Stunde Null in Hamburg - 3. Mai 1945 

Meine Mutter war bei Kriegsende 6 Jahre alt. Sie hat,wie mein Vater,die Bombardierung "live" miterlebt. Als sie mit meiner Großmutter in einer Warteschlange stand,kam ein junger, britischer Soldat vorbei und sah meine Mutter. Er wollte ihr eine Tafel Schokolade schenken,aber meine Mutter hatte furchtbare Angst . Meine Großmutter sagte ihr,dass sie keine Angst zu haben brauchte. Dann nahm sie die Schokolade doch noch an. Sie teilte diese mit meiner Tante. Den Geschmack und den Soldaten hat sie nie vergessen. Für mich ist dies ein Zeichen von Menschlichkeit,auch in Zeiten von Kriegen. Das zeichnet uns als Menschen aus.Ich habe Jahre später mit einem Briten zusammen gearbeitet,dessen Vater Bordschütze eines englischen Bomber war. Er wurde über Hamburg abgeschossen und blieb nach Kriegsende in Hamburg. Die Sympathie zwischen meinem Kollegen und mir,war unglaublich.

Die Schäden waren damals schon gigantisch, der Bevölkerung gebührt Respekt für den Wiederaufbau.

Ich hoffe, dass ich so etwas NIE miterleben muss!!! Für die Menschen damals war das nicht nur schrecklich und eine Vollkatastrophe,es war schlicht das Ende!!!! Nicht eine einzige Familie ist ohne Schaden davon gekommen!!!! Ein Trauerspiel!!! Heute ist Jammern auf hohem Niveau!!!!

Der Opa meines Kumpels sagte uns mal.." Jungs, den Feuerschein von der Bombennacht haben wir gesehen". Und das war in Grabow/Mecklenburg. Also ca 150 km entfernt.

Very Sad. My Opa was a firefighter for the city of Hamburg.

So Reportage ich schau sehr gern, danke für den Upload und beste Wünsche allweil mit Gesundheit und Glück zu Euch

Nice shots of Blohm and Voss ship yard and the dock my ship was being repaired in in around 1989 and I worked aboard for 2 months.. Always my favourite German city voyaged there many times from 1970-1990.. Incidentally I believe the dock shown (with overhead girders) was the Bismark's build site, now Elbe dock 17. A short walk under the Elbe Tunnel took you to Landungsbrucken and our first drinks port of call 'Pupasch' bar.

I Missed Hamburg , I went to visit Hamburg 🙏 one more time 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

I spotted my father on one of the Kangaroo APCs. He brought back quite a few souvenirs and I remember a postcard with a time-lapse photo of pre-war Hamburg at night. He never talked much about his experiences.

To think the Beatles played a series of shows in this city 15 years later.

Life is very strange. Terrible scenes of devastation and death in Hamburg, 1945----- only 15 years later the Beatles were rocking and rolling at the Star Club! Das Leben ist sehr seltsam. Schreckliche Szenen der Verwüstung und des Todes in Hamburg, 1945 ----- nur 15 Jahre später rockten und rollten die Beatles im Star Club!

Estive em Hamburgo em 2023, achei a cidade linda, não consigo imaginar que a cidade renasceu das cinzas, parabéns aos alemães pela reconstrução da cidade

Вот это нация,вот это сила воли,так быть унижены так быть разгромленной физически и морально и так сплотиться и стать на ноги,стать страной,которая вернула себе уважение,могут только сильные духом люди!

Thanks for the post. So much destruction. Humanity must learn its lessons by reading its mistakes committed in history

Thanks for the post. Great that it has English subtitles too.

К сожалению, история может повториться, если люди не захотят помнить или будут лгать о причинах той катастрофы :(

Syrien mein Land hatte die selben schäden

thanks for the post very interesting

Ich liebe dich Deutschland. Köln

It would be great to see more documentaries on the rebuilding of German cities. In particular i'm interested in who financed the reconstruction? I've seen estimates that 8 milllion homes were destroyed in Germany. If we assume each is worth €250k in todays money, that is €2 trillion worth of capital required to rebuild djust the housing. Then you have the sewers, water, electricity, factories, hospitals etc...Was this all bank loans?

el espíritu de los alemanes por ser una nación única,se vio opacada por los mismos cobardes de siempre

When the Germans rebuilt their cities they had the good sense to restore the cultural centres to the appearance they had before the war, so retaining their original appeal. In England groups of arrogant architects took the opportunity to clear the damaged city centres and replace the old buildings with modern monstrosities. These are now considered to be eye sores or have been demolished as not fit for purpose.

When I compare the footage here from May 1945 to the footage at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Qpu-zqDbnN0.html, it's incredible how within only 3 years, Hamburg was already a bustling metropolis again, despite that many buildings (including residential) were still ruins and that it probably took another 10 - 20 years to fully restore the city. In contrast, Dresden (which was in DDR and probably suffered more extensive damage than Hamburg) is still in the process of rebuilding its historic quarter, which didn't really get under way until the early 1990s, after the reunification of Germany. It goes to show both the resilience of people and cities and at the same time, the hard task of re-building after a major war. It's a shame that although there are innumerable documentaries on WWII battles, there are relatively few about how Germany and other heavily damaged countries in Europe went about reconstruction (especially in the area of housing and basic infrastructure) in less than ideal conditions. The Marshall Plan of course was a big help, but the determination of the local people (especially the women, who due to many men being killed in the war, had to pick up much of the load). PS: greetings to Hamburg! I went there as part of my vacation in 2014 and enjoyed my stay. Hopefully I'll be able to make my way back again.

The war is terrible. Killing a person is a sin!

So much had been good and right, I find it hard to believe all this had to happen, the ‘Fuehrer’ would ruin a wet dream.

I get a feeling of vertigo looking at this video from this distance. 2022 seems busy, cramped, it feels like the claws of fascism are waiting to spring into action again. How are we going to step back from what feels inevitable?

Looks GREAT !!! I really like it !!!

Greetings from England!!!!

Im name alle alten und aller verstorbenen, ist das Deutsche Volk heilig 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Muy triste, tristísimo. Pero esto debe hacer pensar a los alemanes, votaron a quien no debían sembrando tempestades y estas les alcanzaron a ellos como devolución de todo el daño que provocó alemania.

Befreiung von Butter Brot und Eiern, sagte Grossmutter

Ich kann das mit meinen Augen nicht glauben

Starker als gestern

I tak prawie nie zniszczone..tak jak polskie miasta

By the time of this surrender, Germans were hoping that the British and American troops reached them before the Russians did, and with good reason. The Russians took some terrible vengeance for the Nazi atrocities that had been imposed on them, and then put everyone in their conquered areas under decades of repression.

QUE LOCURA LA GUERRA..TRISTE

We fought the wrong enemy.

Subtitles refer to 17th Armoured Division entering the city. They should read 7th Armoured Division. Good extract, thanks for subtitles.

Pleeeeease!!!

en verdad, curiosas muestras de ingleses y norteamericanos por su amor desmesurado al arte de la arquitectura.

very sad. But they brought the destruction upon themselves. One powerful army against 3 powerful armies equals total destruction.

3:05-3:45-Beautiful view !!!

Русские брали Вену Прагу Будапешт без артиллерии!..

And some referred to the innocent victims as " The Hamburgers ".

Bir nəfərin səhvinə görə minilliklər məhv edilir...

The decent ppl of germany had to be so releived when that war ended

I think RU-vid is ruined by advertising elements, it really makes me nauseous!

Sein Deutsch geboren aus aí Deutschland 🇩🇪🙋🍻🎖🍻🎊🎆🎇🎆🎉🎊🎇✨🎈🎈🎈🍻🍻🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖

😎☝; Ich habe immer Angst wenn ich in Hamburg Rum laufe, Und mir vorstelle was hier geschehen war und wieder geschehen werden kann ! Wenn die Welt wieder Spinnt. 😢🕷🕸 = 💀💀💀

Aber gestern ewiger als heute

So much destruction. So sad. People had nothing left. Complete destruction.

Вот она жесть...как она есть

😍😍😍hambourg

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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Es hat nie eine Stunde Null gegeben, es wurde genau so weitergemacht

War is so horor .

Und wer hat Geld in die Wirtschaft zum Wiederaufbau gepumpt, der Amerikaner. Durch den Fleiß der Hamburger ist es wieder eine schöne Stadt geworden

se salieron con la suya era necesario tanta destruccion

compare it to Stalingrad

aca vivian mis parientes y si bien se quedron csin casa enseqyida le dieron un epartamento dode los visite 1955v enero ya no se notaba demasiado 1 millon muertes por bombarderos y 1 primo en compate y 2 presos siberia nunca los liberaros los rusos tengo muchas historias para contar alfredo vr

brawo alliance

Chronos jetzt aktuell regieren die Marken schwör aber die Leute haben was dagegen ist noch aktuell

1941 Getto = 1945 Berlin = 2023 Gazze

Such a sad day for Germans!

RAF I love you !

Welche Kirche ist das bei 3:01? St. Katharinen?

Nimand entschuldigen.

То что нацисты сделали в Европе и СССР не компенсировалось разрушениями в Германии.Там они натворили гораздо больше.

These Germans were still very lucky, especially with the Westerners, because they did not feel the Russian occupation. All the "charms" of the Soviet, communist authorities were not felt. Let them thank the Americans and the British for being the first to visit their cities.

Canada apologizes to Germany for targetting civilian cities.Canada should pay reparations to Germany.

Schönes Zeitdokument. Teilweise erbärmliche Kommentare. Ein gewisser Führerkult wird stirbt nicht aus. Auch eine Art Kultur. Wenn auch eine schlechte.

ОЧЕНЬ ПОНРАВИЛОСЬ ! ОЧЕНЬ !!! ВСЁ ТАК СУРОВО !!! В ТЕВТОНСКОМ ДУХЕ !!!

The Queens Royal Regiment

I wish they would of surrendered before the allies bombed the city. Not only would there have been thousands of life spared but also the historic and beautiful buildings and architecture would have been preserved. What a meaningless waste.

Weiß jemand welches Gebäude bei 1:01 zu sehen ist?

Difícil de entender como el ejército aleman que tenía claro que la guerra estaba perdida muchos meses antes del fin, y que el país está en de un loco, que llevaría al país y al pueblo aleman a la destruccion y a la muerte, no hizo nada por eliminar a este demente y poner fin a esta locura. Pasará a la historia por su falta de valor y no asumir su responsabilidad como ejército.

So much destruction…

Bei 0:14 kann man die neue ,,Vaterland“ von Hapag sehen die nie fertig wirde

Phim hay

I have shame to be Brazilian because we spend 3 Marschall Plans per year just to pay politicians,more two Marschall plans to pay external debts,but we dont have the infraestruture of Germany.

What was the fate of General Major Wolz?

Alle kriegen ist schlecht 👇👇👇🗽🇩🇪🇦🇲💞

Waren das unsere amerikanischen Freunde ?

So very sad...this was not only Germany's defeat but Europe and the white race itself.

1:40 empire earth

Вот такой он гитлер капут.

Befreiung??

бедный гамбург зачем бог допустил все эти беды от войн приносящих страдания и разрушения целого культурно исторического пласта

Von wegen „in die Welt getragen hat“!

Wie heißt das Musikstück bei 1: 50 min. ?

🍵☕🍩🍰

Ich bin eine hamburger ich liebe hamburg ich bin aus algerien

и все же как быстро германия восстановилась

If the allies soldiers would see their countries today, would have thrown their arms and join Germany in the fight.

Nicht so einfach. Also a chain reaction.....bitte

devastation on the city and its population - was the war worth it?

Now I can´t see the end credits because of these idiotic "ads" in the end! Right over half of the picture! Remove them at once!!

gut

I will never understand the British terror bombers... why was so necessary to destroy the large civilan cities?? Why?? Just for fun?