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Band of Brothers 1x09 Full Length Reaction (Patreon)

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2024-02-02 07:28:51
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This broke me. I mean ugly crying, lost for words, I'm a wreck for the rest of the day, broken. I had planned on filming episode 10 as well, and getting them both posted together, but I as much as you guys told me I would cry...I didn't expect to be incapacitated. Holy sh*t. 

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Band of Brothers 1x09 Full Length Reaction

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Ian Forbes

Jacqui, thank you for sticking with this and being so open and full of empathy. You’ve done an amazing job of providing a perspective on the show I’ve rarely seen from other reactors and am so glad to be a patron of yours because of it. This episode should never be something anyone can watch without a heavy heart and lots of tears. I’ve watched this series dozens of times and still cry during this episode without fail. For some background on the episode, they used cancer patients and most of the cast had been kept away from this set until filming to preserve first-time reactions. Looking forward to episode 10 (which for me is also quite emotional as our journey with Easy draws to a close) and to the documentary. Keep up the great work and have a virtual hug from me. 🙂

Tony Sanson

This episode hit hard. It always hits hard no matter how many times I've seen it. It SHOULD always hit hard for everyone.

Alex Amerling

The really tragic thing is that this camp is minor compared to the killing centers in Poland, like Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor and Belzec. This episode truly shows how horrific the Third Reich really was.

Pascal Vorwerk

The representation of the conditions in the concentration camp is one of the most realistic I've seen. Though they took some liberties on the exact details, the 101st actually liberated the camp Kaufering IV. Like most other cases, it was not planned because the allies did not know about the camps or their exact locations. The camp was established in September 1944 and was part of the Kaufering concentration camp complex which in turn was part of the concentration camp Dachau. While Dachau was one of the earlier concentration camps and was not quite as gruesome as Auschwitz or Treblinka, the many external locations that became part of it were intended to replicate those camps, aiming for "extermination through forced labor". Kaufering IV housed about 3000 prisoners for forced labor and was later converted into a sick camp. Most of the prisoners were transported to other camps while about 270 were burned in the barracks. One other thing to note, when the prisoner said the women's camp was at the next railroad station, this was likely a reference to Auschwitz, where the families were separated and the men sent into the main camp while most women and children were taken to the next station, Auschwitz II Birkenau, an extermination camp. I have visited two concentration camps, Bergen-Belsen and Neuengamme, both in the winter. It was freezing even with proper clothing, but I couldn't even start to imagine how cold it must have been for the prisoners, who had at most thin clothing, often torn to pieces due to the hard work, especially during the extremely cold winter in 1944/45 that Easy Company experienced in Bastogne.

Johannes Kverno

It is a rough episode, a really rough one, but also incredibly important. We can't allow ourselves to forget what happened, ever. Especially with the political climate we see in lots of countries these days. I guess you've already seen it, so this won't matter I guess, but after episode 9, you're through the worst of BoB. Episode 10 is emotional, but not in any way like this one is. That one is mostly more like graduating and watching your friends spread out to other things and places.

Marty McGee

Don't feel bad. The first time I saw this episode it wasn't on my mind either. I was just as shocked. I've seen this series probably a dozen times and this episode still wrecks me. I always have to mentally prepare myself to re-watch it. I couldn't do it when you dropped it last night. I liked the interviews in the beginning. It showed that most of the German army were just soldiers. Regular German citizens fighting for their country. It was mainly the SS, the loyalist and military arm of the Nazi Party, who were responsible for the atrocities. Great job just getting through it. Most reactors I've seen always take a break and record their thoughts and outro later. On to the end. Sure to be tearful as well. Just not horrificly so.

Timothy Burrows

They didn't know about the camps until they came across them in Germany and Poland. Also a large portion on the people that played the Holocaust victims were cancer patients that volunteered.

Kevin (GiantFutures.com)

This is the episode…There’s few things that hit as hard as it. I can’t say anything either…just thank you for sharing your reaction with us.

Christoph Pärsons

This series came out when I was a Freshman in High School. I have watched it so many times. I cannot watch this episode without losing it. I have had to skip this episode on so many play throughs. I joined the US Army in 2004, and my first duty station was in Germany. I have visited Dachau, another Concentration Camp that was near the base I was stationed. When it came time for me to leave Germany, I had a couple options. I could let the Army decide where I would go, or I could call my Branch Manager's office and put in a request for a Duty Station. I requested to join the 101st Airborne. I am Jewish Servicemember, and this episode hits me so damn hard. Every time. I was always told about the atrocities, and what my people went through. My Great-Grandfather and Great-Grand Mother escaped Germany before people were rounded up because my Great-Grand Father was an engineer and was allowed to immigrate to America for work. Seeing this episode always reminds me of what happened to the rest of my family that were not allowed to leave. The ones who remained behind, for various reasons. I love this show so much because it does not flinch from the reality of WWII. It shows us, through brutal realism, the horrors my people, as well as "Undesirables" faced. Political dissidents, homosexuals, people with mental disabilities, etc. This show, like so few others, really encapsulates the horrors they faced. I got to meet several of the cast members from this show when they came through Germany on a USO tour in 2006, as well as a few of the Easy Company men that were able to travel. One of the proudest moments of my life was when I was boarding a plane, heading to Afghanistan. Waiting for every single soldier at the entrance to the stairs leading up to the plane was MAJ Dick Winters. I shook that mans hand before leaving FT. Campbell in 2010. Thank you for feeling the way you did about this episode. Thank you for going through this. Thank you for being a human being and feeling empathy.

Bill Watters

This was the episode that for me changes the series from just being a great piece of historical storytelling into something deeply important, and something that really everyone should watch at some point in their life. A reminder of what happened, and to try to get people to never forget the evil that was the Holocaust. As the episode's title expressed - "why we fight". It's important all the more today with all of the ugly rhetoric that we might have hoped would be long gone by now but still continues to surface

Irby

Why is there a timer click over the video can't see anything but the timer?

Jason Darbe

One thing i think was courageous in the filming of this episode is all the people playing the camp inmates were terminally ill with cancer and they all readily agreed to do this because itwas a story that neededto be told.

Alex Amerling

Also I love the depiction of the German army being horse drawn because contrary to popular belief, the Heer (army) was still largely powered by horses and only about 20% mechanized which is the opposite of what Nazi propaganda wanted to show. So kudos to BOB for showing this.

Yash

While most soldiers did fighting because they had to, those who took part in the concentration camps, the Nazi SS, were devout fanatics. You volunteered, had to prove your aryan heritage, and swore loyalty to the Nazi party and hitler over Germany itself. There are even battles where the German army teamed up with the Americans to fight the SS. They fully believed in what they were doing against the Jewish people and ethnic minorities was their divine right, and were all as evil as the higher ups who ordered the “final solution.”

Yash

“If anyone ever tells you the Holocaust didn't happen, or that it wasn't as bad as they say, no, it was worse than they say. What we saw, what these Germans did, it was worse than you can possibly imagine.” ― A letter from Babe Heffron to his family back home This episode is obviously one of the most emotional in television history, but it's also one of the most important. As for some info from the episode, this will be a longe comment because of the nature of this episode: - This episode was filmed to be as realistc as possible. The victims in this episode really looked like that, as they were played by terminally ill cancer patients, who despite being so sick, volunteered for this role because they believed it was important to tell this story right. The cast of Easy company were also kept away from the camp and the victims before filming, so their reactions you see in the episode are their genuine and authentic reactions. - If some people people didn't notice in the episode, Liebgott, the translater, has a much more difficult journey this episode and breaks down because he's Jewish. Also, the two soldiers you see manning the checkpoint near the beginning, the ones whom Peconte and O'Keefe take over for, are the two replacements who were friends with and joined Easy Company with James McAvoy's character in episode 4. - The concentration camp surivor who salutes Peconte likely recognized him as an American soldier. There were many older male victims of the holocaust who fought for Germany, against the Americans, in WWI with their own honor and distinction, but all of that was ignored simply because they were Jewish, and they were still sent to the camps despite their service to Germany. - The Winters quote about a camp the Soviets liberated was in reference to Auschwitz. - When the Germans claimed to have no knowledge of the camp, that's not exactly true. Most of the victims were citizens of these towns, and they were abudcted in mass, which is hard to miss. Rounding up Jewish people was also done in broad daylight. While many citizens probably didn't know exactly how horrific the camps were, the knowledge that "camps" existed was mostly an open secret. Germans didn't talk about them a lot because they either approved of the nazi efforts, or were afraid to speak out (as dissedents were also punished severly). - The martial law scene where the citizens have to bury bodies was also common. As General Eisenhower said, "Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened." Because of this, it was common to have german citizens visit the camps asap after liberation, and to capture this on film. There are real black and white 1st hand documentaries, filmed by Americans, of german citizens visiting liberated concentration camps for the first time. You can openly see germans weeping and fainting at the sights and smells of these camps as American soldiers give them forced tours. These documentary films were also shown in theaters across the world to showcase the Nazi horrors. There's also a netflix show called "Five Came Back" about very famous American filmmakers who captured WW2 on flim firsthand, and one episode is based on Academy award winning director George Stevens who filmed some of these concentration camp liberation films. There are first hand videos of liberated camps, as well as many letters from American soldiers who liberated them online. - When Nixon sees the lady in red again at the end, it's a striking scene because when he first meets her at her house, she is essentially looking down on him and judging him, but by the end he is literally and figuratively looking down on and judging her. Also, as the wife of a high ranking military officer, there is a good chance she did know what was going on at these camps. - While the specific liberation shown in this episode didn't exactly happen, its based on how most liberations did. Most soldiers really didn't know about these camps at first. There were some intelligence reports coming from the Eastern front about such camps, but they were mostly dismissed initially, for reasons such as Allied leadership thinking they were exaggerated. It wasn't until the first western camps got found that they took it seriously, but the lower ranks didn't know until later, unless they themselves liberated a camp. It's why Eisenhower said that quote above when he toured a camp with other Allied generals, to make sure that EVERYONE knew and never forgot about how these camps existed. Sidenote, there is one liberation that was different: the liberation of the Dachau Concentration camp. There, the American soldiers were so horrified at what they saw, they lined up and executed most of the Nazi guards being kept as prisoners of war, and allowed the Jewish prisoners to beat/kill the others. Rightfully so, none of the American soldiers were punished.

Justin Newberry

This is what I HATE about watching all the YouTubers react to this series, all the people who spoil it in the comments. I’ve rewatched this series 6 times in the last year with different YouTubers and people ALWAYS are like “wait til you see episode 9” or “episode 9 will be so tough”. STOP doing that! Let them experience it organically. The buildup from these comments predisposes them to react a certain way. You want a genuine reaction, stop telling them how to react. It’s ruining these moments for people who haven’t seen the series.

Rob

What gets lost in the power and overwhelming emotion in this episode is Ron Livingston's and the older actress brilliant physical acting. The juxtaposition of his don't care and embarrassment and her disgust and the roles reversed without a word being said in both scenes is just amazing.

Ntrovert

This, along with Alain Resnais' amazing film Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard) which is available on MAX streaming, is an absolute MUST-SEE. I will not spoil it at all, except to say that it is short (32 minutes) and very, very powerful.

Volker Heuermann

Hi, just joined, I watched BoB years ago for the first time and was thinking, hey, this is just a very good documentary, my roommate, who introduced me to this series, pointed out, that it was meant to be as accurate as possible like, every hit was accounted for from documents and such. But this episode changed the perspective totally... It shows what we as Germans did back then and I still feel ashamed of it although I obviously never took part in any of this, being born in 1982... But as the far right rises again today in Germany and Europe, it is necessary to keep the memory of these atrocities very much alive, this should never happen again...

Craig Nickum

All the concentration camp prisoners were volunteers. They were all very sick cancer patients and said they were honored to be a part of the movie.

Craig Nickum

Also, the actors were given no preview of the concentration camp before filming so all reactions are genuine.

Adam Bailey

This is basically the same reaction I had. After years of relentless horrors, they just stumbled across the camps when the war was nearly over. I wonder how much it changed the way the felt about the people they had been fighting.

Brian Scarbrough

Jacqui, you might enjoy watching “Nuremberg” sometime. It’s ugly in spots too, but it is a high level view of the first round of Nazi war criminal trials. Very well done.

Ron White

I have just joined your channel and very much enjoy your technical insights but I am much more impressed by your humanity . Your reaction to this episode said it all while almost not saying a word. Thank you for sharing yourself so openly and honestly.

Ron White

On a technical note you pointed out the increased use of music in this episode. The most striking example was during Nixon's last walk through of the camp where he again encountered the old woman from town. The background music in this scene is Dido's Lament from the opera Dido and Aeneas. If you are unfamiliar with it, you should watch a performance of ths piece by the great operatic soprano Jessye Norman. It will shred your soul.