Please don't put a "bleep" noise if you really must put information on screen, it's quite annoying and a distraction from what Simon is talking about.

There's a great movie called "Conspiracy" depicting the Wannsee Conference with Stanley Tucci as Eichmann and Kenneth Branagh as Heydrich. Colin Firth also has a major role and a then-unknown Tom Hiddleston appears for about 2 seconds. Like 98% of the movie is men talking around a conference table, yet it's so chilling the way they discuss divvying up human beings for slaughter with the same air of a business meeting.

It's horrifying how many of these people served insultingly low sentences and lived long and healthy lives

I am a historian and had seen both movies. Last month, I went on a trip through Germany. My first stop was The Wannsee House. I had always imagined a larger plot of land, but the grounds and the house are both smaller than I expected. The trees were mostly leafless. I found the self-guided tour to be one of eeriest and most meaningful experiences in my 74 years. Hannah Arendt is correct in "the banality of evil". The house will haunt me for the rest of my life.

I hope kids who aren't getting this history in school are finding your channels. This history is so so so important to learn and understand and know about.

“Never forget” is exactly what we should say. We like to say “Never again,” but we know how that works. When it does happen again, there’s always a reason why we can’t do anything about it. Cambodia, Rwanda, the Rohingya, the Uyghurs, it’s always, “Never again, starting next time.”

You've managed to take many dull length feature documentaries, including an almost 7 hrs production by Ken burns and present it in 33 minutes with precise sources material. Absolutely fantastic. Thanks ever much

I think of all the channels Simon has, (and there are quite a few) this one is by far the most important. It does go into the shadows of past and current horrible events and try to shine a light … we have much to learn and reflect about many of the subjects in this channel…

I actually met one of the people who were apart of the Jewish refugees that headed to Havana Cuba. He was 3-5 years old at the time. He was very fortunate to not end of in the camps as a family I think in either Germany or Austria hid him from Nazi officials. He was a very nice man when I meet him. Asking him how it was like to be treated during that time for his parents, he compared it to how the Sheriff from the first Rambo movie treated Rambo when all he wanted was some to eat and rest.

Mr. Whistler, you have done a good thing with producing this. As we are going on 80 years since these crimes, it is good to remind new generations via mediums such as KZfaq what happened then and to be on guard for any recurrence.

What an excellent, succinct and informative summary of this horrific crime. The compassion comes through in the carefully crafted presentation of these unimaginable facts. Thank you.

Spartacus Olsen has a regular series on the World War Two channel called War Against Humanity where he regularly discusses the Holocaust and other crimes against humanity that were committed by all sides during WW2. It is very informative and moving. He also finishes every episode with "Never forget."

I listen to this with earbuds and every time the squeek sound pops up it feels like my brain is squeeking from inside my skull. Good job editor...

bro no beeps amazing videos as always

What a fantastic summation of such a dreadful event. So much info in such a short period of time. Thanks

regarding the sound used when info was displayed in the video, perhaps in the future the tone/volume of the sound effect in the transition can be mastered to be softer/quieter than Simon’s voice, so as to be less noticeable. i’m no stickler for audio, but it came to be [at times] quite disruptive for me while trying to listen to this fantastic narrative! amazing content otherwise, as always ❤

That sound used during every text pop up was incredibly distracting. To the editor, please remove it in the future otherwise great video as per usual.

My grandparents survived the holocaust. Simon is being very clinical and not going into the absolute horror. Im glad hes doing this, KZfaq wont allow the video interviews of holocaust survivors to be posted.

This Wannsee conference - absolutely insane! Back in 2001 a movie was made based on a famous play and written by Loring Mandel, named "Conspiracy", directed by Frank Pierson, with Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth, which is all about this meeting and features some incredible performances. I suggest checking it out.

"Conspiracy" is a 2001 made-for-television drama film that dramatizes the 1942 Wannsee Conference using the authentic script. It is very good and also unsettling. Among other well-known actors, Kenneth Branagh plays Reinhard Heydrich; Stanley Tucci plays Eichmann.

Pop up text sounds effect is obnoxious and distracting

Simon, may I make a suggestion? When you say "axis-allied" in reference to axis-friendly nations, govts, and people, it's a tad confusing given that the side opposed to the axis powers called themselves the allies. Perhaps, in the future you could refer to the former groups as "axis-aligned" it would eliminate any confusion that might present itself to any readers unfamiliar with WWII history. Thanks, love the work ... Never enough channels!

I visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington, d.c. a few years back. The I took a peak of this "Final Solution", I was in physical shock. What stuck with me was a hall of hundreds of pictures and a wheelbarrow of shoes. Ever since then, I grasped onto every moment I would learned about what happened in World War 2.

The saddest part is not that this happened and then we said never again. It is the fact it keeps happening, and we ignore genocide every time.

I concur. The pop-up noises are both distracting and unpleasant. Just my opinion

The amount of restraint it must have required for the soldiers liberating those camps to resist shooting the guards

When Hitler was first coming up with these laws, a group of German lawyers studied American Jim Crow laws.

I spent a day looking round the Wannsee Villa, fascinating place. There are pictures of Heydrich, Eichmann, Et Al on the wall giving an outline of their roles and what their final outcome was post war. There are nice gardens and then the beautiful lake. Plenty of water sports⛵️ On another holiday in Prague, I found the cathedral of St Cyril & Methodius on Reslova Street where Jan Kubis and Jozef Gabcik hid after their successful assassination attempt on Heydrich. Both visits well worth while.

Some of the editing on this video is intrusive and is making me disengage with the video. No beeps, please. White noise and clicks are fine but beeps don't work!

I thought ppl were overreacting but the beeping really is annoying and there's no reason for it.

I once met a man a ways back who was a liberator of one of the camps. It was a combined labor/extermination camp, one of the lesser known ones, I can’t recall the name. He didn’t elaborate on what he saw (I was a young teen at the time, immaturely and inconsiderately pestering him with questions) and he politely declined to go into details. One thing he did say has stuck with me for a long time: he told me he hated all Germans. Didn’t matter who, didn’t matter where, didn’t matter when. He said he couldn’t conceive of how humans could do such things to one another, and that he believed there was something unique and intrinsic to the German people and culture that made them prone to be able to commit such unimaginable atrocities. He was consumed with hatred for all Germans. It really struck me, and stuck with me throughout the years. Just a blanket, indiscriminate hatred for a group of people. It was sad to see him so low, but given what he must’ve seen, I can’t much hold it against him.

love your vids, but for love of god dont use that soundbite again where it sounds like a squeeking chair... it wrecks your video.

Please never use whatever sound effect is used repeatedly in this video. Find it grating.

I don't know how you do it Simon. So many great channels and not a single boring video. I tip my hat to you.

How absolutely horrifying it must have been going across the ocean and being turned away, while the cogs of mass murder were beginning to turn. Absolutely terrifying what we’re capable of doing to one another

Thank you. Thank you all for educating. You have no idea how much I appreciate this.

The beeping everytime there is info on the screen is so annoying.

I'll be honest, I really hope kids learn this history. And they find your channel. It's very important. It's very important for them to learn this stuff.

What an AMAZING EPISODE!!! Done with dignity and respect 🫡 Well done SIMON 👍🏻

You really need to clean the audio on this one and reupload, anytime you have a picture or a word pop up it makes an awkward sound

That beeping is really fkin annoying

Extremely well crafted video, but could you PLEASE change the "zwip" sound every time a caption pops up? It is EXTREMELY distracting.

And what group of people specifically pestered FDR to reject those jews fleeing europe on the boat? What was their motivation and where did they want those jews to end up?

I literally never w oh of have noticed the beeps if people hasn’t brought it up 😂

The audible chirp that accompanies every onscreen text is so damn annoying. It is so unnecessary and overused that it takes away from the importance of the video. This isn't a damn comic book.

Great topic, that was well handled. Editor, who did this video, please stop using the squeaky noise every time a point is on screen. It is extremely distracting, and adds nothing. Keep in mind not everyone has professional equipment, and a lot of us watch these with headphones, it's damn near piercing.

I'm from Germany and I can't imagine how life back then must have been for the victims of such cruelty... I'm so sorry that my ancestors and the German people have brought so much pain and agony to so many innocent human beings. In times like these, we must remember that hatred, anger and distrust towards other fellow humans is flat out wrong! We should try to understand each other and learn from each other, not kill each other.

Love ur videos especially the one on Japanese unit 731 to anyone reading it’s a must watch.

Man's capacity for systematic insanity scares me.

Simon I couldnt make it through this one the audio was off, and it was extremely hard to focus with that much background music the whole time.

My heart goes out to the victims. The none of these events should’ve ever happened.

How on earth you run so many youtube channels I'll never know. This mans time management is commendable.

Great video but what in the actual hell is up with that beeping. Oh words! BEEP. Who thought that was a good idea? lol.

The HBO movie called Conspiracy is an excellent movie that depicts the conference. Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh, and Stanley Tucci star in it. The movie rarely leaves one room yet it’s riveting!

Don't forget that Roma Gypsies, Homosexuals,disabled people and leftists were victims of the holocaust too...for some ghoulish reason it's insisted that we forget about those victims.

Great documentary. Thank you for the consistent accuracy of your work, it's commendable.

Humanity's ability to inflict pain and suffering are only limited by our imagination

Never Forget This is one of your best videos, Simon. Educational, sensitive, poignant, blood curdling. I think it is appalling that there are so many young people today who have no idea of The Holocaust (it is dealt with only briefly in schools here - I will refrain from comment about Holocaust deniers) and yet the treatment of the Jews in pre- and post-war Europe has been the basis of refugee laws throughout the world. Refugees are hot topics in Europe today (and played a major role in the Brexit debacle) as part of the "immigrant crisis" (and before anyone launches into "someone on the internet is wrong" mode, I know the difference between a refugee and an immigrant). It is very possible that our world is not the same as it was in the 30's and 40's but the rise in populisim and anti-immigration rhetoric suggests that we need to strengthen our laws in favour of protecting minorities and refugees instead of weakening those laws and allowing ourselves to turn the 2030's into a modernised version of the 1930's. Never forget. But we are destined to do just that. "Conspiracy" is a very good film, as pointed out in the comments below. I prefer the outcome of "Operation Finale" (the capture of Eichmann) and "Operation Daybreak" (or "Anthropoid") (the assination of Heydrich).

Went on a school trip to Berlin and went to Wansee, beautiful building brutally undercut by the awareness of what happened there

It's great that the descendents of the persecuted Jewish population learned this lesson and most definitely haven't repeated it. Good to see the IDF treating the Palestinian people as 100% equals, allowing them to travel freely, never imprisoning them without charge and not regularly committing genocidal acts on their populations and most certainly not murdering 15,000 Palestinian children in response to an act of terrorism... Oh wait...

This reminds me of that book, ordinary men. The way the numbers are set out, it's so bureaucratic, so systematic, makes souch more terrible. But also amazingly interesting, the amount of people they got to participate is wild.

Interesting fact: General Field Marshal Erhard Milch of the Luftwaffe and one of the highest ranking Nazi's (answering only to Goring and ofc Hitler) was according to Nazi racial laws a Jew (mischling). But not according to Jewish tradition and he was also not of that religion. His father however was a Jew and German Navy veteran. However, when the Gestapo began an investigation into him, Hermann Goring stepped in and halted the Gestapo. Goring than ordered Milch's birth certificate to be altered. Claiming his real father was actually his grandmother's brother. His great-uncle. Incest: ok Jewish: off you go Goring: "I decide who is Jewish or not" Near the end of the war he betrayed Goring, siding with the Himmler faction that tried to get Goring dismissed. Hitler refused and Milch was demoted by Goring. No honour among Nazi's I guess. For his crimes, which were severe, he got life in prison. He was released less than 10 years later and lived as a free man for a couple more decades.

Well done Simon - that was pretty well done

I give you a like before i finished the first minute. That you dare touch this subject is worth my value.

Yet another well written and well narrated piece of work Simon, well done and keep them coming 👍🏼💯🫶

The amount of content these channels provide is almost unmatched. Great vid thanks for the hard work

Actually Stalin killed 28 million of his own people, he just didn’t discriminate, everyone was eligible

Can you please get rid of the fucking beeping noise everytime text pops up on the screen please? That is so annoying.

Oh my god the beeps. I can feel them in my brain

I couldnt finish watching it, the blip sounds hurt my ears 😭

Good vid. Answered quite a few of my questions

This should be shown to not only every school aged children, but most adults.as well. Evidently the adults have forgotten. Brief, too the point, and extremely effective presentation. Thank you Simon.

Thank you for covering this topic. It is so often forgotten with other voices trying their best to drown out reason and compassion.

Fantastic, horrifying coverage of a very heavy topic as always, Simon. I discovered you after listening to Behind the Bastards' coverage of Josef Mengele and have been hooked since. My one pedantic critique as a fellow person in the content creation world is to PLEASE... lock your focus, my friend. 🙏Since you are stationary in these educational videos, you should be using manual focus and not trusting that auto focus will reliably track you. 😬 Speaking completely from a place of well-meaning here; I genuinely love your content and enjoy you as a host on your multiple channels!

It is digusting how many of these war criminals were just released or served minimum times.

Amazing work! Thank you for it

It’s important for people to know what real genocide looks like. This is why a new word was invented to begin with. Thank you for keeping history alive.

When he said NEVER FORGET, I was reminded of the Martial Law atrocities here in the PH during Ferdinand Marcos Sr.'s time as president. And look at who our president is right now. It seems like the PH is in a state of amnesia.

Very well put together video, thankyou.

Timely. Making my teens watch this? Thank you!!

I watched the original The Wannasee Conference, and it is absolutely chilling. I think there's a remake with Kenneth Branagh, but it's the real deal German version that deserves to be seen. Thanks Simon for shining a light on one of the darkest 90 minutes in the entire history of the human race.

Love your work Simon but the bleep sound is really annoying and seems inappropriate for a subject like this. I understand alerting those who may be listening more than watching (cleaning, cooking, other chores) that information is being put on screen but for me I thought my floorboards were creaking. I was starting to question the structural integrity of my home before I looked to my screen and realized the sound was coming from the video.

Weimar problems require Weimar solutions.

The fact they came so grossly close to their intention is horrifying and deeply saddening

The beeps freaked me out a little but what really threw me off was the voice. It felt off when Simon spoke…idk why

I'm feeling kind of weird writing this, since the Wannsee Conference is such a heavy and still important historical topic, but anyway ... because I think this is great and worth mentioning: Simon's German pronunciation seems to have greatly improved. Names, titles, places (even those with "ch" or umlaut)... mostly correctly pronounced and understandable for German-language speakers.

Why do people believe genocide is the answer? There's strengths and weaknesses to everything, but if humanity works together then we can achieve the maximum.

Thank you and everyone involved for making this. Please keep up the good work

THE DUDE WAS FINED 500 MARKS FOR HIS ROLE IN A GENOCIDE

Could you change the little notification sound whenever text appears on the video? I though my speakers were malfunctioning until i noticed it was only there and even on other devices with different speakers. it is really jarring and it makes me not want to check any of the recent videos since i usually got the vids running in the background.

This is the most kosher story I have ever heard.

Im disgusted bybthe antisemitic people here denying this atrocity

I made it only about 25% of the way through this video. I couldn't follow the words because of that sound effect. I completely lost the thread of the story in a sea of beeps. I've heard this sound on Simon's videos before, but not seemingly every five seconds, as in this video. This is unwatchable.

Please reupload this video without the annoying sound effects for the numerical statistics. It’s unwatchable.

Impressive, succinct context

So why? And why no other country take the refugees?

I hate that term, menial work. No work is ever menial. But I get the concept,but unskilled workers is a better option cleaning toilets would be considered menial cleaning out sewers would be considered but imagine if nobody did it in the sewers all backed up

Just wanted to say thank you for doing a dark video on Nazi atrocities. I know these get demonetized so it’s very appreciated when you (and other KZfaqrs) still go ahead for the sake of education about Nazi horrors

It's so important to allow a nation its self-determination and free association. Allowing simple deportation would've saved millions of lives. Mixing does not work long term.

That feeling when you try to fix a problem but you make it exponentially worse