WWII's Most Heinous Men Are All Buried Here

Outside Landsberg Prison, former home of Adolf Hitler, sits a small graveyard that is the final resting place of hundreds of the worst war criminals of World War II. The men directly responsible for the Holocaust, the mass killings at concentration and prison camps, as well as human experimentation and torture, all found themselves together in this little plot.

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00:00 Spottinger Cemetery
01:36 Landsberg Prison
02:57 Dachau Trials
04:28 Prisoner Executions
10:16 Name Plates
10:45 Peter Chemy
11:41 Joachim Peiper
13:58 Close Out
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[crazmos]

One of the better video productions on WW2 I have seen on YouTube. No ego, no AI, no sensationalism. Good journalism. Thank you.

[chironpl]

I was aware that the bodies of the Nazis hanged at Nuremberg were cremated and ashes disposed of in a river, but I always wondered about the other lower tiers of war criminals and what was their fate, especially those executed for their crimes. This completed the picture, thx.

[oefzdegoeggl]

I live in the Landsberg district and this place is 15 minutes away from me, I drove by this prison often as it is directly on one of the city's main roads. Never heard of that graveyard though. Should take a visit.

[lugal]

You should have mentioned that Peipers conviction was secured via torture. That is the reason the court overturned his conviction. Also, an American POW who was an officer, and beside Peiper at some point, during the Battle of the Bulge, is on record hearing Peiper order his men to treat POWs properly and have them sent to the rear.
I pulled this from memory, a book I read long ago, "The Devils Adjutant'. It is about Peiper and his actions during and after the war.

[rjf]

My Uncle was one of the Soldiers that liberated Dachau. He told me about all his fighting starting with his first combat at Battle of the Bulge and held nothing back. But when it came to talking about Dachau all he would say about it was "it was horrible what happened to those people." He couldn't bring himself to talk about it.

[SteveAubrey]

I was studying history and Anthropology in college.
I got ahold of some documents/ depositions from the UN written in 1948 by Holocaust survivors. They were going into GREAT detail on the horrors inflicted on people by the Nazis. It was some stuff that isnt always put out being obscure documents we came across.
It was so horrific, reading first hand accounts, that I had to stop several times and go outside to regIn my composure. How could someone perpertrate crimes like this on other human beings, i just cant understand it.

[jerryw]

Thank you Mason, I thought this well done presentation and informative to those interested in WWII and it's aftermath.

[garkmr]

I have a framed Nazi flag from landsberg. It was taken from a burning Nazi government building in 45. Has some burn marks on it. The soldier who took it, said “When we entered the building, it was like hell. Flames and dead people were all over the place. I saw the flag on a lecture and thought my dad would like it. I took it outside and stomped on it to stop the smoldering.”

[iconoclastic]

Well done. You handled a very difficult topic with just the right tone.

[VRed]

The evil vibe that must permeate that cemetery must be palpable. Thank you Mason for this excellent and informative video. Young people really need to educate themselves on how such a monster could fool thousands under the guise of patriotism and terrorize/ murdered those who did not agree.

[ryanlynch]

Great video! My buddy had a prison cemetery right next to his backyard growing up

[Kededian]

Ive been to this graveyard in 2022. It was a very eery atmosphere to say the least. At that time i didnt know who were buried there. But those unmarked crosses were a hint ofcourse. Landsberg am Lech i can recommend btw, its beautiful there.

[Rob]

Thanks for posting. I didn't know Otto Olhendorf was buried there . He commanded Einsatzgruppe D . A good book to read is " Ordinary men " by Christopher Browning . About police battalion 101 in Poland

[JK_]

We failed in giving the Japanese war criminals the same treatment. The suffering and crimes committed against American/British/Australian POWs, the Chinese people, and the indigenous populations they subdued went largely unpunished.

[johnhaggart]

Malmedy Belgium. My Wife's Dad survived it. He was the only one

[adamcoe]

buddy was responsible for killing tens of thousands of people, spends 10 years in prison, and then gets the craziest break ever by being released...and then decides it's a good idea to move to the country right next door (that his people occupied and terrorized) and not change his name? i mean i've heard of brass balls but wow

[nightintheruts]

Interesting video, VERY well written and good choice of photo/footage 👍

[montecarlo]

I appreciate the quality of your writing, research and presentation. Great work.

[nathanmerchant]

Crazy to see people in court today freak out getting 10+ years in jail but these guys are getting sentenced to death and not even show any emotion