Execution of Nazi guard who massacred prisoners unable to walk on death march - Wilhelm Dörr

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Execution of Wilhelm Dörr - Brutal NAZI Guard at Mittelbau Dora & Bergen Belsen concentration camps - WW2. Wilhelm Dörr was born on the 9th of February 1921 in Merenberg, then part of the Weimar Republic, which was the name given to the German government from 1918 – 1933. He was only 11 years old when Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party, was appointed chancellor of Germany on the 30th of January 1933 by the German President Paul von Hindenburg. Like millions of other German boys from the Nazi era Wilhelm Dörr joined the Hitler Youth and was a member of the organization from 1932 to 1939. The Hitler Youth became the primary tool that the Nazis used to indoctrinate young people with Nazi ideology, thus shaping the beliefs, thinking and actions of the German youth. While in January 1933, the Hitler Youth had approximately 100,000 members, by the end of the year this figure had increased to over 2 million. Jews were not allowed to join these organizations. The Hitler Youth was a paramilitary organization designed to train boys as future fighters and soldiers for war. As an official organization of the Nazi state, the Hitler Youth had a military structure at the local, regional, and national levels. Boys practiced military drills and learned how to handle weapons. They also worked on farms in the summer and participated in competitive sports. While some boys enjoyed the physical challenge, competition, and camaraderie, others found the constant focus on preparing for war and sacrificing themselves for the fatherland overwhelming and alienating. In 1936, a law declared the Hitler Youth to be the only legally permitted youth organization in Germany and stated that "all of the German youth in the Reich is organized within the Hitler Youth". Compliance, however, was not universal. The members had to be ethnic Germans, German citizens, and free of hereditary diseases. By December 1936, Hitler Youth membership had reached over five million. In March 1939, a new decree required all youth, aged between 10 and 18, to join the Hitler Youth, even if the parents objected. Parents who refused to allow their children to join were subject to investigation by the authorities. In fact, the Hitler Youth and its female section the League of German Girls even encouraged their members to report to their leaders about what was happening in their schools or churches as well as if their parents or neighbors were not acting in line with the regime. Schools too played an important role in spreading Nazi ideas to German youth. From their first days at school, German children were imbued with the cult of Adolf Hitler and his portrait was a standard fixture in all classrooms. While censors removed some books from the classroom, German educators introduced new textbooks that taught students love for Hitler, obedience to state authority, militarism, racism, and antisemitism. World War II began on September 1, 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Before the war Wilhelm Dörr worked on his father's farm, he got married and had one child. After being rejected for service by the Wehrmacht – the German Armed Forces, in December 1940 he volunteered for the Waffen-SS which was the military branch of the SS. During his training as a combat engineer in Dresden in October 1941, he fell seriously ill with rheumatism, which led to his hospitalization for several months. When he recovered, Dörr was reassigned to the SS-Totenkopfverbände or Death’s head Units in the summer of 1942 and then went on to serve as a guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp until December 1943. ► CLICK the SUBSCRIBE button for more interesting clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKKy_pNKZBX4KcCct8505HA/?sub_confirmation=1 #worldhistory #worldwar2videos #ww2