Unboxing An Ominous Nazi Relic!
My first unboxing video - a splendid chap called Robert Wild has sent me something rather interesting from California that originated in Nazi Germany...what will I discover in the box? Tune in to find out...
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now when i open an amazon box, that intro music will play in the background!
I can pretty much guarantee you that once bezos removes, by means of a government santioned monopoly, all competitors that his prices will go up and not be so cheap anymore. But...but...but i am free to spend my money where ever i want. Indeed you are. Just dont do any moaning when the above mentioned day comes. Bezos already all but wiped out book shops so it wont be long.
@@suminshizzles6951The two big supermarkets in Australia, Woolworths and Coles are starting to get nervous about how big Amazon are getting in Australia because they see a threat to their cozy duopoly over the majority of the Australian supermarket and fresh food market share. Amazon is developing Distribution Centres in each state or territory or multiple centres as warranted and Coles and Woolworths are worried that Amazon could if they develop a frozen and fresh food annex to their centres then they will be able to fight for market share in the developing home delivery market, the Shop, Click, Delivery market which grew significantly in Australia during Covid thanks to several Lockdowns particularly in Melbourne. Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
lmao 😂😂😂😂
@@suminshizzles6951 "Baldrick you are to report for Potato duty and you will stay there until your mind is cleared of such frivolous conspiracy theories!"
FWIW, that song is free in the Y/T creators studio
My father is from Chemnitz, Germany where his father owned an apartment building. One of the tenants was his aunt who was a Luftschutz warden. After the war the family left for America, but her and her husband decided to stay, and she would remain there until her death in the mid 1990's. When Germany was unified my father was notified that title of the building was restored to him and he had to make several trips back and forth. Every time he came home, I was like a kid in a candy store because she had kept every item that she used in the function of her job. She had multiple helmets, her identification book (similar to a small lightweight soldbuch), blue armband, bread bag with oversized canteen, asbestos mop, gas mask canister, belt buckle and the Luftschutz Hausepotke (oversized metal first aid kit mounted to the wall with every item still included). My favorite item however was a photo my father took of her in her late 80's proudly wearing her Luftschutz helmet on her head for the last time.
Now THAT'S pretty damn cool, quite remarkable how she not only still even had all of those different items, but that they were all basically completely intact, and probably, more or less, just about in the same state as they were back then (after 80+/- years)!! Thanks for sharing
How cool! Do you still have them?
Always heard that the Soviets admired the East Germans, as they seemed to demonstrate the most zeal at trying to make Communism actually work (but history shows that no matter how hard they tried, they were always defeated by human nature).
@@tierneylogan5943 Absolutely, positively, you bet! All under glass along with many other personal family items including the wind-up kitchen clock that was on the wall when the city was bombed in March 1945. My grandfather was MIA on the Eastern Front in 1945 after being there since 1941. The Soviets took the best item from the building when they took his brand-new Ford Taunus that he had purchased before the war started.
Interesting times in Chemnitz these days 😬
We got mark felton unboxing before gta 6
Seems like everything is possible, but not the release of that game :D
LMAO !!!
Sure
I half expected Hermann Fegelein to jump out the box
"Fegelein! Fegelein! Fegelein!!!!!!" 😂
@@vitapont7338 BRINGEN SIE MIR FEGELEIN!!
I think he's a bit dead to do that..
I hope he's at least wearing clothes.
@@vitapont7338 bringen Sie mir Fegelein!!
At first I thought that the tiny plaque was a bit underwhelming. But it turned out to be another nicely done history lesson by Dr Felton. Bravo!
I swear Mark Felton sounds so much more British while unboxing
You’re right. More Posh?
I think he changes his accent a bit more so us Yanks can understand him better!,,lol.
Great job tying in a seemingly modern concept with historical context. This is why history should never be forgotten, but rather studied intensely and valued. Thank you.
In Australia the Labour government, has just passed a law that, wait for it yes the new law prohibits the sale, trading, buying of any WW2 Nazi memorabilia.Anything with a Swastka on it even German rifles/pistols with the same as a proof mark. Making Aussie collections valueless with heavy fines for breaking the law! Talk about trying to hid and rewrite history. All in the name of hate crimes.
Bertrand Russell on how fascism starts, "First they fascinate the fools and then they muzzle the intelligent". Never heard that one before but it's short, simple and spot on...
Rather like the way Woke Globalists operate today, wouldn’t you agree? No, you probably wouldn’t.
Sounds like exactly what is going on again now
Another of Hitler's alter egos was the sorcerer Rasputin, who seduced every eligible female member of the Russian Imperial Family only to have them assassinated. He then installed his puppet Communist government in their place. That's why he was preparing for war so far in advance. He wasn't concerned about losing because the victors were his puppet delegates anyway, which he could use to covertly expand Nazi influence just when everyone thought the threat had abated. It wasn't about victory vs. defeat. It was about preventing unnecessary casualties from sloth and carelessness. After all the support for his power was Germany's enormous population by European standards.
No idea why the first Upload of this was removed, i guess KZhead being KZhead, but i repeat my Comment: I work as Historian here in Munich, Germany as well as collect such Items myself and this one is one of those overlooked Items by most Collectors, i personally do enjoy them so i'm happy to see you got one and appreciate it! Now for those curious what this Item is all about: The Reichsluftschutzbund started to organise yearly ""Entrümpelungen" which translates to "de-clutterings" for Citizens in the Reich and make the People put the Items, Furniture etc. the don't really need anymore infront of their House so People in need of them can pick them up. We still do this today in Germany, but on a private voluntary basis of course. It's a yearly thing, especially in rural Areas where it helps build Community. I also learned from yesterdays Responses that this is also done in the USA and im sure in many other Countries, which is nice to hear! Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps
There was tracking and sending information that was not covered up in the original one
@@Trek001 Ah i see, yeah KZhead can be difficult and it's easy to overlook things like this as a Content Creator
@@chartreux1532 LOL! Felton screwed it up on his own, as usual. And now he's posting this fake unboxing video in which he pretends to open the box for the first time (it might even be at least the third time around)...!
@@frontenac5083 His production's been very polished up til now from what I've seen. He tried something new to keep it interesting and made a mistake, then corrected it. Whoopie dooo, the man's not infallible like the vast majority of humanity. Does it never get boring living with a perfect success rate as you apparently do?
Interesting to hear how Germany does this. I'm American and live in a trailer park. I had a car up on blocks in my front yard and a couple of douche-sticks thought it was Entrüpelung, so they tried dragging it away with their pickup, but this led to a shootout between me and the douche-sticks. Thankfully, I got both of them before they got me and my car is still in my front yard. Hey Germans, please keep your Entrüpelung to yourself - It don't work over here.
Only Mark Felton fans will appreciate the constant muttering mannerisms of a historian opening relics without cutting his finger.
I swear I watched this yesterday
He may have removed it for some reason and re-deployed it.
Groundhogs day
If you notice the packaging on the front of the box in the original video, there was information located on the shipping labels. At least enough to track, possibly. The re-upload contains the covered shipping labels.
He did, this time he covered up the information on the postage label.
@davidjeriepa8325 good spot. I was wondering what was different.
I'll say it again Mark has one of THE most important channels on all of KZhead.
Fascinating Mark. I like the creeping notion of State Obey.... so common today.
Mark Felton’s next video: Opening a relic the Nazis fought over but was ultimately taken by the US government where it has been in a warehouse for 80 years being worked on by “top men”.
There must've been thousands of these 'pass' plates all over the Reich.
It belongs in a museum!
Top men
"TOP....men..."
That would be an awesome spoof video...
Born in 1960 and growing up in (formerly occupied) Luxembourg, there were similar items of "petty nastyness" left all over the place, but also, every adult a witness who could explain them. And I can confirm, that behaviour got noted; I found some local government papers, one stating "unemployed, should be forced to work" and another " joined the party, but never wears the badge or shows up at meetings." Still probably have some items, if I dig in the attic.
We hear.modern day fascists insisting that the unemployed should be forced to work
Please dig!
I collect WW1 & WW2 militeria myself, History must be preserved. That's a really nice piece and was extremely kind of them to gift it to you.
I have a 1980 potato gun, interessen?
My WW2 vet father brought back approximately 35 pieces of German militaria "memorabilia".... the collection will go to my son....
@@DaveSCameron From the Irish resistance?
Thanks Mark ! My imagination was running wild before the actual reveal. I would never have guessed the psychology behind this seemingly simple plaque, but as you indicated they were upto their tricks even then.
I never realized how often Germans used the word fuhrer until I started watching this channel. Since I’m about 3/8 German, I’d like to be referred to der hund wachter fuhrer whenever I let the dog outside to do her business. She is a German Wirehaired Pointer as well. I’ve owned 26 of these pointers in my life, they have a great sense of humor.
I am suddenly very proud of the clutter in my flat! 😎
Freedom fighter you are!
very kind of this person to share this item with you. Whoever it is, they knew the proper research and explanation would be provided. Thanks for making this video Dr.Felton
This should absolutely be a regular channel thing. The anticipation is amazing. One of the greatest reveals in history...Dr. Felton is a lefty!
Whew! At first I thought you meant left wing.
Indeed! And why am I not surprised?
@@whatever3749 The Left wing is against history on principle. What it wants -- and on social media is increasingly getting -- is, in Orwell's words, "an endless present in which the Party is always right."
All of your videos have been excellent. But this one surpassed them all with its historical relevance and the cautionary tale you skillfully painted into the narrative.
Mark got sent two of those signs - bonus 😉
Ohhh it was such a surprise to find out that what's in this box is exactly the same as what was in yesterday's box! My original comment still applies... Thanks extended to the anonymous donor. Enjoyed this video and would love to see more of the "What is it and what is it for?" format. Now... what will be in tomorrow's box??!! :)
Dr Felton, I appreciate how you can devote an entire episode based off of one artifact.
Best unboxing ever!
Dr. Felton, thank you for another wonderful history lesson, particularly the points that you made about virtue-signaling and its relationship to totalitarianism. In your hands, a small item tells a big story. Bravo!
Virtue signalling indeed. Always remember the Kramer AIDS ribbon Seinfeld episode.
I'm fairly certain the fear of fascist, real, totalitarianism, resides to the the right of that comical script. It was a great episode though.
BOB: Who? Who does not want to wear the ribbon?
Alsatiagent-zu1rx.... Actually, it shows an accurate view of thought shaping and virtue signaling, leading to total control. The Seinfeld episode fits this concern perfectly.
@@Alsatiagent-zu1rx woke mob, far right, catholic curch, puritans, ccp, ussr, nazis, etc. Its a form of social control. Everyone does it.
@@Alsatiagent-zu1rx its a form of social control. Everyone in power or aspiring for power does it, always have and always will.
Mark is such a gent. I would have faked an unboxing with a bobblehead Geobbels doll or something. Nice to see relics of the behind the scenes of the times. Thank you Mark. I still think you should be nominated for Knighthood.
This one is a new one! We never See Doctor Felton do an unboxing Or live video... followed by the History
Not new. He posted this same video yesterday 🤣🤣
Thanks for this. I live in a neighborhood in Baltimore surrounded by tireless busybodies, most with serious cases of Venetian-blind sunburn. A friend who lived in Germany for many years told me about Blockfuhrers. The BF on my block is from Germany! Apparently 1945 wasn't the end of it. Virtue signaling indeed,
That is an excellent definition...venetian-blind sunburn ..made me laugh...thanks.
Mark felton must do some more WW1 content. Many forgotten facts and battles in that war.
Agreed. I enjoyed the videos about the Kaiser’s exile and his uniforms. I would love to see more videos about the Central Powers and their royal families.
I think the most surprising element of this unboxing is that Dr. Felton is still allowed to own a knife....
My knife-safety senses were screaming during that unboxing. Glad you still have ten fingers, Mark 😎
I still say that I expected a bright light to come out of that box and to melt Dr Felton
Interesting as always. I wouldnt mind a video of what you have collected over the years. I have a Christmas Card from WW1, it was sent from my great grandmother in Belfast to her son my Grandad who served on HMS Warspite. The Christmas card shows a Swallow flying with a ribbon hanging from its mouth, from the ribbon hangs a Swaztika . I keep it under glass to protect it, it does cause a stirr when people see the Swaztika untill i explain it to them. Love to our videos
Badge/sign of peace, back then, til misappropriated by the Corporal and his mate with the bottle bottoms.
The swastika in WW1 was not really associated with the Germans. I wonder if the card was from the boy scouts, as the swastika was a symbol used by Britains scouts of that time?
This is pretty cool, would like to see more relics in your own collection!
About 15 years ago I was at an antique mall in Michigan, USA and saw a Luftschutz helmet in super condition, but it appeared to have a bullet hit in the side above where the temple would be. I knew nothing about such things then and passed it over as I had no clue if it was original or not. I still think about it every once in a while, one of those missed buys. Thanks for the reminder Mark, haha!
Never heard of these plaques. And it is chilling that they started this in 1934. Would be interesting to know if any Germans who caught on had mentioned this in period letters that got out of the country and if any Allied news media talked about it. Great video! Very cool of the family to share this item! 👍
Amazing, a simple sign and then an in depth explanation. Mark could make an interesting lecture about anything that has even remote historical significance.
Interesting that the Germans had a similar civil defense service at the time. In the US we had the US Citizen's Defense Corps, air raid wardens wore white WWI style "doughboy" helmets with a the US civil defense logo. At the time it was suspected that Axis forces might be able to reach North America. My great grandfather was an air raid warden in Dayton, Ohio and it was his job to go around during blackouts to make sure people had all sources of light turned out at night. I believe my grandmother still has the helmet in her attic.
Great to hear a story about aspects of WWII never covered by other historians.
They weren't having much luck putting out those incendiaries. It's interesting that they had this organisation, it meant that (as Mark said) they were expecting to be bombed - which in turn strongly suggests that they would also be the ones doing the bombing!🧐
4:30 "Already preparing for air-raids"... I went to a German friend's birthday party in a village near Mannheim and the house and street were constructed in the mid 1930's with an air raid shelter for all of the street's residents underneath the Block Warden's house which was at one end. Also, each house had a fruit tree planted in the garden. (On the subject of preparting for war, in England in 1938 the Goverment strengthed road bridges leading to/from ammunition factories).
Mark, your content is astonishingly good. You make people (those who will listen, anyway) appreciate how history lives TODAY. HE WHO FAILS TO LEARN FROM HISTORY IS DOOMED TO REPEAT IT.
He who does learn from history may decide to repeat the bits of it that he likes !
Every time I hear that music, I know I am in for a treat.
In the words of Father Ted: “Nothing from the Allied side, Father?”
Wonderful gift! My grandparents, (Both Americans) served in WWII. My grandfather was in the North African theater. My grandmother was a volunteer in the American Red Cross in Southern Italy. We have both of their "dog tags", my Grandfather's helmet, and lots of other items. My parents met in Italy on the Adriatic Sea Coast during a hiatus. They married in Wisconsin after the war. We have my grandmother's medals from her service, and a photograph taken of her, and one high-up Army man standing on the wing of a downed Nazi plane. Grandma is standing next to the swastika on the plane. She made an album of many days during the war. I am now just beginning to appreciate all this.
Next unboxing video from Dr. Felton: "A viewer sent me a sword they found in an unmarked grave in Berlin! (Definitely not Heydrich's or Himmler's!)" 😅
Wouldn't be the first time that sword was "unboxed" recently but they're probably still trying to get the smell out of it. "Sponsored by Febreeze".
I had a Luftschutz Helmet ( M40 ) for years. Paid $2.00 for it 1968 ! In 1986 I gave it to a Latvian Friend whose Father had been pressed into Service to man an anti-aircraft gun at 15.
Mark Felton opens another new dimension to "unboxing videos"
They do a bunch of these on The History Underground channel. If you liked this, you'll definitely like some of the stuff that they unbox on that channel.
@@bluewave9156Thank you for the tip. It's the first time I actually want to watch unboxing videos.
I always smirk at the pratts such as at 5:54, stomping along with their ridiculous goose stepping, utterly undignified. What did they think they looked like?
Pratts?
My grandfather was in the RLB I suspect, not sure at what rank, though likely the lowest rank (he would have not had any high aspirations within the regime as he was in secret going against quite a few regime laws. The family originally came from the left and my great uncle lost an arm in violent clashes against the SA in the streets of Berlin at one point). His duty was to stay on top of the house they lived in (also Berlin) to spot fires in the neighbourhood during air raids. I can't really imagine a much more scary role during an ongoing air raid. Thanks for the show and tell!
It's amazing how insidious the whole control obedience (whatever) process is. Scary. A serious point with great substance. Also ' Put that ruddy light out!' becomes "Extinguish that reddish light" in German through Google translate. Wonderfully inglorious. It's been keeping me amused
Having been forced to watch several unboxing US-made videos by my daughter (LOL dolls, squishier and god only knows what else) .. I found Felton’s dry lack of awe and amazement, very satisfyingly British. A cup of tea is in order.. :D
Amazing. I've learned so much more about German history from you than ever at school - expecially these peculiar things that are so often overlooked. Thanks so much for that!
Fantastic episode, Doc, well done. When the dude said he wanted to send you something in that comment, I thought it was funny but a bit creepy. Glad to see it wasnt anthrax lol. Thanks Mark. Great work as always.
I recently saw a real Kapo armband at a gun show for sale, to me that is a little more ominous than the sign for air raid preparedness.
When I watch the video alone: 0:40 When my parents come in: 3:17
Deja Vu all over again.
As a Trained Warehouse Logistics Operator i gotta note: You have to slide the blade away from the Body to avoid bodily insures and dont stick the Blade into the box, you wanna have it slide along the surface only.
This is my favorite kind of unboxing video. Thanks Dr. Felton!
Nice to see your getting a chance to unbox real historic items Mark, maybe more people might end up sending more stuff to you!
Está muy bien conservado, te felicito Mark, he aprendido mucho en tú canal.
Quite a few years ago, 20 odd, I went with my dad to fix a photocopier at someone's house Turns out this chap was a relic hunter who showed us his collection. He opened his vault and brought out some ancient scrolls which were vacuum sealed and some ancient Egyptian stuff. He also had a small leather bound box which housed Lord Haw Haws dental bridge from his skull. Alongside this box was the rope that hung him and also parts of the length and the noose that Albert Pierre point used to execute the concentration camp war criminals. I remember he put the noose around my neck!
You're fun. Never thought I'd ever be interested in an unboxing video. Strange twist on the genre.
Good Morning Dr. Felton, at it again, thank you!!!
Brave man opening a mysterious package. Could have been a Von Stauffenberg surprise.
"Lol"? Yeah, funny.
From California 🤔
Great video, Mark! It would be really cool if you made a video of you showing your collection to us. I'm loving the content!
I'd like to see more of his collection too.
I remember seeing a USA video from the cold war of a PSA that talked about how decluttering your property would limit damage if a nearby atomic bomb exploded, no mention of a government issued metal plaque though.
Cheapskates :P
Wonder what happened to have this video reposted. Did youtube get upset about something?
That or someone whined to them about him talking actual history they didn't agree with
I think the box barcodes were visible in the first one - I did notice the original had the address covered but not the various shipping barcode. There's a lot more white tape on the box face in this version. I guess some nerd could work backwards from that. Just a guess...
No I think mark covered up the shipping label if I’m not mistaken.
Apparently from other comments there was identifiable info on the package that was covered up in the re-upload. I missed the earlier upload anyway...
@@kitsune303 Aye, I did notice there was an address visible yesterday. Thanks for the reminder.
Thanks Dr. Felton!
You know you're gonna learn something when you see the Mark Felton intro. My Dad was an Officer in the US Navy and history buff and is impressed with my new found knowledge. lol
Many thanks Dr Felton for a fascinating look into this area .
Ja, sehr gut auspacken video Herr Doktor Felton. Du bist jetzt ein guter KZheadr
I thought the Quote was from the PLay Julius Caesar but I recall him drawing back the curtains overlooking Rome and saying "Look at them! They beg to be Slaves!"
Sure was hoping that was Hitler's "Blood Flag" about to be discovered finally. History should be preserved Hat's Off to you Dr. Felton 🎩
For some reason, the package opening sequence seemed like a Black Adder moment. As always, extremely interesting and informative film footage and commentary- in many aspects. Considering the condition of German towns and cities in May 1945, it is surprising the item survived. Thank you for posting!
As a LONDONER Dr Felton🇬🇧👍 I can't tell you how happy i am that your lovely gift made it to you in our world of porch pirates 🆘🧐 thanks another interesting post🤔🇬🇧
Interesting pieces of history! Thanks for sharing, Dr. Felton! I'd love to see more items from your collection..
I do love reruns of a good show! Cheers, Mark!
We need an unboxing/collection series from you Mark!
Absolutely fascinating, Dr. Felton. Thank you.
Unboxing video turns into Nazi Time Machine
😁😁😁🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺👍
Very cool! Virtue Signaling today... My Dad and his WWII combat buddies called it " The Bandwagon"!!.... They all said from their War Crimes investigation that. "... German Citizens did have a choice for their lifestyle: They could go along with the Party and RIDE the Bandwagon, or they could choose not to, and PUSH the Bandwagon......" In the Beginning it went either way, but along in 1940 he said, "Word had gotten around and EVERYONE wanted to RIDE the Bandwagon, but it was a little bit too late for the holdouts ". That's when families turned against families. They used every Trope in the book including violence.... Co'Mon Hansie, everyone is doing it! You don't want to be Left Out, Do you? Funny thing is here, you might get some "protection" out of a shake down racket , but I digress...😆 Nazi Germany Shake Down ....
Yesterday’s version, when you sliced off your thumb was difficult to watch! Also, congrats on your new prosthetic thumb! It almost looks real.
If there was a cat in the box, then that would be a double first for Mark Felton Productions! ;-)
Nice to hear Dr. Felton’s ‘Everyday’ Voice.
The unboxing we didn't know we needed!
Mark never ceases to amaze me. This video is unique , educational and entertaining. Thank you for your hard work >
I was surprised by the choice of blade used for the opening. I was expecting something with far more historical significance - perhaps Churchill's letter opener, or a ceremonial dagger belonging to a former high ranking Nazi officer.
My nana was a nurse years after the war and worked with a ww2 survivor Vivian Bullwinkel I found this video very interesting historically I have a entire book on the history of ww1
Wow haven't heard her name for a long time, she survived a massacre by Japanese troops where her fellow nurses were executed on the beach in the surf. She was a survivor and showed how brutal and cruel that they were.
Mark hitting new genres. Always room to expand.
Wow this was fascinating and Mr Felton's commentary was spot on. One can see how we are currently way past this 1934 level of totalitarian creep today with everything that is going on. A stark lesson from history indeed.
Aw! That's not fair. I managed to get a reaction from Dr F on the original and now it's gone! That made my week!
Mark you should show some of your personal collection, this was very informative. Feel like you could do another just on items alone! As always keep up the great work!
Most enjoyable video, nice to see a slight change here and there. Thanks again, Mark.
O mein Gott, he is animate, he isn't just a few pictures, at least his hands do actually move!
Who knew an unboxing would lead a lesson of how sneaky a government can be? Thanks Mark for causing thoughts I never knew I needed.
I didn't realize this video was re-uploaded, this is the first time I watched it.
You'll never know what you missed!!
I have come to like your virtual box opening episodes!!
As a German whose mother regularly used to have nightmares reliving air raids on her home town, I would be very interested in further information about the German RLB.