The Complete History of the SS Tibet Expedition (1938/39)

In 1938 Ernst Shafer and his team set off to Tibet in the name of the German Reich. In the popular imagination they were chasing a mythical land for Heinrich Himmler. But what was the reality? Were Shafer and his team chasing another Ahnenerbe fiasco or was it a legitimate expedition with real goals? Was it a success? What did they find in Tibet? The entire history of that strange expedition in 38/39 will be revealed in this video.

Sources:
Himmler's Crusade - Christopher Hale
The SS: A New History - Adrian Weale

Chapters

Intro - 0:00
Preparation for Tibet - 3:12
The Road to Tibet - 14:00
Tibet - 23:44
Lhasa - 39:22
New Year - 51:40
Escape - 58:33

[OffGridInvestor]

It's ABSOLUTELY CRIMINAL that all his photos and film were destroyed. Such a HUGE capture of history just thrown away.

[lukedupree]

My son showed this in his history class for a project and was sent to the principal’s office for “concerns”. I told the principal and teacher to go **** themselves.

[connorperrett]

Zoomer girls: "I am a gender unicorn. My pronouns are he/they and I am actively working to dismantle systems of cisnormative oppression and methods of imposing whiteness on marginalized groups."

Zoomer boys: "I have a YouTube channel devoted to meticulously documenting SS campaign history."

[alexandru]

It s extremely hard to find an actual unbiased, real telling of history in general, let alone, this kind of history, I applaud you

[owensthilaire]

It is an unpleasant fact that nazi Germany has been so vilified as to preclude any deep discussion of it's achievements.
Meanwhile communist Russia and imperial Japan received hardly any censure at all.
I appreciate your efforts to make these stories available to any that wish to know.

[Dolmio]

Went on a hunting holiday, pissed of the British government multiple times, made a best bro for life, fell out with best bro for life and then became best friends again, adopted a very aggressive puppy, a local ruler wanted homosexual contact, nearly got bummed by a drunk monk, got into a fist fight with multiple local monks and rode a mates horse to death. Sounds like a pretty decent holiday to be honest.

[John-mfky]

This would honestly make a good movie/epic imo.

[TomBurnetteMedia]

Such a standard German, being a thorough doctor but not understanding the women patients liked him and weren't sick lol

[stannisthemannis]

Well, that ending between Ernst Shafer and Kaiser was incredibly wholesome. Thanks for sharing. God Bless. 🙏🏻

[Pattern_Noticer]

The important thing to remember is to ask the right questions. Why is it that if the Allies won the war and were the good guys that now all of the West lays in ruins?

[MrJohansen]

Would you ever consider doing a video on how everyday life changed for the Germans under the Third Reich compared to the weimar republic? Things like culture, wages, prices of necessities, what was taught in schools, what was now socially acceptable that wasn't before (or vice versa), or anything else that had a major change compared to life under the previous regime. I believe you've touched on some of these in previous videos but I think a standalone video on how everyday life changed for the average joe under Hitler's rule would be great

Either way great video as always :)

[arostwocents]

The fact a disclaimer is required for a historical video shows that the world has gone to hell 😂

[tastyactual]

Antarctica next? I want to see the 6'4 aryan "aliens" flying around in their UFOs... jk

[gratefulguy]

This is a topic that could use 5-10 videos at least, just like Antarctica.
Unfortunately, so much of the information many of us would want is simply not available.
It's not just the destruction of records, when it comes to the SS especially, the Allies have kept a great deal under lock and key. Not to mention they themselves removed a substantial amount of records that have either not been seen since by anyone outside their lineage, or not made public.

[mario_]

This video was so interesting! The insights into Tibet and the different people really caught my attention, it was like watching a movie. Thank you very much for narrating this unknown episode so well as always!

[tristanjager]

Thank you for this incredible work. Amazing to see that these topics are still taboo after all this time but brave fellows like yourself are slowly turning that around! :)

[acedia_]

How utterly tragic that the Americans trashed all the photos and his belongings. Heartwrenching…

[jiggy]

fascinating topic. I think it would be interesting if you covered more of the Ahnenerbe expeditions. As a Finn, I find the expeditions in Finland led by Yrjö von Grönhagen in 1936, 37 and 38 especially interesting.

[meangreenmememachine]

3:36 classic "the sun is over 90 million miles away" moment 🤫

[bundleaxe]

If they haven't already, they should make a movie out of this.