Hitler At The White House...Almost

When Dr. Felton mentions watches, I assume he's talking about wristwatches. Recently a wristwatch owned by Hitler was sold at auction for $1.1 million US dollars. Interestingly, Hitler rarely wore a wristwatch. Hitler was 25 years old when WWI began. He was really more a product of the 19th century than the 20th. Prior to WWI wristwatches were considered jeweler for women. WWI was the first war to employ combined arms tactics on a large scale. Such tactics required precision timing, so military men began strapping watches to their wrists out of practicality. Many of those WWI wristwatches (today know as 'trench watches') were cobbled together from smaller diameter pocket watches. Overnight wristwatches went from being a woman's bauble to something practical and very butch. After the Great War wristwatches very quickly displaced pocket watches as the preferred timepiece for men. Elderly men, resisted and continued to carry pocket watches. Interestingly Hitler also avoided wristwatches, which he considered to be effeminate. Hitler also had the advantage of having some flunkies always ready to tell him the time.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, it's a dam shame so many historical items were "destroyed" and or disappeared.

This is incredible! And it’s a shame how many historical items are lost, forgotten, stolen, destroyed, or ended up in the basement of some museum and never seen again. Hitler’s DNA would certainly answer many questions.

The last part of the video about artifacts hidden in people’s attics causes me to wonder how many artifacts have gone into the trash or will go in the trash due to surviving family members tossing all the deceased WW2 Vet’s items not realizing (or caring) what they were discarding. Thanks for another interesting video Dr. Felton!

I know it's somewhat taboo, but I do wish the suit was in a museum, as well as the other looted items.

“Hitler - well, at least some of Hitler”… I did not see that coming, literally spit out a bit of my drink ^^

I can imagine how weird it would have felt to see old newsreels of Hitler ACTUALLY visiting the US.

I agree with Mark! I have done several "house cleanouts" for friends and family years ago. The house was being sold and the dumpster was partially full when I got there. I started "dumpster diving" in as soon as family members told me he was a World War II vet who had fought in Germany. I returned to show them what I found in the dumpster. I told them all these items are historic and valuable! Many photos of German soldiers, Hitler youth pins, wound badge, Nazi pins, clothing,ect..they eventually said keep whatever you find. The only item they kept was an SS dagger.

Mark adjusts his fedora... "IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!"

My dad .. Mst. Sgt. Frank Massoletti; 82nd Airborne drew the first guard duty on the Reichsbank at Frankfurt. He described currencies, bullion, etc., stacked very high, he said. But he had forgotten to draw ammunition, and sent his Sergeant to draw some. I said, " You were in the middle of a war, with no ammunition? ". But i guess that's the way the military does things behind the lines.

Unbelievable episode! I’d never seen that picture of Hitlers jacket and pants before!

Another certified hood classic

Brilliant content once again Dr Felton, never a boring or uninteresting topic in these videos. Thank you

Hi mark, I have a video idea 💡 The soviet occupation of Bornholm in Denmark and what some historians call the beginning of the Cold War! It’s not very well known historically and would make an awesome video!

It belongs in a museum!!! - Dr Mark Felton

Excellent documentary as ever, Mark. There's an awful lot of background to this which makes it both fascinating and intriguing. Thanks for sharing your creativity and diligence in producing this well crafted and thought provoking story.

An absolutely thrilling episode this one Dr.Felton, thank you.

He was more badly injured by that bomb attempt than I thought. Very close. Not close enough

In the late '70s or early '80s I attended a gun show in St. Louis. Among the many supposedly authentic Nazi items displayed for sale was a framed pair of Eva Braun's underwear, complete with a letter of authenticity. I laughed then and I laugh now, wondering both why anyone would want them and how in the world the "letter of authenticity" was supposedly obtained. If I recall correctly, the listed price was $400, which was a LOT of money back then. There are some very strange people out there! 😁

Am I the only one who feels a bit like a child being read a good story when Dr Felton does a video like this?