When Paris Was a Nazi Resort
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Күн бұрынFollow me on twitter here: / yt_imper1al
This is a video about a rarely covered topic, the touristic element of the German Occupation of Paris. It covers the fascinating anecdotes and histories of German life in occupied Paris and how they turned the city into their own rest and relaxation center, but it also covers the disparities between the German occupiers and their French hosts.
I hope you enjoy it.
Sources: www.dropbox.com/s/7dyg8x6kpxi...
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Chapters:
0:00 A Night in Occupied Paris
1:56 Nazis As Tourists
8:23 The French Experience
11:51 The End of Tourism
The visuals or audio herein may not be utilised to train a machine learning algorithm of any kind without express permission of the Copyright holder (IMPERIAL)
@IMPERIALYT Жыл бұрын
Hey everyone, as usual you can find the sources linked here and in the description box. This video is almost certainly going to get demonetised but I hope you enjoy it anyway. However, because of this I'm considering setting up a members system where those of you who really want to support me can through KZfaq, I would be interested to hear from everyone whether they'd prefer this or the conventional Patreon option. Edit: If my voice sounds different in this video it's because I had to record the audio while I had a slight cold. Sorry! Sources: www.dropbox.com/s/7dyg8x6kpxi0uj1/Paris%20Video.docx?dl=0
@pyeitme508 Жыл бұрын
Ok 👌
@caam0000 Жыл бұрын
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@heidirabenau511 Жыл бұрын
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@lugyd1xdone195 Жыл бұрын
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@dmicah3960 Жыл бұрын
I thought you hired a Bri‘ish narrator 😳
@khanhnguyentrieu1752 Жыл бұрын
Imagine being a German soldier stationed in Paris, getting drunk, punching an officer when he reprimanded you and two weeks later you're in Stalingrad.
@GhostRider659 Жыл бұрын
@@sunnyjim1355 Oi guvna, imagine ye get roight knackered in Worcestershire an‘ ye punch an offica when he gives ye a bollockin‘ an‘ two weeks later yer in Burma
@shotguncreeper Жыл бұрын
@@GhostRider659 this is why I love KZfaq’s comments section
@CrimsonAlchemist Жыл бұрын
@@ScorpV1 Im from Burma. why though?
@alfredandersson875 Жыл бұрын
@@CrimsonAlchemist because it was a colony and the people were not too happy about that, disease, heat, poor infrastructure at the time plus the potential of a Japanese invasion. Not as bad as Stalingrad, but not great either.
@MrOHTEHNOES Жыл бұрын
@@alfredandersson875 what do you mean the 'potential' of a Japanese invasion?
@BelleRoose Жыл бұрын
oh my god... im belgian and my entire life ive heard and used the saying "living like god in france" to hear the history behind this is amazing, your videos are so stunningly beautiful.
@pierren___ Жыл бұрын
The expression comes from the renaissance though.
@paulf3999 Жыл бұрын
Like a german in france you mean?
@samvannoyen713 Жыл бұрын
The saying came in to existance in reference to the absolute kings of France in the early modern period (ie the "Sun King" with frases like l'état c'est moi). It doesn't come from this, it was just very applicable.
@MaticTheProto Жыл бұрын
We have that saying in Germany too
@otavongryf1379 Жыл бұрын
@@MaticTheProtoIt originated in Germany
@Randomschoolchannel603 Жыл бұрын
“Hanz, get ze camera itzs the eifell tower 😀😁📸”
@delon2052 Ай бұрын
😂😂
@Ar1AnX1x Ай бұрын
oh mein gut, beauziful
@DerekHardwick Жыл бұрын
I think the allies did the same after they liberated Paris (the tourism part, not the occupation). My grandfather (American) spoke fondly of his R&R time in Paris after he suffered an injury.
@spitfiremkiv339 Жыл бұрын
yeah i read in antony beevors book "ardennes" that many parisians said that life under the Germans was better than the Americans, because the Americans often stole a lot of things, refused to pay money and generally acted entitled.
@eagle_and_the_dragon Жыл бұрын
@@spitfiremkiv339 I'm shocked.
@StationaryGamingReal Жыл бұрын
@@spitfiremkiv339 I would like to think liberators are more entitled than occupiers.
@mariaytinexposer Жыл бұрын
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@mikloridden8276 Жыл бұрын
@@spitfiremkiv339 Most Parisians were heavily aligned with the Germans, it’s why the French Resistance treated them rudely.
@justintime8422 Жыл бұрын
When the STO was announced in 43, my great grandfather took his bike and fled from Picardy and went into hiding in Normandy. He was working in a factory during the occupation and had been an artilleryman during the battle of France. Unfortunatly, he never spoke very much about the war and what he did during the occupation so that is all I know.
@jtgd Жыл бұрын
Life under occupation must have been humiliating and depressing. Especially when the Germans invade with uppity and zealous feelings of superiority. Must have been amazing when learning about D-day and waiting day by day for the front to reach you. Thank you, France for helping us during our revolution. We’re proud to help you guys from the Nazi muddy trench Germany pushed you into. Glad Germany was also freed from that nazi cesspool, after shoving most of Europe into it. All the survivors, including my great uncle are the lucky ones. That war was one of the most inhumane ever. Wouldn’t think even ancient warriors would be able to handle the kind of horrors Modern war can give.
@mariaytinexposer Жыл бұрын
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@josecarlo13OH Жыл бұрын
War crimes: 🤑
@josecarlo13OH Жыл бұрын
@@SanctusPaulus-ic5gl I dont know, its kind of sus
@PotDylan Жыл бұрын
@@josecarlo13OH How old are you?
@TheVisualice Жыл бұрын
This was really well made, turned out to be interesting as well, but what really stood out here for me was the narration and particularly the visuals, which were both elegant and made with dedication.
@WhiteCheddar. 11 ай бұрын
Agreed makes you wonder how beautiful the world might be had the Germans won...
@buffobison3099 10 ай бұрын
@@WhiteCheddar.dawg what, he’s talking about the animation style
@Chukz05 9 ай бұрын
@@WhiteCheddar. always that one weirdo
@masscreationbroadcasts Жыл бұрын
I just find the idea of Nazi tourism funny. "To your left you have the bonfire, please throw your guidance pamphlet in it".
@PakBallandSami Жыл бұрын
lmfao
@masscreationbroadcasts Жыл бұрын
@@ems4884 no, for two reasons. It's too on the nose, and it relates less to tourism. You're not given books when you're on a tour of something.
@nlpnt Жыл бұрын
The Eastern Front and the Russians were famously a threat that was held over German soldiers both by their own command and Western Allies holding them as POWs - in the 60 Minutes piece on the Ritchie Boys, one of them told of how since he spoke Russian and they somehow had hold of a Soviet officer's uniform. If an interrogation wasn't going well he'd barge in and demand, in Russian, to be handed his prisoner and that usually got the interviewee (a commissioned officer/Nazi Party member or even SS) to open right up so he could stay in the Yanks' hands.
@carlireland5049 2 ай бұрын
I cannot remember his name, but I read about that guy and a few days later I actually saw him at a University of Michigan football game on Veterans Day. He was actually a Jew who had been forced to flee Germany shortly before the Holocaust escalated, and accepted a job interrogating German soldiers because he understood the language and culture so well. (I think also understood Russian because his parents were Eastern Europeans who fled to Germany).
@soleenzo893 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating video, especially since i'm french and grew up in the paris suburbs and never learnt about this. My Grandfather was a mold sculptor (for metal, mater plastic etc) and got drafted for STO. I don't know when in the process but he "accidentally" broke a limb at work, and had to be sent home. I don't know much more as he died at 101 years old in 2011.
@eagle_and_the_dragon Жыл бұрын
What an age. Bless your late Grandfather 🙏
@Kamome163 Жыл бұрын
Wow, what a fascinating story. Beautiful video.
@pyeitme508 Жыл бұрын
Hi 👋
@CyrusBluebird Жыл бұрын
There's a videogame that lets you experience this sort of contradiction, "The Saboteur". It's a bit off, but no-where else can you win against the German occupiers in racing go-kart style. Also it's stylish nature, as if taking inspiration from this video.
@honeycrispTV Жыл бұрын
Also the fact you can just SHOVE nazis off of high ledges...even able to toss them off the Eiffel Tower. Best stealth kills ever.
@flyingaviator8158 Жыл бұрын
I remember playing it for it's stunning art design.
@4TheWinQuinn Жыл бұрын
I’m so glad someone immediately thought of that game as well! It oozes the same style as this video, so cool!
@noahjkeely 9 күн бұрын
The Saboteur does not get the credit it deserves
@Konfuzion Жыл бұрын
Nothing like a banger Imperial Video to start the day
@ca_rrier5258 Жыл бұрын
HEY ITS THE RUST GUY! YOU DO GEOPOLITICS???????
@PakBallandSami Жыл бұрын
same
@pierren___ Жыл бұрын
The expression "living like god in France" is a renaissance expression.
@pierren___ Жыл бұрын
Middle-age* even
@ninab.4540 Жыл бұрын
Are you just realising now how uncreative Facists are? They're stuck in the past but uncreative on their own. So they hurt in the name of nostalgia
@illyrian44 3 ай бұрын
@@ninab.4540you can't even spell "fascism" correctly lmfao
@valerietaylor9615 3 ай бұрын
@pietren- I thought it was German.
@Clippidyclappidy 14 күн бұрын
I think I still prefer “There is no hell, there is only France” -Frank Zappa
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@PakBallandSami Жыл бұрын
“to destroy Paris, warning his subordinate that the city "must not fall into the enemy's hand except lying in complete debris.” ― Charles River
@jonseilim4321 Жыл бұрын
This is the same as what the United States did to Manila or Saigon
@azypk Жыл бұрын
The irony is that France did the same exact same thing in Saigon
@brandonmorel2658 Жыл бұрын
This is the same as what the US did to every country it invaded. They did that to us. They are the new nazis, it just that liberalism and democracy are the narrative they like to peddle abroad, while engaging in imperialism and colonialism for the same economical and authoritarian reasons the Axis had. This is what the amerikkkan is.
@MaticTheProto Жыл бұрын
@@azypk and with Germany in a way, no?
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@isaacschmitt4803 9 ай бұрын
"Paris will never see it again." Bold statement, considering recent history. . .
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@lovelylavenderr Жыл бұрын
I recently visited Paris a few months ago and imagining Wehrmacht jackboots marching down the same streets as I did, or drunk men stumbling through the same alleyways I did, all clad in cold, stone grey uniforms, and all the while the French inhabitants of the city starved and struggled through the occupation are thoughts that give me deep chills. Great video.
@atransarcticfox Жыл бұрын
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@nonameacc Жыл бұрын
@@atransarcticfox already did tho
@atransarcticfox Жыл бұрын
@@nonameacc you will never touch a woman
@nonameacc Жыл бұрын
@@atransarcticfox you sound like a broken record tho
@Valskyr 3 ай бұрын
@@atransarcticfoxironic because you will never be a woman lol xd
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@ThePresentPast_ Жыл бұрын
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@PakBallandSami Жыл бұрын
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Beautiful video and a well-told story!
@tintin323 Жыл бұрын
Franz in Paris is the next Netflix show we can hope for, now
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@haidenlotze7530 Жыл бұрын
There was something akin to this in one of the Recent Wolfenstein Games. I forget which city it was in, but you read a letter, and it’s of a nazi soldier/veteran who vacationed to California or something and was remarking about it in a similar manner to the people you mentioned in the video. Wild that it actually had some historical basis, makes it all the more impactful for me.
@MaxRamos8 7 ай бұрын
Wolfenstein young blood is set in Paris
@nlpnt Жыл бұрын
I'd heard of KdF through the role it was to play in the distribution (and funding!) of the Volkswagen but not so much of their main thing. Speaking of cars, the picture of the Folies-Bergeres at 6:00 has a postwar ('49-52ish) Chevrolet passing by in front.
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@TheRealDoctorBonkus Жыл бұрын
Wonderful and well-informing video. I'm a bit surprise about the remark that "nowhere else could soldiers experience this so-and-so". It is my understanding, that the occupation of Denmark and the Netherlands was quite peaceful for the occupiers as well. Of course, Amsterdam and Copenhagen couldn't match the luxery of Paris, but Denmark was the so-called "Whipped cream-front" and "butter-front" as well because of the peaceful bounty of dairy products and, on the surface at least, easy-going locals.
@augustosolari7721 Жыл бұрын
I think the city was at its Best during the occupation aesthetically: fuel rationing means no Cars, no contamination and cleaner air.
@pretzelstick320 10 ай бұрын
I’d say the 1890s-1910s would be better. All the benefits of low/zero cars without the Nazis. The French people would have been happy during this time.
@baconpancakes8899 Ай бұрын
Very beautifully written documentary
@MrWick-el4wk 10 ай бұрын
you could also add music you used in video, great vid btw
@MrPolonaise Жыл бұрын
Please, what is the name of the songs that were used during the chapters: The French Experience and The End of Tourism?
@ralphabona2587 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely stunning work! Is there any way we can send donations or support in any other way?
@khuy5327 2 күн бұрын
The thumbnail is splendid 👌
@kenchen3674 Жыл бұрын
great video
@actuallywetsocks2374 Жыл бұрын
AMAZING VIDEO
@nlpnt Жыл бұрын
I'd suggest leaving the full French graphic unpacking STO on screen for a full second or so, I figured you didn't mean "Service des transports de l'Outaouais" but that's what I usually unpack it to...
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