The Kaiser's Nazi Funeral 

I guess in Hell he'd quip to the Naughty Guy something like "no king rules forever"

Such a pity the Kaiser did not live to see the total destruction of Germany. He was no better that Hitler. He always believed in Germany's right to oppress its neighbors.

So... It's a good thing he died when he did, because the future would have killed him. Hmmmmm. Mightn't we say that about... Anybody?

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What you just stated was unbearable for a lot of Germans....not just the Kaiser lol

I think adults should prevail and get him buried. Before the coffin bottom rots out and scares tourists.

@@jonthinks6238properly treated wood don't rot bro. It can last for centuries

@@NicotineRosbergprobably lead lined

@@jonthinks6238No, his wishes wore to be buried after the monarchy restored. That is almost impossible.

@@jonthinks6238 Depends on how you see final wishes, whether someone respects what the deceased wanted, what they want or are they forced by circumstances in a way that prevents final wishes being carried out.

Haven't gotten too far in the video. But Kaiser said his body shall not be moved to Germany until the monarchy was restored.

its been 82 years from his dead and also he was 82 years when he died

@@Carpediem357He is going to be there forever. Or does a Sultan count?

@@sebe2255 I don’t think so.

@@sebe2255 he wouldn't have counted its restoration as a Constitutional Monarchy while he was still alive. For him, it was either a True Monarchy ie: autocracy "the Kaiser's word was law" or nothing

Stop watching propaganda channels such as mark felton.

​@@petermoller4447 Yes!! Instead watch other propaganda channels hailing the nazis. Wonderful

Considering how many wars the Balkans had at that time. I think most people with some political knowledge could have predicted that.

officer corps please. If only Gavrilo Princip could rise to the standard of being a damned fool. He was pathetic lost soul. The damned fools named a bridge in his honour in Sarajevo. Bismarck also encouraged young Willie to ignore or oppose his parents designs to liberalize and democratize the new German state. The Kaiser was a shallow pompous ass and his likes today live at Mar a Lago.

To be fair the Iron Chancellor was starting to rust and his temper did get the better of him, it's not that Kaiser dismissed him on malice but rather that he had become senile, The Kaiser was not really a bad man or what they say about him, he was just dealt a bad hand, puns aside,

i need a cape

Yet the Kaiser himself started the war, he had all the chances to solve the issue diplomatically but instead immediately backed Austria in its war. Bismarck was almost certainly turning is his grave.

Wouldn’t it have been possible, as a guide, to grant Dr. Felton access to the mausoleum? Or can this only be granted by the Hohenzollerns?

@@kasimirdenhertog3516 Access to the mausoleum is only by written permission from the head of the Hohenzollern family.

@@philipevers5666 thanks, expected as much. Still nice you can at least have a peek inside through the window.

I still like to see the TV recordings of Boudewijn Büch's visit to Huize Doorn

I, an Englishman, visited Huis Doorn about ten years ago and they found a curator who gave gave me his sole attention. Most of the visitors were German-speaking. So engrossed were the two of us about the whole subject surrounding the Kaiser, several groups behind us overtook us. It was a memorable visit that still stands out in my mind. I was impressed.

He was the man who printed money like crazy in WWI but never took blame for destroying German economy. Instead Germans created the unplayable reparations myth. WWII wouldnt be a thing if he took responsibility for his actions.

I think hes intimidated by his British cousin, unlike the Russian one

​@@wh_kersthe Russian one back then wasn't industrialised anywhere near enough. The British one was the first to industrialise and had no land border. There was no way for Germany to beat the UK without incompetence from the Royal Navy unless he dumped a lot more national expenses into developing ship building. Even then, the British global economy had monopolies on a lot of industries, including the massive ship building happening in Great Britain itself with practically no outsourcing.

"My great great uncle was his gardener" How did you just say that so casually

Did he told some anecdotes , what was his opinion about him ?

Like Jimmy Carter!

He was the Man against the malicious constellation of his time, against the tide generated by the Axis of Devil of the time, against the syndicate formed by Great Britain&France&Russia.

A bit confusing this Royal family business , Mrs Simpson had a nice place to put her feet up too but another royal family ww1 big wig got assassinated

@@auraguard0212 Reagan was far worse.

@@remember9152his aggressive pursuit of a massive fleet and a large empire was what caused the British to align more to the French and Russians

"occupied" ? liberated Germany... at least half was :P

Yes please. I would love to know what happened to Mackensen.

Yup, he served when the fastest military unit was the horse cavalry with muzzle loading guns. He died in November 1945, a few months after the nuclear bombings of Japan.

@@shaider1982 How did Russians treat him after the war's end. The very general who gave them a real bloody nose now in their hands.

​@@paulhan1615fortunately he was captured by the British. So he was safe from the Soviets.

I’m not surprised tbh. I visited the Duke of Northumbria’s palace a few years ago (he died at the battle of Dunkirk) his palace is almost the same as the Kaisers house. No documentation no info even some of the rooms there was no photos allowed to be taken. I think it’s so no one has the idea of robbing the place, and selling the items on. if it doesn’t tell you what’s there people can’t really put a price on it hence they think it’s junk. If you have a trained eye, you know what’s what. I did manage to sneak into an out of bounds room as I slipped between the metal bars on a locked gate. Tons of treasures were in that room, and I realised why it was ‘out of bounds’

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@@borninthewoods4482A lot of these “museums” are not run by historians or museum studies majors. They tend to suffer from lack of context, documentation and chronology. Kind of sad because they do not present a coherent historical story or interpretation.

i agree im very happy i found felton videos on ww2 he makes the best videos

Because it's all looted. Hard to describe the provenance when every item was taken from someone else's home or collection. All the royals are thieves.

Weren't just about all the Royal Houses of Europe related in form or another given the number of daughters that Victoria married off.

@@mpetersen6 Sort of, but Wilhelmina is (was) related to Wilhelm II via the old Dutch Stadhouder Willem V's wife, who was Prussian.

There was never any intention to violate Dutch territory. The chief of the General Staff, Schlieffen, ruled that out in the beginning in the 1890s when he started to rework the military conception for the case of war against France and Russia resulting in the Schlieffen plan. The Netherlands were militarily weak but attacking a close friend was regarded unacceptable. He rightly regarded it necessary to violate Belgian neutrality for defeating by maneuver the French Army that wasn't inferior in strength. But he assumed the French would always invade Belgium first. Later he realized that it was more probable that the French would avoid that for preserving the chance that Britain would enter the war on their side (actually the French military leaders wanted to invade first but French statesmen prevented them in 1914). Schlieffen never found a solution for the problem. When researching British documents became possible it came out that the decision to enter war by Britain wasn't a consequence of the violation of Belgian neutrality. Christopher Clark, in "The Sleepwalkers", exhaustingly analysed the road to WW1.

@@waltergro9102 thank you, you are clearly very well informed on this subject. Maybe the work of Beatrice de Graaf is interesting for you? She’s a Dutch Historian, and a professor at the University of Utrecht.

@@lolkevandewitte1713 Thank You very much.

If anyone were to blame for Germany's conduct of the war, the blame for the most part falls on Ludendorff's and Hindenburg's shoulders. Especially since 1915-1916.

Well, the Kaiser did plenty of saber-rattling, but remember how Germany and Italy were treated by the colonial powers at the Algeciras Conference as they were deciding the fates of the African colonies. Because Germany & Italy were upstart nations at that point and GB, France & Spain were used to dividing spoils amongst themselves, when the Kaiser expected his share for a change, the old colonists acted like who the f are YOU? To the extent the Kaiser wanted war, they had belligerently goaded him

​@@mattjones5987I can not agree with your assessment completely, i think you are still missing a few details. :-) If you are interested, dive deeper into it, there is more to discover. Yes, he did some saber rattling, but so did all other european royals, it was a time of posturing and pride. Yet, when war was immediately looming, the Kaiser did in a last desperate attempt try to prevent it, communicating via telegrams with his Cousin the Czar of Russia, but the 2 of them failed to stop the things already in motion and the military leaderships basically were like runaway trains. Their other Cousin, the English King (maybe) could have prevented the UK to enter the War, but his ruling Government too was eager to prevent a Germany that got too strong for their liking. And France just wanted revenge, very happy to go to war.

​@GrouchyBear411 the UK would have stayed out if it if Germany had stayed out of Belgium. In theory at least. I do wonder if they would have joined the war at some point anyway, but that's entirely guesswork.

@@arthurfisher1857 Agreed.

Many thanks - I'm glad you enjoyed the video. The tour was a splendid and fascinating experience!

​​@@MarkFeltonProductionsSmall correction! Wilhelm II was not the _"Emporer if Germany",_ but the His Imperial and Royal Majesty The German Emporer and King of Prussia. There's an interesting story behind the title: With the unification of Germany (aside from Austria) in 1871, there was some debate about the exact title for the monarch of those German territories (such as free imperial cities, principalities, duchies, and kingdoms) that agreed to unify under the leadership of Prussia, thereby forming the new German Empire. The first Kaiser himself preferred either Kaiser von Deutschland _("Emperor of Germany"),_ or Kaiser der Deutschen ("Emperor of the Germans")In the end, his chancellor Bismarck's choice Deutscher Kaiser _("German Emperor")_ was adopted as it simply connoted that the new emperor, hearkening from Prussia, was a German, but did not imply that this new emperor had dominion over all German territories, especially since the Austrian Kaiser would have been offended as Austria, inhabited by Germans, was still considered part of the German lands. There were only three Kaisers of the (second) German Empire. All of them belonged to the Hohenzollern dynasty, which, as kings of Prussia, and had been de facto leaders of lesser Germany _(Germany excluding Austria)._ He also didn't like the like the idea of the crown being "impure". Not a product of _"divine right/God's mandation",_ but man. To him the Prussian crown always meant more to him. Which wasn't the case with Wilhelm II. He was basically the first real and ultimately the only Kaiser of the German Reich, created in 1871. I think it's a sad story that our monarchy went down the drain after such a short but very productive era, until 1914. Even without the Germans from Austria _(which was a great power by herself),_ the newly created German state made such a great progress, that it had surpassed Britain and France in most economical categories. Before the unification in 71, Germany/the various German states were way less developed. Lately I was reading again Golo Mann's (Thomas son) _"German History of the XIX. and XX. Century"._ And he was right with something. Even after losing the war and struggling with the treaty of Versailles, Germany remained the most powerful country on the European continent! Thanks to the dissolving of Austria-Hungary and the many new small states created in the East. They were all weaker than under former rulers and weaker than Germany. To surpass France again was only a matter of time. And under Hitler it got even quicker. To the point that they were able to militarily defeat them 22 years after the end of WWII. All the newly created states mentioned, didn't have a chance against Germany and were defeated, subdued or collaborated with it. Only the total destruction, fragmentation and occupation, plus the lost of territory and expulsion of 12-14 million Germans, eventually stopped Germany from being a greater power. Now with the unification of 90 and the European Union, people say that there's a new German hegemony on the European continent again. But that's not true! Yes, Germany is the largest economy in Europe, has the highest population and plays an important role in the EU. But we are in a friendly relationship with all of our neighbors. I'm really happy about the France and Poland are allies, not enemies today. _Pardon for writing half a novel. I hope that you still going to read it._

@@yannick245 Actually, I've been trying to get this info all laid out in one go for years. Thanks. And ironically some commenter chided me a week back, about my "long" comment, 1/10 this size. A tenth!

@@BobKnight-mm2ze For years? Well, then I'm very glad that I've been a help to you! A ⅒? That's silly! I don't know why some people have a problem with long/extended comments. If the comment has substance and delivers good information, I don't think that it matters how long a comment is. I mean, this isn't Twitter/X, were you only here 280 characters. Some answers/comments just take time...

@@yannick245 I know, I know. You're right. But you know the deal; anonymity and probable distance makes people quit a bit more "mouthy" than they might otherwise be. And the other extreme are the "correctors" with their barely-on-topic minutia. So it is what it is, you just roll with it. But every once in a while, a guy like me, gets a little info from a guy like you!

Ive said this before but Mark would now be a field marshal if we were an army. Its nearing 2 million subscribers.

Cheers pal - you too.

❤ Back at you @BigZeeeee ❤😊

Thank you so much Mark exemplary and articulately done has always.

And so well deserved too @Roller_Ghoster Mark is remarkable.

Thank you for that tail-end. G Ire

Today they have the international court of justice in The Hague. But this institution is a joke anyway... And I see no reason at all why the Entante wanted to prosecute Wilhelm II. On which basis? What had he done?

@@yannick245Not really anything to be honest, the Entente wanted to crush German Monarchist’s morales and satisfy their population demanding blood, they saw Wilhelm II as the perfect person to execute to fulfill both of these.

All of the royalty of Europe were guilty, and I say this as a bit of a soft monarchist supporter (at least a constitutional monarchist).

@@oilersridersbluejays Correct, however the winners get a pass and the losers have to face the consequences, that’s sadly how war works.

@@yannick245Because he was the symbol of Germany. And they wanted to tear down anything German and humiliate them as much as possible. But yeah legally speaking there was nothing he was guilty of, certainly not more than any other of the nation’s leaders but the victors have already deluded themselves with the idea that the war was entirely Germany’s fault and thereby Wilhelm II.s so that they don’t have to reflect their own mistakes Turns out such a humiliation can leave a population pretty resentful though…

I'm glad he talked about this subject for his channel. I've learned about it many years ago through the Time LIFE books on WW2. It was a known fact that the Kaiser and Hitler did not get along. Even during the funeral speech, old Adolf couldn't shut up and kept interrupting. When a general under the Kaiser tried to close the speech by saying "We consecrate you to god," Hitler blurted out loudly "Dear kaiser, depart now into Valhalla!"

Often “overshadowed” by the Second World War…not “overlooked.”

​@@jonathanmccartney5809And yet, completely understandable. Isn't English great?

@@jamespfitz This is more of a testament to the human brain’s ability to recognize contextual patterns than it is to English.

@@jonathanmccartney5809 Yeah, in addition to your statement. I think since the 100th anniversary of the war (2014). WW1 in the recent years has been getting plenty of attention thanks to Indy Neidell and his fellow compatriot's "The Great War series" here on RU-vid. Also, from time to time thanks to the Swedish heavy metal band "Sabaton" making songs about the First World War. Lastly, Blackmail Games & M2H games making realistic (as much as possible) WW1 games available for both PC and console such as: "Verdun", "Tannenberg" and "Isonzo".

Not nearly as many movies to pull from for WW1 (compared to WW2) to make videos like this.

Great story.

Thanks for the tip about Lavader!

I also watch that channel. Tho we should remember that there is always a chance that he is biased but it seems like his points about Wilhelm is solid.

That's unless you believe the "alternative" theory that he was really the gay hero Major-General Sir Hector MacDonald (from the Camp Coffee label), who had risen from the ranks, survived his apparent suicide in Paris and escaped to Germany to replace Mackensen, who had died of a fever.

he saw the whole history of germany, from the creation of the german empire up to allied occupation of germany

almost like it’s equivalent to the propaganda tricks from the US!

Truth

Not sure why you feel its necessary. YT is perfect platform to look for additional information, if you are interested. Not sure where are you from but where i live our educational system is decent, not perfect but good enough. You can find similar comment under every YT video that touches on history. Usualy from people who didnt bothered to pay attention during school calasses and now they shout on the web how it sucks. I dont say its your case, just that its a YT evergreen. If you think about it, most schools are public (where i live). Time is limited and progress needs to be made, teachers usualy dont have enough time to go very deep into the topic (if you dont study history on uni ofc). The knowledge is usualy surface level to teach you the basics, if you are interested nothing prohibits you to search for more informations - many teachers even support it and will be glad you yourself took the initiative. Dont need to agree ofc but thats how i see it.

@@DaweSMF 'a king is only worshipped in his country but knowledge is worshipped universally' Mr Felton with his immense research and knowledge has penetrated every nook and corner of the world and we are glad for it Me,being a physicist and a tremendous history enthusiast share and talk about these videos with my peers and some like them,some become interested,some don't care You cannot expect students to do everything on their own and so within the framework of school and college courses,video sessions can be organised If someone doesn't want to do that's another thing Hence I said that watching these gems will help students to understand the subjects better You unnecessarily complicated my simple message of gratitude towards Mr Felton Take it easy Thank you

Dr. Mark should offer online classes. But then everything he posts is a history lesson.

No, they shouldn't. Why? Way too much narrative which while is ok for TV or such its certainly not for an actual unbiased history class. I'm quite sure he doesn't lecture same way.

@@DaweSMF lol even if private they still have to teach whatever the local municipality, state or prov, and feds require. Still can only select textbooks curriculum etc from govt for the core classes. Anyways this style of history presentation, the classical TV style with a lot of editorial remarks, isnt allowed most places anymore. Narrative words like greatly agitated, he didn't like, strangely, etc unless supported by direct factual evidence are greatly frowned on especially at college levels. I doubt he lectures like this if hes a teaching prof.

I would say he was both. He was not the almigthy ruler who could decided everything, and in the critical weeks sometimes hesitaed or did a few (weak) steps to avoid a escalation. But he had a great part of guilt that things did get so far. A lot of the policy he influenced during his decades of rulership guided Germany towards a collision with the powers who in the end formed the Entente. So to say he was not to blame would be a clear case of whitewashing he did not deserve I would say.

There's a great little alternative history book titled "Gray Tide in the East". The Kaiser is worried about the prospect of fighting the combined forces of England, France, and Russia. He orders a stop to the German Army units getting ready to move into Luxembourg in preparation of the big German offensive through Belgium into France. The German Army Chief of Staff shows up, trying to bully and trick the Kaiser, telling the Kaiser he has to consent to the plan to invade Belgium now that the war has started. In a fit of outrage at being told by one of his Generals, what he HAD to do with HIS ARMY, the Kaiser orders a complete abandonment of the attack in the west, and orders the German armies that would have attacked France to the east to oppose the Russian armies invading east Prussia. Duty bound to obey, the German Army heads east. With no invasion of Belgium, England does not enter the war. France tries on its own to attack along the French-German border, but suffers horrendous losses and is completely unsuccessful in breaking through the German defenses. In the East, the massed German armies make short work of the slower moving, poorly equipped and led, tactically inferior Russian armies. The Russian collapse comes more than two years earlier than it did historically, and Russia signs a humiliating peace deal. With no allies, and no hope of achieving victory alone, France is forced to agree to a negotiated peace agreement. The short, wildly successful war is over in less than a year. The Kaiser is celebrated and loved as a hero by the German people. Germany becomes the dominant political, economic, and military powerhouse of Central and Eastern Europe.

Its a long escalation from the murder of the archduke to world war. What did make war inevitable (according to my interpretation) was Russia's mobilization and the diplomatic "fuck you" answer to Germans demand to stop the mobilization. Especial then the doctrine of the day was he who mobilizes first have a great advantage.

@@marcbartuschka6372He actively tried to prevent the war before it started and even managed to iron out an agreement between Austria, Russia, and Germany. However other members of the respective governments had other plans.

@@marcbartuschka6372 I wouldn't call the constant Willy-Nicky telegrams a "weak step" to de-escalate the July Crisis by any means though. He DID promise to back Austria-Hungary's response... because they were allies and he was not expecting an armed response. He did not play great part of things getting that far either. He still went on his North Sea vacation to ease tensions in Europe because cancelling them would've made Germany look belligerent. His policy driving away Russia and England? That was not his fault either. Nicholay's mother and brother (leader of the armed forces at the time) were both Francophiles, and the bureaucrats and politicians were as well. Being just Nicholay who wanted friendship with Wilhelm, it's no surprise he couldn't stop Russia's alignment with France. Britain? Edward VII is to blame. Hating Wilhelm due to Victoria's preference for him, he was the man who took Germany's MERCANTILE naval buildup out of context and turned it into a naval race with nefarious elements in Parliament envious of Germany's buildup, overtaking England's "factory of the world" status who openly advocated for war to take them out. Much to my surprise listening to more of the subject, Wilhelm is clean in this front as well.

Well done!

It was perhaps a little petty of the Netherlands to refuse to return anything to the Kaiser's family, but completely understandable given what the Netherlands had endured from the German invasion and occupation during the war. It's probably better that the Kaiser's body and his belongings were in the Netherlands at the end of WW2. If he had been buried in Berlin in 1941, his burial site could have been devastated by Allied bombing, or when the Soviet Army took the city after heavy fighting in 1945. Any of the Kaiser's personal possessions in Berlin would have been destroyed, looted, or stolen by the Soviets.

Putin has all the Berlin palace objects :D

@@dongilleo9743 Given the amount of damage the Germans caused on Soviet soil, I would say we could hardly blame them for taking away those belongings the German first democratic state did let remain in the hand of its own sworn enemies (since friends of the Republic you could hardly find any among the former rulers).

@@conanc1487 The Americans did their fair share of "Liberating" privately owned objects from German palaces too.

@@BrettonFerguson Oh yeah we did. Thats what victors did back in the day...

You are very welcome

Definitely one of my favourite RU-vid channels. The man is a gem. I am a huge history dork (minus the doctorate) and still manage to learn something new, although I know this particular story very very well.

You can just say Hitler

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Very cultured, well mannered and educated… European then.

@@jarraandyftm My friend’s Dad was a jerk. He was a successful accountant, but rude, obsessive compulsive. One time, we were having a nice party at his daughter’s house and she was serving some cheap wine. I thought….oh boy, here we go. Chester takes a sip and loudly exclaimed, “This wine stinks….this wine is adulterated.” I look at his kind daughter and she smiles and takes it with a grain of salt. Miriam (my buddy’s mom) is sitting on the edge of her chair with her legs crossed and her hands on her knee says with a slight English accent, “Chester….we are guests here”. And he shut up.

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Well...just 'ole adolph?

A phrase everyone said between 1933 & 1945

I'm 100% sure that a democratic Germany also would have declined him.

@@Godzilla00X and are still saying to this day

@@BQD_Central Thank you.Decline whom adolf or kaiser?

Doctor Feltonstein misses out the causes. But that's another side of history that is kept hidden. Peace be unto you.

Real Time History made a great documentary about it that lasts over six hours.

the French desire for revenge and punishment of Germany started way back at the inception of the German reich in the 1870s. the French were trying to break up all the alliances protecting Germany (with the Russians or Italians) and were looking for ways to alienate the British from the Germans (tough task because of relations between the royal houses and competing colonial interests) but due to a combination of stupid mistakes made by Wilhelm and a bit of luck they finally got the _entente cordial_ in 1904 (took them long enough) and cosied up to Russia and improved relations to Italy (not easy after what Napoleon III did in Italy during the 1860s). Germany was left only with Austria-Hungary as ally (and the Ottoman Empire maybe). France did everything in its power to have Germany engaged in a war - as long as France was not seen as the primary aggressor. they worked for over 40yrs on this goal and finally found an opportunity to plunge all of its allies into a war thus giving them a chance to take back Alsace-Lorraine.

On his other channel he did a long series about the British-China Opium Wars. It was excellent and very informative

@@embreis2257 Correct. I just wrote a comment saying essentially this in different words. Nice to see someone else realizes the primacy of France in all this. They managed to skate completely over the whole thing since 1918.

If the first thing you do every morning is take mind altering drugs it means you have a problem.

Here here

Be proud of your roots !! Cheers

German history lessons have a certain limited perspective, let's say it that way.

They teach about a number of things in modern Germany. As for roots, whether you are proud or not, you still have roots, so you may as well be proud. And certainly, there is a lot, in that nation of poets and philosophers.

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His remains are in Doorn which is not Holland.

Do you know the name of this brother?

@@vegetariansuniteworldwide8091 the Hohenzollern who died in Costa Rica in 1978 was Sigismund von Preussen, 2nd son of prince Heinrich

I sometimes wonder whether this lack of teaching is deliberate..people who don’t fully understand the past are easier to manipulate..probably I’m wrong ..I certainly hope so.

'nuanced small details the roots of understanding' Yes, but how much time has the enemy allowed you to have before your plan must start to roll ?

Student here, we are actually taught the lessons of history, however not many take the classes seriously