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Dr. Mengele Takes Command - WAH 063 - June 5, 1943

Despair in Germany, more death in the Jewish ghettos, and Dr. Mengele tales command in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Join us on Patreon: https://bit.ly/WAH_063_DE Or join the TimeGhost Army directly at: https://timeghost.tv/signup/ Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost Between 2 Wars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG Follow WW2 Day by Day on Instagram: @ww2_day_by_day Follow TimeGhost History on Instagram: @timeghosthistory Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhostHistory/ Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson Director: Astrid Deinhard Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński Community Management: Ian Sowden Written by: Spartacus Olsson and Joram Appel Research by: Joram Appel Map animations by: Daniel Weiss Map research by: Sietse Kenter Edited by: Iryna Dulka Artwork and color grading by: Mikołaj Uchman Sound design by: Marek Kamiński Colorizations by: Mikołaj Uchman Norman Stewart - https://oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com/ Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com Image sources: Otto Hoffmann, Horst Holfort (J. Holfort) IWM [MOI] FLM 1796, FRE 8467, C 4713, CH 9818, CH 9720, B 9562, 10AO9 Yad Vashem 1597-221, 140EO2, FA159/A225, 8409-3, 3909/71, 10FO8 Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound: Ominous - Philip Ayers Blunt Object - Farrell Wooten Not Safe Yet - Gunnar Johnsen Spy Game - Jon Sumner Firebreak - Edward Karl Hanson Dark Beginning - Johan Hynynen Barrel - Christian Andersen Secret Cargo - Craft Case A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.

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Dickson Phua

When I saw the thumbnail of Dr. Mengele, I was already having a dreadful feeling of what is about to unfold in the War Against Humanity video. Still, we must not forgot the events of what happened here. Thank you Sparty and team.

Ride TheCurve

What most struck me was the set of questions asked in the ending part of this presentation. Was Harris morally 'correct' anymore than his enemies in Germany? This is deep stuff, but definitely worth asking, because of course, those in the crossfire of war, are Always the ultimate victims between the combatants. Naturally and logically, we can have no answer to this question - only grim statistics which arouse the souls of those left alive. Thank you for this eye-opener!

Timeghost

So are you saying that Harris and Mengele are comparable? I think not.

AJ

A powerful episode, particularly the questions and thoughts you pose at the end. We could all hope to live in a world where evil is stopped with a well crafted argument, instead of stooping toward those same lows. Maybe someday our children or grandchildren could live in that type of world, if we continue to seek to do better.

Can Merdioglu

There is no moral equalivancy between Harris (who was a soldier under a reasonable chain of command and a professional aviator rose all the way to top who halted strategic bombing when war ended and Mengele who had been a quack doctor (a loosely defined term) whose sadistic experiments on defenceless inmates without their consent in violation of his hipocratic oath only cemented monstrosity of Third Reich nothing more and who would probably continue those crazy experiements if Nazi Germany won or at least survived as a state in stemalete

Francis McGarry

Harris: indiscriminate Mengele: discriminate. Harris saved countless lives. Just as Truman did...

Jason

About Harris, Frederick Lindemann developed the doctrine, and Harris carried it out.

Geoffrey Brownson

Looking back at WW1, if German land had experienced the same devastation suffered by northern France in that war – or by Germany during WW2 under the Allied bombing campaigns – would the “stab-in-the-back” Big Lie have found the same fertile ground in which the Nazi Party was able to blossom? I think not, which leaves me in a moral conundrum.

Garbonz

Thing for me is examining the rationale. One, whether it was effective or not, was to reduce war fighting potential and thus allied casualties. The other was to exterminate a race. Easy for me to differentiate.

Ted M Jones

This is indeed a tricky question. There is an old tradition in war where if one side announces they will give "no quarter" then the other side is not obliged to either. The governments of Germany and Japan both announced "no quarter," but only the Japanese military followed the same path. The result was that, at least on the Western Front, quarter was given on both sides but in the Pacific it was almost entirely a "no quarter" war.

Kees van den Broek

Well, you have some uncomfortable questions at the end of this episode, Sparty. And of course, you are right However, if you try to uphold the highest standards, as one should!, when fighting an adversary who has absolute and total disregard of human life and/or rights, then you are fighting with one hand tied behind your back. As your adversary has absolutely no restrains here they will have therefore a considerable strategic and tactical advantage. What then if you lose and the people you tried to defend are subjugated to the rule of this brutal agressor? How did your noble intentions help these people?

Beej McCabe

Oh Sparty, you are an eloquent soul. I often cry when I watch the War Against Humanity series, but this one was a real gut-wrencher and tear producer. *snif* Thank you for all you do.

William M. Kohnke

Whether or not our actions are justified depends on the reason we despise some groups and wish them destroyed. In war there is no way to avoid collateral damage. The best one can hope for is to minimize it.

JacksonCZ

To compare Harris to Mengele is taking things much too far. Harris was doing his best to end a war brought on by the Germans thru their elected Nazi government. Mengele was at best a psychopath.

Todd Blomerth

Excellent presentation with hard questions that need asking - daily

JM

Would have to agree, yes.

Matthew Stanchfield

As regards to the Strategic Bombing campaign... I would argue that w/out that campaign, The Allies would not have been able to achieve air superiority, and thus would not have been able to successfully invade any part of Europe (that includes Husky, et.al. I think that one could make a good argument that Harris should have been relieved in the fall of 44 for his unwillingness to go along w/ the oil offensive (Pointblank?), but that is a military question, not a moral one. Given the first assertion (Bombing was necessary to win the war) and the technology of the time, therefore, the moral equivalence of The Nazis and The Western Allies is false. In the situation, there were no good choices, only less bad ones.

JacksonCZ

Outstanding comment thank you

Ralf Matthes

Thank you Sparty to remember us to feel as humans are able to discuss and to weigh and not fell into the deadly circle of revenge