The scene where Weidling tries to get the soldiers to surrender and end the madness. Unfortunatly the military police hanged and shot Peter's parents just before that. With English subtitles.
Translation of Weidlings speech (0:16): “On April 30, 1945, the Führer committed suicide, abandoning everyone who had sworn allegiance to him. True to the order of the Führer, you, German soldiers, were ready to continue the fight for Berlin, although your ammunition was running low and the overall situation made further resistance pointless. I order the immediate cessation of all resistance. Every hour that you continue fighting prolongs the terrible suffering of the civilian population of Berlin and our wounded. In agreement with the high command of the Soviet troops, I urge you to stop fighting immediately. Weidling, former commander of the Berlin Defense Area. "
Strange. A German veteran who was conscripted as a boy and fought in Berlin, said in an interview that they were told that Hitler died on the battlefield.
@You Trooper hitler was an idiot. He had some of if not THE BEST military generals at his disposal and he didint listen to them he did as he wanted and Germany suffered the consequences. At times I feel sorry for those poor German men that hitler sent to die. If only hitler would have listen to his generals Europe and maybe even part of Russia would today be Germany.
@@davidkendrick4453 1, someone didn't watch the movie, because he was killed by Nazi's, 2 imagine now being able to separate movie from reality. Oh to be 13 again
No film captures the madness that was Hitler’s Reich like this film does. Even when all was lost, even Berlin was all but lost they sent children out to fight and hung people in the streets. One of the all time great films. Don’ t miss Trudy Junge’s comments at the end.
Compare videos of Berlin in the 30s to videos of London, Paris, Berlin etc today and tell me which one looks more mad. With regards to Traudi Junge, they conveniently leave out in the movie how she was raped well over a dozen times by Soviet troops when leaving the city.
@@TopDrek What are you talking about? I live in Berlin and there is no such madness here unless you count the Conspiracy theory people crying about Covid restrictions and vaccinations. Berlin in the 30s was a center of a totalitarian dictatorship that murdered millions. And in these last weeks they went really crazy and killed not only racial "inferiors" but everyone who was not 100% devoted.
@@oellappen269 Sorry ich spreche nicht die Sprache von euch aus den Provinzen. Kannst du den ersten Satz bitte in richtigem Deutsch wiederholen? Klar Berlin ist nicht perfekt. Aber das ist kein Teil der Republik und das war auch nicht mein Argument. Ich habe nur die dumme Aussage eines von Propaganda verblendeten US Amerikaners gekontert. Der kam vermutlich noch nie aus seinem Bundesstaat raus zieht aber dennoch komische Vergleiche zu den 1930ern. Und als guter Europäer sollte man ihn da über die großen Unterschiede aufklären.
This movie is amazing, certainly the best depiction of Berlin in the final days ever filmed. As for the boy finding his parents hung, I have ALWAYS assumed that there were a lot of back-alley executions of those who did these hangings by those who were close to the victims. I can also assume in many of those cases, the police just looked the other way, knowing what had actually happened
People like this do not get back alley executed, they form the new police and continue their petty terror. The RAF in BRD and West Berlin started with attempts to out such former nazi in West German service, but to no avail, so they went on with physical terror.
@@JohnSmith-mm8yd Perfect example of what not to do. Positive Opinion from modern germans to hitler: 0,007% the other 99,993% might be a small part neutral and the largest part has a neagtive Opinion about him. We have many points to remind of the lost lifes. The USA has the Walk of fame, we have multiple walk of shame. Streets that mention the lost lives, mainly the jews.
@@JohnSmith-mm8yd I remember, recently that a German bar said, "F*** Trump!" ×5 when a Fox News reporter was there. If that doesn't tell you, IDK what will.
Even though Germany was the center of the atrocities commited during WW2, you feel a sense of humanity for eveyone in this film, you realize how close we are to all those around us, and how we're all capable. You begin to feel sorry for those who lost everything here, and honestly, good person or not, you pity them, and cry...
***** it is only the true-to-heart socialists (not including the brainwashed propaganda suckers) who i spit on. be it millitarized or not. the rest of the german people i do give my heart out to. god bless them.
Daniel Cannata Yes very true. The Nazis brainwashed a lot of hurt, de-moralized Germans. Who just wanted redemption. They thought the Paris Peace Treaty was unfair, and unfair it was. I don't ever generalize. Not all Germans were bad. Just like today, we criticize and spit on Moslems but the terrorists and the brain washed. are only a few...sad to look at how ignorant we've become. I hope we pull through this world.
The Father and Mother who were murdered died trying to save their son from his fanatical naiveness. If there is such a thing as a noble death the parents certain under went one.
@Jake Folk die from which side? The Germans also executed everyone who refused to fight. And if you fought you may be killed by the Russians. Really no good options here. You had to pick just the right moment to stop fighting.
+Kingslea Hearne "When Weidling discovered that a major part of the last line of the German defences in Berlin were "manned" by Hitler Youth, he ordered German Youth Leader (Reichsjugendführer) Artur Axmann to disband the Hitler Youth combat formations in the city. But, in the confusion, his order was never carried out. In the end, many German youths did die defending Berlin." (wikipedia)
Yeah ... if only all those people that you guys worship here had the courage to oppose Hitler before he had full controll and power. Right? Imagine the suffering and senseless los of life which could have been avoided. And don't say it wasn't 'possible', go and read about Henning von Tresckow who conspired and opposed Hitler pretty much from the start, but at the very least since the late 1930s.
+CriWuk Oppose Hitler? The man was way too convincing. And once he took power... there was no going back. His ideology from what he had learned in WW1 was "Never surrender, never retreat. Fight till the last." When the reality is... military tactics don't work that way. It's easy for us to say now: "Simple: Just execute Hitler". But if you lived in the Great Depression back then... you wouldn't have wanted to.
To be honest ... and I know this sounds stupid ... but I give a lot to pure bad luck. Hitler survived over 20 ( !!! ) assassination attempts. it is almost unbelievable that he always survived, sometimes due to the most insane luck possible.
On April 30, 1945, the leaders had committed suicide and that whoever had sworn allegiance to him, left in the lurch. Faithful to the command of the leader were you, German soldiers, ready to continue the fight for Berlin, although ammunition was running low and your overall location made further resistance futile. I order the immediate cessation of any resistance.
This isn’t really translated correctly. It’s actually “On April 30th, 1945, the Führer committed suicide, and in doing so, abandoned those who were loyal to him. You, German soldiers, were ready to continue the battle for Berlin, even though ammunition was low and there was no point for further resistance. I order an immediate cease fire. Each hour you continue to fight prolongs the suffering of the people of Berlin and of our wounded. In association with the supreme command of the Soviet troops, I order you to stop the fight immediately. Weidling, former commander of the defense of Berlin. A glass of water please.”
jack hynes I get it now: He was announcing it live, but at the same time it was recorded on tape, so then they can play it on loop as this truck goes around Berlin.
Now I have had German in school, i feel the pain in this scene even more. Here are the captions: (Sorry if not completely correct, i am Dutch) On the 30th of April, 1945, the Fuhrer commited suicide. And in doing so, he has betrayed everyone that had sworn loyalty to him. You, German Soldiers, loyal to him, were prepared to continue the Battle for Berlin, even though ammunition was short and further resistance was hopeless. I hereby order an immediate cease of resistance. Every hour where you continue to fight, prolongs the endless suffering of the citizens of Berlin, and our wounded. In agreement with the high command of the Soviet Army, I order you to stop fighting immediately. Weidling, former Chief of the Defense Area of Berlin. A glass of water, please.
Thanks for this. Peter's parents have certainly been shot and killed, but just how official the killers were is another question in the chaos at the end of the war. I believe in the audio commentary Bernd Eichinger says that there was one man known as "The Hangman" who went round hanging civilians, although the war was clearly lost.
@@evilrobottolhurst And I'm guessing that many civilians who survived such aftershocks were frequently looted and pillaged by Russian soldiers who were good and pissed off after so many years of bombardment from the Germans.
This is crazy... Everyone is realising the fact that the war is over, Hitler is gone and Weidling orders every person to stop fighting. Slowly it hits that you have survived and that you stand in front of an abyss, everything is destroyed and you have nothing. But at least the war is over. And still, some fanatics are raging in the last hours of the lost war and even after it. Heartbreaking. The acting is absolut perfect
You have to keep in mind that people didn't know if they really have survived. They knew the russians where coming and the russians where very often out for brutal revenge for what germans had done to them. Women, children, even very small ones had been raped and murdered by russian soldiers comi.g west. Nobody knew what would happen. A lot of people killed themselves in the last days of the war.
Really? If you like crying so much, go visit any mass execution place of civilians by the Germans. Pick any country they occupied in Europe. Just have many handkerchiefs with you.
@@robertclark1669 funny that the the US and British troops while at war were able to refrain from mass murdering ethnic groups. turns out the nazis were peices of shit who got what they deserved
In comparison economically they are doing pretty well. There were big consequences but eventually Europe relies on them now. Only a little 60 years later, after loosing 2 wars. No one wins or looses a war.
CptMole Practically every country in the world has lost a war once. What I mean is that that shitty feeling will pass and winning or loosing is not relevant in the ruins of what is left when a war ends. We're all equally shitty then and equally happy it is over. Your statement implies the Germans are still feeling shitty for loosing the war and I doubt they do.
*“If the day should ever come when we must go, if some day we are compelled to leave the scene of history, we will slam the door so hard that the universe will shake and mankind will stand back in stupefaction..” - Joseph Goebbels*
@@sjacrane Derp. Hitler couldn’t even stop Stalin from overrunning Germany. The Soviets ended up controlling a large portion of Germany for over four decades. Where did you study history, at Trump ‘University’?
Not really, next to saving private Ryan this is one of the most popular ww2 films, and how could be underrated when it have birth to a famous meme? Lol
"the military police hanged and shot Peter's parents just before that." it wasn't even as organised as that, though Nazi forces were indeed murdering civilians for surrendering with the Red Army only streets away - it was "The Hangman" whom we see coming out of Peter's building.
sources have said that even as late as the day of surrender, SS units were still arresting and executing traitors. a common sight in berlin was one of a hung male german, with a sign on his neck saying something along the lines "this happened to mebecause i have lost all honor and have betrayed my country". so it was still organized quite a bit. that hangman was doing the dirty work of the SS. but they definitely still carried out orders.
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I remember I was at a ww2 show and I met few berlin veterans and they told me when they heard the surrender speech most of them cried knowing their home was destroyed and bombed so most of them fled west to the allies
Yes, what Hitler and the Nazi did was absolutely horrendous; a genocide of the greatest magnitude. Nonetheless, it must have been terrible being a German national in the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, 1945. The national humiliation of defeat must have been unbearable.
Not just that. Humiliation was going to be the least of their worries. Especially for German women that bump across Soviet soldiers. National humiliation? Try gulags and gang-rapes on top of Church altars.
My grandfather lived through the war in Germany, from what little he's said about it he spent his childhood moving from one bombed out town to another, stealing from farmers to eat, and once saw his friend blown to bits by a landmine.
I understand that you guys trying to separate, because it is the black pages of history of the German nation.But do not deny the facts. Most of the plundered German families, probably also sent someone to the front. So, society can not be separated from the army in a country with a totalitarian ideology and mandatory service, logical?
Für uns Kinder des Friedens unvorstellbare Szenen!! Ich bin heute 40!! Aber das alles gezeigte in diesem realistischen Film übersteigt alles was man sich nur erdenken kann!! Absolut grausam!! Mögen wir alle unsere lehren daraus ziehen!!!
@Stephan Lindinger Niemand will die Wahrheit wissen und sie suchen also kann niemand daraus Lernen. Unsere Ahnen haben gegen die Dunkeln Mächte gekämpft die Heute wieder Europa zerstören wollen.
Because Soviets didn't kill 16 million German civilians within the next 3 years - like Germans did it with the Soviets. Add to this all the civilians of other countries Germans also killed - those were millions as well. After all Germans had done to the Soviets the Soviet response was astonishingly mild. Not even 1% of what Germans had done to other nations and especially to the Soviets came back to Germans. And that's a fact. And that's a big difference. And it shows how forgiving the Soviets were and how sick Germans still are not to be grateful for it.
The irony is, the USSR was at its most bloodthirsty BEFORE the war... and against their own people. Their invasion of Germany, while by no mean gentle, was positively tame compared to what the nazis did in eastern Europe - and that's not even speaking of what they planned to do. Generalplan Ost, anyone?
Thats because I have feelings and I became so emotional because it was finally over and the people could start again their lives or what remains of it...
Even after failing to take Moscow through diversion of forces (namely swinging them south to Kiev in '41) and starting Barbarossa too late in the year, he still was in good position in '42 until he decided to divide Army Group South, sending half south towards Grozny to capture the vital oil fields and cripple the Soviets, and half towards strategically unimportant Stalingrad. The oil fields would have been captured with a full Army Group South, undoubtedly, even the Soviets admit it.
And it wouldn't have made a difference. The few oil fields the Germans captured were sabotaged so well that they were knocked out for months. Such a long time, that their movement tactics were screwed for lack of oil anyway. Nothing would have stopped the Soviets from executing Operations Uranus and Mars or their equivalents.
Any action the Germans could realistically take after 1942 would be prolonging the inevitable. The Soviet war machine was in absolute overdrive and nothing would stop them. This is what historically happens when you invade a nation with twice the population and 3 times the resources. It also didn’t help that the Russian people were given no alternative to siding with the Soviets given the whole 17 million of them murdered by the Nazis.
Really! Why clutch at straws. The whole thrust of Hitler's aggression was totally criminal. There was no justice in any of the Germanys wars and any attempt to suggest alternative winning tactics simply ignores and indeed compounds the evil. You may try to cover your wretched Wehrmacht with glory, but they were nothing more than brainwashed automatons. They deserve sympathy and all their millions of brides and offspring.
He actually helped the SS kill every civilian who refused to defend Berlin (although the war was basically lost).. he looks so angry because the boy helped some men escaping the SS.. the same man also killed his parents, you can see them at the end of the video
What happened to the German people during and after WWII is very sad. What is happening to the German people today, as a direct result of their total defeat 70 years ago, is very sad. Sometimes there is so much tragedy, injustice and pain in the world, it feels like my heart is caving in.
@globautojr actually i know that Weidling died in that year. The thing is i thought there might be alternate death for Weidling just like Fegelein's. (In the movie, Högl gunned him down but he actually got executed.)
If the autocracy had been effective it would have won the War; in the long term, autocracies are only effective at abusing and inflicting suffering on their own people.
@@robertclark1669 yea your right it was the incompetent corrupt byzantine like structures of the actual party. The entire German war machine was built on sand.
I feel sorry for the germans during the war they were brainwashed into submission and at the end of the war they figure out that the war was complete lost and that you were fighting for a dead man
Not only that but it's a myth Hitler ever had the mass support people think of him as having. The people being brainwashed, was less significant than his creation of a terror apparatus that just petrified those in resistance into complete and total submission. The army hated him on a widespread scale.
The Germans weren't so much brainwashed as they had internalised a social darwinism during the "long 19th century" (which extends to 1918). Hitler appealed to the people`s believe of superiority. However, a great accomplishment by the Americans were the Nuremberg trials in which they publicly accused a clique of Nazis to subjugate the German people. Not only did this allow to sentence the survivors of the regime to death but also for a restart of the German nation as a republic. It also serves as the justification of the Denazification.
You have to be German descendant raised with grandparents stories of those days to understand how hard it is to lose a war and been unable to do anything. It will stay in memory for generations...Especially the humiliation
I remember saw this on theaters. So powerfull have seen a german movie, in german language, about the WW2 for first time! I'd wish have seen Das Boot in their time, too!
This what happens when countries think war is a good idea. Germany was devastated from WW I with harsh terms & reparations. After WW II the Marshall Plan aided and rebuilt West Germany and aided Japan with generous monetary & economic aid to rebuild their country. Peace for Western Europe and Japan was established in this wisdom.
@@gamerdrache8741 I don't doubt that at all, the German people are very hard working people. I am glad that we didn"t make the same mistake as in WW I punishing Germany harshly that led, I think, to WW II.
@@gamerdrache8741 Germany put itself in that situation, I'm sure the people in Poland would have liked for their cities and factories not be bombed too.
@@gamerdrache8741 I think a country that that caused such misery on so many people should not expect any mercy themselves, but the Allies was merciful compared to Germany's war crimes on other nations and it's own people.
We did send them thousands of combat aircraft, perticulary ground attack aircraft such as the P 39 aircorbra and P63 kingcorbra. Also a very good portion of Katunisha roket launchers were mounted on US trucks. We also sent them a bunch of Sturet and Grant tanks earley in the war but they hated them so we stopped sending them.
@@kalsarikannit2058 The whole point of Lend Lease was that the Soviets and British didn't have to pay. The concept was akin to loaning a neighbor a garden hose to put a fire in his backyard, where upon he would return the hose. The US just wrote off what they loaned because they had so much back stock sitting in the US, they would never need the battered vehicles they sent overseas.
as an ex muslim i must say that what is happening to germany is very horrible , you guys have to save what's left of your country and your identity before it's too late .
Herr Wolf you are completely misunderstanding what im saying im Saying my people fought to save germany but died for nothing as our future is a future of shit
Berlin was captured after a two week long operation. While the devastation is obvious, it would've been more sever it was prolonged siege, like in the case of Budapest, or some Soviet cities.
0:35 '' despite that our ammunition ran out and the fight was already lost '' hah, ironic, i remember listening to one of Hitler's speeches (3 oktober 1941 wartime winter relief organization opening speech, for those wondering) and he basically says that right now they have so much ammunition that he can actually order production to cease in many spheres and that he doesn't know any opponent whom they would not be able to defeat with the existing amount of ammuntion
Hitler was probably trying to alleviate fears of another Shell Shortage, which had traumatized the German and several other armies in 1915, just before he joined up. Through the winter of 1914-15, until as late as May, guns were severely restricted in their firing rate -- sometimes they were limited to as little as 8 rounds/day. The ammunition requirements of modern war, and its duration, had been grossly underestimated by the war planners and by industry. A British government fell due to the scandal, and all the other major combatants' governments -- but esp. those of Russia and Germany -- were placed under severe strain.
The scene at 0:10 min. happened in real at Berlin/Friedrichstrasse, Waffen SS "Nordland" platoon came under heavy fire and fought to the last man/woman. Soviet TASS press photographer Mark Redkin took the original pictures of the Waffen SS corpses.
How do you know that? Every man that fought the war thought they were fighting for the right side If america was at war, you would think America is good and the enemy is bad, well the enemy thinks they are good and America is bad You fight for what you believe in
Только не в этой войне. Нацистов ни кто не звал 22 июня 1941 года в мою страну. Они убивали и грабили. Они хотели сделать рабами. Но им дали досттйный отпор. И у меня нет сомнений в том, что мой дед воевал за правое дело
