The Secret Nazi History Of Your Favorite Sneaker Brands

How is a German town that survived World War II torn apart by shoes, yes shoes, just a few years later? This is the story of how two brothers would go on to change the world’s shoe game forever. MERCH: We’ve got it! SHOP NOW: Credits: MUSIC Licensed via Audio Network Welcome to the BuzzFeed Unsolved Network! This channel is your one-stop destination for all things mystery, conspiracy, supernatural, true crime, and everything in between. Subscribe here: STILLS Hollywood Call Center Ed Clark/Getty Images Enkirch United Archives/Getty Images Rudolf Dassler picture alliance/Getty Images Chicago Telephone Strike Wallace Kirkland/Getty Images Detroit Arsenal Ralph Morse/Getty Images Homicide case Haberthür 1949: final speech of lawyer Mastronardi ullstein bild Dtl./Getty Images Celebrity Sightings in Los Angeles - September 11, 20199 SMXRF/Star Max/Getty Images Adolf Dassler picture alliance/Getty Images WWII - DAF - Robert Ley 1944 picture alliance/Getty Images Bavarian Sports Award 2017 Adam Pretty/Getty Images René Hardy Keystone/Getty Images Edition du dimanche du ’New York Times’ Francois LOCHON/Getty Images Midsection Of Craftsperson Making Shoe Vit ria Burgos / EyeEm/Getty Images Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Day 13 - Athletics Brendan Moran/Getty Images Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Dachau Nazi Prison Camp. (Photo by Davi David E. Scherman/Getty Images Go To Bed You Bad Boy Hulton Archive/Getty Images The Good Humor Man Hulton Archive/Getty Images Blitzkrieg In Poland Hulton Archive/Getty Images VIDEO MONTAGE Hitler youth parading through the streets carrying swastika wreaths and flags - stock video A&E Television Networks/Getty Images MONTAGE US Army officers interrogating captured enemy officer in village during WWII European campaign / Germany Reda Archives- Footage/Getty Images MONTAGE Football tournament fund raiser for community center / United Kingdom - stock video MONTAGE Football tournament fund raiser for community center / United Kingdom - stock video/Getty Images B/W GRAINY slow motion close up businessman with hands handcuffed behind his back - stock video GK Hart-Vikki Hart/Getty Images Motortion/Getty Images 4K German Flag - Crisis / War / Fire (Loop) kontekbrothers/Getty Images Silhouette of young man is running on stairs in park in daytime in summer, hurrying concept FootageUA/Getty Images 1937: NAZI RALLY The March of Time/Getty Images WWII, Aerial view of planes flying over Poland during Nazi invasion Silverwell Films/Getty Images SrdjanPav/Getty Images MS PAN Group of Nazi soldiers firing in small town Warner Bros. Studios/Getty Images Track and field events at 1936 Olympic games in Berlin Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels/Getty Images A tombstone Ruzgar/Getty Images 1935: Classic new black Plymouth car driving residential neighborhood. StockFilmdotCOM/Getty Images Boys from the Hitler Jugend and the Jeugdstorm play handball The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision/Getty Images The March of Time/Getty Images 1946: FRANCE INTERNMENT CAMP: WS Internment camp for German Nazis, German prisoners marching w/ French officer. WS German prisoners standing outside of cells, French guards inspecting. MS German prisoners standing, French guards walking by. POW The March of Time/Getty Images Union officials The March of Time/Getty Images 1914: WORLD WAR I: GERMAN INFANTRY: WS German soldiers marching. WS German officers standing. WS Troops marching. WS Officials, troops standing on field BG. WWI, invading Belgium The March of Time/Getty Images The 1936 Olympics 1 - Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels/Getty Images Paris Citizens Attacking Nazi Soldiers Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels/Getty Images Jesse Owens wins several events at 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels/Getty Images Footwear industry fjcnolivei/Getty Images NYC Supreme Court Stairs Rebelz/Getty Images HD Super Slow-Mo: Shoemaker Fastening The Outsole simonkr/Getty Images retro movie background kamphi/Getty Images Soccer game between Santos of Brazil and Benfica of Portugal Onyx Media, Llc - Footage/Getty Images Timelapse zoom and track in to the face of an old clock going backwards, Putting the clock back. Going back in time. David Gould/Getty Images Nazi Germany invades Poland, Allies declare war Archive Films - Editorial/Getty Images 1953 MONTAGE Soccer players playing in stadium / spectators in stands / Germany / AUDIO Oddball Film & Video/Getty Images 1930s German American Bund Party Nazi rally Archive Films - Editorial/Getty Images 1915 MONTAGE B/W Invalids from WWI working as cobblers and sewing clothes and other goods in factory/ Russia Film Images Paris/Getty Images NEWS CAPSULE CLEAN: David Beckham And James Bond Launch adidas Originals By Originals Line,Los Angeles,CA 9/30/09 WireImage House/Getty Images