How deep do Felton's sources go? Few historians delve so far down into the vile history of this terrible period of our past.

Agreed !:-)

You have been under Nazi rule since 1945. Hello 👋

@@philhawley1219have you was beevor’s Berlin?

​@@philhawley1219he goes a little deeper then most but he uncapable of hitting hard on occulted subjects.

Miss Kruger had to have known a wealth of information regarding the going's on in the bunker regarding Hitler & Bormann- She no doubt swore allegiance to them as well as secrecy, which it appears she kept.

❤❤❤❤❤your work

Good for her escape and finding romance love and a new life in England with the English Captain, being a young attractive office girl-secretary is hardly a crime. Great story. Thank you…Mark

This is my theory, as well. She was faithful to them and probably swore to a vow of silence.@@RustyK5

*@**17:37** The bag of diamonds likely went as a bribe to the British commander of the train repatriating French forced labors from the Soviet zone.*

That's interesting what he said about Hitler's charisma. Traudl Junge said much the same. As she put it: "He (Hitler) wasn't what you call a handsome man, but he had a presense, a magnetism about him that made you want to be where he was all the time ."

Half your luck hearing those first hand accounts from the “Other Side” human stories must have been enthralling.

Write down what you remember. You touched history! Best wishes.

Something i didn't mention before but will now was this man's complete belief in Nazi Germany. His ice blue eyes squinted in despair when he heard Hitler's plan to attack Russia. His belief was fighting on 2 fronts and especially attacking so far into Russia was suicide. He thought they should have finished off England made a peace deal with America and bought time. He also talked about Germany after WW1 and the pain Germany was put into by the Reparations. He spoke about the pay back against those who forced Germany to pay. When German families starved and children were dying of hunger.. revenge was gonna be brutal to those who pushed their financial tirade against Germany. Pay back was gonna be brutal and he definitely got a thrill in his voice speaking about the Revenge the German people got against A particular segment of the European population. Anyways these were a couple things i didn't have time to write earlier.

@@wayneantoniazzi2706and yet as a young man it seems Hitler didn’t fit in with his comrades very well and was seen as a bit strange and a loner who,sucked up to officers in his rear area HQ job. Not what you’d expect of such a magnetic personality. I think it may have more to do with the people saying this not really knowing the man but admiring the myth and position.

I’m 32 years old and am just as giddy when I see these pop up on my feed. Top tier documentaries. 🤌🏻

45 and I've spent today mostly watching Dr. Felton's videos.

Same ! lol

40 and hold Mark Felton responsible for my unemployment 😂

I'm 40 I've loved the ww2 genre since childhood

Gold hidden/ smuggled thru Switzerland ?

Leslie James looks interesting too. So many unanswered questions. Great video, Mark.

My thoughts exactly!!! They would have been quite valuable and absolutely untraceable in those times.

"Follow the Money "

Given the post he held in the army, it’d be safe to say he was comfortably middle-class. So the house and ability to take a career gap aren’t necessarily anything out of the ordinary.

Did you go and burn her house down?

@@Tugela60 Didn't fancy an arson charge or ruining the new occupants' home funnily enough

​@@Tugela60 It's not the house's fault who lived there. Besides she was only a secretary no matter what she knew.

@@artm1973 People are not logical, they do stuff like that though. One of the things a lot of people forget is that in situations like that, most of the party "faithful" are not really believers at all, rather they are exploiting the circumstances for their personal benefit, whether it be for material gain, career advancement or access to power. All autocratic states are like this. Later on, when everything has passed, everyone else decides that they are evil and consequently the rules of civil behaviour do not apply. Not while the focus of their attention actually is in power mind you, that would be too risky, but only afterwards when the are defenceless and afraid. Then it is easy to be brave and do bad stuff to them while rationalizing it as being moral.

Overall. Germany's contribution to humanity has been nullified forever by those 13 years of unspeakable horrors forever.! Some 80 years ago. My generation that lived through those times do regard Germany as "different " from other Europeans!

Very true. The true believer stays loyal to their belief system because renouncing it would upset their self justification. Revealing the actions they took in previous years would require being responsible for those actions.

I'm going to play devil's advocate as to why this woman refused to talk about her experiences in the bunker. One possibility is that, as time went on, she felt that she and all of Germany had been duped by the party. Perhaps she was bitter and embarrassed about the part she had played in the regime. She may have experienced trauma during the escape. As we age, there are/can be parts of our past that we feel are best left buried in the past. Maybe what she said in testimony about Borman was true, and she was ashamed to have become involved with such a man. We can speculate until the cows come home and never hit the cold, hard truth. Just my humble thoughts on the matter.

Yes. And what did Mohnke have to lose making the accusation about the letter and the diamonds. He had already spent 10 years in a Russian gulag by that point. I have a theory on the diamonds... when she and Christian were kicked off the French repatriation train and then 'let back on'... I'm sure a bag of diamonds would have come in handy at that point.

Yes, good point Sienna. I wouldn't trust her on anything but she landed on her feet, didn't she? She was definitely wily and street-smart. Leslie James must have been a complete fool in that regard, academically smart but otherwise naive.

I wondered about James' acceptance of Krueger as his wife, and you're probably right. He was her only ticket to a safe and secure future, and she knew exactly how to manipulate him...sad.@@sandraobrien8705

The latter, I suspect!

@@MarkFeltonProductions more will be coming then?

Name one historical event where everything is conclusively wrapped up to everyone's satisfaction and therefore no questions remain.

@@Velts125 As long as there are conspiracy theorists making up facts and stirring up fears, there will be none.

Most of the history are lies.

what is a fact ?

No offense hogfather, but it really is a good question. It would be nice to be able to have a good discussion but I suppose facts are not always that popular.

Oh definitely

In the Soviet Union they even had “General Secretaries”.. Top that 😝.. Don’t tell me there isn’t a future in stenography 😜

​@@Wollemandqqqq

Who was in charge of many other secretaries.

and she was the chief secretary to up to 30 secretaries , truly a secretaries secretary! 🤓.

That was the very first thing that popped in my mind when she wouldn’t speak, was because it would’ve been obvious she was a sympathizer

That’s the way it is with opportunists and careerists. Happy to switch allegiances at the drop of a dime. She would have been equally as ruthless during her time with Bormann, betraying and denouncing anyone who might pose a threat to her position. Corporations, governments, and businesses are leaden with such types.

Did Hitler say who got his parking space 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

​@@mangore623Good one!

@@mangore623 This is happening today in the US government big time. DC is cancerous with this kind of activity. It's human greed and vanity on steroids.

I totally agree ... but with the caveat that it's not me who must choose to upend my life (and possibly those of my loved ones) so as to not risk a "disservice to humanity."

If they don't want to talk, how are you going to make them talk? Persuasion? Bribery? Threats? "Contribute to the historical record ... OR ELSE!"

I agree. I was kind of shocked to learn that maraina Oswald is still alive. I do believe it’s about high time for her to talk.

​@@thetechlibrarianas if she cares.

These people don't care about serving humanity at all, they are very selfish individuals.

You seriously doubt. Tell that to the victims & survivors. She played her part.

Some people are just .... persistent. Read up on "Typhoid Mary" yes she was a real person, and her goal in life was to make as many other people sick/dead as she could. She didn't build bombs or anything, she was just very, very persistent in getting out there spreading typhoid. She was able to spread disease for decades on end. It's a strange goal to have in life but that was hers and through sheer persistence she was uncommonly successful.

​@@markgayle5453I agree. Some people here think it might have been trauma for the reason she wouldn't tell some things. I don't care for any Nazis "trauma." When the citizens or some Nazis say they never knew most are lying. Berlin had more than 3,000 concentration camps, slave labour camps, extermination camps, ghettos, and brothels, in and around the city. Like you said, "she played her part." She knew and apparently approved.

How is how you seriously doubt worth commenting here?

Because we can all share our opinions can't we?​@@clvrswine

I’ve watched those, or at least large parts. Changes your view of women working for Hitler. Traudl Junge appeared to be an intelligent and charming woman, confident and self-aware. Would’ve been interesting to have seen similar interviews with Else Krüger, she also must’ve been rather special if she managed to befriend and marry her interrogator.

I remember seeing those interviews back in the day. She died in 2002 at 81.

Nothing to be proud of Lady. Watch "Europe The Last Battle" for a glimpse of genuine history.

Why would schools or even Universities go into this level of detail?

100% agree. Facts as such are reached. Until otherwise any others can bring it to all ( knowledge dictates primarily sources are gone/dead) thank you Mark for being a factual historian.

Her testimony could have been the words of a woman scorned. She may have said those things in anger that he'd left her, regardless of what was going on around them. There's no accounting for how people will react when a relationship ends, no matter what else is happening. On the other hand, her testimony could have been planned in advance to make it more plausible that Bormann couldn't have survived the escape attempt, thus throwing the Allies off his trail, IF he was still alive. Just speculation on my part.

She said it so they wouldn't keep looking for him. If she and most of her group got out, he could have too. If they'd chosen to, they all could have had a pretty good chance at getting out by the sounds of it, even at that late point, especially travelling alone and in civvies.

Borman was a thug throughout his life. Ordered the murder of someone in the early 1920’s and, through connections, got away with it. He was definitely ‘street smart’

Her description of Bormann was false insisting he was dead due to his stupidity. Her way of protecting him

​@@karenmcgarry3846I don't know, I think it's possible

No Hollywood fiction.

Me too.

No stone left unturned but alas still in the dark.

Nazi gold ?! 😮

Because everyone covered it up for their own reasons USA Britain Russia they all had a hand in it. And between them there was zero trust

Well maybe because a lot died and others were deliberately lying to cover their behinds?

Well of course, so many people unwilling to talk, and those who did, how do you know if they're telling the truth?

@@kbanghart strangers to the truth

@@nicolad8822 check out the story of Von Braun...how the hell did he manage it ..cos he was a devious sob

Innocent Italian soul... 😇

Wasn't a Gauleiter just basically a mayor? Although, in those times you weren't allowed to even be the dogcatcher unless you joined the nazi party.

So simple is life: He was a "Gauleiter" and that was bad!

@@NikolausFedermann-im5nfA 'Gauleiter' was not a very superior position. Many people were 'Gauleiter'.

@@monikaquinton " President" is not a very superior position. There are many presidents.😂

Some things don't change... like an attractive woman getting a free-pass.

Well i suppose that as she was never even accused of any actual wrong doing there was no legal reason to exclude her from Britain once she had married a citizen.

My guess is so that British intelligence could keep an eye ... and an ear ... on her to see if she had contact with fugitive Nazis or might slip up and reveal some other valuable information.

@@voivod6871 If working in the heart of the 3rd Reich isn't actual wrong doing, then what is?

​@@BlackMan614I've seen some flattering photos of a young Eva Braun. But did she ever age badly. Rapidly, too. In her early 20's she needed only overline her thin upper lip to simulate beauty. But once her whole face fell apart, there was no rescue nor remedy anymore. There's an online photo of Eva Braun where she looks like a ghost from Slapped Ham. Maybe it was foreshadowing.

A type of Operation Paperclip ..UK style :)

I wouldent call it a bolt

@@anthonymitchell8893 a dart ?

Whoops - a typo! That should read "Until The Final Hour..." She was not an estate agent!!

@@suepalin9202 "Traudl Junge, Estate Agent" would be an excellent comedic skit for Benny Hill or Monty Python: "Here are several bunkers listed for sale, or perhaps this SS Headquarters castle would be more to your liking?"

My name-sake, Michael Palin, would make a great, oleaginous estate agent in this role! And don't forget the marvellous Python sketch about RAF banter - it's whizzo!@@danielbeck9191

There were plenty of 'Fixer Uppers' in post war Berlin

​@@earl3358duct tape should work

I don"t understand how she was evil...she was a secretary ?

​@samsungtap4183 As was Martin Bormann, and his evil isn't questioned.

I am quite obviously referring to Hitler, Bormann, as well as other SS officers.@@samsungtap4183

@@samsungtap4183Anyone working at that level had to be pretty adoring and adhering to the principles of their bosses, young female or not.

Not every single person in Germany was evil at the time. It’s not different than Canada today, not everyone in Canada is a leftist nutjob, some of us are normal and despise Trudeau.

Just remember that for all the awful people who infest history there are just as many "paragons of virtue" in society as well. (With a large mass of the "uninterested & indifferent" in the middle) But the nature of their virtue means they seldom if ever receive any publicity. DON'T be so despondent, it's how the inhuman globalists want us all to be.

Operation Paperclip.

@@kutter_ttl6786 There's been a lot of things said about Operation Paperclip, and not much complimentary given the advantages and luxuries of 20-20 hindsight. The question is would the second-guessers be happier if the Soviets had gotten their hands on them? Don't think it couldn't have happened. A number of German engineers were kidnapped by the Soviets post-war and taken back to Russia to work for them. Once the Russians had gotten everything they could out of the Germans they were released. I should add those Germans were used but not abused.

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 : Yup. That’s why so many convicted Nazis were released after only a few years into their sentences. It was politically and militarily advantageous in the Cold War. They never paid for their crimes. It’s better if we acknowledge that Justice not a real thing.

Well put . . .

Grow up.

30 years or thereabouts ?

I expect they will.

Or was she covering for him? That possibility popped up in my mind while I was listening.

@@riceflatpicking4954 i too

Exactly. And she was a nazi fan after the war too. She did everything to clean her own street.

I agree. I doubt that she ever told anyone the full truth.

Ehh, as she started to age, it would’ve become clear just how important of the historical event she was involved with. Honestly, it should’ve been a condition of her being allowed to live in Britain or stay in Britain to what she knew.

That is what I was told - though I find it hard to believe.

Her son also benefited from diamonds, so that is why he isnt talking

Yes, of course he knows a lot. His mother will have had relatives in Germany. There were a lot of people he could have learned things from and they would have slipped up if they talked long enough. He knows enough to know that he shouldn't start talking and it will be his parents who made that clear to him.

That she was street-smart is a given. Nobody who wasn't street-smart would have survived in close proximity to Hitler and the inner circle. That she chose to be close-lipped afterward reveals her inner knowledge and loyalty to that inner circle. She must have had her English husband firmly by the balls.

I quick did search on him just for fun thank you To those he fought beside, Jack Churchill seemed like a man without fear, but to those he faced in combat, he was a terrifying figure, such was his bravery in battle. Few could withstand him at close quarters. He moved quickly and quietly, workmanlike and efficient, most often with a basket-hilted broadsword in one hand and a rifle, bayonet honed to a keen edge, in the other. The combination of sword and bayonet suited him. He practiced hard and used his skills at any opportunity. Jack was a crack shot with a rifle or a pistol, but he had a talent for archery, too. Before the outbreak of war in 1939, Jack was in Oslo, Norway, competing in the World Archery Championships. In ’39, the championship was in its eighth year, and it still runs today, but during the war years it did not run, and Jack Churchill had to find another venue to display his abilities with this particular weapon. He took himself and his bow back to Britain. The fighting around the ancient port of Dunkirk in northern France in 1940 was some of the fiercest the British army had yet seen. All across Europe, the chaos of war was escalating rapidly. Countries fell, governments were replaced, maps were redrawn. The steady advance of the enormous Nazi war machine seemed unstoppable. It was during May of 1940 that Jack Churchill performed the feat which cemented his already growing reputation. ‘Fighting Jack Churchill,’ they called him after that. They were in a tower overlooking an empty little town. Jack was in charge of a small unit of men, and they were preparing an ambush. An enemy patrol was due through the town at any moment. As usual, Jack was armed with a longbow, broadsword, bayonet and small arms. He fairly bristled with weaponry. There were two knives and an unusual looking revolver on his belt. There were grenades on his belt, too. His small pack hid water, a little food, and a very comprehensive first aid kit. Ammunition in pouches was strapped under the pack, the quiver of arrows for the bow was strapped securely to the side. There was a keen look in his eyes, and the men around felt their fear lessen as they watched him. He was not afraid. The orders had been given to the men at the base of the tower, and to the men concealed in the surrounding streets and buildings. Fighting Jack’s tower would the signal the attack. Through the rough opening in the floor of the tower flowed the loose-limbed form of the tall longbow archer. The bow itself was by no means a small weapon, being almost as long as the man himself, yet he negotiated the ladder and the hatch with ease. He clinked and rustled as he moved forward to the parapet and peered over. In the street ahead, the men of the enemy patrol appeared, moving at a quick trot. They were formed up into a tight column and their weapons were held loose and ready in their hands. A young sergeant led them, looking suspiciously around as if he suspected something. Jack stood up to his full height, suddenly, and the bow was in his hand. “I’ll shoot that first man with this arrow!” he said in a clear voice. “Ready!” The arrow he fitted to the bowstring was very long and very straight. The point of the arrow was heavy and barbed, the feathering at the back was clean and neatly clipped. There were another nineteen in the quiver. In one flowing, practiced motion, he took his stance, raised his bow and released the deadly missile. The bowstring thrummed heavily in the tense air, and the arrow crossed the distance between Churchill and the Sergeant at a terrifying velocity. The Sergeant raised his eyes to the tower. He took in what was happening in an instant. He was raising his hand and taking a breath to shout when the arrow hit him in the soft spot at the base of his neck. He was dead before he hit the ground. The tower was full of soldiers, they were raising rifles to their shoulders. There were soldiers in the buildings on either side. Sudden machine gunfire peppered the ground behind the patrol. They dropped, sought cover, tried to return fire, but they were pinned down by Churchill’s unit. The man himself appeared with the sword in his hand at the bottom of the tower. Leading a small group of men with him, he sprinted forward, keeping his head down as he ran. Above him, the men in the tower provided covering fire. He heard the machine gun again, and a barrage of rifle fire. Then he held up his sword and yelled “Charge!” through the din. The men around him began firing and yelling as they surged forward to engage the patrol, but Jack slipped to one side. He counted to ten. The patrol was fighting hand to hand and pressing forward against his unit. The suppressing fire slackened. Jack ran at full speed into the side of the press of enemy soldiers, vaulting a low wall, and laying about himself with the broadsword. Jack felled three of the enemy before they were even aware of him, and another two as they were turning to face him. Then he shot two at close range with the revolver in his left hand, and somebody shouted out in German and raised up a bit of white cloth. The patrol surrendered, laid down their arms and were taken prisoner. That day Jack became a legend and he was to go on and serve his country with distinction. Jack lived to be eighty-nine years old. His last years were spent in the warm and pleasant county of Surrey in the south of England, where he died in 1996.

Is this the man? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p5ykhpleqbudfJs.htmlsi=4Buh0iwj94QCmwmu

They realized all was lost when Stalingrad fell, especially after the failure of the Battle of the Bulge. They had months to contemplate and plan for the end.

​@@joebombero1and some were apparently inept at planning.

Nothing to wonder. Plenty of them survived and wrote books and were interviewed about it.

@@Velts125 there's always something to wonder about, because there's always details omitted and some of them will never talk about it and have never talked about it

@kbanghart Yes i agree. There is always something to wonder about if one chooses. No historical event is ever conclusive- where no questions remain.

Diamonds are for Else....

It would be interesting to investigate Leslie James more thoroughly. He sounds suspicious to me.

@@sandraobrien8705 "Tall, blue-eyed and with a great shock of honey-colored hair . . ." Yeah, having to spend time with her every day interrogating her I'd be suspicious if he didn't form some attachment. A bit of propinquity.

Of course everyone will speculate on just how much illicit Nazi loot in diamonds, (or any other intrinsic form) she managed to salt away for a cosy, 'quiet' life in post-war England. Accommodating the heinous and infamous Nazi of Hitler's inner circle, Martin Bormann, was expedient to ensure she ate well every day during the stressful times of Nazi Germany. Masquerading as a 'Danish' war bride and sliding under the radar, with a respectable, yet nonetheless complicit British ex-army officer was infinitely preferable, albeit the price was still intimacy, with necessary sharing of any hidden Nazi loot. . . Survival was what it was obviously all about in those times and if done in comfort, considered a bonus.

And that's why her son Harold is keeping tight lipped too. The whole family is suspicious.

And how would he do that? Leslie James’ Estate was valued at £93k in 1995, hardly a fortune. Not always the whole picture admittedly.