München Now & Then: the Political Capital of Adolf Hitler
A now & then of different parts and buildings in München before, during and after the National Socialist period (1933-1945).
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This movie contains all 13 episodes released earlier.
Guide to individual episodes:
00:00 - Episode 1: Hitlerputsch (
05:48 - Episode 2: Feldherrnhalle | Part 1 (
10:29 - Episode 3: Feldherrnhalle | Part 2 (
14:00 - Episode 4: Party Offices (
17:54 - Episode 5: Ehrentempel (
20:40 - Episode 6: Führerbau (
25:48 - Episode 7: Königsplatz | Part 1 (
30:02 - Episode 8: Königsplatz | Part 2 (
34:08 - Episode 9: Haus der Deutschen Kunst (
38:53 - Episode 10: Hofgarten (
44:41 - Episode 11: Air raids (
49:37 - Episode 12: Liberation (
53:42 - Episode 13: Aftermath (
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Intro: George Frederic Handel - Sarabande
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Germany: Nazi-era architecture lingers today
A number of iconic Nazi-era buildings still stand in Berlin today; the Olympic stadium where Hitler gave his fiery speeches is now home of the Hertha Berlin football team.
They’ve been preserved and repurposed in a conscious effort to keep Germany’s history alive and honour the debate they inspire about guilt and memory of the Nazi era.
Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane reports from Berlin, Germany.
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Munich Agreement Signed. Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain, Daladier (1938)
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Germany.
German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian leader Benito Mussolini ('Il Duce') stand with other German Nazi leaders around a table presumably signing the Munich Agreement - 29/09/1938.
Different angle - Mussolini, Hitler, Hermann Goering, Count Galeazzo Ciano (?), Heinrich Himmler and Rudolf Hess.
Good shots of Hitler and Mussolini together.
Hitler signs the pact. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signs. Mussolini signs. SV of Mussolini signing. French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier signs. Two shot of Hitler and Mussolini talking. CU of the Munich Pact. Various shots of the Four leaders with aides. Goering is also wandering around.
Sound track unusable - Some spacing between shots. Copy of UN 50 V and UN 111 G. Alternative spelling for search purposes - Chamberlin.
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Germany opens first Hitler museum | Al Jazeera English
Hitler and the Germans took six years to meticulously assemble, but organisers are still nervous.
Germany: Replica of Hitler's office in 'Fuehrerbunker' unveiled in Berlin
A private historical museum unveiled a replica of part of Adolf Hitler's bunker, the so-called Fuehrer's-Bunker ('Führerbunker'), in Berlin on Thursday. The Verein Historiale museum has rebuilt Hitler's office where he spent the final phase of World War II and killed himself on April 30, 1945.
SOT, Exhibition curator (German): Of course this study is not original. We have rebuilt the room in accordance with the photos and all information that we've managed to collect. But the room looks very similar [to the original] with a couch, armchair, writing desk and portrait of Frederick the Great.
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TOP 10 SIGHTS IN MUNICH ????????????
Welcome to Munich! I visited Munich in September and took the city walking tour, which covers many locals only spots, historic sights, and the best photography sights in the city:
➡Here is the Free Walking Tour:
2:58 - 3:08
1. U-Bahn - It's rare to want to take a metro ride just to see the stations, but in Munich it is worth it. The station stops are colorful and make for great photo shoot locations.
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2. Marienplatz - The central plaza where you can watch the bell tower come alive with the Glockenspiel, which plays three times a day.
4:00 - 4:20
3. Hofbräuhaus - History, beer, traditions... and cool architecture too.
4:26 - 4:55
4. Max-Joseph Platz - The central square where you can find the royal residence and opera house. It is marked by the central statue of Maximilian who ruled Bavaria.
4:59 - 5:04
5. Viscardigasse - A historic golden cobblestone street made famous by those who defied the Nazi movement.
5:05 - 5:17
6. Fünf Höfe - The beautiful shopping street filled with hanging gardens.
5:22 - 5:46
7. Munich Frauenkirche - The iconic church with the two salt shaker looking towers which can be seen from almost everywhere.
5:55 - 6:40
8. Englischer Garten - This park is larger than Central Park in New York, filled with music and wonderfully landscaped English gardens.
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9. Feldherrnhalle - A central plaza where locals gather for festivities. It is also marked by the two lion statues.
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10. Schloss Nymphenburg - The royal residence and summer palace built in 1664. The interior and exterior gardens are beautiful to photograph.
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Oktoberfest - This festival occurs from the last two weekends of September to the first weekend of October to commemorate the wedding of King Ludwig I, which was so extraordinary that they decided to celebrate it each year - and hence Oktoberfest was born. I went last year and the spirit of the festival, unity of people from around the world, and celebration of Bavarian culture was unmatched by any other festival.
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Hitler executed 84 German Generals. The 14 important Generals
Nobody escaped the regime of Hitler, even those who served under him. Hitler executed 84 German Generals for various reasons like:
1. The commander of the German Home Army, General Friedrich Fromm, is shot by a firing squad for his part in the July plot to assassinate the Fuhrer.
2. Ludwig Beck was in the custody of General Friedrich Fromm, and he offered to commit suicide (“accept the consequences”). His last words were “I am thinking of earlier times.” Beck then shot himself. In severe distress, Beck succeeded only in severely wounding himself, and a sergeant was brought in to administer the coup de grace by shooting Beck in the back of the neck.
3. Job Wilhelm Georg Erdmann Erwin von Witzleben was put to death that same day at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin. By Hitler’s positive orders, he was strangled with piano wire which had been wound around a meat hook, and the execution was filmed.
4. Erwin Rommel was linked to the conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Because Rommel was a national hero, Hitler desired to eliminate him quietly. He forced Rommel to commit suicide with a cyanide pill, in return for assurances that Rommel’s family would not be persecuted following his death. Rommel died age 52 on 14-10-1944. He was given a state funeral, and it was announced that Rommel had succumbed to his injuries from an earlier strafing of his staff car in Normandy.
5. General Erich Hoepner was implicated in the failed 20 July Plot against Adolf Hitler and executed, age 27 on 08-08-1944.
6. General Fritz Erich Fellgiebel also a conspirator in the 20-07-Plot to assassinate the dictator Hitler. On 10 August 1944, he was found guilty by Roland Freisler and sentenced to death. He was executed, age 57, on 04-09-1944 at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin.
7. General Karl von Hase he was sentenced to death and hanged later the same day 08-08-1944, age 59, at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin. General der Flieger, Bernhard Waber condemned to death for mismanagement and hanged in the Spandau Prison, age 60 on 06-02-1945.
8. Generalleutnant Hermann Becker arrested and court marshalled on 01-12-1944 for impairing defence capabilities and condemned to death, loss of the honour to serve in the defence of the country, executed by firing squad, age 60 on 06-02-1945.
9. General Friedrich von Rabenau was arrested in the aftermath of the plot which culminated in the attempt on Hitler’s life on July 20 1944. On 15-04-1945, without having been charged or tried.
10. General von Rabenau, one of the last inmates remaining in the Flossenburg concentration camp was shot on the specific orders of Himmler, age 60 on 15-04-1945.
11. General Major Otto Herfurt arrested 14-08-1944 in Berlin, sentenced to death 09-09-1944 by order of the People’s Court and executed 09-09-1944, age 51, in Berlin-Plötzensee.
12. General der Artillerie Fritz Lindemann, arrested 03-09-1944 in Dresden, mortally wounded during arrest and died 22-09-1944, age 50 in Berlin, Generalleutnant Gustav Heistermann von Ziehlberg, arrested 19-11-1944 in ? and executed 02-02-1945, age 46, in Spandau.
13. Generalmajor Heinrich zu Dohna-Tolksdorf, sentenced to death 14-09-1944 by order of the People’s Court and executed 14-09-1944, age 62, in Berlin-Plötzensee.
14. General Karl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, arrested 21-07-1944 in Paris, sentenced to death 30-08-1944 by order of the People’s Court and executed 30-08-1944, age 58, in Berlin-Plötzensee.
Between 1943 and 1945, the People’s Courts under jurist Roland Freisler sentenced around 7,000 people to death. In the first few months of 1945, some 800 people were executed in the Plötzensee prison, over 400 of them being German citizens.
Welthauptstadt Germania
Welthauptstadt Germania (World Capital Germania) was the projected renewal of the German capital Berlin during the Nazi period, part of Adolf Hitler's vision for the future of Germany after the planned victory in World War II. Albert Speer, the first architect of the Third Reich, produced many of the plans for the rebuilt city in his capacity as overseer of the project, only a small portion of which was realized between the years 1937-1943 when construction took place.
Some projects, such as the creation of a great East-West city axis, which included broadening Charlottenburger Chaussee (today Straße des 17. Juni) and placing the Berlin victory column in the center, far away from the Reichstag, where it originally stood, succeeded. Others, however, such as the creation of the Große Halle (Great Hall), had to be shelved owing to the beginning of war. A great number of the old buildings in many of the planned construction areas were however demolished before the war and eventually defeat stopped the plans.
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Hitler Visits Sudetenland - Beware Other Items Share This Title (1938)
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Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia / Germany.
Shots of military vehicles carrying German troops into this German speaking area of Czechoslovakia. People greet the troops with cheers and with flowers. Chants of Seig Heil can be heard and people are waving Nazi flags. Travel shot from vehicle as it passes under banner - 'Fuhrer Wir Danken'. A German military band play from the back of a lorry as they drive along. CU signpost in street. More shots of lorries carrying troops through crowd lined streets. A woman walks along the road scattering flowers as she goes. German leader Adolf Hitler stands up in an open car receiving the cheers of the people. Crowds follow the car saluting and cheering. Exterior shots of what is presumably the Town Hall. Swastika flags are draped from the building. Crowds give the Nazi salute. Hitler walks onto the balcony. The crowd cheer even louder.
N.B. Presumably this is Hitler's visit to the Sudetenland in early October 1938. Comb Print in UN 105 A.
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Hitler's world capital and other unbelievable city plans that didn't happen
Super-ambitious architectural projects that didn't get built
Throughout history, there have been many fantastical and outlandish urban projects that never made it past the drawing board. From Hitler's dream of a new Berlin to a sealed dome over Manhattan, here are some of the most incredible.
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Chamberlain - Sudeten Crisis - 1938 (1938)
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London and Heston airfield.
Car carrying Neville Chamberlain (Prime Minister) into Buckingham Palace. Chamberlain coming out of building. Car leaves No 10 Downing Street. Chamberlain standing giving interview by plane before setting off for meeting with Hitler. (Voiceover describes the idea of war of Bohemia as 'a folly and a crime'.) Chamberlain speaks to cameras about his visit to meet the German Chancellor. He talks about trying to ensure peace. As Chamberlain raises his hat people give him three cheers. The plane takes off. Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax looks on. Views of Hitler's mountain hideaway, Berchtesgaden. CU Chamberlain (described as this 'man of the moment'.)
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Germany - Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) into meeting. Adolf Hitler into meeting. French Premier Edouard Daladier into meeting.
CU Chamberlain talking to cameras about solution of Czechoslovakian problem. He talks about the 'piece of paper' (screen goes blank) CU Chamberlain reading from the Munich Pact. Three cheers for Chamberlain as he drives away from Heston. Crowds outside Buckingham Palace.
Presumably this is film from September 1938.
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HITLER ADDRESSES STEEL HELMENTS AT HELHEIM - SOUND
Nazis en masse. Fanfare blown. Hitler marching through ranks. Look at monument. Inscription is dated 1933. Nazi emblem. Impressive building. Hitler walking. Nazis leaping up steps 'Heiling'. Long shot of building again. Hitler wearing brownshirt. Hitler ranting at mike.
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München Now & Then - Episode 6: Führerbau
A now & then of the Führerbau in München in 1937-1945
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George Frederic Handel - Sarabande (intro)
Zack Hemsey - See What I've Become
OTHER EPISODES
Episode 1: Hitlerputsch -
Episode 2: Feldherrnhalle | Part 1 -
Episode 3: Feldherrnhalle | Part 2 -
Episode 4: Party Offices -
Episode 5: Ehrentempel -
Episode 6: Führerbau -
Episode 7: Königsplatz | Part 1 -
Episode 8: Königsplatz | Part 2 -
Episode 9: Haus der Deutschen Kunst -
Episode 10: Hofgarten -
Episode 11: Air raids -
Episode 12: Liberation -
Episode 13: Aftermath -
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Peace Four Power Conference (1938)
Item title reads - PEACE! THE FOUR POWER CONFERENCE.
Munich, Germany. Heston, London.
L/S of Benito Mussolini and his associates walking past German officers who do the Nazi salute. M/S as camera pans across people waving flags with swastikas on. M/S of Adolf Hitler and Mussolini stood up in a car as it rides along, L/S of entourage riding down street. M/S of swastika flags flying. M/S as the aeroplane carrying French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier arrives. Various shots as German officials meet him. M/S as their car rides down the street and they wave at the crowds who are doing the Nazi salute.
M/S of swastikas and people saluting. Neville Chamberlain's aeroplane arrives. M/S as he walks along with Lord Halifax, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and German officials. M/S as their car drives along and he waves at the crowds. M/S as Mussolini enters the conference building. M/S as Hitler does the same. Various shots of German troops standing to attention. M/S as Hitler stands on the steps and shakes hands with Lord Halifax and Neville Chamberlain, they walk up the steps together.
Various shots of Mrs Chamberlain waving and shaking hands with crowds around Downing Street who are offering their support. M/S as Chamberlain's aeroplane finishes its return journey after the conference, taxis and comes to a stop at Heston. M/S of newsreel cameras filming his return from a roof at the aerodrome. M/S as Chamberlain emerges smiling from the door of a British Airways aeroplane to the cheers of the crowd. He shakes hands with a man waiting for him. L/S of crowds watching.
C/U as he makes a speech on the airfield - The settlement of the Czech problem, which has now been achieved, is, in my view only the prelude to a larger settlement in which all Europe may find peace ( people cheer at this). This morning I had another talk with the German Chancellor Herr Hitler and here is the paper which bears his name upon it as well as mine. (he holds paper up and waves it about, people cheer again). Some of you perhaps have already heard what it contains, but I would just like to read it to you. (He Reads - 'We, the German Fuhrer and Chancellor and the British Prime Minister, have had a further meeting today and are agreed in recognising that the question of Anglo-German relations is of the first importance for the two countries, and for Europe. We regard the agreement signed last night and the Anglo-German naval agreement, as symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again' (everyone cheers) 'We are resolved that the method of consultation shall be the method adopted' (lots of hear hears.) 'to deal with any other questions that may concern our two countries, and we are determined to continue our efforts to remove possible sources of difference and thus to contribute to assure the peace of Europe.' Everyone cheers and someone shouts three cheers for Chamberlain which they all do as he walks away and gets into the car. Everyone waves as he drives away.
Various shots as his car drives through the crowds to Buckingham Palace, people wave as he passes. M/S as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) come out onto the balcony of the palace with Neville Chamberlain and his wife. L/S as they wave and crowds wave back. L/S of cars and people blocking the street outside the palace.
Cataloguer's note: the sound on this item starts at 01:21:58, the first part is mute.
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Hitler Returns To Germany From France (1940) | British Pathé
In this archive footage from 1940, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler returns to Germany from France during World War II.
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France and Germany.
Commentary is Portuguese.
English translation:
The Führer visited the old imperial territories of Alsace and Lorraine.
Passing the Rhine Bridge at Kehl which was [partially] destroyed by the french.
Flying over the eleven French fortifications [of the German section of the Maginot Line].
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The monument to the creator of the Maginot Line, once seen as impregnable and which is today, for the most part, a pile of debris.
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The Führer in Strasbourg.
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On the return to Berlin, the Führer was hailed by the people during the trip with demonstrations of affection and of gratitute.
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The city of Berlin, meanwhile, prepares an unforgettable reception.
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The streets, from the station to the Reich Chancellery, were transformed into real flower carpets.
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The joy of the entire German nation received the Führer in the Reich's capital.
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IT'S A FILM
Travel shot of convoy of military vehicles crossing bridge. Aerial shot landscape. Various shots Adolf Hitler with looking a bombed out bunker with other German officers. C/U of statue of Andre Maignot. Travel shot from convoy passing troops giving Nazi salute, the Fuhrer salutes back from one of the convoy vehicles. Various shots convoy passing through Strasbourg (during occupation). The convoy stops in front of cathedral. Various shots of cathedral. Back view of Hitler looking at cathedral.
Various shots blonde girl presenting basket to Hitler as he stands in door of train. M/S little boy in Hitler Youth uniform shaking hands with Hitler. Travel shot from train passing through countryside, a farmer sitting on plough in field salutes train. Travelling shot passing crowd at German station, many salute. C/U Swastika flags. Various shots surging crowds of euphoric people waiting for Hitler to drive past, policemen hold them back. Various shots Hitler waving from balcony to enormous crowd - in Berlin.
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GERMANY - ADOLF HITLER'S MUSEUM
GERMANY - ADOLF HITLER'S MUSEUM
An unsolved mystery since the end of the Second World War. Now, 65 years on, Dresden's museum of prints is asking where their own works come from. A thousand of their prints and 400 drawings had been earmarked for Adolf Hitler's museum. The Fuehrer wanted to create the world's largest collection of art in the Austrian city of Linz.
PBS - Hitler My Neighbour (2013) - hosted by Bertil Scali
From 1929 to 1939, Edgar Feuchtwanger lived across the street from Adolf Hitler in a bourgeois building in Munich, Germany. From his bedroom, the young Jewish boy had a view of the Führer across the avenue on the second floor. A schoolboy in Munich at the time, Edgar witnessed the rise of Nazism firsthand, sharing in the fear and dread felt by all German Jews witnessing the unstoppable ascent of a madman. Edgar finally left Poland in 1939 at the age of 16, just two months before the invasion of Poland and the declaration by Great Britain. Now at the age of 87, Edgar shares his remarkable story for the first time in this fascinating documentary. Returning to Munich to retrace the childhood he left behind, Edgar chronicles his pre-war experience in the provincial town that housed one of the most merciless and cruel men in history.
2.WORLD WAR NOW & THEN | FÜHRERBAU | WW2 - Third Reich
The Führerbau - translated as the Führer's building - was built from 1933 to 1937 after the plans of architect Paul Ludwig Troost, at Arcisstrasse 12 in Maxvorstadt, Munich. The first plans were made in 1931. The building was completed three years after Troost's death by Leonhard Gall.
During the Nazi times, the building served as a representative building for Adolf Hitler. The Führerbau has historical significance as where Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler signed the Munich Agreement in 1938.
Adolf Hitler's Berghof in Berchtesgaden (in color and HD)
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On 25 April 1945, five days before Hitler's suicide, four-engine bombers of the British Royal Air Force attacked the Berghof and its surroundings. However, the Berghof itself was only slightly damaged. On 4 May 1945, allied troops occupied Berchtesgaden without a fight. The occupation of the Obersalzberg was so prestigious that American and French units competed for it. Before the arrival of the victorious powers, SS men had set fire to the damaged Berghof, and the population also looted the building. According to Guido Knopp, in May 1945 a team of the former U. S. military secret service CIC inter alia also detained Hitler's sister Paula Hitler, who had hid near the mountain station.
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