Great videos. It's important to keep this part of history alive for future generations. The fact that Sandberger----- and many other equally guilty Nazi war criminals escaped justice and were allowed to live out their lives in Germany--- is a condemnation of the current German state which can't be denied. The only reason for their lucky escape from the gallows lies in the politics of the Cold War, in which America wanted to retain West Germany in its anti-Russian alliance. This is most blatantly obvious in the case of Werner Von Braun and the Nazi rocket scientists who were brought to America instead of hanging for their crimes as well.
@suetownsend1656
3 жыл бұрын
Great video. Keep up the good work bringing these stories into the present.
@HistoryonYouTube
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sue! I have prepared several more on a similar line!
@adameckard4591
2 жыл бұрын
Justice will be done. Just not in this world.
@robertomeneghetti6215
7 ай бұрын
German home justice...
@manitasdeplata01
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your methodical, well researched and objective series of videos that beam a light into this dark history. I am looking forward for more of excellent videos!
@HistoryonYouTube
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Fernando, at present I am posting every day but when I go back to the day job then it will be once a week - more if I can!
@yannick245
Жыл бұрын
@@HistoryonKZitemI have a correction. It's even in the title. It wasn't a luxury retirement home Sandberger spent his final days in. He lived at the Stuttgarter Seniorenstift. Just like my aunt during that time. He outlived her for one year, but my aunt lived to be 104 years old. He probably had a better _"package"_ than my aunt. A bigger room, extra care or whatever. But I think the monthly costs were around 2000 euros. It was/is definitely no luxury retirement home!
@robertsansone1680
3 жыл бұрын
Sandberger & many other convicted war criminals never should have survived until the late Forties. The sentences should have been carried out shortly after the trials. Good but depressing documentary.
@stephenking4794
3 жыл бұрын
Sentence should have been carried out 30mins after the the prosecutor,s verdict the first time.....
@grantsmythe8625
Жыл бұрын
You've done a lot of in-depth investigative work here and are to be complimented for it.
@HistoryonYouTube
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Grant!
@MichaelDoherty1981
3 жыл бұрын
It really pisses me off that so many got away with what they did. I once asked Christopher Browning if he thought 250,000 was a fair number for direct perpetrators, when you count SS, SD, Police units, native auxilliaries, totenkopf units and other units that participated in the Holocaust, he said that would be a conservative estimate. The trials only convicted higher echelon nazis and officers, and very few got death sentences that were carried out, hell Josef Oberhauser was convicted of 430,000 murders in Belzec, and only sentenced to 4.3 years in jail! Is that what German courts thought a Jewish life was worth?. So essentially the defence that they were only following orders did work for the rank and file. And German law continues to protect them, as authors are not allowed to name them. I get why they didn't go after them all, up to 500,000 potential trials. Would have cost a fortune, when they had a country to rebuild and USSR to watch out for, but far far too many people ended up living to a ripe old age never having been called to account for their actions. It's shameful!
@HistoryonYouTube
3 жыл бұрын
Great comment Mick! I certainly bow down to Christopher's knowledge over mine on this subject but there is a problem of where we draw the line between criminal perpetrators and those further down the line. On the other hand, the example you give of Oberhauser is a good one. As for their names being protected, I suspect you are thinking of Ordinary Men. In the archives their names are blacked out, sometimes with a lot of work, we can find their real names. I have a video coming up on one of the Bełżec perpetrators and his disappearance in the future.
@roberttelarket4934
2 жыл бұрын
What the hell are you talking about cost? A trial is not a vehicle, not coal, not machinery etc. It’s a human construct consisting of babble, talk, exercising your vocal chords. It cost zero or less than zero! The method of dealing with these estimated half million or so was swift execution!!!
@thomas0086
Жыл бұрын
@@roberttelarket4934 🍻
@caractacusbrittania7442
8 ай бұрын
Stalin suggested executing 50,000 German army officers, He was serious. Churchill sent British intelligence into Germany in 45,46,47, With orders to execute those that may evade justice.... They were quite busy. Unfortunately it was the Americans that realised the coming cold war would need extraordinary measures To deal with it, Operation paperclip being one, their were others. The truth is most of the whermacht were complicit, some assisting, some being allowed to spectate, most indifferent. The einsatzgruppe drew their supplies from the wehrmact in the field, the officers intermingling, sharing Food, alcohol etc. I fail to understand why It is a surprise to anyone, that most Germans denied knowing, but most of them did, or that the level of complicity by the German population Is ever questioned.... .... They knew.
@veseyvonveitinghof6664
3 жыл бұрын
it's sad how many truly horrible people during WW2 got away with crimes. Justice is not always swift or just....
@KarlDMarx
3 жыл бұрын
In all countries the insiders know best how to use the system to their advantage. Martin Sandberger knew too much. He probably had deposited lots of documents whose revelation would have been very detrimental to the new political caste that was put in charge of the "new" Germany. In contrast the Carl von Ossietzky case. This courageous man was the German equivalent of Julian Assange. The Nazis prevented him from receiving the Nobel Prize for Peace 1936. He subsequently died in police custody. A West German court refused to overturn a conviction for treason.
@bcfairlie1
2 жыл бұрын
Sadly you cannot get them all. In this case there were so so many. It is awful and scary to consider how many people still hade sympathy for these criminals in the decades that followed. We must understand that despite loosing the war, there were still millions of people that supported the idea of nazism and anti semitism. I am not one of them.
@samsungtap4183
3 жыл бұрын
Of course he had money, and influential friends, that helps...look at those women who were camp workers and were hung...they all had one thing in common they were poorly educated and no standing in their communities, i think the whole issue of war crimes is contentious, look at the Biscari massacres in Sciclly...look at the sentences handed down... or Mei Lai in Vietnam where 500 women and children were murdered...you don't have to look hard to find injustice and double standards
@None-zc5vg
3 жыл бұрын
Look at Oliver 'My Lai' North and the 'Contras': he was another teflon mass-killer.
@psilvakimo
3 жыл бұрын
@@None-zc5vg Are you CCP or VC?
@yw1971
3 жыл бұрын
1:43 - Also some Wehrmacht officers who conspired against Hitler, supported the release of these convicts. Show that the germans hated the judgement of the Allies more than they hated war criminals.
@HistoryonYouTube
3 жыл бұрын
It does not necessarily mean that. There was an idea of starting again, abolition of the death sentence although some of course did not like the Allied punishments.
@yw1971
3 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryonKZitem But it was mostly self-serving. Also most later-generation german historians, rejects the Nuremberg justice by preferring the 'functionalist' view
@adielstephenson2929
3 жыл бұрын
A lot of them were complicit in war crimes too.
@HistoryonYouTube
3 жыл бұрын
@@adielstephenson2929 Some of them were yes, and even some who were in the resistance committed war crimes, the best example being Arthur Nebe.
@ozdavemcgee2079
3 жыл бұрын
Of course they hated American judgements more. Who would willingly support a foriegn power deciding anything in yoir country. Oh we do now, the UN
@elmertheintern
9 ай бұрын
Excellent video Alan!
@Rhombohedral
10 ай бұрын
For some reason, i cant find part 2 Thank you for your wonderful history items!
@HistoryonYouTube
10 ай бұрын
There was a false copyright claim by SF film studios in Sweden and as a result of them claiming all the advertising revenues from it, I took it down. I meant to do some changes to it and then upload a new video, however, I came across new information so decided to do a whole new video on him. I will upload it once I have finished!
@Rhombohedral
10 ай бұрын
@@HistoryonKZitem Thank you so much! Ill be looking out for that one!
@JohnSmith-cw4ve
2 жыл бұрын
I wonder why the mossad never went and paid him a visit?
@lorenzbroll101
3 жыл бұрын
Politicians have always got to show the rest of us as to how 'enlightened' and 'humanine' they are.
@deafmusician2
3 жыл бұрын
If Sandberger was still alive, I'd go complete the sentence
@a.p.3004
3 жыл бұрын
God will judge.
@jinnbuster4753
3 жыл бұрын
God did nothing. He just sat on his hands while all this went on.
@a.p.3004
3 жыл бұрын
@@jinnbuster4753 That's what YOU think.
@jinnbuster4753
3 жыл бұрын
@@a.p.3004 It is what I know. The facts speak for themselves. If there is a god, then he does not give a fig. Much more likely, there is no god.
@a.p.3004
3 жыл бұрын
@@jinnbuster4753 YOU are allowed to think what you want, however that doesn't mean that it's "a fact". Facts i know and many know is that the so called allies knew all about the camps and the evil doing, and the British and Americans prefferes to keep these camps operating without bombing the railways that lead to the camps or the camps themselves. God gave the leaders the mind to think but they used that mind for political dirty work. Then, the second crime was they captured all these criminals they decided to be "soft" with them so as to get support from the german people against their knewly discovered enemy the USSR. So, what you think you know, might not be so clear. The western leaders were willing to help them get away dispite of what they were saying in public.
@a.p.3004
3 жыл бұрын
@Religion is Poisonous That's exactly what i said and meant.
@robertbohnaker9898
2 жыл бұрын
This story turns my stomach…
@lablackzed
3 жыл бұрын
Lawyers cover for lawyers its always the same.
@gerritpeacock3571
3 жыл бұрын
Defending the right to live for a former einsatzgruppen dude would be a hard sell in my book. I can sympathize for many of the people who were overtaken by a wave of cruelty and felt they would get smashed if they dissented. But these pricks were ALL murder managers on a voluntary basis. If there was justice they would have been done up by torturers old inquisition style.
@stephenking4794
3 жыл бұрын
Gerry, Gerry, you must of read my mind... 😜😜😜. Poor old hamburger, or whatever his face is called, he didn't want to talk about it...I WOULD HAVE MADE HIM TALK, Gerrit. Fast.😳😳😳
@gerritpeacock3571
3 жыл бұрын
@@stephenking4794 yes. Torture isn't worth shit unless there is real information that you can use. But if you have a group of people with different stories and need to find the truth. You can get to the bottom of it quickly if you begin applied violence.
@danielgreen3715
3 жыл бұрын
I Bet he Didn't want to Talk about it!! ...Because to his dying Day he will remember the pits the noise the smell and the fear ofThousands wh his regime has condemned as being worthless! ...Let him have his memories and may they Torture him till the last of his light !
@stephenking4794
3 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing Daniel,,,had I been that reporter, I would of ended the conversation, stood up and put a kindly hand on his shoulder, told him, you won't have too,,,then put my thumb into his eye socket.😜😜😜
@ilovetomorrow
3 жыл бұрын
Well done.
@HistoryonYouTube
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Pat! I have a lot more to come if I can find the time to put the videos together!
@justinvh7661
2 жыл бұрын
Is there a link to part 2, Can't find it
@HistoryonYouTube
2 жыл бұрын
There you go Justin, the whole lot : kzitem.info/door/PLF1C6490974C47D12
@justinvh7661
2 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryonKZitem Thanks very much, Really enjoying your vids
@ColinH1973
Жыл бұрын
Excellent work, Alan. The righteous zeal for retribution was overtaken by events. Sandberger probably had insider knowledge that the longer that he could last out, there was less chance of him swinging from a rope. I am surprised that he wasn't found and dealt with like Peiper. I don't suppose we will ever know why.
@HistoryonYouTube
Жыл бұрын
I must admit Colin that when I found out that Sandberger had just died (12 years ago), I was pretty cheesed off. It was not even as though he was hiding. His name was on the door!
@Barnaby_bo
3 жыл бұрын
Where is parts one and two?
@mrpaperbagpaperbag4714
3 жыл бұрын
Search sandberger...
@lordharry423
Жыл бұрын
amazing how they found jobs and had these people helping them. It was impossible to get a job for me.
@phillipbrewster969
3 жыл бұрын
When he is dead he will be standing before his creator and that will be judgment that he cant ignore crying and knashing of teeth...
@tedbaxter5234
2 жыл бұрын
Often there is not justice on earth. Will there be justice after life? Time will tell.
@hardwinroque7223
2 жыл бұрын
Living in fear for the rest of his life
@SuperDVDguy1
3 жыл бұрын
seems people doesnt know good versus bad acts.
@dufus7396
3 жыл бұрын
The papal power is insidious
@davidsuurland3146
3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting, thank you for making these videos. And well illustrated how german civil icons rallied to have this mass murderer released. The nazis in many respects one the war.
@boathousejoed9005
2 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure it's a universal truth that,if you've got the dough you're free to go.
@leslieackerman4189
3 жыл бұрын
Illuminating. The Catholic Church should make public this among their many current wrongs.
@michaelstagar525
2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding!
@fionasaunders7646
2 жыл бұрын
Fear not , the real judgment day will not pass him by.
@twinturbo8304
3 жыл бұрын
Seems like they didn't have a problem with what he was doing, in fact they may have admired him
@Fantomas4616
3 жыл бұрын
a lot of em got later top possitions in some enterprises
@mikes-bmedic5484
3 жыл бұрын
@@Fantomas4616have a look at who were involved in that formation of the United Nations. You’ll probably be disturbed by what you find out.
@Fantomas4616
3 жыл бұрын
@@mikes-bmedic5484 lol...I know...not a big surprise
@2394Joseph
3 жыл бұрын
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. (Galations 6:7-9 KJV). It is appointed for men once to die and after this the judgment. (Hebrews 9:27 KJV)
@thepub245
3 жыл бұрын
@Joe Peroni hey I am not particularly religious myself but leave off with the condescending reply to someone who obviously is, live and let live pal.
@2394Joseph
3 жыл бұрын
@Joe Peroni I am sorry to have to let you know this, that goes for you too. Please Google :1 Corinthians 6:9-11 KJV. I am sure that you will find yourself on the list. Fools make a mock at sin, will not believe It carries such a dagger in its sleeve. How can it be, say they, that such a thing, So full of sweetness, e'er should wear a sting? They know not that it is the very spell Of sin, to make men laugh themselves to hell. Look to thyself, then, deal with sin no more, Lest He that saves, against thee shut the door.
@Heffos1
3 жыл бұрын
@@2394Joseph yep the 17th century.
@lornestein7248
3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting 3-parter. Such an outrage he didn't swing beside Ohlendorf & Blobel. Can't believe the Nakam or Mossad didn't finish the job that needed to be done in the 60's-70's.
@None-zc5vg
3 жыл бұрын
It's odd that there was no back-door score-settling by those enterprising Mossad people. There were many more like Sandberger (such as Karl Wolff) who were left free to walk the streets from the late 1950s, yet 40-odd years later a lot of fuss was suddenly being made about minor figures like Oskar Gröning.
@samdigiorgio4412
3 жыл бұрын
Sandburger gets to study tax law while in prison . . . His prisoners get to eat poop while in prison till they are killed . . . Meanwhile Sandburger , being a smart attorney escapes all justice !! A great life !! Except during his trial at the great final judgement before God the creator !
@karenbarrett7208
Жыл бұрын
I can’t find part 2…argh!
@winstonbarquez9538
2 жыл бұрын
RIP - Roast in Perdition
@arthurwebber-g4l
9 ай бұрын
So many of them got away with it.
@roberttelarket4934
2 жыл бұрын
Did the polish catholic leadership petition to rescind their death penalty? I don’t think so!
@HistoryonYouTube
2 жыл бұрын
I never heard of it!
@roberttelarket4934
2 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryonKZitem:That was a rhetorical question!
@thepub245
3 жыл бұрын
Do goodersand bleeding hearts stick their misplaced oars in , even back then. Result, heinous criminals get away with it. Bet they wouldn't be so caring about them if they had been beside the ditches watching the innocent being slaughtered.
@gregoryemmanuel9168
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly who are you labeling as do gooders and bleeding hearts?
@thepub245
2 жыл бұрын
@@gregoryemmanuel9168 Work it out for yourself.
@2steelshells
5 ай бұрын
What were his actions?did he personally take part?or was he a pencil pusher?
@HistoryonYouTube
5 ай бұрын
He absolutely took part. The video of his trial had to be taken down owing to a spurious copyright claim - the work is all mine but it is being disputed but the first part is still up where you can see what he did.
@snookslayer4559
2 жыл бұрын
"You're charged with 'crimes against humanity', even though that law didn't exist when you committed it." - The definition of ad-hoc laws and totally ridiculous. The Allies should've just handed them back to the new German government once established and let them have show trials with made up laws, instead of the shameful victor's trial at Nuremberg. And charging people with crimes for following orders... talk about zugzwang (all decisions are bad). Damned if they do, damned if they don't. Innocents were murdered, but charge authorities who ordered it. Not soldiers with no other choice than to carry it out. The whole thing stinks.
@HistoryonYouTube
2 жыл бұрын
The German military criminal code was quite clear. Following orders known to have been criminal is not an excuse. Furthermore murder was illegal under German law.
@snookslayer4559
2 жыл бұрын
@@HistoryonKZitem Then they should've been tried in German courts, as stated. Many same crimes were committed by Russians who were now judging the case. But they weren't on trial because it was a victor's trial. I understand "following orders is no excuse" legally, but from a practical standpoint the lowly soldier was doomed whatever he chose.
@1228maxi
2 жыл бұрын
What kind of people took these jobsin the SS. What was their training like? What was their indoctrination like? I am sure they knew long before they saw action that they were going to be murdering people. Any decent person that did not know what he was getting into would have quit long before he saw action. Anyway, anyone who used the defense that he was just following orders is a coward. I liked Churchill's statement: The Hun is either at your feet or at your throat.
@elveheim
3 жыл бұрын
Great
@ozdavemcgee2079
3 жыл бұрын
Thats a pretty fortunate result. A fortunate time, cold war dont want to upset the Germans we need allies, lobbying internationally, good lawyers. I been in jail know a lot of murderers. Numbers wise, yrs, I only ever come across a few who got a little less, and that was for one.
@rogerhackler223
2 жыл бұрын
Yes I am very happy to say that I feel extremely sorry that Fritz Steinach did not butchered for defending Nazis on 30 November 1970 to say Happy Birthday Sir Winston Churchill for defending high ranking Nazis, because yes it is true that to defend high ranking Nazis makes someone an accomplice in the crimes committed!
@fuggoff5277
3 жыл бұрын
I think some Psychotronic Harrassement and Stalking would have been adequate...........but thats the privilege of modern days Targeted Individuals............without a official court trial . don't forget read my Name
@howboutyomama
3 жыл бұрын
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@HistoryonYouTube
3 жыл бұрын
Where is this?
@quintonscholz3656
2 жыл бұрын
Which god, does he/she have a name ? Ps.82:6; Jn.10:34.
@HistoryonYouTube
2 жыл бұрын
I don't know but Ps 82 sounds more like a ship or a telephone name to me.
@VinhNguyen-fb9lk
3 жыл бұрын
Where were the Mossad??
@ATXviIIIe
3 жыл бұрын
The sentences should have been carried out swiftly. I am no fan of the death penalty but this is a massive miscarriage of justice. At least he had to spend some years in prison.
@pierregarcia156
3 жыл бұрын
Raz le bol, la guerre !
@johnsmith100
3 жыл бұрын
And, again, another miss of the Mossad.
@headlyfarquinson5646
3 жыл бұрын
It's not right that the scumbag was found guilty but still let free that is a miss justice of the court system if ever their was.
@Pighood
3 жыл бұрын
Trump is entirely responsible.
@michaelwernimont4410
3 жыл бұрын
Riiiiigghht... DONALD TRUMP WAS ,RESPONSIBLE FOR EVENTS IN NAZI-OCCUPIED EUROPE THAT OCCURRED MOSTLY BEFORE HE WAS BORN !!!!! NOT EVEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMPS WORST ENEMIES HAVE ACCUSED HIM OF COMPLICITY IN THE HOLOCAUST.. OR ANY TYPE OF COVER-UP OF THAT EVENT !!!! IT SIMPLY SHOWS THE LEVEL OF IRRATIONAL HATE THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT
@johnvanzyl2960
3 жыл бұрын
There are lunatic Lefty’s that actually believe it!!! Just like Hunters computer was Russian disinformation. Confirming the fact that you cannot teach stupid!
@karenharper2266
3 жыл бұрын
Russian troll farm.
@chrishilton1490
2 жыл бұрын
Clown.
@vaughndumas
3 жыл бұрын
Mate, you were all fine when you stuck to the facts. But when you interjected with your own opinion, you lost me. In future videos, please stick to the documented facts.
@jimmyavpi
3 жыл бұрын
So what if he doesn't want to talk about it. It was a long time ago. He was a different man back then. It was a different world back then. Just remember, there are countries that have committed far worse atrocities than Germany.
@Bastao100
2 жыл бұрын
Você não está em uma vala, enterrado como lixo, um nada, em algum lugar por aí... Seus sonhos e vida não foram retiradso de você, sob todo tipo de ultraje e injustiça. Você está bem vivo, por isso fala isto... Um erro não justifica o outro. Todos foram e ainda o são, verdadeiros psicopatas, serial killers, pervertidos e se derem a chance aos mesmos, farão a mesma coisa novamente, isto está intimamente ligado a suas mentes podres e assassinas... Todos eles, sem exceção, independente de suas nacionalidades...
@unclestuka8543
2 жыл бұрын
Where !!
@jimmyavpi
2 жыл бұрын
@@unclestuka8543 Stalin was responsible for more deaths than Hitler was. Are you actually that dumb, you have to ask?
@blondebeast4003
3 жыл бұрын
Good for him.
@mortalclown3812
3 жыл бұрын
Nazi.
@Maine.living
3 жыл бұрын
RIP Herr Sandberger
@johnnieharper2221
3 жыл бұрын
The shame is telling this history is a condemnation on the political class goes so far back into our history as to say always.
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