0:00 - Why Were The Nazis So Stylish?
1:11 - Unification of Germany in 1871
2:05 - World War I Uniforms
3:24 - Rise of The Nazis
4:02 - What Is The SS (Schutzstaffel)
5:41 - Why Is The SS Uniform Stylish?
6:53 - Who Designed The SS Uniform?
9:24 - The Swastika
10:19 - The Schutzstaffel Symbol
11:13 - Who Manufactured The Uniforms
12:45 - Explosion of Media in Germany
13:28 - Joseph Goebbels
13:59 - Leni Riegfenstahl
16:18 - Hollywood and Nazis
VIDEO HERE (18:16 minutes)
I saw a couple days ago, didn't think you would be interested in it.
ReplyDeleteYes the elite were very sharp
JD
I outright love Nazi uniforms. I'm not ashamed of it!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, the Commies were, and still are, shlubs (technically, so was the SA), so it wasn't hard to look better.
ReplyDeleteSecond, not so much the Nazis, except for the SS.
Third, they knew how to march, they knew how to impress a lady, they knew how to behave in polite society, they had the feldgrau as a base to work on, and, in the immortal words of Major Fincham, that's what the bloody Boche had, style.
The Hugo Boss uniforms were just the icing on the cake.
Short answer: Hugo Boss.
ReplyDeleteOmg that was boring...ff'd after a few minutes. The guy come across as someone who doesn't know history and I have little use for male style commentators.
ReplyDeleteMachen sie stil! And don't get no jizm on da sofa, sofa.
ReplyDeleteShort answer is Hugo Boss. The long answer is Hitler understood human nature. He made promises and backed them up. He delivered stable incomes, food, and housing. Then he delivered innovation and entertainment including vacations. He offered hope to a worn people and he delivered on it. He understood the power of media and the indoctrination of youth. The Nazi Youth Camp training manuals and films are fascinating. It is easy to see why the Hitler Youth were so powerful in their society. One of the few facts he got right in this video was the beginnings of the SS. You should rewatch that part and take care to note what it was and what it became.
ReplyDeleteA lot of that could be said of Franklin Roosevelt.
Delete"The Nazi Youth Camp training manuals and films are fascinating."
DeleteAnother film that gives you an idea of Hitler's hypnotic hold on people is Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of the Will," that chronicles the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg. A great example of propaganda film-making, if you can find it.
Simple. It's the law of the Uniform
ReplyDeleteHow can you tell National Socialists (or Fascists, which are... national socialists) from International Socialists (like the Soviet Union or Communist China)? Uniforms.
If the uniforms for everyone are butt-ugly, up to and including those at the top, then they are International Socialists.
If the uniforms for everyone are good looking, from the top to the bottom, then they are National Socialists.
International Socialists - Soviet Union. Communist China. Cuba. North Vietnam. North Korea.
National Socialists - Nazi Germany. Fascist Italy. Franco's Spain.
The photographic evidence speaks clearly. Shabby Chic? Commies. Snazzy Chic? Nazi/Fascist.
Yeah they were stylish but they sure got their asses kicked proper. Clothes don't make the man and alla that. Some of the uniforms Goring wore he looked like the fat man or clown at a Barnum and Bailey Circus.
ReplyDeleteInteresting side note: the MA State Police have a very similar uniform as the SS. Coincidence?
ReplyDeleteTell it to muh runes!
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