Germany’s Fascist Story
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3 жыл бұрынRick Steves' Europe Travel Guide © 2020 | Traveling across Germany, we learn how fascism rose and then fell, taking millions of people with it. Visiting actual locations - from Munich to Nürnberg to Berlin - we trace the roots of Nazism in the aftermath of World War I, when masses of angry people were enchanted by Hitler. We explore the totalitarian society Hitler built, and see the consequences: genocide and total war. Learning from Germany's fascist story, we can recognize that hateful ideology as well as the tricks of wannabe dictators in our own age. #ricksteves #ricksteveseurope #fascism
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@nuno.peixoto 3 жыл бұрын
"Do not trust people with easy answers for very complex problems" - This is utterly important.
@xiaoli6532 3 жыл бұрын
There is No easy solution! If you can't explain simple, you can't understand it well enough. So think sophisticate, make it simple, but significant.
@pneron2032 3 жыл бұрын
Leftists
@Stan_144 3 жыл бұрын
Best recent example: Donald Trump ..
@williamgill_esq.6487 3 жыл бұрын
@@Stan_144 Wrong.
@peitschfamily 3 жыл бұрын
Hope and change etc.
@KarlMcCleve 2 жыл бұрын
I wish every high school and college student would watch this and really understand the truth of what happened prior to World War II and what could easily happen here in the current state of affairs
@deadredeyes 3 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most important videos you've ever made, Rick. Thank you so much for teaching people about this.
@genestatler2514 3 жыл бұрын
That was very powerful. Thank you Rick for bringing this story to everyone's attention.
@altmanncahir4456 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah as if it is some kind of new revelation that every kid in europe or u.s don't learn in school or the media can't stop talking about 80 years later
@PallahDaOracle 3 жыл бұрын
@@altmanncahir4456 said it before I could lol
@anandwwjd 3 жыл бұрын
@@altmanncahir4456 USA and Europe is not the world... there are still many parts of the world where fascist forces are reigning
@anandwwjd 3 жыл бұрын
@@rider65 well I don’t know about the true history you are talking about or this guy. But I for sure know and see what fascism can achieve - kill people and freedom with not tinge of remorse; and in the exact same pattern. Perhaps it would help to read about RSS and their inspiration from Nazism
@Changnoi12 3 жыл бұрын
The "Holocaust education" was and is a psychological war against the Germans. German children have to watch Holocaust films in school or are shown in concentration camps and are told that their fathers and grandfathers were all perverse murderers, since there is no protection of minors, even children from the age of 8 are tortured in this way.
@darylwilliams7883 3 жыл бұрын
This program just keeps getting better with time.
@michaelbrinks8089 3 жыл бұрын
Fascism= Having your paypal and other accounts suspended for "wrong think"
@crabbyoldman1022 3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelbrinks8089 I don’t think you actually saw the video. Also, a private company suspending someone for violating its terms of service is not fascism. 🙄
@michaelbrinks8089 3 жыл бұрын
@@crabbyoldman1022 I feel bad for you
@crabbyoldman1022 3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelbrinks8089 feel bad for yourself. You’re the one who doesn’t know what the words you’re using actually mean.
@crabbyoldman1022 3 жыл бұрын
@Teutonic Nordwinds fascism is a right-wing ideology, genius. 🙄
@angellacanfora 11 ай бұрын
This was amazing! I knew the story but to see it rendered so clearly and succinctly was brilliant. This video is so needed and necessary for our times. I grew up watching Rick Steves and always enjoyed his show, but this is Steves on a whole other level, one I never would have expected from him. I respect him more than ever!
@TheGetout04 3 жыл бұрын
To be honest I wasn't expecting for Rick to cover such a dark topic in europe but I must say this might be one of the more compelling ones.
@eshiveley 3 жыл бұрын
Hint: he wasn't covering Europe.
@srinip 3 жыл бұрын
@@eshiveley I was thinking the same thing.
@donsplanet 3 жыл бұрын
He's a loser
@joeyhgimid9959 3 жыл бұрын
@@donsplanet Looks like you are the loser if you cannot recognize Rick's wonderful explanation to rise and fall of fascism through the lens of travel.
@Dutchy-1168 3 жыл бұрын
@@donsplanet your opinion....he’s worth millions! I’d say he was a winner ‼️
@alexvlasny9755 3 жыл бұрын
If you don’t remember your past, you are bound to repeat it! Thank you, Rick!
@Changnoi12 3 жыл бұрын
yes it is was Hitler had dropped atomic bomb Hiroshima & Nagasaki
@bobk4438 3 жыл бұрын
@@Changnoi12 It wasn't hitler who attacked Pearl Harbor.
@tracyhill4456 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for filming this.
@tabularasa4492 3 жыл бұрын
As Mark Twain once said: it is easier to fool someone then convince them that they have been fooled!
@myblueandme 3 жыл бұрын
Mark Twain never said anything such. It's your imagination.
@chuckkottke 3 жыл бұрын
A lie travels halfway around the world before the truth even gets its boots on.
@melgibson3928 3 жыл бұрын
“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation.”
@melgibson3928 3 жыл бұрын
Websites -CODOH -HolocaustHandBooks -Thomas Dalton, PhD
@Pilotin74 3 жыл бұрын
@@myblueandme - Yes Mark Twain did say such thing but there’s no evidence it was said in those words. He did state: “The glory which is built upon a lie soon becomes a most unpleasant incumbrance. … How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!” - Autobiographical dictation, 2 December 1906. Published in Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2 (University of California Press, 2013) @Ullib kante, you need to do some research before you accuse someone of imaginary thinking!!!
@Darkhorse12022 3 жыл бұрын
NEVER thought I would be binge-watching travelogues, but I am utterly addicted to these!
@joelbedulla4 3 жыл бұрын
Same here
@WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 жыл бұрын
Why not? The world is fascinating
@Chucksensei 3 жыл бұрын
Your message is loud and clear. Thank you for the masterful job!
@n.a.mcintosh4697 3 жыл бұрын
thanks for time traveling from 4 months ago to see a vid released yesterday
@joeyhgimid9959 3 жыл бұрын
Always enjoy Rick's narrative . He does so much research for each episode which helps to navigate the history, culture, geographic significance of each city, not to mention the wonderful scenery. A very helpful short cut for this old man.
@christopherp.hitchens3902 3 жыл бұрын
@@n.a.mcintosh4697 - This video seems to have had 2 releases. More curious is that the Kehlsteinhaus or...The Eagles Nest has been closed to the public for over a year. Rick seems to have taken liberties here with old film ...as well as blithely mixing up Hitler’s Beghof home videos with almost nonexistent visits by Hitler at the Eagles Nest. Steves either thinks these places are the same or, he just does what he likes without using disclaimers.
@tillappelhans4985 3 жыл бұрын
Repeating the same lie over and over and hammering it into their heads......today, maybe Americans have learned that this could happen there as well. I really do hope that this chapter is over, now.
@pneron2032 3 жыл бұрын
It isn't over. The socialists are on the rise again.
@olafgogmo5426 3 жыл бұрын
@@pneron2032 Socialists in America??? Come on, there aren't any.
@pneron2032 3 жыл бұрын
@@olafgogmo5426 Right. Out of a population of 300 million there are no socialists in America. Presumably not even the ones who call themselves socialist...I guess socialists don't exist then. Thanks Olaf, very enlightening.
@olafgogmo5426 3 жыл бұрын
@@pneron2032 Americans who call themselves socialists (like B. Sanders) would be called social democrats in Europe.
@noahkidd3359 3 жыл бұрын
@@pneron2032 Trump said there were good people on both sides at a Nazi rally in Charlottesville. Trump also incited a mob to storm the Capitol, Reichstag style. Nice try to deflect, bro, but it's clear which side of America is more inclined to fascism -- Trump and his supporters.
@lizkhalifa1233 2 жыл бұрын
I hope this video gets more traction. This opened my eyes to how close we were to repeating history. Same tactics. Thank you for this documentary.
@V5mGpYp 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Steve for this clear and compelling reminder of why free societies need educated people that care about their future.
@pneron2032 3 жыл бұрын
It's precisely the "intellectuals" that destroy free societies.
@floridafamilyfun1597 2 жыл бұрын
@@pneron2032 Did you not watch the part about how Hitler had intellectuals murdered? I think you are on the wrong side of history.
@pneron2032 2 жыл бұрын
@@floridafamilyfun1597 1) Many top Nazis WERE intellectuals (e.g. Dr Göbles, Dr Mengele etc. ...2) The Nazis persecuted intellectuals who were AGAINST them, not those for them. 3) Intellectuals were pivotal in providing justifications both for communism and Nazism.
@ThanhNguyen-km8sh 2 жыл бұрын
Just watched this today, a few days after the start of the Russian Ukraine conflict. This history lesson is so timely and never fails to be
@hannofranz7973 3 жыл бұрын
It always starts with intimidating people. Unfortunately, there are people using the same methods in our times.
@badassat69 3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@melgibson3928 3 жыл бұрын
People are also intimidated into never questioning the official narrative, or risk defamation and imprisonment in any one of 20 countries. If the official narrative can withstand scrutiny, it wouldn't be illegal to disagree with.
@joelbedulla4 3 жыл бұрын
@Teutonic Nordwinds you sure you're not accusing the wrong side? Fascism is always backed by conservatives.
@tomcarl8021 3 жыл бұрын
@@joelbedulla4 Fascism is a Leftist ideology. I promise, you are closer to one than any conservative.
@halt6747 3 жыл бұрын
@@joelbedulla4 "National Socialism" doesnt sound very right wing to me. "Champions of the oppressed" and ideological to the hilt, I'd say you're barking up the wrong tree.
@Hiteshshlaki 3 жыл бұрын
" Democracy is fragile "...so participate to protect it.
@Changnoi12 3 жыл бұрын
Good that you have mentioned the German "Vergangenheitsbewältigung" which is probably unique. A German comedian once said in his program about going to school in the eighties: "... three times per week we had the subject" guilt" and on Friday we had the subject" shame".
@honestbusiness1371 3 жыл бұрын
And never forget.
@divaskesya 3 жыл бұрын
when travel meets history: only rick steves can bring it thoughtfully yet so incredibly. u did great, thanks for such an amazing documentary, rick!
@kathybest741 Жыл бұрын
Rick, I just saw this on PBS and like all your videos, it was very impressive, but also very important. I'm a retired college teacher of German, language and culture, and have used other of your videos. Very gratifying- students were fascinated. Seeing this made me wish, for the first time since I retired, I were still teaching. This is so clear and informative. Students NEED to have seen it.
@audreyhutchison8159 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Mr. Steves, for making this. Sadly we are seeing the shadows of this same process scratching out over America at the moment. God help us.
@merlingrim2843 3 жыл бұрын
Yep, the authoritarian socialists and communists are hard at it in the USA
@SuperCal2 3 жыл бұрын
@@merlingrim2843 Oh god there's always one or two people like you in the comments aren't there HAHAAHAHa
@merlingrim2843 3 жыл бұрын
@@SuperCal2 “like you”? Yeah, thank god for critical thinkers armed with facts and reason (like me). It’s people like me that make the world possible for the willfully ignorant and cognitively impaired to survive.
@SuperCal2 3 жыл бұрын
@@merlingrim2843 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
@merlingrim2843 3 жыл бұрын
@@SuperCal2 Is that your best impersonation of Kamala Harris?
@fjp843 3 жыл бұрын
Love this kind of content. Great job and I hope to see more like this in the future.
@n.a.mcintosh4697 3 жыл бұрын
thanks for time traveling from 5 months ago to see a vid released yesterday
@fjp843 3 жыл бұрын
@@n.a.mcintosh4697 he must have re-relased it yesterday?
@n.a.mcintosh4697 3 жыл бұрын
@@fjp843 just what I would expect a time traveler to say! "hope to see more like this IN THE FUTURE" : )
@vjvierengel1176 3 жыл бұрын
Well done, Rick! Travel is a way to broaden our perspectives. All of your videos achieve that goal. This one, more so, and with more importance.
@patriciaegan7244 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Rick, thanks for speaking about this subject. My eyes are filled with so many tears. I’ll watch this video again and again, shedding a tear, until each victim of that era are cried for, prayed for, and surviving families are well cared for.
@larrybirdainge5951 2 жыл бұрын
when is the Rick video on Dunkirk?
@johnkitchen4699 3 жыл бұрын
I used to lecture in travel and tourism when I lived in the UK. I ‘discovered’ Rick Steves’s programmes when I retired to the USA in 2009. They are undoubtedly the best travel programmes. Specials such as this one, Luther, Christmas, Easter etc are exceptional pieces of work - straightforward, accessible, understandable and, at the same time, entertaining ((if such a word can be applied to anything to do with fascism) especially from a tourism point of view. I highly recommend his books, too - not just the guide books, which are outstanding, but his books about travel and its benefits way beyond simple pleasure. A master of the art at work, number one in the field.
@MikeyJMJ 3 жыл бұрын
Why are there comments from 4 months ago if the video was just uploaded 🤷♂️
@Cornelius___ 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds familiar unfortunately, great episode
@divaskesya 3 жыл бұрын
it also reminds me of another his travel documentary to germany.
@pneron2032 3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of "antifa"
@nicolasviaje7159 3 жыл бұрын
@@pneron2032True! It is a great reminder to always be Anti-Fascist.
@Wayzor_ 3 жыл бұрын
Hey losers. Frump lost and there is STILL nothing you can do about it.
@Spiral.Dynamics 3 жыл бұрын
“Germany lost the war; fascism won.” George Carlin
@emmagaier7072 Жыл бұрын
Have so appreciated this Rick Steves' Europe! I'm using this episode to introduce Hitler's rise to power before my high school students work on a project focused on the topic. Thanks for presenting this information so professionally and in an engaging, applicable way! It is a perfect summary and introduction for my students who often know about Hitler but are surprised to learn the ins and outs of how he gained power. Thanks again!
@noneleevaleros2090 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for explaining this part of history in a very understandable and direct way.... :D This is very enlightening.
@teril733 3 жыл бұрын
Terrifying how history really does seem doomed to repeat itself. I hope Americans, especially, are paying attention.
@Jesuslovesyou8525 3 жыл бұрын
Nope they're not. Welcome to New Babylon, her cup is filled with the blood of the saints!
@RobertShrimpton 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent summary, and a reminder to us all to never take democracy for granted - it is something we must constantly defend.
@alwaysbanned4812 3 жыл бұрын
Although he was democratically elected twice and relaxed various laws for gun rights.
@ChillAssTurtle 3 жыл бұрын
@@alwaysbanned4812 based^
@eshiveley 3 жыл бұрын
@@alwaysbanned4812 who?
@SuperCal2 3 жыл бұрын
@@eshiveley no clue
@Jesuslovesyou8525 3 жыл бұрын
@@SuperCal2 right, they're obviously talking about Hitler. Found you shill! You're not good at hiding are you?
@mihailmanole 3 жыл бұрын
Great info ! So much to learn here about Europe. You are doing a great work. Keep working. May God bless you !
@Karen-dq8nw 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the valuable history lesson; most of us learned it long ago and many have forgotten. Many still seem unable to really understand...
@WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 жыл бұрын
@@rider65 foolish comment
@leewest356 3 жыл бұрын
As an American by birth, I watch what’s happening in the U.S. from my home abroad, and am frightened by the similarities between what happened in Germany and what is happening in the U.S. and many other Western countries.
@Jesuslovesyou8525 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah they actually have the camps and coffins made
@rosem5041 2 жыл бұрын
Especially if you look at how indigenous Palestinians are treated, suffering violent colonial settlers stealing land, lives, resources and war crimes.
@AndyFromBeaverton 2 жыл бұрын
24:36 As we've seen through the story of fascism in Germany, a charismatic leader rose to power through the democratic process and then seized extra-constitutional power by unlawful means. When citizens allowed this, individual freedoms and rights soon fell by the wayside, and democracy was lost. Steves is such a leftist ideologue, he doesn't realize he's talking about Biden.
@simonestreeter1518 2 жыл бұрын
@@AndyFromBeaverton I love this string of comments! Thanks!
@larrybirdainge5951 2 жыл бұрын
agreed. the government-induced poverty and worship of foreigners and homosexuals is very much like Weimar germany.
@ericng5707 3 жыл бұрын
If only Japan was as responsible about owning up to its history.
@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385 3 жыл бұрын
And red china...
@andyfidler5022 3 жыл бұрын
@@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385 China is communist? Wow! Who knew?
@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385 3 жыл бұрын
@@andyfidler5022 i say red China becuse taiwan is aslo china and it's flag is mostly blue blue china=Taiwan Red China=ccp china Small china=hongkong
@eisenritter7805 2 жыл бұрын
Or the USA for that matter
@ParzivalPlaysAtari Жыл бұрын
@@eisenritter7805 The Americans are intoxicated with their own self-proclaimed greatness. They are blind to their own crimes.
@oduorotieno605 Жыл бұрын
"Democracy is fragile"
@JohnDoe-qv2sn 3 жыл бұрын
I think it’s time for the world to focus on China as the world once focused on Germany.
@LukasKlenke117 3 жыл бұрын
You did just an amazing job this time, with a clear and good message for everyone!
@lourdesyanes5624 3 жыл бұрын
Great video Rick 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@firojmnalam6121 Жыл бұрын
The third unit is on Geography. It introduces all the basic concepts that are necessary for understanding the earth as our habitat. This section focuses on understanding the relationship between human beings and the environment with respect to variations of the earth's surface. It provides a conceptual link for students between home, school and the world beyond. Special attention has been paid to simplify the maps and diagrams in order to help the students understanding the geographical processes. 👍👍👍👍👍
@midwesternertk3714 3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic episode. Very well covered and approached. Thank you Mr. Steves.
@Dogmatix1950 3 жыл бұрын
This is bit of surprise coming from Rick. Nevertheless all who value 'fragile' democracy ought to learn the lessons of history as otherwise it would repeat itself. As Sir Winston Churchill once famously said, “Democracy is the worst form of government except for all others.”
@leonstevens1382 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Rick, it’s important to remind people of this, while they’re touring today’s Europe!
@delphinelim9072 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. It provides great insights. I have just returned from Munich and Berlin.
@giorgiodelpalatinato6718 3 жыл бұрын
Good that you have mentioned the German "Vergangenheitsbewältigung" which is probably unique. A German comedian once said in his program about going to school in the eighties: "... three times per week we had the subject" guilt" and on Friday we had the subject" shame". It can happen everywhere and any time again, a prove for the fact that we're evolved apes...
@cailarchitectatopks 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing this Rick, American do need to learn the Make Germany Great Again lesson more than ever.
@larrybirdainge5951 2 жыл бұрын
and that lesson is, you can defeat deviancy and usury and poverty and decline of culture & demography, but you cant defeat three tyrannical world powers at the same time.
@WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 жыл бұрын
@@larrybirdainge5951 you must live in a very strange universe
@lpnelson6584 3 жыл бұрын
I was always shocked how an educated country could fall so easily to fascism. I am now witnessing it first-hand. Not so shocking anymore.
@larrybirdainge5951 2 жыл бұрын
watch any video on Weimar, then you'll know how.
@Q_Agathe 2 жыл бұрын
A very informative video that covers all the most important details. Thanks for making it!
@jyrkiimmonen8997 2 жыл бұрын
Great video Rick. This document is one of the best of that sad times in the europe.
@7thpowersustainablellc26 3 жыл бұрын
Outstanding as always Rick! An uncomfortable topic, but onw that we ALL need to be reminded of, especially in the USA.
@7thpowersustainablellc26 3 жыл бұрын
Disturbingly similiar present day lies, right-wing gangs, attempted coups, rallies, and delusional personalities.
@S3aCa1mRa1n 3 жыл бұрын
Anybody know when this episode was recorded?
@richardwhytsell7974 3 жыл бұрын
This was a great video and I hope the world will learn from this horrible time and never repeat it again. Mankind needs to learn to live in peace with each other.
@MuhammadRizwan-bn9db 3 жыл бұрын
I personally love 💕 these documentaries
@saikumargorantla 3 жыл бұрын
Okay
@bayron45 3 жыл бұрын
@@saikumargorantla ?
@WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 жыл бұрын
@@saikumargorantla Okay
@patriciagarcia5301 3 жыл бұрын
I have always seen vast similarities between how Nazis treated the others and how high school bullies treat the others. And, the same with political rallies. Never again.
@ligeatkwong-jedrzejczak1499 3 жыл бұрын
Unexpected from Rick but what documentary. Thanks you.
@edwardsbarbara25 3 жыл бұрын
Not so if you read more about Rick. And, yes, many kudos to him
@baovang1322 2 жыл бұрын
He said I y on my o
@Amick44 Жыл бұрын
@@edwardsbarbara25 it speaks to how much he cares about not repeating the awful past and also serves a warning for citizens bot to lulled to sleep or normalizing poor, delusional "leadership." Well done, Rick!
@faridahdollah5216 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Mr Ricksteves I love watching your Travel Symphonic Historical info& ODE TO JOY which I always hum while doing housechores
@syedibrahim2876 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rick!! incredible content as always
@tanaysaxena7860 3 жыл бұрын
I hope some Indians are watching this and can draw parallels with what is happening in our country right now under Modi.
@RohitDadlani 3 жыл бұрын
couldn't agree more... change the language & dress, but the rhetoric is the same
@bidenssniffingnostrils5300 2 жыл бұрын
I can surely draw some parallels between Aryabhatta's discovery and your brain cells.
@anandmulay9677 3 жыл бұрын
Much needed here in India. We are seeing the signs of rising fascist regime. Hope people view this episode more and more. Thank you Steve and team.
@soheil527 3 жыл бұрын
india with modi;s hindu fascism.
@catchharish12345 3 жыл бұрын
@@soheil527 so u have proven u know very little about India, modi, hindu or fascism in one line... keep it up
@tomarmstrong1281 5 ай бұрын
The similarities between Germany then and America today are chilling.
@edwardrodgers9383 Жыл бұрын
Australia, New-Zealand, Canada, South-Africa, India, France, Belgium, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, England, America: the list goes on!🤺
@nurcaneroglu2534 3 жыл бұрын
It was a sad story for those who lost their lifes and their families. A similar story goes on in todays Turkey. Democracy is needed for everyone.
@MolviesonBikes 3 жыл бұрын
brave man Rick... it was painful and historic.. today saw another side of You... keep us well informed.. :)
@dyeus4464 Жыл бұрын
We elected a dictator's son in the Philippines (their family actually never left the government). We will learn a lot from Germany.
@maylingj9101 3 жыл бұрын
Do one on the rise of Bolshevism/communism in Russia next
@Romualdomgn84 3 жыл бұрын
Rick, thank you. This video I saw much earlier on your channel, nonetheless it is better to renew it from time to time. Even in XXI century we see the same things like "setting on fire in Reichstag" to undermine reputation of certain people and impose a strict laws, restricting civil rights, which otherwise nation would have never accepted. This example is not the only from Nazi experience, which is used nowadays in different countries. Seizure of power in democratic way and afterwards leading to usurpation we also can find in modern history. "If you take freedom for granted, you can lose it" Greetings from Russia!
@Feanor1169 3 жыл бұрын
You do realize that powerful globalist forces are trying to undermine Russia under the guise of "freedom" and "democracy"? Check out Yuri Bezmenov's videos. He warned us Americans 40 years ago about the leftist subversion process. It's too late for us, but please save Russia!
@Romualdomgn84 3 жыл бұрын
@@Feanor1169 Thank you for sharing this info. I will google this guy, probably in Russian language also some info exists. You know, if you want to communicate - speak English. If you want your words come into the person's heart - speak his own language. For me is Russian language is better option ;-)
@siphotheguy1870 3 жыл бұрын
German fashion used to be big.
@aronibanerjee1893 3 жыл бұрын
well done....nice piece. I have enjoyed it. Thanks Rick.
@trevorguyRO 3 жыл бұрын
Great video Rick, thank you for creating it!
@antoniocjp5824 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making this video.
@shilpakashyapsenglishacade6379 3 жыл бұрын
Very informative and a strong message is delievered here.
@vanessapierce231 2 жыл бұрын
Rick Steves, I think, does the best job I have ever seen of a traveling reporter. He makes so you can almost smell the grass, feel the temperature, taste the food y learn the language. Why bother going to Hawaii for vacation when you can turn on the remote y kick back y save a buck. Just put on a fan y put a palm tree near by y viola. Rick Steves never fail to entertain y doing it so well.
@krishnakanthcake 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for doing this . I know it’s a hard times now . It’s perfect time to re-lean
@klaudinegarcia8932 3 жыл бұрын
I should share this with my family and my relatives back home in the Philippines. President Duterte has so much in common with Hitler. I'm so worried about my home country.........
@tillappelhans4985 3 жыл бұрын
Go on and share the video. There are many leaders currently that obviously found an idol in Hitler.
@mr.bluegreen3696 3 жыл бұрын
They are more worried of you out there... haha
@AirsideTravels 3 жыл бұрын
Please do enlighten me.. What do they have in conmon?
@tillappelhans4985 3 жыл бұрын
@@AirsideTravels One thing they all do and what Trump as well did, is discredit the free press and suppress free speech. Next is imprison people that have a different opinion (you can see this in e.g. in Turkey).
@NickandJulie 3 жыл бұрын
@@tillappelhans4985 are you referring to suppression of press and free speech when twitter and facebook blocked new york post's hunter laptop story? and blocked people who had shared it? by blocking the press on this story they helped one campaign over the other= meddling in the election. that suppression of press and free speech?
@rickhobson3211 3 жыл бұрын
Not your typical Rick Steves program. Thank you for posting this, lest we forget and repeat it.
@alemabreham5469 3 жыл бұрын
l always appreciate some one who presents our past history...good job sir
@christopherauert6634 3 жыл бұрын
This was so educational. A big contrast to his other videos. I hope everyone is able to watch this and learn.
@Ginkoman2 3 жыл бұрын
great video and even more important today!
@mathswithpete5078 3 жыл бұрын
This was well written and well presented. A dark topic but one that needs to be studied for the sake of the future.;
@angeligwenn8969 3 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed watching your video sis. Very informative.
@SanDiegoPsychology Жыл бұрын
Rick Steves did a great public service and an important educational one by producing his special travel programs showing the rise of fascism. It was vital the American people see the truth in history as the years 2016-2020 progressed and the obvious parallels became obvious following the former president's open assault on our republic on January 6. Thank you, Mr. Steves.
@ncstonefab1 Жыл бұрын
But if you look deeper it's what the Dems are doing. Who has been accused of deaths and imprisonment? who have become millionaires after a few years of service?
@LiquidDrumnBreaks Жыл бұрын
@@ncstonefab1 both sides are corrupted
@ncstonefab1 Жыл бұрын
@@LiquidDrumnBreaks @Smiley P oh man, Twitter is exposing everything. Do you feel lied too? I do.
@julianosvonskingrad7009 3 жыл бұрын
Rick Steves is so charismatic, I love his documentaries! And always intersting to hear about our own history from an other angle.
@WouldntULikeToKnow. 2 жыл бұрын
Another angle?
@julianosvonskingrad7009 2 жыл бұрын
@@WouldntULikeToKnow.: There is a difference on how historians explain the history of their very own country and how historians of other countries explain the history of this particular country. In school, we learn much more details about how Hitler came to power within the political system, sometimes leaving out things like Hitlers "Arbeitsprogramme", the work programs he reduced unemployment with.
@PhysioAl1 3 жыл бұрын
Great episode !!
@tiamoyerole 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this segment. More important than ever since.
@belizarius_997 9 ай бұрын
So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause - Sen. Padme Amidala
@stevehoffman9735 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, thank you!
@radrandall 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Rick Steves ... excellent.
@JasonFiddler 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent and brief, a good summary of this dastardly period of recent history
@faridahdollah5216 3 жыл бұрын
Your historical info is simple and marvellous CONGRATULATIONS to all your hardwork
@nanettemccall8618 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Rick 🙏❤️
@jordanmorris5827 3 жыл бұрын
That Intro gets me everytime. ""...no it's actually the WORST of Europe...we'll be travelling through Germany!" 😂 I know he's talking about Nazi Germany, but it's funny when it's taken out of context.
@jdeatley5939 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this quality content. Godspeed, Rick!
@anderander5662 3 жыл бұрын
"Infrastructure projects financed by deficit spending"........sound familiar.??
@chamarawedamulla5264 3 жыл бұрын
What a video!! Thanks Rick 👍
@joannesoltani6969 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much sir! This is a brilliant distillation of what can happen to a seemingly civilized society if fascism is allowed to take root. It must be fought before that happens! And this video should be shown in classrooms across the country as part of history curriculum. Ignorance is a prime ingredient of the fascist state.
@Pilotin74 3 жыл бұрын
In Germany this is taught along with the holocaust. In the U.S. our education system no longer teaches they just give tests! This will be our failure! The stupidity of our citizens in the U.S. is why fascism is talking hold in our government. If the fascists are allowed to take control, the children of today will have no control as adults. They will all live under dictator rule.
@larrybirdainge5951 2 жыл бұрын
what happened was 7 years of national recovery and greatness, followed by a war it didnt want vs 3 world powers.
@jtstacey83 3 жыл бұрын
I've been to the Eagle's Nest. It is an insane journey marching up the Alps.
@sheilanaduriak1269 3 жыл бұрын
Speak now, or forever hold your piece really hits home in a video like this.
@tylerpostma7792 3 жыл бұрын
Great content as always. Thank you for focusing on the political and cultural aspects of the Nazi's. Everyone always focuses solely on the war. And with authoritarianism rising in the world this video is well timed.
@larrybirdainge5951 2 жыл бұрын
maybe we should concentrate on *why* the germans voted for the nazis. You'll find many more parallels to our time with 1920s germany , not 1930s germany.
@subbaraomallapragada8806 3 жыл бұрын
Really a historical and precious learning of last century ! Wonderful compilation.
@AKAHEIZER 3 жыл бұрын
If someone wants to know other parts of the German History I suggest the BBC4 Radio "Podcast" Germany Memories of a nation. It's narrated with great passion by Neil MacGregor, Director of the Humboldt Forum in the recently rebuild Imperial Palace of Brandenburg Prussia. Would have appreciated even more focus on the memorials and current time, for a German it was a little bit shallow, but I thank you to cover this topic separately so its reach your large community.
@AKAHEIZER 3 жыл бұрын
@@rider65 I really enjoyed the podcast, but you should probably listen to something more appropriate to you cognitive capacity, Bibi Blocksberg, or Benjamin Blümchen should be a good starting point for your educational Journey of German History.
@mikeyoung9810 3 жыл бұрын
The similarities to how it started in Germany to how things have unfolded here should be a wake-up call now. Millions died then and now billions can die now if the silent majority here in the US doesn't wake up and speak up.