This documentary reveals rare amateur footage of Nazi-occupied France, capturing everyday life, surprising fraternization, and unsettling moments of calm. Through personal stories and private films, it explores the contrast between apparent normalcy and underlying oppression, questioning how both French and German individuals navigated life during this dark chapter of history.
00:00:00 – Wartime Kisses and Fraternization
Startling scenes of French civilians kissing and mingling with German soldiers.
00:01:10 – Significance of Private Films
Introduction of never-before-seen footage from collectors across Europe.
00:02:57 – Revisiting WWII Through Amateur Lenses
Filmmakers and participants reflect on the occupation through personal stories.
00:05:49 – German Perspective: Pride & Propaganda
German soldiers explain motivations, pride, and perceptions during their advance.
00:07:17 – Secret Filming and Risks
Victor Barbe’s covert footage shows the dangers of resisting Nazi rule.
00:10:10 – Bowing Before French Monuments
German soldiers filmed respecting French war memorials—raising moral ambiguity.
00:13:16 – Racism and the Treatment of Black Soldiers
Shocking segments showing captured African troops and racist portrayals.
00:19:01 – Hitler in Paris: Cultural Trophy
Hitler’s vision of France as a cultural, not political, part of Nazi Europe.
00:22:00 – Life in Occupied Paris: Café and Parks
Stories of civilians adapting to the new normal, from fashion to daily routines.
00:27:46 – German Soldiers as Artists and Guests
Reflecting on soldiers who painted, played music, and lived among French families.
00:30:27 – Romance and Friendship: Heinz and Vivian
A tender story of a platonic bond between a German soldier and a French girl.
00:35:45 – The Illusion of Occupation
Contradictions between friendly images and the reality of repression.
00:38:01 – Economic Exploitation: A Country Pillaged
Depiction of the mass seizure of goods and war tribute France was forced to pay.
00:43:12 – Jewish Families in Hiding
Emotional stories of French Jews protecting their children during deportations.
00:48:44 – Blind Obedience: The Soldier’s Perspective
Veterans reflect on duty, fear, and following orders.
00:52:43 – Beneath the Surface: The Violence Unfolds
By the end of 1942, violence and brutality become undeniable.
ep1 https://youtu.be/rBGDUmGXmw4
ep2 https://youtu.be/fFW-RprEXOM
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День добрый всегда: политика у владельцев фабрики – стратегии в штабе далеко от "тонкой красной линии" – у солдата тактика выживания/сознание уже перегружено – моряк в базе флота далёк от тактики и стратегии/ всё что он должен понять: "он умрёт почему-то и от чего-то и не ради чего-то". Солдат всегда Жертва. Решения задачи зависит от заданных граничных условий для решения 😶
Surprise – the Wehrmacht's soldiers were not monsters!
Censoring a statue of a nude in a Public Square in Paris? A statue seen by millions? You people really are warped in the brain. Most overly censored WW2 video I've seen yet. Pathetic.
Je suis né en 1957, il y avait une chappe de plomb sur les années d’occupation . . .
Easy victories was the undoing of Nazi power.
If only more people would watch this 😢 ..
Ask the French civilians about the 'gentlemen' Wehrmacht soldiers who visit the town of Oradour Sur Glane in June '44..
Ein Propagandaschinken übelster Sorte!
HONTE à ces français…! 🤮
Elle a dû coucher avec les boches … La bonne femme à lunettes qui avait l air résignée
Marre de ces floutages, nous ne sommes pas des gamins, flouter des vieux films documentaires d’amateurs quelle honte…
What's up with the blurring of the dead?
Eso d gente humana y sensible era un falso balni, esa gente eran asesinos y ladrones.
Francuzi su bili 70%fasisti .
Reading some of the comments on here are hilarious… Yes the German Soldiers were such Gentlemen during the Occupation of France and other occupied countries… You realize these GERMAN SOLDIERS were fighting for one of the most Brutal Regimes in the history of the World? I mean seriously…
Censoring!!! Aarrgh!!
You covered up and blured too many pictures
Kesalahan paling mematikan yg dibuat Hitler adalah ingin menguasai ladang minyak Kaukasus milik Sovyet lalu membuka perang di front timur.
Clearly none of these French people had friends or family killed by Nazis and none of them where part of targeted groups Nazis where after Jews gays Roma communist socialist etc…
Vacay
Смотрю на француженок, читаю что они говорят … И понимаю, что уже тогда французы по определению не могли победить. Париж открытый город, это все на что они уже тогда были способны. Немцы заслужили эту победу. Что до претензий к немцам, то как говорится "это война детка". Не думаю, что французы, при аналогичной ситуации вели бы себя с немцами лучше. За победу, нужно быть готовым заплатить ее цену … Русские заплатили сполна и победили.
Yet again history being blurred out. What ashame
Смешные французы.
Otto Messerschmitt ?
Unmöglich. 😂
this dok was different. 🙂
Thanx 👍
Ja das sind halt die Menschen ,einige so andere so ,den Krieg machen Politiker, man hätte ja mal Deutschland einhalt geben müssen, und so kamm es bis zum Ende, nach dem Krieg sagten die Amerikaner wir haben auf der falschen Seite gekämpft die wäre aber auch falsch gewesen, das ist halt Politik.
La question demeure :Est ce bien Hitler et toute ça clique qui a mit le feu à l'Europe tout entière et les peuples qui sont toujours les victimes de cette guabegie absurde ?
Warum ist das nicht was im ÖRR propagiert wird
La vida cotidiana, como necesidad ineludible, tiende a continuar bajo las condiciones que sean.
Y ante lo de facto, se adapta o responde a las condiciones existentes que permitan sobrellevarla, incluyendo la satisfacción de las necesidades básicas e incluso las afectivas.
Para el ejército ocupante es relevante que exista la mayor normalidad posible, pues implica reactivación económica y otras que deben ser orientadas a sus propios objetivos, uno de ellos el sostener logísticamente a las mismas tropas de ocupación; ojalá obtener colaboración y simpatía, empezando por ganarse a los de ideologías iguales o afines.
Leyendo acerca de lo previo y la misma Segunda Guerra Mundial, fuera de Alemania existió también un sustrato de personas que admiraban al Nazismo, y hasta líderes que veían (inicialmente) en Mussolini y Hitler, a notables políticos y "estadistas".
Pero si en Francia misma se formó una Francia "nazista" luego de la derrota ante Alemania, una Francia colaboracionista y aliada, la de Vichy. El nazismo no era únicamente de los alemanes.
yes the Germans plundered France….but in Versailles in 1918 the French were very gentle with them.. it's a joke, just like saying that France won the second world war.
En effet il y a des scènes très dérangeantes pour ne pas dire plus.
They our friends now❤
not even a generation later darker days still would proper dien bien phuk the french honor…..the greatest empire with the worst military record not even napoleon can fix due to the staggering incompetence of the enemies he encountered….french power laid in sneaky diplomacy,not in art of war..like the dutch
maravilhoso uma raridade Obrigada
Franchutes hipócritas cobardes traidores
Les traductions ne sont pas vraiment fidèles à ce qui est dit. Aucune excuse.
Esta bonito este material nazi donde los nietos le blanquean el alma a los malditos nazis 😂bonita propaganda jeton 😂
Allowed to be kissed? Idts
The nazi occupation is back in europe…. islamo nazi's
Hola qué les pregunté Alós pueblos de alrededor del pueblo ORADOUR. SUR. GLANE que. Fue arrasado por los criminales salvajes Nazis. Cuanto traidor . Vende patrias , Colabo Colabo Colabo no como los Soviéticos. Que tienen entre las piernas ( dos bolas de Acero y un cañón de largo Alcance) porfavor. Miren los Vídeos ( retiro de Nápoleon de Moscú en 1812). Y. ( el desfile de los vencidos)…..Hurra. Hurra. Hurra Gracias. Dios es. Amor