Hermann Göring's Special Train

The definitive story of Hermann Göring's special armoured train codenamed 'Asien', its make-up, operation and fate.

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Credits: US National Archives; Library of Congress; Filmhauer; Manfred Kopka

[MrShobar]

Hermann once proposed that locomotives could be made of concrete to save important strategic materials. Albert Speer wrote about this in his memoirs. He also wrote that it was evident that Hermann was high at the time.

[DiogenesOfCa]

"Orient Express of Totalitarian Transport" - I actually laughed out loud, thank you Dr. Felton.

[SovietWomble]

5:51 "Goering loved his food". Oh, I'm shocked...

[allegrajane]

Hermann Göring, Hoarder. We need a TV show for that.

[Xaiff]

I keep coming back here. The content, the narration, the opening music... Just exquisite!!!

[Theorbe]

Polite correction : Goering's Hunting Lodge, the Reichsjaegerhof, was situated in the Rominten Forest in East Prussia, and is now in the russian part of that province. The nearest railhead was/is Tolmingkehmen (after 1938 Tollmingen, when all places with "Nicht deutschklingendenortsnamen" were re-named with "german" names, e.g. Stallupoenen became Ebenrode), which at the time was a Bahnknotenpunkt (Junction), but now has only a single track, mostly disused, line. A good description of life in the Reichsjaegerhof, and in war-time East Prussia, generally, can be found in the novel "The Erl-King" by Michel Tournier.

[isabellinander]

Would love to see an episode about Görings time in Sweden when he was married to Karin Göring, and also hospitalised for his drug addiction!
My father in-laws family have a few items that used to belong to Göring. Love the channel!

[garage]

Three of Goering’s carriages were used by Eric Clapton to tour West Germany with his band in the late 70s. They were regularly used by visiting rock bands touring the country until the 80s.

[samuelogden]

Supposedly Churchill was given several of Goering’s model railroad items (mostly Marklin) although Sir Winston was much more of a toy soldier enthusiast. I was told this by a former USAF sergeant stationed in Germany where there was an elaborate on-base model railroad layout frequented by Luftwaffe and the occasional RAF rail buff. Goering collected unique specialty and high-end railroad items (unlike the typical U.S. or U.K. modeler) and what was left was quickly looted by people who knew these weren’t toys. Proving the provenance on these looted items is nearly impossible though.

[Surfguitarist]

Excellent story once again Professor Felton. Even as an "old guy" of 62, I so look forward to your weekly presentations.

[wayneantoniazzi]

Just in case anyone's wondering what happened to his toy train collection (Made by Maerklin, who are still in business today) that's another mystery.
No-one knows what happened to the toy trains. After Goering's Carinhall estate was stripped of the art and other collections the domestic staff were told they could take anything left behind that they wanted before the place was blown up, so it's possible some of the toy trains are still around, their actual original ownership unknown.

[gunsbeersmemes]

5, 000 views in 18 minutes. That's how you know, that the people love your content, Mr. Felton

[emperorfloch]

I was literally just looking for a WW2 video to watch and bam! I get a Mark Felton notification pop up on my phone. What perfect timing 😁 Thanks Doc.

[harbl]

"...each having armoured ceilings, sides and floors that caused them to weigh 60 tons..."
(Or, in the German measure in use at the time: 'one Goering'.)

[jcip]

Mark, thanks much for another documentary with details and great video. Your accent and pronunciation of the German ranks and cities adds to the authenticity. You never disappoint. Appreciate these more than you know

[ITIsFunnyDamnIT]

Its just insane the mount of stuff Goring had.

[madhavgangavalli]

Göring: I didn't choose the zug life. The zug life chose me.

[grahamsawyer]

'... the Orient Express of totalitarian transport...' everyone deserves a history teacher this good

[brucekaraus]

Hard to believe, what with all the train enthusiasts, that no one knows what became of the train. I'm sure there must be more than a few who have been trying to track it down.

[williamharris]

Thank you Professor Felton! You have made my day!