14. März 1945 - The ruins of cologne: seltene Luftaufnahmen

[daplaya88]

my home :,-(

[mariadelamor21]

Demoledor! Estas imágenes valen más que todas las palabras.

[justaflyguy3]

Kaboom!

[Cellueh]

Eigentlich hat der Uploader ein Like für dieses Video verdient. Aber es fällt mir schwer, zu liken, wenn es um die zerstörte Heimatstadt geht.

Da kommt wirklich Wehmut auf.

Was ist der Mensch bloß für eine Bestie, dass er zu sowas imstande ist?

Köln, auch wenn du heute hässlich bist, ich werde dich immer lieben.

[corn1971]

Considering how much was rebuilt in other cities devastated by the war, the urban planning that took place in post war Köln should be considered a war crime. A 2000 year old city that has more in common with American strip mall development than it's own history. Sadly it is one of the ugliest cities architecturally in Germany today.

[markhendy39]

I can"t believe some of the comments on this video. Why do Germans insist on playing the victim over ww2? Nazism was not one man"s will it was the belief of a nation. And to consistently insist no one knew about the death camp horrors is ridiculous,

[justaflyguy3]

@markhendy39 Excellent comment friend. Ditto...

[TheDASChris]

@markhendy39 Cologne was one of the cities that tried to get rid of fascism. Also once the nazis were in power it was notl ike the Gemrans could vote to get rid of them. Germany was overtaken by criminals. Sure not every single German back than was innocent. BUt I am certain that the majority grew tired of the war quiet fast. The bo,bing of cities like cologne was a war crime...it really was. But on some level I just thing it was neccessary. A bit too excessive though.

[TheDASChris]

@markhendy39 The Amercans could have spared a lot of civilians by not over doing their bomber raids.

[plunderpunk]

Beautiful Cologne. What was done to you because of one mans will?

[shetlandwool]

America will never be enemy of Germany again. They will be friends. England will be devastated worse then this. No one will be able to find London again. British power will be ended forever. All this is about to happen, as the world war 3 will be fast, furious and all-destructive. It is a big war against invading Russia (and China). No more bomber Harris. England will be finished, and Germany will be great.

[chanctonbury63]

@shetlandwool Er, what??

[Typingthreewords]

I live in Cologne! I recognized most of the places and streets in that movie, that is very creepy! The Old Opera got destroid in the mid 50s, reputed it was to difficult to restore ... of course a lie. Now you can see a very ugly hotel at that place, and the new opera built at another place doesn't look any better.

[OurBomberHarris]

GOD BLESS THE QUEEN SIR ARTHUR HARRIS AND ENGLAND

[TheStatQuo]

im livin now here :D

[shelbijack]

This is my Home town. I was born there in 1943:-((((

[jvsjvsb]

@Archin04 Some stuff has been restored but come on, resoted and original are two different things. Let alone still and forever so much was just gone. If the cities wouldnt have been destroyed by britain/us Berlin, Dresden, Köln, etc. would have been THE prettiest cities in Europe.

[MrNamchebazar]

That film is so clear it looks almost 3d

[Aphone3Gs]

Als ob wirklich im jeden Haus Nazis waren hauptsache alles kaputtgebombt das nenne ich Kriegsverbrechen!

Heute noch findet man Blindgânger was wâre wenn diese auch damals hochgingen?

[Pepar1000]

Nicht vergessen: Warschau, Rotterdam, Coventry sogar Teile von London sahen auch nicht anders aus.

Don't forget: Warsaw, Rotterdam, Coventry, even parts of London looked the same.

[FranzLudwigErthal]

@Pepar1000 Doch, Sie sahen anders aus. Die veheerenden Branbombenabwürfe, die ganze Städte verbrannten (Dresden, Pforzheim, Würzburg uvm.) hat es erst ab Ende 1944 gegeben und diese richteten sich ausschließlich gegen die Zivilbevölkerung, also Frauen und Kinder. Ziel in Coventry waren Industrieanlagen. Kathedrale und umliegende Wohngebiete wurden zwar billigend mitgetroffen, dies war jedoch nicht Ziel des Angriffs.

To put it in other words: Poor over re-educated fellow!

[kwasind11]

amidst all this destruction, both here and around the world, it is beyond belief how much the world bankers (they funded both sides of this and other wars) gained, both in monetary wealth and global power. Please research the activities of the world bankers in all wars of the past 100 years, and you will be shocked, and come to know more about the wars we enter into.

[EdwardRommel]

@kwasind11 That is a common fallacy...that Bankers like war.

In 1914 "the City" financial district of London begged the British PM Asquith to keep Britain out of WW1...even if it meant abandoning Belgium and not honoring the Belgian Neutrality Treaty of 1839.

So clearly bankers do NOT like war...but why is that?....because wars disrupt all business, commerce and trade.

sure arms manufacturers make money...like Krupp, Skoda, or Mauser...but Bankers do not really make money on wars.

[kwasind11]

@EdwardRommel this may be a good place to start,

youtube.com/watch?v=8F4IGwuKdU­Q

[MrLasicak]

Every man and nation has its own devil in its soul. Germans let him act thru nacism, my nation thru komunism. I hope this century will not bring such disaster in Europe again.

[kwasind11]

@MrLasicak It is already coming from the world bankers, the same people that brought all major wars in recent history, (they funded both sides) and this time it will be very destructive on the human level

[EarlyRave84]

@ 2.22

[cyberOwwwOecho]

Absolutely unneccessary bombing especially in 1945. The only effect: Killing women, kids and destruction of historical substance.

So this pictures are more comprehensible.

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[Bearhawke42]

And that sign at 2:32 was prophetic: by 1950 W Germany was well on the road to recovery.

[dearmalika]

So trostlos und traurig, und trotzdem hat sich Deutschland wieder hoch gerackert!

Aber bitte Nie wieder Krieg!

[corn1971]

I live in Cologne now, it is so sad how much was lost. So much beautiful architecture forever gone, replaced with ugly 50s modernist block buildings. The horror that Hitler unleashed in the world came back to Germany so many times over. So much history, culture and life lost.

[mutley0777]

Good old Harris

[michelgerfaut]

- lindenthalguertel, aber noch weit vor zuelpicher straBe

- rudolphplatz richtung stadtauswaerts, anfang aachenerstr (gut zu erkennen: ringbahn und pavillion alte staatsoper)

- ring zwischen zuelpicher platz und rudolphplatz (ansicht staatsoper fassade)

- letze einstellung (mit menschen): ringe blick rudolphplatz richtung  christophstraBe

[KnusperhexeRosmer]

@michelgerfaut Wir hatten aber nie 'ne Staatsoper, das ist einfach das alte Opernhaus, das die Deppen 1958 abgerissen haben, s. auf youtube: "The Cologne Titanic - das alte Kölner Opernhaus"

[lesparisien]

der erste teil ist auf dem gürtel. ich vermute zwischen zülpicher und aachenerstrasse.der zweite teil ist die aachenerstrasse zwischen universitätsstrasse und melatengürtel.der dritte teil müsste der rudolfplatz richtung aachenerstr. sein. denrest habe ich nicht erkannt.

[JojoZombiie]

krass :/

[rockmann]

Hey, the cathedral is still mostly in one piece. Can't ask for much more considering the circumstances.

[peterp964]

That`s what happens when you set out to enslave the world.

[arrant972]

@peterp964 Ditto!

[alexandre210613]

Putain de guerre ! 5***** à ce docu qui en dit long sur ce conflit (...)

[physikphilosoph]

Wie? Nichtmal das Hahnentor (Rudolfplatz) bei 3.11?

[alphaknight666]

Wo kann man übers Ruhrgebiet solche Aufnahmen finden?

[boeserodi]

oh mein Gott, kaum vorstellbar, ich bin 1975 geboren, also 30 Jahre danach. Was sind 30 Jahre in der Geschichte. NIEMALS WIEDER KRIEG

[LordOfJoy]

Aaah, humans! What a lovely species! See, what great things they can achieve!

[Alparfan]

Vielen Dank!

[Alparfan]

Kannst du mir bitte den Titel der Spiegel-TV Sendung bzw. des Filmes nennen.

[Mikosch2]

If the allies hadnt done this to our cities, Hitler would have kept on doing this to our minds, which would have been much, much, worse.

Greetings from Cologne,

Mike

[rainbowcrabb]

It's the punishment for all they have done to other countries.... murderers, criminals killing, raping women and children... these days they show programs on the TV where old Germans cry and act like a victims while actually you started the most horrible inhuman destructive conflict this planet has ever seen !!!!!!

[claymator101]

@rainbowcrabb The majority of the German public was not aware of the atrocities that occurred at the death camps

[RiCoYaYo53]

@rainbowcrabb how can you say this shit?if hitler have been an englishman, the english people would have done the same like the germans did. he was a crazy genius. he could had done this to every country! also with great britan! and maybe you would have been one of his ss soldiers if you would be a german who lived in the early 1940s! think about that! the father of my mother once said "hitler will lose the war". because of saying this, he had to hide himself until the war was over.

[TheDASChris]

@rainbowcrabb When you gaze long enough into the abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

[STAENZ4LIFE]

@Mikosch2 no its proven that the bomb war on civil targets like cologne was just counterproductive in ideological warfare, it only approved hitlers propaganda and made many doubting germans to straight nazis again.

[GregOpera]

Cologne was one of the eldest and most beautiful but unfortunately also the most destroyed german town. The population sank from 800.000 to 104.000. Almost 98 % of the buildings were damaged or blown away.

Although my family lost many members due to bombing, we never hated the Allies. We thanked God, when the Americans arrived and the war was at an end.

Please notice: At Cologne Hitler received less voices than in any other town. And there was more underground resistance than anywhere else.

[dafonk1973]

@GregOpera Just one example for Cologne's underground resistance were the "Edelweißpiraten". There's a plaque at Ehrenfeld trainstation to remember this youth resistance group and other victims of the nazi regime which were killed here without any judgement. Barthel Schink was 16 years old at the time like most of the members of the Edelweißpiraten or of the "Ehrenfelder Gruppe"...

[KnusperhexeRosmer]

Cologne was the most destroyed german town. But one might also see, that the "Ringstraße" was not that totally damaged like the "Altstadt" was.

Thanks for posting this. At 2:58 there is the Opera at the right corner and at 4.34 it is quite obvius, that this building could have been reconstucted. But thanks to modern town planning it was blown away:-((((

[FranzLudwigErthal]

@KnusperhexeRosmer Cologne was the most destroyed german town. Dresden and Wuerzburg also were the most destroyed german townes. Pforzheim burned down to the most destroyed german town....and so on. Every town was the most destroyed german town, because they decided in 1945 - as the show already was coming to an end - to reduce us, to cut us down to a demographic, economic level, they could deal with. No second Versailles. No Reparations this time. But total destruction and overkill. Babykillers

[jvsjvsb]

@FranzLudwigErthal Agree with you. It was just done to cut off the potentially strong european player, british forces along us ones on purpose bombed to destroy all the cultural treasure of Germany and kill people. I hate britain and hope it will hit them back for that. Such a pity so many gorgeous German cities being destroyed :(

[corn1971]

@jvsjvsb And what happened in Antwerp, Warsaw or countless other cities during the hey day of the German blitzkrieg? It is a tragedy that so much is lost in German culture because of the war Germany began. I lament that my city of Köln looks as it does today and not as it did prior to 1933. When mad men control the levers of power, humanity loses great accomplishments.

[chanctonbury63]

@corn1971 Very true.