant. Would he have been from a Flak unit, his rank would have been Oberwachtmeister.
The music is “Ground Zero” from Revolution” by Antoine Marsaud.
Notice there are only women and old men and young children all of the young men were conscripted into the army, and the young man in the beginning is a German Luftwaffe NCO, you can tell by the gold on his collar, he looks to have a silver wreath with eagle clasping swastika which is a wound badge actually for being wounded 3 times, also looks to have his flying badge, looks very young.
I've stood right there!
I was stationed in Schwabach, West Germany 🇩🇪 from '82 - '91
Had a lot of great and lasting memories strolling around Nuremberg.
WoW to think these people are forever safe in time with their faces once again been seen by the modern world. It would do no harm to remind the youth of today, this was life and it was brutally hard for them to start all over again. But they did, Thank you for this video Chronos-Media.
2:51 Can somone explain this?What's he doing?
he is a radio operator and he's talking into it . probably saying no signs of hostility here etc
Ich interessiere mich für die Geschichte,habe mir vor paar Tagen die DVD Schindlers Liste angeschaut...ich Frage mich oft...wenn ich zu der Zeit gelebt hätte, würde ich es überleben? Ich bete zu Gott das sich sowas grausames nie wiederholt
I'm currently visiting Nuremburg so it is fascinating to see how it looked at the end of the war.
What a shame to destroy such history
Check out the word "coventrate". It was invented by the nazis. Its meaning: "The complete and utter destruction of a city [in Britain ] by bombing attack with an excessive amount of bombs." It was used by the POS Propaganda Minister Goebbels. They tried it, but got it in return several times worse.
How about the murdereing of 60 million people?...you love buildings more than Human beings?
In the announcement, did they speak English or German? Sorry if it's a stupid question, I just want to learn more if anyone knows?
The young injured airman is an Oberfeldwebel (Master Sgt). The yellow color denotes the flying branch and he is wearing an embroidered pilots badge. The letters on his epaulettes between his rank pips are probably from his flying school but that's just a guess. He doesn't even look old enough to shave, but well fed and thats probably his best girl of wife with him. The Yank on the PA is wearing the 80th Infantry Division Shoulder patch which means this is right after the 3rd Army took over from the 7th Army. My dad was in an antiaircraft battery attached to 80th Division around this time so he was probably in the area.
Great video
Awesome footage! That Luftwaffe NCO is probably very thankful to still be alive (he looks so young). Post-war Germany could not have been a pleasant place to live for many years.
Considering rationing went on in Britain until the early 50s I'd say it was probably pretty bad in post war Germany.
Ему повезло, что он не попал в плен к РККА, там весёлым не сидел бы. Всё немцы бежали сдаваться в плен США и Англии, как шакалы
@@kotoff8328 No argument there. Germany committed some pretty atrocious acts on the people of the USSR. Justifiably there was a certain amount of revenge by the Red Army on anyone wearing German uniforms.
@@kotoff8328 сгнил бы давно на стройках народного хозяйства!
@@deancj1 Rationing ended in Germany five years before England.
-ЭТО просто невероятно.Люди стоят,мало того что живые ещё и одетые с иголочки на фоне разрушенных домов.
Remarkable how clean and tidy were the German people in this terrible city people today are not as caring about there appearance in public today anything goes
02:19 есть хороший советский фильм "Александр маленький", такое ощущение, что эти персонажи из него.
Love ❤️ this stuff. The resiliency of this generation is inspiring
Where are the film credits?
No more brother wars
wishfull thinking
Shame there isn't video of the torture used to extract "confessions" from the Not-Sees
These images show people who are absolutely exhausted. They have endured six years of war with the last three of them under attack. Surely they must have felt immense relief at the end of it.
Well, first of all, it was not so much the 'spirit of liberation' as it says in the video, but the 'spirit of deafeat and occupation'. One must not forget that the German population had been exposed to Nazi propaganda for 12 years. At the time, the Americans were enemies that had attacked the civilian population in carpet bombings time and again. In Nuremberg (and Bavaria as a whole), people were glad that the Americans had invaded first. People did not necessarily feel 'liberated'. It was just very much hoped that the Americans would be the lesser evil. Above all, people were just glad that the war was over. And in the foreground was the mere struggle for survival! I therefore find it inappropriate to speak of a 'spirit of liberation'. - Greetz from a German!
your nation killed 60 million people , so you should be glad you were not one of them....an american US Army veteran
Und heute wird gemeckert wenn Kneipen,Discos,Schipisten,Hotels,Fitnessstudios dicht sind! Die Spaßgesellschaft ist seiner Bürgerrechte beraubt,welch ein Jammer ,man kann nicht feiern wie man will,denn das ist der Sinn des Lebens für viele,sogar sehr viele Zeitgenossen.
Was ist das für ein Vergleich?
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Was gefällt dir an dem Vergleich nicht? Es ist ein Gedankenspiel und scheinbar fühlst du dich dadurch betroffen. Wahr ist, die heutigen Menschen kennen solche Tage nicht und ich bin aus Nürnberg. Da wird hier und da gemeckert weil die Regierung etwas von einem Will was Menschenleben rettet und wie reagieren manche? Vergleichen es mit Nazi Praktiken.
@@stevenr224 Menschen rettet? Haha , wie Sie schon so Gehirn-gewaschen sind, da hat die rote Regierung ganze Arbeit geleistet
Wo ist nur addi?
Eine tolle Leistung USA und GB !
Coventry, London, Rotterdam, Warschau.
@@ottovonbismarck2443 Dresden Stuttgart Hamburg Lübeck Hannover Leipzig budapest königsberg Wien Berlin usw
@@olgajakobi8353 Korrekt. Nimm noch Caen und andere französische Städte dazu, die von den Alliierten bombardiert wurden. Was ich sagen wollte: Jede Seite hat in Bezug auf die Bombardierung von Zivilisten Dreck am Stecken. Ich könnte soweit argumentieren, dass Deutschland angefangen hat und mit den Konsequenzen leben musste. Wer Wind sät wird Sturm ernten. Ich heiße weder deutsche noch alliierte Kriegsverbrechen gut, aber ich verurteile die Täter nicht. Wir waren nicht dabei und können nicht wissen, was wir damals gemacht hätten. Krieg ist Krieg. Ich mache allerdings eine Ausnahme bei den Vernichtungslagern. Das hatte nichts mit Krieg zu tun und bleibt unentschuldbar.
@Olga Jakobi, Warum hast du den Krieg überhaupt begonnen? Du wolltest "total krieg" dann hast du es!
0:35 what rank is he
Fantastic but we don't need to hear the noise from the film reel the entire time 😉
Thr rank of the young soldier at 1:30 is Oberfähnrich. The yellow collar tabs are showing that he is in the flying corps. Two badges of rank can be seen on the shoulder flap. One above and one below. In the middle of these two badges of rank there are two squiggly letters, a K and an S. KS means Kriegsschule. The junior officers of the Air Force were trained at the Luftwaffenkriegsschule. Since the young Oberfähnrich has no sergeant braid on the collar around the collar tabs, it can be concluded that he was recently promoted to Oberfähnrich and only received his shoulder boards during the promotion. Or it is the last issued uniform of the Luftwaffe, with no sergeant's braid.
Oberfähnrich is the modern name, he would have been a Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel(and he is a pilot)
@ 1:17 This chap could be Von Braun's younger brother ! As far as rank, I would say he was sergeant of the guards in the Luftwaffe !
Good call, I knew something about his look was familiar.
1:43...it is hard to believe how YOUNG he is... how young everyone in this clip is.. What an Incredible video, really caught at the heat of the moment, at the center of it all. Incredible.
It's hard to believe that this landscape is real and then there are live people walking around in and out of these ruins. Totally surreal. I just imagine the scene a few days before this video was taken. The absolute size of the destruction to do that to those buildings. Wow. And yet some people survived and then gathered in their best clothes. Unreal, the human spirit..
War is never glorious, the aftermath is always a hard and bitter price.
Imagine if the war had never happened and all the historical buildings that were destroyed were still intact today
everywhere had collapsed but not Germany has got the biggest economy in europe. What a strange
The West was worried that the Communist would find a reason to take the rest of the Country, so Germans where pampered with opportunities. just as an example VW was rebuild with the help of the British and the story goes on.
only 10% of the infrastructure collapse in Nazi Germany maby less
@@LondonPower And Germany had and still has by far the biggest population of any country in Europe. The ultimate result after the war was obvious.
US provided an incredible amount of money
Thanks for keeping & showing the history! Think about it, all adults in the film are most likely dead. Any young kids still living are all senior citizens now...
Nürnberg bellissima 👍🏼
Steven R,du hast vollkommen Recht!
Seeing this well preserved color footage, plus the near-live footage we now see in the Russian-Ukrainian war, just emphasizes that the face of war never really changes. Styles change, but the injuries and deaths are always ugly. We live, love, fight, and die on the same earth, under the same beautiful blue sky and cold grey clouds.
AND FOOLS FOLLOW THE SAME STUPID LEADERS THAT THINK THEY HAVE A BETTER IDEA!!!!!!!!
Hello from Sweden 🇸🇪
Tut weh meine Stadt so am Boden zu sehen ...
Darüber hätten die vorher nachdenken müssen, bevor man andere Länder und Städte angegriffen hat. Das kann nämlich zurückkommen...
@@andrejlais4320 Bist Du wirklich so dumm oder tust Du nur so? Er redet von Seiner Stadt und Du redest von ''Denen''
Und bald schon ein muslimisches shithole, wie ganz D. 🤣🤣🤣
@@harryhirsch8527 wenn du etwas dein Hirn anstrengen würdest,oder willst du etwa ablenken vom Thema
Wer hat den Krieg angefangen und wer hat es beendet?
Dann würden nicht solche Ruinen stehen
@@holzfasss Krasses Volk, wenn eine 4% Minderheit den Takt angibt!
Awesome channel , and what a treasure of history. by the looks of it the citizens are more relaxed under the American troops.
1:17 - Jim Morrison before he started "The Doors" I guess.. 🤔
His rank was Oberfeldwebel Luftwaffe (1:30)