Living 70 Years with PTSD After Surviving the Holocaust (And Still Holding on to Hope)
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- Betty has lived with PTSD for 70 years since surviving the Holocaust. After liberation, Betty screamed every night while dreaming that she was back in Auschwitz. Although she has endured extreme tragedy, Betty still believes there are good people in the world. Today she is a proud great-grandmother and hopes others will understand that inside we are all human.
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Betty Feit passed away 12/20/23. May her memory be for a blessing.
rest in peace, mrs. feit. she was an iron woman; to live through so much bad but still find the good.
"Do you still have faith in humanity?"
"No."
Left me absolutely speechless, because I can understand and I can agree
No one should have faith in humanity. Her faith is where it belongs, in God. This becomes very movingly clear at the end of the video.
Nobody should. Humanity is fallen.
@@mbb-- "If there is a God, he will have to beg for my forgiveness." Etched on a wall in a concentration camp.
“I could never feel as happy as people are. I can never laugh like people do.” Heart-breaking. Absolutely heart-breaking. I wish I could hug this woman. I wish I could take all her pain away.
Your wonderful I wish i had you as a friend...
At least she is happy with her children
Yeah that line really got me. It is unbelievably awful to think that she actually meant it.
i always wanted to know who rescued her fro, death but i know....God
FROM
Her story is written on her face... & the message she tells is of the utmost importance... especially for world leaders.
Excellent comment my friend
God bless her they need to know awesome comment
And her smile is a lesson for all of us to stop being so negative and awful to each other.
Brilliantly put my friend
Fact she found a good man, n can trust people, breaks my heart, noone should shuffer like that, but, did it get better, "sometimes, most of the times" beautiful
I just wish I could hug this woman, I would give her the biggest hug
same!
I was thinking exactly this
Me too
I feel the same way for everybody on the show they all deserve the world
Me too I was thinking the same thing when I was watching the interview.
I don't think I fully appreciated how important preserving the firsthand stories of Holocaust survivors is until watching this
In Germany we have field trips in school to the concentration camps to make us grasp what happened and that that can never happen again by all means. It's already as bad as it is to hear the stories and see the videos and pictures in class but physically being there is a whole other level.
@@nadinewirsing1330 i live in poland and i went on a trip to a abandoned concentration camp called stutthof there were pictures of the victims and also old prisoner uniforms. These prisoners lived in horrible conditions.
@@youraveragewarcriminal They didn’t really live there, they merely existed, at best.
If you are interested in the stories there's an organization called "Yad vashem" (which literally means "hand and name") that took it upon themselves to curate everything holocaust related. There's a really interesting museum in Israel and also videos on TH-cam with people telling their stories.
I'm from Israel, and I was lucky enough to record a story of a Holocost survivor first hand (and meet the amazing person that was Miriam whom I miss dearly).
There are a ton of Holocaust survivor documentaries here on YT! I’ve watched hours of them and their stories will stay with me forever. I’m so glad they have the strength to tell their stories. The things they endured are absolutely horrendous. It’s so important to keep their stories alive.
Such a strong woman. Thank you for this. And the fact that many people TO THIS DAY deny it happened makes my blood boil.
Same here. I don’t get it.
It's inconceivable how people can deny that it happened!
Those people have no idea. And this video and all of your comments prove that we can help others who are torn about the holocaust or who live in a family of deniers but don’t deny it themselves to make the right choice, to not be anti-Semitic and to choose love and hope for themselves. We are all remembering history’s truth together when we watch and support this video. You are all amazing people who will tell your families this story and it will love on as a lesson to the world.
It's happening again right now in China.
😳 iCant believe you just said that! Yikes! I know u didnt mean any harm by it. I’m not sure it’s the appropriate time to bring up any part of you boiling. With all due respect & politely. I’m not trying to troll in no way. Or offensive at all.
My great grandmother survived Auschwitz. She weighted 80 pounds when the Russian soilders saved her and liberated the camp. We will NEVER forget.
At 80 pounds!? Wow! 😨
weighed*
I am so sorry to hear about your great grandma. I wish your family the best.
I am sorry to hear that happened to them. I hope she has been able at least see the joy in life after an event like that. These are the events we should never forget.
Never forget! Never again!
My grandparents were in Romania when this happened. They narrowly escaped and moved immediately to America. My grandpa said on his 90th birthday that after all that, all he wants is to see his grandchildren married. The night after my boyfriend proposed, he passed….
My dad was born in Romania, thus my name
im sorry to hear about the passing of your grandpa...
I'm sorry to hear that.
I'm sorry to hear about your grandfather's death.♥️💜💛💙.
I'm sorry for your loss
Look at the way the grandson looks at her when she talks. He looks so proud of his grandmother, you can tell he loves her very much. Wholesome.
This was the first video I saw on your channel. I showed some of it to my students when they asked if there were survivors of the Holocaust. Thank you for sharing your experience and know that it makes a difference.
This lady needs to go around to public schools and talk about this make this a curriculum seriously or at least have the students watch this video
If you want you can check polish channel "świadkowie epoki", there is many videos with english subtitles. Those vids are interviews with ppl who survived war.
And the world thanks you for sharing this with your students.
Ha! As a Slav, what my people endured over the centuries make the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Holocaust look like a Sunday walk in the park.. We lost over 11 million alone during the holocaust. The word "slave" comes from "Slav."
@@videowatchaccount7551 it’s not a competition.
It’s so beautiful how she’s the happiest when she’s with her children
And to think we have people who deny The Holocaust happening. I couldn't imagine living through that, she is admirably strong.
Yes, inclusive in Eastern Europe, where all that happened. So sickening!
An old woman telling a story isnt proof.
@@anonymousguy8885 It is. It is because its a small piece of the puzzle added to the mountains and mountains of physical and nonphysical evidence some people choose to ignore to this day. Enormous shame.
@@anonymousguy8885 this is somewhat true, but she's not the only one who has shared experiences. Also, it was well documented. It wasn't THAT long ago... I cant believe people don't believe it happened. There is overwhelming historical evidence.
@@anonymousguy8885 brain dead
This poor woman….
She didn’t deserve this, nobody deserves to go through this.
And it still happens all the time.
@@owengraziano7288 sure does
That's exactly what I was thinking, and she and her siblings were lucky to have survived despite all of the psychological problems afterwards.
oh my her giggle when she said her husband was tall and handsome, even through such a terrible experience she can still smile and love, bless this woman.
PTSD for 80 years! That's incredibly heartbreaking
They destroyed her faith in humanity. Now, some people lose that faith for lesser reasons (at least on the surface), but it takes an extreme type of evil to do that to somebody.
I met her at a CA holocaust museum had me in tears at age 10
@Lonny Fuego, what did she say?
It helps to brainwash when you can traumatize the children at a very early age.
I like how she doesn’t over-complicate things. She keeps it real and simple. When Chris asked if she has trouble trusting people, she goes “I only affiliate with people that I trust”, problem solved in one badass sentence!
My grandmother was taught never to talk about her heritage or her family's Jewishness. My dad and I didn't even know that we were Jewish until my grandma took a DNA test and found out she was 100% Ashkenazi. As far as I understand my ancestors fled to the US around the late 1800s/early 1900s during the rise in pogroms against Jews in Russia and Europe. And it's lucky they did, otherwise I may never have been born! I promise never to stay silent, never to be quiet about what we Jews have endured. I will do everything within my power to make sure this doesn't happen again, Betty! I'm only one person but I'll do my part!
You're not just one person, I and many others are here with and for you. I remember being in middle school and my mom telling me not to say anything about my heritage. And this was in 2012. It's unfortunate that even today in 2021, I am still afraid sometimes to say who I really am because of how the world is, and it shouldn't be that way. We will get through this
I’m a fellow Jew so I support u!!
Makes it harder to subvert and take over America when you mention it...
You are all beautiful in your Jewishness. God bless you and your family, past, present and future.
What a dear woman. It is unfathomable what she endured before, during and after the war. I am glad visiting Aushwitz was helpful in releasing some of the constant pain. ❤️
I studied WW2 for more than 2 decades now. Been to the camps ect.. please young people never forget this period in history if we do we are doomed to repeat it. This woman is just lovely God bless her.
Watch and study Europa The Last Battle. It's a very deep and well thought out documentary on World War II
Its so sad to see it happen again. The rise of extremism is worrying. the war in palestine is heart breaking.
As a Jewish child in a Jewish school, every annual Holocaust month we would host Holocaust survivors who would come and share their stories with us. It was my favorite time of year and these stories always gripped me and tore my heart open. They were incredible people with unquantifiable strength. Thank you for doing a story on this. There are fewer and fewer of these people on this earth who can share their story. It’s so important that we listen.
It helps to brainwash people when you can introduce trauma at a very early age.
My parents went through the Holocaust and I also tried so hard to be so good for them. Of course they have passed on fighting another kind of battle with Cancer. I miss them so!
That's another on going war right there. Cancer.
Sending you love Anita ❤
This video has stuck with me ever since it first came out. She's so inspiring.
I'm German. I'm young. Even my mother wasn't close to existing at the time the Nazis committed their atrocities, yet I still feel shame for what horrors my people put other innocent people through, based on their twisted ideology. In the past, my country has been responsible for unspeakable evils. It disgusts me that there's still people, even in this very country, saying the Holocaust and other crimes committed by Nazi Germany didn't take place. How anyone can hear of a story like this, let alone watch it, and still believe the woman is lying or spreading false information is beyond me.
Every country has done horrible things at some point in their past. Germany should not be singled out as if the capacity for evil is not a universal human trait.
I'm Swedish and my country did too, especially during the war. We can acknowledge this and be better! Sending you lots of love ❤️
Tu reflexión refleja tu capacidad de empatía ❤
They powers that should not be have been lying about WW2 since before it happened.
I wrote directly to SBSK to correct something in this video over a year ago. It has not yet been changed: at approx 6:10 in the video she talks about being grabbed by a Kapo, the subtitle reads "couple." Kapos were mostly violent criminals who were brought from prisons to control the people in concentration camps. As another poster noted, just before this she says "c" lager subtitle says "tse."
Ah. Thank you for your correction.
You can’t change anything about a video after it’s posted. Many years ago you could add annotations but that has been removed. But SKSK could put the correction in the video description or pin your comment.
Thank you, knowing she said Kapo is very helpful in the context👍💯
I'm so sorry for your heartbreak and loss sweet lady. I may not be Jewish but my heart cries with you. As we are seeing Ukraine being invaded last night my heart is heavy and I can't help but think of the pointless loss of life during war time. May you find peace.
Ukraine was with nazies ,Russia is the good side now as it was than
God will give those people rest, and the people who tortured and tormented others, will pay their price. Jesus can only pay for so much of our sins before some completely follow the devil.
The Nazis never left they just went underground, this war was started by the same demonic 1% of the world also referred to 'elite' but they are satanist scum.
As a Jew, this story strongly resonates with me and I am very sorry you had to go through that in Auschwitz. Having a polish grandfather who had lost his whole family in the holocaust i can understand the pain that you went through especially since you were in the concentration camp in Poland. ברוך השם that you escaped and managed to have a wonderful family. God Bless.
I want to give her a hug
This is one of the most impactful interviews I've seen on this channel. I am not Jewish, but I have made a point to engage with the Jewish Museum in my city and attend talks given by survivors of the Holocaust. Hearing their stories directly from them is incredibly powerful and a total privilege. What happened to these people is beyond vile, we owe to them all to remember and to never let ideologies of hatred divide and dehumanise us again.
I can't even imagine what she went through. She (and the other survivors) are SO strong.
Her voice reminds me of my grandmother, who escaped to Poland during the Holocaust. It is absolutely tragic. I wish Betty to be well.
My grandmother was born right at the end of the Shoah
my heart is broken watching this. i absolutely can’t fathom that some people believed this never happened. it’s like they’re erasing the stories of these people that they worked so hard to live through
I have a few friends who survived that I know through the Sydney Jewish Museum. They are my friends...heroes...inspirations and my mentors. They inspire me every single day and I now add Betty to this list. God bless you Betty and Chris for bringing this story to light
What a beautiful lady. Working as a nurse for over 30 years I hear stories like this all of the time. Listening can be therapeutic for our seniors, they hold these feelings in for many years. I love my seniors!
My heart breaks for her, such a strong, beautiful woman. 😔
The type of pure agony and pain she went through and continues to experience would be indescribable for most people and unfathomable. I'm sad anyone has to deal with such trauma, and that horrible trauma fueled by war, racism, haters and ignorance still continues to this day. I'm happy she has a beautiful, loving and supportive family.
The tears… this woman. Her story is amazing and her honesty is powerful. I want to know more of her story.
One of my favourites interviews. So much values in this family. It has taught me a valuable lesson “When you drown you’ll hold on to a straw”.
I am so proud that she was so strong that she survived all of the ciaos
This is absolutely heartbreaking to hear :( what an incredibly brave & strong woman 💖
When I was in college in the late 1970’s, I helped the Red Cross pack up their blood drive items from an event in the auditorium. An older man was boxing up items for me to carry outside. He had numbers roughly tattooed on the inside of one forearm. I still recall how Ai felt to be in the presence of someone who had lived...when so many others perished at the hands of other human beings.....
He was the first Holocaust survivor I knowingly met, however briefly...
Thank you to all who speak out and share their victories, pain, lessons and love for family, friends and community!!! We See You! We Hear You! We Believe You! We Won’t Forget!!
You have gone through more than any human should but you have still prevailed through determination and will. May your spirit be preserved with this video as you truly deserve it ❤️
8:34 “I have a lot of arguments with him [g-d]” - that’s just how you know you’re jewish 😆
(But seriously what an incredible woman. I am so grateful to her and others who share their stories because the world needs to know. And as a Jewish person I’m grateful to be living in 21st century America)
And he said: 'Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast striven with G-d and with men, and hast prevailed.'
Genesis 32.28
Essentially the meaning of the name Israel... Wrestles with God.
not just jews argue with god
@@krystalharwood6359 Not the point... the quote is biblical as this is how Jacob got the name Israel.
Krystal Harwood jews have a very different relationship with our g-d than other religions. they’re allowed to express that lol
I was very abused as a child. I convinced myself to stop laughing. Eventually I found little reasons to be happy for. I don’t laugh like a lot of people do w light humor but the special things that do make me laugh I laugh so genially. It changed my life. Find the little things that make you happy. Like this woman laughs and smiles for her kids. It’s not all bad. Look for the little things. Not responding for approval of others.
She's such a sweetheart. I'm grateful for her sharing this bit of history. We must always remember that everyone 's different, but in the end we' re all humans.
She is right about humanity. We are capable of horrible things when it comes to self preservation.
Like the Holodomor, the nukes, the carpet bombs on german cities.
Yes. You are horrible.
Thank God for the joy this woman finds in her children. (My youngest son, whom I adopted at birth, was also born in Romania!)
What a strong woman. The pride she holds for her family is evident and a heartwarming contrast to the unfortunate, chilling story of her life.
My heart goes out to this lady and her family. I have read many stories about Auschwitz. I had at least one ancestor My Father told us of one of our relatives who was sent to the gas chambers. In one book I read I saw a man who looked like my Father and was either Jewish or Polish. I know he wasn't Jewish. I found recently through doing Geneology we have Jewish Ancestry. I have always been felt very sad because of what happened during this horrible time.
This woman is a treasure. It is amazing that she could share her story. You can feel the sadness radiating from her soul. I hope that one day she can find some peace.
I want to hug her.
I want to hug her so much.
I want to talk to her, and cry with her.
I want to be there for her.
If you are able to give this lady my message, please tell her, that I admire her strengh, she is so loving and brave. I'm glad she has a such a nice family and be a support for them. Betty is kinda role model for me and I can't imagine to go through all those stuff she did. She's an incredible!
a woman my friend knew lived through war but in Sweden, He took care of her even from age 6. was a neighbor of his. She was impressed at how mature he was. She is still friends with him and I. lol calls us her son and daughter in law even though we are not married, just close
My darling, I cannot fathom what you endured back then, I was crying all throughout your story. 😭
No words can express how strong you are and I cannot begin to imagine how much you’re hurting, but if one thing can come from this, it’s that you were blessed with freedom, independence and a loving family.
Nothing can replace all you’ve lost and the loved ones that were taken from you too soon, but I can only believe they are so very proud of you and how you’ve come away from such tragedy and turned it into your own little corner of the world into your own happy haven.
I realise you’ll likely never read this comment, but my thoughts and best wishes for a continued peaceful life for you remains, all the best from the UK 🇬🇧 ❤️
And now we're witnessing the whole thing starting again.
God bless her. She’s a living history book.
This makes me so sick. Sitting here crying with her, listening to her story. This is so important. Everyone needs to hear this survivor's story.
You showed such a positive side of a Holocaust survivor. Thank you for bringing out her continued faith in G-d and happiness in His gifts.
God did this to her though. Pretty heartless God for putting her through this.
@@speedfastman God didn't do it. The Nazis and those who stood silent did it. What god did is make she would live a long life. Note the difference.
@@lionkings4532 God can do anything so he could've stopped the Nazis too. :p
@@speedfastman If God stopped bad things all the time, we would all just be puppets without minds of our own. Blaming a God takes away from where the blame should be, which is on evil people. Don't defend them by blaming some God
@@speedfastman He did :)))
this video was heartbreaking. none of this should have ever happened and i am so sorry she had to experience this
thank you betty for sharing your story with the world. you are an inspiring woman
45 seconds and i'm already in tears...this woman carries so much, and she speaks with such wisdom. wherever she is now, i really hope she's doing alright-- no one should have to go through the things she went through
15 years ago I was with my school at an interview with a survivor. This video is so touching - thanks for sharing your story with the younger generation!
Let's fill all the comments-sections of his video with love
I wish more people saw this interview... considering all the conflicts that are happening today.
This lady is an insperation, she is staying strong. I am so glad she has her children to help her. Losing her mother is such a hard thing and I am parykmg for her.
This is the best and bravest woman in the world. Gone through so much and still lives
Hearing her talk about everything she went through is heartbreaking. I fully understand why she doesn't have faith in humanity. But seeing her smile when she talks about her kids is wonderful.
Thank you for giving her the chance to tell her story.
Imagine that situation back then. I don't even want to think about the emotions that were there. All these lives... All for hatred. I'm not surprised by the answer when he asked the lady if she has faith in humanity.
I wish I could just hug this woman, she deserves love and support as much as anyone else needs. This woman is a amazing person and I absolutely hope things get better for her. My great-grandad went through the Second World War and survived but I can never understand what he went through because he’s no longer with us but all I know is that anyone who went through the war deserves the upmost love in this world so does anyone else.
When she said "I could never feel as happy as people are", I understood what she meant. She still appreciates and enjoys all the good things in her life, and she loves her family...but her heart was truly broken by what she went through. Reminds me of a quote in the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes" that says, “You know, a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating, just the same.”
A lot of us have trauma that is deep and it breaks our hearts forever in one way or another. You move on, live, and love, but there is always a malingering that time cannot rid. My hope is that wherever we go after this life these deep pains will finally be washed away like what Eddie the main character of the book/movie "The Five People You Meet In Heaven" experienced: " "He felt no pain from his death. All he felt was lightness and calm, as if every hurt he had ever suffered had been washed away."
I’m heartbroken watching her story, but seeing her laughing and smiling with her family fills me with joy, it’s astounding how strong she can be despite how much she’s been through
So much love and admiration in the eyes of her grandson while he looks at her. So sweet.
I felt everything she was saying and could almost feel how she was feeling. I wanted to reach through and give her a huge hug! You have my love and prayers. 💕
Man, hearing Betty share her story definitely was a tear jerker. I can’t imagine anyone watching this with dry eyes. I can’t begin to imagine what she went through. I’m sure she only gave a tiny fraction of her story and the PG rated version. Just heartbreaking, there’s no other way to say it. Back when I was in high school, I took a class trip to the museum of tolerance. The tour guides there were all Holocaust survivors. Being there listening to them was so surreal. Watching Betty’s interview was very much similar.
Night terrors are so awful. Im on medication that makes me forget my dreams 90% of the time. I still wake up soaked in sweat a lot, but luckily the images are gone when I wake up. Ptsd is difficult. This woman is so strong. ❤
Wow im in tears what an amazing strong woman.
I'm truly grateful this woman of strength was able to tell her story. So empowering. The strength she had to rebuild her life after surviving this trauma as a young woman is to the core unbelievable. Bless her and her family.
now comments are open please give my love to her. Such a brave person. Probably strong than i can ever imagine
God bless this woman. What a treasure!
Sweet Lady, Your happiness has been restored by your children and grandchildren. I can’t fathom the absolute fear you endured before, during and after WW2. My heart breaks for you and everyone else that endured it with you.
Such a strong woman. It is absolutely soul crushing hearing the reality of what so many people faced. God bless her.
I love this Woman so much. Thank You for letting her tell her story.
What an amazing woman. I had goose bumps the whole time she spoke. Thank you for sharing her life with us.
She seems like the sweet Grandmother you always look forward to visiting during the Holiday season.
Brave, kind and strong, her eyes tell the whole story themselves... The world has to change.
So much love, respect and the biggest cuddle sent to you 💝
What a beautiful soul. You can tell that in her eyes the amount of pain and trauma this lady went through. Wishing her and her family nothing but the best life has to offer 🙏🏾💙
What a story of strength and perseverance. Made me cry. God Bless her.
She is so adorable, brave and probably one of the strongest human beings I have ever witnessed in my life. I'm grateful for strong-hearted individuals such as you Betty.
What a beautiful, strong and inspiring lady. All young people should watch this video.
Wow, I could watch this beautiful family talk all day long. Sweet grandmother, sweet mother… bravo. You survived and thrived and created such a beautiful family with your husband. Thank you so much for sharing your story with the world. We are blessed to know it, and you. ❤️
This is by far one of the most heartwarming SBSK stories. Such a beautiful and supportive family. I had the privilege of speaking with a Holocaust survivor about twenty years ago. They are strong despite their sad and tragic memories
This channel has been one of the best influences in how i treat people and my outlook on life thank you for what you do and also finally opening comments
Thank you so much for sharing, Betty and thank you Chris for being a great interviewer.
Just seeing this for the first time. What a beautiful woman!
OMG What an amazing woman. I know we are all different but she was able to have a family. It was my dearest wish, but I never could. I thank God every day for my nephew and niece. They’re the light of my life.
I don’t really have words… but this lady captured my heart and I just love her! And I hope and pray that she will be peaceful the rest of her life! God bless you!🙏🏼🕊️☀️
I love how proud of her kids an grandchildren she is. I just want to hug her
I sat and cried the entire time.
What a beautiful soul. A gem! I would also love to give her a hug! 💝