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Hitler was also against smoking and said its bad for humans. Just cause it was Hitler who said it doesnt mean that its wrong and shouldnt be followed....

Bad people can have good ideas, and good people can have bad ideas..

It always amazes me how German speakers like Feli can pick up English so well, and if learned young enough or trained long enough, or spend enough time in english speaking countries, their accent becomes nearly flawless. I like voices and accents, so this is meant with the utmost respect and admiration.

In Luxembourg, fiscal law is basically this one set during Nazi occupation. Consequence is that the applicable legal language for fiscal matters is german whereas for all other legal matters it is french.

In my country, the German occupator made physical education (including swimming lessons) compulsory. They also introduced mandatory health insurance. Glad we kept that after liberation.

My Great-grandfather put his race down as German on his US citizenship application. In those days of the early 20th century "race" had a different meaning than it does today. Today we mostly think of race as European, African, Asian, or Native American. Back then it also had to do with nationalism or region of a continent.

What we Austrians got from Nazis: Marriage law (inkl. divorcement). There was no divorcement for Catholics before 1938. Animal protection law Comercial Code (HGB). Replaced by UGB 2010. But funny the new law still begins with: Introduced by our Emperor Wilhelm II. in the year 1900 (which never was Austrian emperor). Right side driving Law (yeah before half Austrian drove on the left side. The other half drove right. So it must have been very funny.).

I haven't known so far, that May 1st isn't called "Tag der Arbeit" in my home state NRW. Thank you Feli for making me a little smarter.

I always chuckle at how when a country puts the word, “democratic,” in their name, it’s never democratic (DDR, DPRK, DRC).

Your willingness to discuss this period in the history of Germany is refreshing

Freisler was a despicable character. He was one of the judges in the White Rose show trial. He also presided over the trials of the July 20th defendants. He was the ultimate "hanging judge" with most of his sentences resulting in death. One interesting fact about his is that he was a POW in World War One. He was held in Russia where he studied Bolshevism. Of course, when it became beneficial to his career to switch ideologies, he joined the Nazi Party. That wasn't uncommon back then. Such individuals were known as "Beefsteaks." Red on the inside. Brown on the outside.

Das mit der Sicherungsverwahrung und der besonderen Schwere der Schuld ist nicht richtig. Die Sicherungsverwahrung ist eine eigene Sache unabhängig vom Strafmaß, die kann vom Richter angeordnet werden, auch bei anderen Strafen wie z.B. Körperverletzung. Besondere Schwere der Schuld heißt, dass die Möglickeit zur Entlassung erst nach 25 Jahren passiert, nicht "schon" nach 15 Jahren.

My addition would be § 265a StGB "Erschleichen von Leistungen". Due to this law installed by the Nazi regime in 1935 it's a criminal offence, punishable even by up to a year in prison, to use the public transport system without valid ticket. I know a lot of criminals in Germany, let me tell ya.

I love this video for two reasons 1) You do not veer away from critical reflection of the issues you discuss, and 2) You speak and discuss German topics in German, which I find helpful in keeping my language skills alive. (Also, your Bavarian accent reminds me of meine Oma)

Well, the BGB (Germany's Civil Code) stems from the year 1900, when Germany was still an empire. It has been changed a big deal over time, but much of its core has remained unchanged and it continues to be the most important source of law in any civil trial.

Das BGB mit seinen hunderten von Gesetzen stammt in großen Teilen aus 1896 (in Kraft ab 1.1.1900). Es gilt seitdem durchgängig und dürfte das tagtägliche Leben der meisten Deutschen ganz erheblich prägen.

Well, not only in Germany. When Germany attacked Norway on the 9th of April 1940, we capitulated two months later, and then the Germans shoved that the word 'soscialist' in nationalsocialist actually meant something. In 1941 the Germans introduced 'barnetrygd', which translates to 'children's insurance payment' . That meant that all parents were paid if they had children under 18 years of age, with no consideration of the parents income. The nazis were planning a welfare state. They also set up a payment system, like the one in Germany. They also made a lot of other laws about state banks, and state guarantees for everyone from farmers to young couples building a house. All these laws were made invalid when the Norwegian exile government returned, but the bureaucrats said that it would be a mistake to invalidate laws that worked fine. So the government 'proposed' the laws they wanted to keep to the Norwegian parliament, which, in turn, agreed, and revalidated these laws, but now with a new postwar date....they did not get all the laws though, some stuck without revision, since the Germans introduced such a mass of new laws. I think that there are so many revisions of the laws the last 30 years, that you can not find them. But the Norwegian law-book as late as 1984 had these laws between 1940 and 1945 which the lawbook said about the German laws still being valid: -Lawes introduced by the German administration and the unlawful Quisling -administration (Quisling was a Norwegian nazi, who we shot after the war), but being validated by Stortinget () (Parliament) after the war. It also contained a much thinner section about the laws made by the exile government in London, in practise only one law from them remained in the 1980s. that had also to be voted for in Parliament.

A older and nice example for temporary rules that lives long is the ‚Schaumweinsteuer‘ from 1902, a tax on sparkling wine products. It was started to get money to finance the German military ship fleet. But 122 years later, the fleet was destroyed in WW1, it’s still active 😢

I always appreciate your straight-forward presentation of subjects like these.

Right, there is an old Texan saying "Boy, if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Also, it makes complete sense to keep most of the common laws as they are benign, completely understood by the populace and judicial and law groups, thus easy to implement.

hi Feli❤❤❤ it is always great to hear from you, thank you for your report

You're really stepping up your content! Great job.

Thank you for the video. I can't wait for the next show.

You are well on your way to 1,000K subscribers Feli and well deserved☺You would make a great college professor with your smarts!

Feli, as you mentioned the GDR, I just wanted to point out the curiosity that the BGB and many other laws were kept in effect there for a long time, too. The BGB was abolished by the ZGB only in 1976. Until then, they simply put up an introduction where they underlined that the laws needed to be interpreted in the spirit of the socialist society. During the first few decades there were "Volksrichter" who were given a very short law education due to the need to replace many law professionals that were not politically loyal to the new regime (if you want to know more of the day-to-day rulings in the East German law system, I can recommend: Inga Markovits, Gerechtigkeit in Lüritz).

Thank you Feli for this historical articles of left over German laws from the natzi regime is very interesting. Things we probably would not know about here in the states. Again Thank you Feli we learn a lot from your reality of your life.

As an American living in Germany, I wish more Germans understood what you said, "Modern Germany is not the Germany from 80 years ago." It isn't the same country and other things. Plus, just look at the history of Germany, or at least the area of Europe that now forms Germany. Going back to the "Holy Roman Empire" and further. There is so much to be proud of in German history. Examples are Nietzsche, Kant, Sebastian Lotze, Beethoven, etc. It has such a long history, with so much good, but everyone complains about something that was only nine years of their history. Also, many other countries are guilty of doing things that are just as bad, if not worse, than what happened in Germany 80 years ago. The only real difference is that Germans are over-efficient and document everything fully. Unlike other countries, for example, the Soviets and Khmer Rouge were far worse but didn't document their atrocities in full detail. The British used concentration camps in South Africa during the Boer War. So, as an American in Germany, I'll simply say Germans need to stop shouting, "I'm ashamed to be German." over that. (By the way, I do not have any German ancestry. According to my family history and DNA Tests, all my ancestors came from Sweden, England, and Scotland before settling in the US. So, I have no reason outside, having found myself living in Germany for various reasons.)

Fun fact from a German beekeeper: the oldest law in Germany is the bee law. Loosely formulated: "If a swarm of bees leaves your hive, it is your property for as long as you can see it." And a few other beekeeping topics that are regulated here. For example, the capture of wild bees and the like. This law dates back to the time of the Goths in the Middle Ages. Since the 6th or 7th century, this law has remained more or less in its basic form.

I find it a bit ironic that International Workers Day is celebrated everywhere BUT the very country where it takes its roots. Also, please notice the difference in naming between "worker day" and "labour day".

In the UK we call it 'early spring bank holiday' and it is held on the first Monday in May. There is also one at the end of May.

Very interesting stuff! Excellent research and presentation. And editing of course. lol Thanks Feli.

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In the Netherlands there are still laws from the when Napoleon occupational us there are also still laws which date from 1940 -45

Hi Feli. Not a German law but a US citizenship application still asks if you were ever a member of the Nazi Party. It’s been 79 years since the war. It’s becoming increasingly unlikely anyone applying might have been a Nazi Party member at any given time.

I always really enjoy your videos. The way they’re structured they provide an educational aspect while not being so educational that it becomes boring. It’s a perfect medium and I also like how you speak in German then you translate what was said. Gives a look into the uniqueness of the German language. Looking forward to your next video Feli! 🙂

I really appreciate your frankness and openness on these sorts of topics, Feli. Alot of people nowadays will beat around the bush on darker topics, so thanks for being different :)

Very interesting. Thank you for posting.

Well, a state in this country just reinforced a law passed during our Civil War over 150 years ago, so....Great video as always, Feli! Love your content!

as a german american , i really love you addressing these topics ,, alot of ppl dont have this knowlege in the states .. tho easily looked up. keep up the great work

I actually can really see the benefit of financially encouraging one parent to stay at home and be around for the kids. In many countries both parents feel pressure to go to work and leave their children in childcare all day. Enabling parents to actually spend time with their children sounds like a good thing to me. Plus what's the alternative? Make families with stay at home parents worse off, or get less tax money? They're not good alternatives. I think it might be more important to normalise stay-at-home dads, as either way it's better for children to have at least one parent who is able to be there for them, rather than having both work all day.

Completely unrelated, but it's April 30th and I was just listening to a piece by the German folk band, Faun, and was thinking that you've missed the opportunity to tell us something about Walpurgisnacht ( oder Hexennacht) in Germany. 🙂 If that would be fun to share, please put that on your calendar for next year maybe?

One thing I found intresting differences around taxes. In canada you never technical file your return with your spouse each return is sperated but you can't file without knowing your spouse social insurance number and there net income. If your following tax law you can't hide income from your spouse. I am not sure if this is different or not but you have no choice on your marriage status in canada. Each marriagal statuses has a definition. If have being living together in conjugal relationship for 12 months you are in common law and treat the same as married for taxes purposes.( you can be common law in less then 12 months if there is child from the two parents or if both parents take on parental roles for a child). If your common law then you must file your taxes with your spouse net income.

Liking your videos for for some time now but this one is really an eyeopener. Intelligente Frau. Subscribed.

Thank you for the videos you make. Especially this one.

Side note: Geographically, Spain belongs in the same time zone as the UK and Portugal. Which is where they were from the inception of time zones. But during WW2 they wanted to suck up to the Nazis, so switched to Germany’s time zone. Where they have stayed to this day.

Hope your root canal went well and you're feeling much better!

Okay, I'm from NRW, and 54 years ago I marched with my parents and then-Chancellor Willy Brandt to the big rallye , and I never knew that May 1 is not "Tag der Arbeit" in my state -- so thanks!

Fact Check: The NSDAP did not outlaw labor unions. There was the state-run labor union, which all workers were required to be a member of. This labor union determined how employers can treat and pay workers. Labor union members had regulated hours and pay scale and had protection from being abused by management. TIK History did a video about the fallacy of the "NSDAP outlawed labor unions" myth.

You're so straight up on the truth. It's so refreshing, I absolutely adore you.

I love your videos and am always impressed with the growth and development of Germany after ww2. As a child I lived there for nearly 9 years. Job well done! Again, thankyou.

You also could have mentioned: - Muttertag (not a law of course but still popular today....) - the first animal protection law worldwide - das "Heilpraktiker-Gesetz" vom Februar 1939 just to name a few

May 1st is also Labor Day here in Brazil! No work tomorrow!! YAY! ^_^

Actually, the tax splitting isn't described correctly. As tax is deducted monthly from the payslip of each spouse, but at the tax declaration in the following year the couple is taxed as a couple, without splitting the couple pays more tax monthly, but gets a refund after the text declaration. So if you pay to much tax in January, you would get the refund about june next year. With splitting the lower income spouse pays more tax and the higher income less tax, but in total less tax is deducted monthly. After tax declaration in the following year the total tax is the same as without splitting, but the result is nearer to the amount you paid with monthly deductions. Also it can result in a refund or paing a bit more than deducted. The splitting just effects the moment you pay the tax, not the total amount the couple has to pay. With a pay gap but without splitting you borrow money to the state and get it back later. Most people do not understand this.

I remember when an American soldier killed his German girlfriend and cut her up and dropped her off along the autobahn. The Germans took jurisdiction because the Americans had the death penalty. One of my college teachers told me about him because he was teaching him at the prison. The soldier got a Pell Grant and was going to school for free in prison.😮

Feli, being I am old, from Ohio and from German heritage I love your content. I have a lot of respect for you as you come to this country and have a mutual respect for both cultures. This was by far my favorite video you have posted.

One dark dark law that was carried over from the Nazi regime, but was only abandoned a quarter century after the war, was the Nazi version of Paragraph 175, which criminalized homosexuality. Paragraph 175 had been law since 1871, but the Nazis revamped the law in 1933, which brought it to a whole new level of aggressive persecution. So in the strictest sense it isn't a Nazi era law, but the Nazis took the law and re-did it to support their ideology. So it kinda/sorta is. It was in force until 1969. So while all the other surviving members of communities that were imprisoned during the Nazi era got to go home at the end of the war, gay men were merely transferred from the concentration camps to the prison system. Put yourself in these guys' shoes: what was previously open and tolerated suddenly became the equivalent of a capital crime and you were hunted down, rounded up and put into concentration camps and possibly experimented on. Somehow you survive to see your persecutors defeated, and fellow inmates liberated. But instead of freedom, you are put in a state prison for another 24 years, if you live long enough. Additionally, the law was used to imprison gay people in the period after the war. It wasn't until 1969 that Paragraph 175 was negated and gay men let out of the prisons. (In the GDR there was a similar situation; Paragraph 175 was in force until 1957 but wasn't removed from the legal system until 1968.) However, the convictions still remained on their records, which could cause a lot of problems when searching for jobs, housing, applying for credit, etc. Post-war compensation was denied to these victims because technically, they were imprisoned under a pre-Nazi law that was still in effect, and such a conviction on their records precluded any compensation. The German government did not annul the convictions of those imprisoned under Paragraph 175 until 2002, and then only for those convicted during the Nazi era, not for those after. A general pardon and wiping of records for everyone convicted under Paragraph 175 didn't happen until - get this - 2017. That's only 7 years ago. The German government decided to compensate those who were imprisoned under the law, both during and after the war, in 2021. Three years ago. Not that there were many survivors left, except for a handful of old men. So the abolition of Paragraph 175, the expunging of convictions from peoples' records, and the compensation came way way WAY too late for almost all the victims, who were dead, and was far too little far too late. However, a symbolic mea culpa is better than no acknowledgement at all.

What you say about Ehegattensplitting is just not true. When a woman returns to work/increases her salary, it has exactly the same effect as when the husband earns more (I stick to the gender roles from your example). If she is in tax group 5, a lot of taxes will be deducted from her salary, but you can also choose class 4 with factor to even that out. No matter which group you choose, after filing your tax return you'll always end up with the same.

Fascinating about the definition of murder. As you translated something felt off to me, but it wasn’t until you described it as a description of the person that my feeling made sense. I love your research and presentation.

My grandfather died in the war and Hitler had my Uncle killed because he was challenged. My mother was 4 and saw the bombing of stuttgart. She was in the attic playing and ran down yelling about fireworks in Stuttgart. They all yelled Stuttgart is being bombed and ran to the basement.

Vary interesting video. Similarly, there are a lot of weird laws still on the books in America. Fpr instance, in the state of Georgia, it's illegal to allow your donkey to sleep in a bathtub. 😂

Many of the laws in the United States date back to before the war for independence, to English common law. The establishment of the United States did not require all existing laws to be rewritten.

Hello I just left Germany and your home town. I wish to report all is well. Love your country

I’m from Cincinnati and live in a house formerly owned by a German from Kaiserslautern that was captured at Remagen. Small world.

I impress by friends by telling them I watch Feli from Germany :)

*I am absolutely AMAZED that you don't have a discernable accent. You speak EXACTLY the way I do and I was born, raised, and still live in the Pacific Northwest; Western Washington State.* 🤩🥳

Aussie here - it's actualy our Labour Day weekend right now. Monday is a public holiday - in Queensland we also observe it on the first Monday in May

Sehr interessantes und anspruchsvolles Thema hervorragend umgesetzt.

In der DDR wurde der 1. Mai viel stärker gefeiert. Neben dem 7. Oktober, dem Gründungstag der DDR war der 1. Mai der zweitwichtigste Feiertag der DDR. Die DDR verstand sich ja als Arbeiter- und Bauernstaat und so war der 1. Mai ein internationaler Kampftag der Arbeiterklasse. Es wurde vom Staat Märsche organisiert, bei den Werktätigen war es Pflicht, mitzumarschieren. Als Symbol diente die rote Nelke. Schüler mussten in Pionieruniform mitmarschieren. Die SED - Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands, sicherte so ihren Führungsanspruch in der DDR. Die Straßen und Häuser wurden mit der schwarz-rot-goldenen DDR-Fahne und der roten Arbeiterfahne geschmückt. Selbst die Eisenbahn (Deutsche Reichsbahn) wurden entsprechend ausgestattet. Wenn die staatlichen Veranstaltungen zu Ende waren, wurde anschließend gefeiert.

Dear Feli, you forgot one law. It may seem that it is not as consequential as the definition of murder or taxation rules. Yet it has deep implications. It is the law about chimney sweeps. Originally, the law was coined in 1937 and stayed until the early 2000 and it was changed only because of paragraphs that monopolized the region into "sweep-areas" (Kehrbezirke) where only the official chimney-sweep was allowed to work. These regulations contradicted EU-rules about free markets and had to be changed to comply with EU-regulations. So the Schornsteinfegergesetz became the Schornsteinfegerhandwerksgesetz. Some regulations were changed because of the compliance problem, some terminology was updated and changed but the core of the law stayed as it was. Including a paragraph that was introduced into the law in 1937. Gesetz über das Berufsrecht und die Versorgung im Schornsteinfegerhandwerk (Schornsteinfeger-Handwerksgesetz - SchfHwG) § 1 Eigentümerpflichten; Verordnungsermächtigungen (...) (3) Jeder Eigentümer oder Besitzer eines Grundstücks oder eines Raums ist verpflichtet, dem bevollmächtigten Bezirksschornsteinfeger und sonstigen Beauftragten der zuständigen Behörden für die Durchführung der in den §§ 14, 15 und 26 bezeichneten Tätigkeiten sowie von Tätigkeiten, die durch Landesrecht vorgesehen sind, Zutritt zu den Grundstücken und Räumen zu gestatten. Jeder Besitzer ist zusätzlich verpflichtet, dem mit Schornsteinfegerarbeiten Beauftragten für die Durchführung von in § 2 Absatz 1 Satz 1 bezeichneten Tätigkeiten Zutritt zu gestatten. (4) Sofern ein Eigentümer oder Besitzer eines Grundstücks oder eines Raums 1. den Zutritt zu dem Grundstück oder dem Gebäude entgegen Absatz 3 oder 2. die Durchführung einer Tätigkeit, die auf Grund einer der in Absatz 3 bezeichneten Vorschriften durchzuführen ist, nicht gestattet, erlässt die zuständige Behörde unverzüglich eine Duldungsverfügung. § 25 Absatz 3 und 4 ist entsprechend anzuwenden. (5) Das Grundrecht der Unverletzlichkeit der Wohnung wird nach Maßgabe der Absätze 3 und 4 eingeschränkt. Law on professional law and care in the chimney sweep trade (Chimney Sweep Trade Act - SchfHwG) § 1 Owner's obligations; Authorizations to issue regulations (...) (3) Every owner or possessor of a property or a room is obliged to grant access to the authorized district chimney sweep and other representatives of the responsible authorities to carry out the activities specified in Sections 14, 15, and 26 as well as activities provided for by state law to the properties and rooms. Each owner is additionally obliged to allow access to the person responsible for chimney sweeping work to carry out the activities specified in Section 2 Paragraph 1 Sentence 1. (4) If an owner or possessor of a property or a room 1. access to the property or building contrary to paragraph 3 or 2. carrying out an activity that is to be carried out based on one of the regulations referred to in paragraph 3, is not permitted, the responsible authority will immediately issue a toleration order. Section 25 paragraphs 3 and 4 must be applied accordingly. (5) The fundamental right to the inviolability of the home is restricted by paragraphs 3 and 4. The law was introduced to spy on the German people, to gather information about what people read, how they talked in their homes, whether there were possible hideouts, or to gain floor plans. This 87-year-old law still inflicts the "fundamental right to the inviolability of the home". When a homeowner (or tenant) refuses to let the authorized district chimney sweep carry out his tasks, e.g. refuses to let him into the house, the chimney sweep is allowed to call police and enforce entry - without a court order. Chimney sweeps have more rights than police, customs, or district attorneys. Think about it. CU twinmama

I didn't realize you're down the street from me! Love the channel content.

Most of the world May 1st is a Holiday for a holiday for workers; but in the UK it is May day which goes back much longer...

Nope. There are still laws from the Kaiserreich. Not every law older then 75 years is from 1933-1945.

Der Staat wurde 1867 als Norddeutscher Bund gegründet. 1949 hat sich das politische System sowie der Name geändert. Völkerrechtlich ist es jedoch das selbe Objekt. Daher gibt es auch Gesetze aus dieser Zeit, genau wie aus der Zeit des Kaiserreichs und der Weimarer Republik, nicht bloß des NS-Regimes.

An incredibly informative and interesting episode (as always 🙂)

That makes sense, though. A law to say cars should drive on the right side of the road has no need to be revised.

Ausgezeignet Good video Feli! During the 1980's and 1990's, I was a US Army Military Police Officer in West Germany and as such I had to be familiar with various West German laws. I also went to school to obtain the hard to get German Hunting License. Where I further learned allot about the history of the Hunting and Weapons laws of Germany and other European countries as well. Many of today's modern German Hunting laws stem off the laws made by 3rd Reich Jaeger Meister Herman Goering. What is amazing is that Chancellor/ Dictatior Hitler actually loosened up the firearms/ weapons laws in 1938 from the privious Versailles Treaty imposed draconian firearms laws of 1920, and 1928. The impact of loosing the weapons law in 1938 not only effected Nazi party membership, it also effected the whole of all statures of German citizens. By allowing the common avarage people the means to protect themselves. Where today's modern Germany's Weapons/ Firearms laws are much more stringent/ draconian than the 1938 Hitler Weapons Act law. The Western occupation Zone Powers in the 1950's Westen occupation zones of Germany allowed for private firearms ownership and hunting again bringing back the 1928 stringent Weapons law that Hitler loosened up. As well as the 3rd Reich's Hunting laws/ system. Over the years this 1928 stringent law has been made even more stringent in post war West and now united Germany. With reguards to private firearms/ weapons ownership, it is ironic that German citizens had more freer laws under the Dictatiorship of Hitler than as is in the current so-called "Free" Democratic Federal Republic of Germany. Also in Socialist Yugoslavia Dictatior Tito also allowed the common people to own Firearms. So not every Dictatior disarms their common citizens. Real factual history is often different than what some political power factors want the masses of people to believe! Keep the videos coming!

I was stationed in Germany in the early 70's just outside of Mannheim. I got an international drivers license(?) so I could drive there. I seem to remember that it was considered a felony to splash people on the sidewalk when driving by in your car. Is that a false memory or basically true? Does anyone know?

At first I thought that this is like Finnish legislation which is a patchwork and that is why, for example, The 1889 Criminal Code of Finland begins with the words: "We, Alexander the Third, by the Grace of God, Emperor and Sovereign of all Russia, Czaar of Poland, Grand Duke of Finland, etc., etc., etc., We will let you know..." And The 1734 Building Code of Finland stipulates in §1 of Chapter 7 that every household must plant 40 stalks of hops and if they don't plant they must be fined one riksdaler penalty (was Sweden's excurrency from 1534 to 1873) and ordered to plant a hop garden. But these mentioned German laws turned out to be more than just mere whimsical remnants of legislative history.

I've been watching Feli for a couple of years now, and her dialect has been fading more and more. Her english was very dialect heavy before, and now she sounds more mid-west.

Regarding laws and principles that were established or at least heavily pushed forward during the 3rd Reich and that still exist... "Tierschutzgesetz" (animal protection/welfare act) would be one that comes to my mind.

I thought "spouse splitting" was going to tie back into the murder law. :)

Moin. Referring to my city (and state) - the Groß-Hamburg-Gesetz, which made us a Hanseatic city XXL ;)

großartige Recherche und klasse Zusammenfassung ... vielen Dank Feli, daß Du Deutschland für Amerikaner so begreiflich machst!!!

Certain slave laws exist in employment in the United States as well.

In Massachusetts, it's illegal to shoot a whale from inside your car.

Big parts of the German BGB, the civil code for private law, are from 1900, when it was 1st released.

Good video Feli. I am curious about the differences in both criminal and civil processes. Given all that is happening in our courts it would be timely.

We don't even have a written constitution here. Unless you count the Magna Carta of which only like 4 laws are still applicable.

These are some interesting laws indeed. I'm curious if the average German knows about these or are they like some of our laws here in America, for instance in my home state of Florida, (if 5 or more indigenous people are on your property they're considered a war party and you can "defend" your home 😳🙄) yet we haven't struck that from our books....🤔

The determination of the severe gravity of the guilt is not the same as preventive detention. Both can be determined or ordered separately.

Thanks for sharing this information Feli☺

5:52 But that's not cruel or malignant? Yeah, I'm not buying that.

Das BGB ist im kern noch viel älter....

Growing up in Nordhessen, May 1 was Tag der Arbeit, and also Wandertag. (Hiking day). Anybody else do that?

I appreciate that you are marking your advertisements. I know, we are obliged to do so here in Germany. But I dont think so in America. Am I right?

Ok this is weird, but I'm asking if you can help solve this mystery. I worked at the front desk in the Carlyle hotel in NYC. A friend worked for the Edison hotel in times square. He asked me to work a few weekends for him. This was like 1977-78. I'm German my father was in the kriegsmarine at 18. The manager of , and I was told hotel owner was admiral Carl Donitz. And it was, this was in the diamond district and most of the employees at the hotel were Jewish and they feared Donitz. It was funny, they tip toed around him. Now records say Donitz died in Germany in 1980. I'm not buying it. If you can find out anything about this , maybe a twin , something strange for sure.

I have to make some corrections here. Many of the laws in Germany were written way _before_ the Nazi regime, so not all laws more than 80 years old were introduced by the Nazi regime - even if also some of the laws more than 100 years old may be questionable. The civil code (BGB = civil law book) was adopted in the year 1900; parts of it were suspended during WW II, but later reinstated, and there were a lot of amendments, but in the core it is still the same law. And many clauses are unchanged except maybe for a modernized word here or there. The German penal code (Strafgesetzbuch = penal law book) was adopted in 1871 after the foundation of the Prussian-led German Empire. The Nazis changed parts of it and in particular "allowed" judges also to punish "crimes" not specified in the law (and also to not punish crimes committed by Nazis). Most of those changes were reverted afterwards (except e.g. the definition of murder) as well as some offences newly introduced, like "treason to peace" (preparing or inciting a war of aggression) and "incitement to hatred" (against ethnic, religious or social groups). Between 1945 and today many reforms of different parts of the code were made, regarding offences as well as penalties (like the abolishment of death sentences in West Germany in 1949), but the structure stays the same.

Your videos are fascinating!

6:16 Wouldn't that be the same if it was defined as premeditated? I mean, he likely didn't beat her up with the intention of killing her, or could certainly argue such very easily. Killing someone in their sleep? Not so much. It seems much more likely you would be planning to kill.