I must add that I find Skorzeny a genuinely frightening man, this is a guy who could do the business.....I wouldn't fancy my chances against him. Unlike the snivelling weasels like Barbie, Eichmann and Mengele who I would gladly have 5 mins alone with in a small room, Skorzeny, Nzi that he was, was a soldier, not a sick, sadistic little prick.
Skorzeny was nothing but a fake war hero. Just for propaganda. You can´t compare him with Mayer or Wittmann. It was the paratroopers who rescue Mussolini, not Skorzeny!!! Germany had many great Knight's Cross holder but Skorzeny wasn´t one of those - not even near!
he was too much an individual warrior (Höttl) for managing a n intelligence-commando-team, but as a junior (old) officer in Russia, (enlisted in Waffen SS) he had an enormous reputation. a kind of sergeant York. alone taking large groups of prisoners. and he had skills that wittman could not have, also after the war...
let's see the truth...Dietrich could have been a captain in 1919, as all those snobbed non academical Waffen SS generals.
Skorzeny is up there with Peiper, Wittmann and Meyer as the best Nazi Germany had to offer in terms of professional soldiering and loyalty. People often judge these men against a modern moral paradigm, but they have to be considered amidst the times they lived in. They did what they did better than almost anyone else, and for that, I admire them. The brutal honesty with which Herr Skorzeny speaks is refreshing also. However much I despise his politics, I salute his professionalism.
The gifted Belgian leader and SS combat hero describes the heroism, high standards and fervent comradeship that made Waffen SS the most storied and the most calumniated fighting force of World War II. This is a special translated narration, in English, of Degrelle's video presentation at the Fourth IHR Conference, 1982.
Mr Skorzeny, you have been here in Madrid for 10 years now, what do you do here?
S: I've got a engineering office here and work primarily in the steel and machinery business
S: the first two gliders were supposed to provide cover for me and the fourth glider with my man for the advance
S: I accepted that accusation, because it is every soldiers duty to prolong the war or rather to endure it, as long as it is ordered. If it is reasonable, has to be decided by history
todo un caballero y de trato afable y correctisimo nunca fue fanatico de nada pero si un gran soldado y un patriota aleman- España la acogio y nunca ningun intelectual ni escritor se opuso a su presencia
Fascinating, and he's multi-lingual too. I just wish my French and German were as good as his.
EvilSirJasper 1 week ago
Now that was true James Bond type character. Only in real life!
Quex01 2 weeks ago
@Quex01 Very well said. The man is a legend.
shasha1873 2 weeks ago
Another intersting from the same periode is Leon Degrelle youtube.com/watch?v=_NbHFEKGLPc&skipcontrinter=1
inpersonaDK 2 months ago
Er spricht auf gut Deutsch und Franzoesisch...und er war vom Hungar gekommt.
dasUBootVII 2 months ago
@dasUBootVII What?! My friend... do not use google translator!
HolgerLovesMusic 2 months ago
@HolgerLovesMusic ...never have, try again.
dasUBootVII 2 months ago
Sehe den Schmiszmark...ganz der Soldat
dasUBootVII 2 months ago
do you have english transcripts
eliotbernstein 2 months ago
I must add that I find Skorzeny a genuinely frightening man, this is a guy who could do the business.....I wouldn't fancy my chances against him. Unlike the snivelling weasels like Barbie, Eichmann and Mengele who I would gladly have 5 mins alone with in a small room, Skorzeny, Nzi that he was, was a soldier, not a sick, sadistic little prick.
tiger2995 2 months ago
@tiger2995
Skorzeny was nothing but a fake war hero. Just for propaganda. You can´t compare him with Mayer or Wittmann. It was the paratroopers who rescue Mussolini, not Skorzeny!!! Germany had many great Knight's Cross holder but Skorzeny wasn´t one of those - not even near!
railboy77 2 months ago
@railboy77 Ja-ein...das stimmt nicht ganz.
he was too much an individual warrior (Höttl) for managing a n intelligence-commando-team, but as a junior (old) officer in Russia, (enlisted in Waffen SS) he had an enormous reputation. a kind of sergeant York. alone taking large groups of prisoners. and he had skills that wittman could not have, also after the war...
let's see the truth...Dietrich could have been a captain in 1919, as all those snobbed non academical Waffen SS generals.
TheThiudareiks 2 months ago
Skorzeny is up there with Peiper, Wittmann and Meyer as the best Nazi Germany had to offer in terms of professional soldiering and loyalty. People often judge these men against a modern moral paradigm, but they have to be considered amidst the times they lived in. They did what they did better than almost anyone else, and for that, I admire them. The brutal honesty with which Herr Skorzeny speaks is refreshing also. However much I despise his politics, I salute his professionalism.
tiger2995 2 months ago
@tiger2995 You forgot Leon Degrelle
The gifted Belgian leader and SS combat hero describes the heroism, high standards and fervent comradeship that made Waffen SS the most storied and the most calumniated fighting force of World War II. This is a special translated narration, in English, of Degrelle's video presentation at the Fourth IHR Conference, 1982.
inpersonaDK 2 months ago
dodostrongg-Thanx for posting. I have two books about his military operations but had never seen or heard him speak before.
Flickchaser 3 months ago
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Skorzeny didn´t deserve the Knight's Cross!!! His Knight's Cross is a shame for Germanys true war heroes!
railboy77 3 months ago
but I think the time for that has not come yet, personally however I do not regret it
would you do the same thing again today?
S: I can tell you that I would do the exact same thing again today
no idea about the last part :D
therealbamlee 3 months ago
Mr Skorzeny, you have been here in Madrid for 10 years now, what do you do here?
S: I've got a engineering office here and work primarily in the steel and machinery business
S: the first two gliders were supposed to provide cover for me and the fourth glider with my man for the advance
S: I accepted that accusation, because it is every soldiers duty to prolong the war or rather to endure it, as long as it is ordered. If it is reasonable, has to be decided by history
therealbamlee 3 months ago
English translation would be nice ...
slippery396 3 months ago
If I was Hitler, I would have had this man no more than 10 meters away from me at all times!
MrDavkoz 3 months ago
When he stares at you and smiles, it puts a shiver to anybody's spine!
healer378 3 months ago
so ist es mein freund
TheServechilled 4 months ago
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He is a war criminal. Shame on those who call him a soldier.
Elxan1966 4 months ago
A very intelligent man no doubt, speaks french fluently, but most of all a soldier. No wonder the US had such an interest in him.
helmfer 4 months ago
what year is this interview ??????????????????
UCN2027 4 months ago
Are ther any English translations regarding this interview ?
MrHelmyabdullah 5 months ago
An interesting character.
Lachausis 5 months ago
todo un caballero y de trato afable y correctisimo nunca fue fanatico de nada pero si un gran soldado y un patriota aleman- España la acogio y nunca ningun intelectual ni escritor se opuso a su presencia
bluexxg 5 months ago
Ein Held der Waffen SS! *****5*****
EdelweissRS 6 months ago
@EdelweissRS
Ein Held des Reichs
mdg
allesscheisse88 4 months ago
U R Welcome my friend...um happy u like it =D
dodostrongg 7 months ago
Thank you so much for sharing these!
dwicky9000 7 months ago