My father was a Canadian lieutenant during WW2. I watch many vids like this. Why? Because if I'm having a so-called "bad day", I think of what these people went thru & realize I'm VERY VERY Fortunate...
This was so inspiring and so sad at the same time. We all take for granted what we have today. I hope everyone from all different backgrounds and races decides just to live in peace together.
Will it ever. be completely understood that life on this earth did sink to this level,,,what were the steps and stages that led to a place like Auschwitz,,,it appears to have been a city somewhat like other cities located on this place called earth.,,
My grandparents and uncle was in Auschwitz... My father was there 11-17 yrs old witnessed his family walking to take a shower and never saw them again.. My father has the tattoo of numbers... We need to be watchful in 2023 ..
People think there's no way this could happen again but I say it's going to happen again only this time it will not only be Jews but Gentiles also and they will be exterminated not because of their nationality but because they don't have the one form of ID everyone will be required to have or else. Warn your children and grandchildren they will be the ones feeling the wrath. Sorry about your family, It's unimaginable.
we are one bad election this.i have family on my fathers side that died in the camps the very real thought of how easy it could happen here is horrifying
My father lost an uncle an aunt and four cousins in Sobibor. I watch every holocaust video I can find in the hope that I might hear one of their names. Mrs Fajarowicz (my grandmother's sister) her husband and their 4 children.
Im sorry for the loss of your family. I'll keep the name in mind. If any of them were given a number you can reach out to the museum there and they may have a record. May thier memory be a blessing.
I think that depends on the ‘freedom.’ I am female, and quietly thank the suffragettes every time i walk into my polling place to vote. @@michelleduplooymalherbe2837
Same! I tell myself.. I’d always fight, whether my fight was sometimes in compliance and others physically I’d always fight, I tell myself I’d be part of the underground to hide people if I wasn’t part of the persecuted. I’m terribly sad for all of these people they saw so much and then there are people who really say “it never happened” those people are scary people because those people are ones who would be a part of the evils that were committed. I’m sad that all of the survivors are gone now. I pray others continue to share these stories and make sure we are all aware it could happen again and we need to choose what side we’re going to be on.. hopefully part of the resilience
Well said!! There was a black politician, I can't remember his name but he said..."I would have fought back"! I was so angry at him. These people had guns in their faces and witnessed such atrocities! Families murdered. Bless all of them!!! Including the Homosexuals, the Gypsies, the Mentally ill!! They were slaughtered, too.
Thank you for your courage and desire to live, an example for all, may such barbarism never be repeated!!!😔 Thank you for uploading the video with the option of subtitles, the testimonials will be more powerful.👍
You had to make some serious decisions in a flash. The grandmother who took her daughter's son to the gas chamber so her daughter had a chance to survive broke me...😭
In case readers do not know this fact - the Jews of Paris men, women and children - were rounded up, guarded and put on the trains East - was entirely done by THE FRENCH POLICE not the Germans. When the French had control of Vichy France they had two Concentration Camps near the border with Spain. One was called Gurs
"Your gonna be killed regardless so why not take a chance" damn right, i never understood why more didn't take up arms ounce they knw what was happening.
They couldn’t he even said if you were part of a family you couldn’t do it. There was no place for us. My mothers family went to the woods when they were beginning with ghettos and Germans told Jews they’re being resettled. Poles from the home front murdered my family. The home front collaborated in terms of killing Jews. This also occurred in other countries ie france, italy Hungary. In Poland if they knew in the underground you were Jewish they either turned you in or they gave you jobs that would kill you. They also killed you just for being Jewish .there was literally no where to go. My grandmother had a German soldier enter the house and taste some soup telling her it’s good. The Germans wanted to deceive people telling them they come in peace. Ps I hate Germans Austrians and all those who collaborated
Excellent! Nothing speaks the truth or illustrates the situation better than survivors. Thank you for this video and God bless the survivors and those who helped them survive!
I like to learn about my Jewish Family which were murdered during WWII. My mama was the only survivor from family of 146 people of all ages. My Father was Catholic and so I am Christian. My Mama with my brother and I escaped from Poland 🇵🇱 to U.S.A. in 1968. Now I am retired and living in England wondering about my past and grateful for my Life…
We always have heard about brave people who protected Dutch Jews. But The Netherlands lost a much greater percentage than any other country. And not only that--after the war the Dutch government made it extremely difficult for survivors to reclaim their children. Dont believe it? Look it up. The people who had grown to love the children they saved did not want to release the children to the returning survivors. The government backed them.
If you ask someone a few questions about their politics and can correctly guess their response of questions you haven't asked them yet. They are possessed by political ideology, they are dangerous, and can easily be turned into concentration camp or gulag guards.
No one can forget, but if there is no forgiveness hate will destroy you. Even if there is no understanding for these atrocities there must be forgiveness. Only with the help of the Lord can anyone forgive such hatred and madness. In our humanness we cannot possibly do it.
So, so, so hard to watch. But it's so important to future generations and humanity for us to never forget what people can do to fellow humans when under the influence of pure evil.
This is brave people,the french resistance lost thousands of members.many Jewish resistance fighters fought like tigers,I have the most respect for them.i have read a lot about the Holocaust survivors.war is hell!
Thank you so much to the museum for putting this up. We're at a point now when survivors are almost gone. I've had an interest in WW II and all that included, since I was a kid, and read Anne Frank's diary. I wish though I had taken a stronger interest in the Holocaust a long time ago though, when more survivors were still alive and going around speaking. They are all precious jewels, the last living source of first hand accounts of one of the most momentous and terrible times in history. Soon we will never be able to give them a hug, or hold their hand, ask them what they feel about the world today, or to let them know that what they went through is not forgotten.
Its almost impossible to ever grasp the stuff these people went through and it wasn't even long ago alot of jewish people had grandparents that actually lived through the holocaust and managed to raise families and have success around the world. The toughness of that generation is unmatched.
Wonderful video testimony. These are heroes from the greatest generation. Mrs. Gerda Klein is an inspiration. Gerda & Kurt's love story is beautiful & amazing. If you have not watched their individual testimonies, I encourage you to look them up. I am so proud to be an American. Our world would look completely different today, were it not for the brave allied soldiers. We must never let this history be forgotten. We must stand and be counted, against racism & prejudice. Love & blessings. 🙏🏻🇺🇲❤🇬🇧✌🏻🇮🇱
Can't wrap my around such madness.My life problems pails in comparison what happened to so many loving souls.Our America ancestors did about the same to the American Indians and African Americans.Such close-minded hate that can be in men's hearts.Im proud of my Country and greatfull I'm here.But I'm not proud of how some our ancestors were. Such a shame....💖
@@timmyhambone2736 What was done to European Jewry is completely unlike what happened to the Native Americans and African Americans. The Shoah was the largest state sponsored genocide in history. Slave laborers under the Nazis were worked for the purpose of murder by physical labor. Nazi treatment of Jews during the Holocaust is unprecedented in history. Completely different.
@@timmyhambone2736 Yesterday I was watching a video about the Ocoee Massacre it was my first time hear of it. They didn't teach use in the 60s at school about all these tragic stories...
I watched this documentary and for me this one is the best absolutely the best, such a dark time, and such a beasts people to do that to another human beings, What a brave people to survive, God bless those souls that perished in that war
I am not Christian, but I am not Jewish either. Somehow, despite not being religious at all, I’m watching this on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021. A sacred time, this time, hearing these stories, witnessing the struggle to tell the stories.
These people were amazing!!!!! I wonder if the 20s and 30s of today Would have the courage and determination to do the same thing if similar circumstances arose. Thank you thank you!!
Greetings from N Ireland! Thank you for this informative video. God bless those who took courageous steps to protect God's chosen people! They will be rewarded by the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the only true God! Shalom!
Thank you for your stories I can tell it's hard to talk about it because you have to think about it to say it I pray to Jesus Christ everyday that we don't head to this place again cuz it seems like we are headed to this these ideologies that are so ruthless and unforgiving I refuse to accept them I am the light the truth and the way
Fantastic segment on survival. As one person said. "The courage to endure." What good does it do to suicide. Moral outrage of the citizenry is incredible. Finest examples of righteous humanity. Thank you for posting.
How Germany commemorate…They could take a train ride in a box,under similar conditions,once a month,once a year.Are the homes that belonged to the “departed” Still there?What happened to each one?Surely the Germans don’t charge tourists to the Holocaust site? These former homes of victims could be accomadation for visitors.
I keep watching these videos hoping that I can understand how people could do something like this to other people, especially to children, but after years of watching I haven't found out yet. I have even studied German history to see if it was something in their development that might explain it. But I haven't found it.
Me too. One day I became fascinated as to why this happened. But no. It’s not a German thing. Sadly it’s human nature. We separate ourselves by skin color , religion eye color etc. These things have been going on for thousands of years. The only thing that makes the Holocaust “unique” is the technology that was put to use and how recent it is. Look into other genocides and you’ll see what I mean. Happens everywhere in multiple eras. When I was a kid and heard of the Holocaust I didn’t understand it. I couldn’t understand why a “White” man would want to kill another white man (I’m black). I could wrap my head around why a white person could hate a black person because we are visibly different. Whenever I see racism I try to remember how ridiculous it seemed as a kid finding out that people target other people solely for where they come from.
The crimes and cruelties committed against my sons and daughters, my fathers and mothers, my brothers and sisters hurt me deeply, regardless their ethnicity and nationality. In Isaiah 2: 4, Jehovah God, the Creator and Source of life, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, promises: "He will be judge among the nations and will settle matters in relation to many peoples. They will turn their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. The nations will no longer raise their swords against each other and learn no more to wage war." My immediate neighbors are Jews and I am a Jehovah's Witness. Their hearts are superior than pure gold by far. They are extremely kind. The gentleman takes care of my trash can every Wednesday without my asking him to do so. They are lovely human beings, and they are not in need of the smallest improvement.
Oh my, what lived accounts. May I not forget these and remember if it was not for God's grace I could easily be an oppessor. I tremble at that thought and will vividly recall these testimonies of resolve and resilence
You all served so everyone can learn and hear what happen at that time. My heart ♥ goes out to you all, we have to make sure this never happens again.Evil Putin will do this if we don't stop him now ! He has not learnt anything
As a deeply religious Catholic I am deeply touched by the testimonials. I love the Jewish people there is not a persecuted soul I don't love. I hope I will get Jewish friends and we celebrate Christmas and can help them in these end times. Please 🙏 God , Lord Jesus help me if this again resist evil in man.
Generations of Christian teachings and hate by Paul and Matthew have brought atrocities like these upon the Jewish people time and time again throughout the generations. Christianity is a false religion, they worship a man, please learn and listen to Rabbi "Tovia Singer", he has thousands of clips on TH-cam. Learn the truth because we can't both be right.
Thank you for sharing. I still cannot comprehend the Holocaust. How can I? Possibly? Sometimes I look at my children in silent horror because I realize that we are only one madman away from going through this again bless you
@@millenials_best It's a very common and rational question. The Anti Natalist arguments are compelling. Why do you want a species to continue that to date has had such a catastrophic outcome?
@@millenials_best Anti Natalism, look it up. Many people, or Philosophers, have argued breeding is immoral for a long, long time. More bewildering than folks like you, who seem to have given the merits of breeding like study, is why some concentration camp survivors decided to breed, after seeing what humans are capable of!
As much as I know about the Holocaust by reading many, many survivors stories and everything about WWII, I learned something new from this video. Thank you.
Imagine losing your entire family, your home, your belongings, your livelihood, your health...all for NOTHING. Nothing at all, but pure hatred and propaganda from a psychopath who turned cowardly. These people persevered until the last minute and lived to tell their story. I'm so sorry each one of you lost everything, but I wonder where God was.
I am watching this and can not believe the cruelty of people. Why, because of hate. Even now we still have hate and there are some who would gladly do this again. We never forget what happen. We not allow hate to take over a nation. All of us must fight hate. What else I can say, somehow the words that I type are not even close to what I feel and want to say.
Tengo que amar y respetar la descendencia de estos asesinos hoy día en este siglo Jehova Dios me dice en su palabra que debo hacerlo pero como con tanto dolor por este pueblo. Ay santo Dios ayúdanos
I wonder how many of these people are still living, but thankful that they have recorded these testimonies to remind all of us of what happens when extreme prejudices are allowed, and encouraged to flourish by evil and insane leaders.
The powerful stories of these direct witnesses of man's timeless capacity for inhumanity, should be required learning in every middle school, high school, university everywhere. History does repeat itself.
At first Germans either defended their actions or wanted to forget about it. But now I think most Germans believe it happened and that they have a responsibility to educate the younger people.
I saw accidentally a russian documentary about auswitch at age of 5 i was really shocked..and im 40 years old now i didn't stop searching the truth..i have to know why my grandparents fought for..I HAVE TO KNOW😢
The stone walled Mauthausen was used in the Camp scenes and the quarry there. The lines of electrified wire IN THE QUARRY was absurd. I was surprised to see the SS Man collecting Wiesenthal was the 2nd Sergeant in 'Heartbeat'. Another British Jewish actor was also in 'Escape from Sobibor'
History has been a focus for me as teacher and ongoing student and this account of the Nazi regime still leaves me feeling "how incredible" and I wish I unbelievable, but historical records do not lie. Still, I have to ask: Why this kind of treatment of Jews - as human beings ??!
So sad and I personally worked in a nursing home back in 1989 and 90. There's so many sad very sad story but the one thing that bothered me the most is the fact that some of this men turned around and did the same thing and in some cases, worse to the Palestinian people. When I used to ask them how can they do that strangely the answer was almost the same, " So What?"..... Don't get me wrong, what they went through was hellllll.
When I hear the stories of holocaust, I try to put myself in the place of a person facing a pit of corpses, waiting to be executed. R being beaten towards a gas chamber, just the thought is terrifying. So knowing millions experience their last moments on earth this way is too much to take. This can't be allowed to happen again, must not be allowed again.
Hearing how the American soldier treated this wonderful woman like a lady after all she had been through brought tears to my eyes...I am so proud of the American soldiers and awed by these amazing survivors. Watching this in 2/23 I see how the American people are under attack by an illegitimate regime in the WH it makes me more determined than EVER to stand up and fight for the American people without whom the world would not have a safe haven.
There are allot of countries where the citizens have failed and are now ruled by a dictatorial type govt. They cannot own guns, freedom of speech no longer exists and yet there are those who are trying to enslave the American people but the one thing that keeps tyranny at bay is the firearm. without it we would have lost our freedom long ago. WW2 soldiers and guts used it to end aggression in Europe and many other wars. When I hear the words " where I live we`re not allowed to own guns" is extremely upsetting and I`m sure every true American feels the same. You put an AR or AK in your possession and you will feel how it seems to back up your unwillingness to be ruled.
God was always and still is with the Jewish people..God is the same yesterday today and tomorrow...God will never forsake us...Jesus is the only way to heaven Jesus loves us !!!
Whenever I watch things with survivors of the Holocaust I feel so terribly torn because the survivors not only carry the physical scars from their captors but they endure and push through the inhuman mental trauma to forge better lives for themselves and for those who never made it out of the ghettos, labor camps and extermination camps alive. They don’t share their experiences to become famous or to be deemed heroic or simply because they like to talk about the past. They tell their horrific experiences so that those who come after them have knowledge of how quickly prejudice and hate can take hold and what kind of unimaginable horror humans are capable of doing to each other in hopes that the term “NEVER AGAIN” truly means NEVER AGAIN. Personally, my heart hurts when I hear that phrase today because in so many ways they are just words and are not action. Since the end of WWll there have been so many human lives lost from encampments, people being permanently displaced from their homes and families just because of race and religious practices, violence, ethnic cleansing and genocide. I don’t believe people who survive human atrocities were and are more worthy of life than the ones who do not survive. I believe that they were lucky to survive but this type of “luck” carries a heavy lifelong burden of knowing through experience what darkness people are capable of when left unchecked. So many survivors who have every right to be angry, channel that energy to helping others and trying to give a voice to the voiceless because somehow they still believe in the goodness of people and the importance of respecting a person’s dignity and right to life. For me the frustration is that currently as a society, we have so much access to historical facts at our fingertips 24/7 and we have so much knowledge of what happens to people through endless archives of photos, video, personal testimonials etc and yet suppression of vulnerable people who have been deemed “unworthy” by the powerful elite still happens everyday. Even when the monsters who are responsible for enacting unjust brutality to others are stopped, they rarely are held accountable and quite often are out and living amongst the very people they have victimized. I can’t even imagine what victims experience having to try and rebuild their lives knowing their captors are now their neighbour. I guess it comes down to knowing that even in the depths of unmistakable despair, one must always fight for the right of life by any means possible even when knowing it may cost your life trying to do the right the thing and save others. It’s never wrong to stand up for every human to have the right to a safe and dignified life regardless of their sex, race and religion. More people need to stop enabling hate and listen to those who have come out on the other side of what hateful policies and agendas of the so called powerful of the time created so it doesn’t keep happening. I am thankful for the lessons that survivors so bravely try to share with others and for the sacrifice that the voiceless made and for never giving up hope for good. 🙏 🙏
Unfortunately “Never again” has already been broken by the Bosnian-Serbia war, the Rwanda conflict, Somalia and others. It occurred when India and Pakistan became Independent Countries between Muslims and Hindi’s, and in Burma. I think I have missed some other parts of the world where there was genocide. And the general population has forgotten or been mislead given the formation of Neo Nazi groups and other groups. We have to reach our students in history classes! Somehow!
My mind cannot fathom how a woman would see a girl put to death because she didn't sell her some eggs. There was one person in that story who didn't deserve to live and it wasn't anyone selling poultry....
It is so moving I feel that I am standing in front of some of the bravest people on earth. I also hope that stories of the Roma people would also be told. Nearly a million and half of them died in the death camps. Nobody seems to care.
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I was fortunate enough to know Norbert Wollheim as a close family friend. He was an exemplary human being.
May his memory be a blessing.
My father was a Canadian lieutenant during WW2. I watch many vids like this.
Why? Because if I'm having a so-called "bad day", I think of what these people went thru & realize I'm VERY VERY Fortunate...
It's very sobering indeed. Puts things in perspective
I use to think “I” was tough. These folks, ALL OF THEM, are tougher than Ill ever be! God bless them all!
Same.
Inspiring!! Never forget and Never surrender!
This was so inspiring and so sad at the same time. We all take for granted what we have today. I hope everyone from all different backgrounds and races decides just to live in peace together.
Will it ever. be completely understood that life on this earth did sink to this level,,,what were the steps and stages that led to a place like Auschwitz,,,it appears to have been a city somewhat like other cities located on this place called earth.,,
These are some of the most poignant moments of the many testimonies I have ever heard.
My grandparents and uncle was in Auschwitz... My father was there 11-17 yrs old witnessed his family walking to take a shower and never saw them again.. My father has the tattoo of numbers...
We need to be watchful in 2023 ..
People think there's no way this could happen again but I say it's going to happen again only this time it will not only be Jews but Gentiles also and they will be exterminated not because of their nationality but because they don't have the one form of ID everyone will be required to have or else. Warn your children and grandchildren they will be the ones feeling the wrath. Sorry about your family, It's unimaginable.
we are one bad election this.i have family on my fathers side that died in the camps the very real thought of how easy it could happen here is horrifying
My father lost an uncle an aunt and four cousins in Sobibor. I watch every holocaust video I can find in the hope that I might hear one of their names. Mrs Fajarowicz (my grandmother's sister) her husband and their 4 children.
Your name must have been changed, meaning your last name.
Im sorry for the loss of your family. I'll keep the name in mind. If any of them were given a number you can reach out to the museum there and they may have a record. May thier memory be a blessing.
Hearing these stories make the so called "grievances" people belly ache about today seem so insignificant. I will never forget.
we take our freedom so for granted
@@michelleduplooymalherbe2837 foolishly.
It was called 'the War to end all War's ( propaganda evidently)
@@ilb735 That was the 1st world war.
I think that depends on the ‘freedom.’
I am female, and quietly thank the suffragettes every time i walk into my polling place to vote.
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These brave people victims should be honoured and remembered forever for their struggle against an evil ideology.
Im just astounded at both the depravity and resilience of the human race
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Totally true
Same! I tell myself.. I’d always fight, whether my fight was sometimes in compliance and others physically I’d always fight, I tell myself I’d be part of the underground to hide people if I wasn’t part of the persecuted. I’m terribly sad for all of these people they saw so much and then there are people who really say “it never happened” those people are scary people because those people are ones who would be a part of the evils that were committed. I’m sad that all of the survivors are gone now. I pray others continue to share these stories and make sure we are all aware it could happen again and we need to choose what side we’re going to be on.. hopefully part of the resilience
Well said!! There was a black politician, I can't remember his name but he said..."I would have fought back"! I was so angry at him. These people had guns in their faces and witnessed such atrocities! Families murdered. Bless all of them!!! Including the Homosexuals, the Gypsies, the Mentally ill!! They were slaughtered, too.
@Up Shit Creek yes yes. So unfair my heart goes out to everyone who suffered due to those evil Nazis.
Thank you for your courage and desire to live, an example for all, may such barbarism never be repeated!!!😔
Thank you for uploading the video with the option of subtitles, the testimonials will be more powerful.👍
You had to make some serious decisions in a flash. The grandmother who took her daughter's son to the gas chamber so her daughter had a chance to survive broke me...😭
That broke my heart 💔
Evil 😈 people live in this world.
Try watching Sophie's choice, That movie had me convulsing with tears
Yes !!
@@KimberlyBishh YES! I have that movie. Unbelievable, I think it was based on a true story??
@@suzanncruikshank6442 It's not quite a true story but based on a woman the writer met in Brooklyn who told him stories about the war.
Thank you to all these survivors for telling their stories and their truth. Unbelievable humans can be so cruel.
Just remarkable stories. Thank you all.
In case readers do not know this fact - the Jews of Paris men, women and children - were rounded up, guarded and put on the trains East - was entirely done by THE FRENCH POLICE not the Germans.
When the French had control of Vichy France they had two Concentration Camps near the border with Spain. One was called Gurs
"Your gonna be killed regardless so why not take a chance" damn right, i never understood why more didn't take up arms ounce they knw what was happening.
A trick: you can watch series on Flixzone. I've been using them for watching loads of movies these days.
They couldn’t he even said if you were part of a family you couldn’t do it. There was no place for us. My mothers family went to the woods when they were beginning with ghettos and Germans told Jews they’re being resettled. Poles from the home front murdered my family. The home front collaborated in terms of killing Jews. This also occurred in other countries ie france, italy Hungary. In Poland if they knew in the underground you were Jewish they either turned you in or they gave you jobs that would kill you. They also killed you just for being Jewish .there was literally no where to go. My grandmother had a German soldier enter the house and taste some soup telling her it’s good. The Germans wanted to deceive people telling them they come in peace. Ps I hate Germans Austrians and all those who collaborated
In many cases they were starved for a year in the ghettos first. With what energy would they fight back. These were starved civilians.
Excellent! Nothing speaks the truth or illustrates the situation better than survivors. Thank you for this video and God bless the survivors and those who helped them survive!
I like to learn about my Jewish Family which were murdered during WWII. My mama was the only survivor from family of 146 people of all ages. My Father was Catholic and so I am Christian. My Mama with my brother and I escaped from Poland 🇵🇱 to U.S.A. in 1968.
Now I am retired and living in England wondering about my past and grateful for my Life…
We always have heard about brave people who protected Dutch Jews. But The Netherlands lost a much greater percentage than any other country. And not only that--after the war the Dutch government made it extremely difficult for survivors to reclaim their children. Dont believe it? Look it up. The people who had grown to love the children they saved did not want to release the children to the returning survivors. The government backed them.
Thank you for preserving these testimonies and making them available for everyone.
Powerful testimonies. I am humbled to the utmost. I am afraid this could happen again. Let us all be brave and help one another.
it already has started
If you ask someone a few questions about their politics and can correctly guess their response of questions you haven't asked them yet. They are possessed by political ideology, they are dangerous, and can easily be turned into concentration camp or gulag guards.
@@yourkarma2250 how has it already started?
@@hwwwarrior90 i meant 2030 Unmasked
@@hwwwarrior90 i replied but you tube removed cause they hate the truth
”she pinned the lie to all of those who said that they had no choice” - powerful words. Really, really powerful words.
Brave and Courage God Bless Him . Powerful Testimony 🌹
Never forget and never forgive, the perfect ending. Stay sane.
No one can forget, but if there is no forgiveness hate will destroy you. Even if there is no understanding for these atrocities there must be forgiveness. Only with the help of the Lord can anyone forgive such hatred and madness. In our humanness we cannot possibly do it.
So, so, so hard to watch. But it's so important to future generations and humanity for us to never forget what people can do to fellow humans when under the influence of pure evil.
This is brave people,the french resistance lost thousands of members.many Jewish resistance fighters fought like tigers,I have the most respect for them.i have read a lot about the Holocaust survivors.war is hell!
Wonderful testimonies...thanks for this great video
Thank you so much to the museum for putting this up. We're at a point now when survivors are almost gone. I've had an interest in WW II and all that included, since I was a kid, and read Anne Frank's diary. I wish though I had taken a stronger interest in the Holocaust a long time ago though, when more survivors were still alive and going around speaking. They are all precious jewels, the last living source of first hand accounts of one of the most momentous and terrible times in history. Soon we will never be able to give them a hug, or hold their hand, ask them what they feel about the world today, or to let them know that what they went through is not forgotten.
You can talk with me both my parents are survivors. I grew up with survivors
I know someone in who is Nazi- like and it is a shock... destroys...and damages..threats..
...we were liberated , but no home ...
Its almost impossible to ever grasp the stuff these people went through and it wasn't even long ago alot of jewish people had grandparents that actually lived through the holocaust and managed to raise families and have success around the world. The toughness of that generation is unmatched.
It is impossible
God bless those poor souls
These are some of the most dignified and heroic people I have ever seen or heard of. I hope we don't ever forget what they taught us here.
Hatred is stronger than any emotions to survive.
Wonderful video testimony. These are heroes from the greatest generation. Mrs. Gerda Klein is an inspiration. Gerda & Kurt's love story is beautiful & amazing. If you have not watched their individual testimonies, I encourage you to look them up. I am so proud to be an American. Our world would look completely different today, were it not for the brave allied soldiers. We must never let this history be forgotten. We must stand and be counted, against racism & prejudice. Love & blessings. 🙏🏻🇺🇲❤🇬🇧✌🏻🇮🇱
Can't wrap my around such madness.My life problems pails in comparison what happened to so many loving souls.Our America ancestors did about the same to the American Indians and African Americans.Such close-minded hate that can be in men's hearts.Im proud of my Country and greatfull I'm here.But I'm not proud of how some our ancestors were. Such a shame....💖
@@timmyhambone2736 What was done to European Jewry is completely unlike what happened to the Native Americans and African Americans. The Shoah was the largest state sponsored genocide in history. Slave laborers under the Nazis were worked for the purpose of murder by physical labor. Nazi treatment of Jews during the Holocaust is unprecedented in history. Completely different.
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Yesterday I was watching a video about the Ocoee Massacre it was my first time hear of it.
They didn't teach use in the 60s at school about all these tragic stories...
I watched this documentary and for me this one is the best absolutely the best, such a dark time, and such a beasts people to do that to another human beings, What a brave people to survive, God bless those souls that perished in that war
It makes me sick to my stomach to think that human beings are capable of such despicable and horrible behavior.
Never Again……. I’m finding myself looking over my shoulders w/ the rise in anti-semitism more and more as of late
I am not Christian, but I am not Jewish either. Somehow, despite not being religious at all, I’m watching this on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021.
A sacred time, this time, hearing these stories, witnessing the struggle to tell the stories.
You have a beautiful soul. Both my parents were survivors my dad was in 5 concentration camps my mom lived in the woods in poland
My hope for you is that you will know our creator who is the giver of hope and peace.
powerful stuff
These people were amazing!!!!! I wonder if the 20s and 30s of today Would have the courage and determination to do the same thing if similar circumstances arose. Thank you thank you!!
Good question...
Greetings from N Ireland! Thank you for this informative video. God bless those who took courageous steps to protect God's chosen people! They will be rewarded by the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the only true God! Shalom!
Thank you for your stories I can tell it's hard to talk about it because you have to think about it to say it I pray to Jesus Christ everyday that we don't head to this place again cuz it seems like we are headed to this these ideologies that are so ruthless and unforgiving I refuse to accept them I am the light the truth and the way
Fantastic segment on survival. As one person said. "The courage to endure." What good does it do to suicide. Moral outrage of the citizenry is incredible. Finest examples of righteous humanity. Thank you for posting.
How Germany commemorate…They could take a train ride in a box,under similar conditions,once a month,once a year.Are the homes that belonged to the “departed” Still there?What happened to each one?Surely the Germans don’t charge tourists to the Holocaust site? These former homes of victims could be accomadation for visitors.
I keep watching these videos hoping that I can understand how people could do something like this to other people, especially to children, but after years of watching I haven't found out yet. I have even studied German history to see if it was something in their development that might explain it. But I haven't found it.
Me too. One day I became fascinated as to why this happened. But no. It’s not a German thing. Sadly it’s human nature. We separate ourselves by skin color , religion eye color etc. These things have been going on for thousands of years. The only thing that makes the Holocaust “unique” is the technology that was put to use and how recent it is.
Look into other genocides and you’ll see what I mean. Happens everywhere in multiple eras.
When I was a kid and heard of the Holocaust I didn’t understand it.
I couldn’t understand why a “White” man would want to kill another white man (I’m black). I could wrap my head around why a white person could hate a black person because we are visibly different. Whenever I see racism I try to remember how ridiculous it seemed as a kid finding out that people target other people solely for where they come from.
Satan, the ruler of this world, wants to steal, kill, and destroy anything good or Godly. But he gets his in the end...
Stunning video! The world can never forget the agony leveled against the jews.
The survivors and resistance fighters are very brave and resilliant.
I wish them well.
_But now their people do the same to other,,really sad!!_
Never ever forget what happened to these people that went through unimaginable cruelty to have happened to human beings god bless and keep them safe
The crimes and cruelties committed against my sons and daughters, my fathers and mothers, my brothers and sisters hurt me deeply, regardless their ethnicity and nationality.
In Isaiah 2: 4, Jehovah God, the Creator and Source of life, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, promises:
"He will be judge among the nations and will settle matters in relation to many peoples. They will turn their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. The nations will no longer raise their swords against each other and learn no more to wage war."
My immediate neighbors are Jews and I am a Jehovah's Witness.
Their hearts are superior than pure gold by far. They are extremely kind.
The gentleman takes care of my trash can every Wednesday without my asking him to do so. They are lovely human beings, and they are not in need of the smallest improvement.
Oh my, what lived accounts. May I not forget these and remember if it was not for God's grace I could easily be an oppessor. I tremble at that thought and will vividly recall these testimonies of resolve and resilence
“Oppressor”.
May i respectfully ask what you mean?
because of your race?
The country in which you were born?
You all served so everyone can learn and hear what happen at that time. My heart ♥ goes out to you all, we have to make sure this never happens again.Evil Putin will do this if we don't stop him now ! He has not learnt anything
All these wonderful people. So glad they survived.
As a deeply religious Catholic I am deeply touched by the testimonials. I love the Jewish people there is not a persecuted soul I don't love.
I hope I will get Jewish friends and we celebrate Christmas and can help them in these end times.
Please 🙏 God , Lord Jesus help me if this again resist evil in man.
We don’t celebrate Christmas -this is what led to our persecution
The catholic church aided the Nazi's get awake with these crimes. Jews died while your god sat and watched.
Generations of Christian teachings and hate by Paul and Matthew have brought atrocities like these upon the Jewish people time and time again throughout the generations. Christianity is a false religion, they worship a man, please learn and listen to Rabbi "Tovia Singer", he has thousands of clips on TH-cam. Learn the truth because we can't both be right.
Cilikas mother was a gangster wow what a sacrifice
Thank you for sharing. I still cannot comprehend the Holocaust. How can I? Possibly? Sometimes I look at my children in silent horror because I realize that we are only one madman away from going through this again bless you
Why would you have children knowing this could happen again?
@@miketomlin6040 the continuation of species. And I ask myself, why even respond to this nonsense question
@@millenials_best It's a very common and rational question. The Anti Natalist arguments are compelling. Why do you want a species to continue that to date has had such a catastrophic outcome?
@@miketomlin6040 well. I seem to be talking to a ghost. Nihilism. The most pointless argument of all arguments. Do what you do best. Not.
@@millenials_best Anti Natalism, look it up. Many people, or Philosophers, have argued breeding is immoral for a long, long time. More bewildering than folks like you, who seem to have given the merits of breeding like study, is why some concentration camp survivors decided to breed, after seeing what humans are capable of!
I appreciate hearing these stories.
God bless all you Jewish people. I love you so much.
Ah so it’s you. In these bizarre times that we are living through I’ve stopped identifying. Thank you for your affection.
As much as I know about the Holocaust by reading many, many survivors stories and everything about WWII, I learned something new from this video. Thank you.
You can totally tell that Gerda Weissman's husband was so handsome when he was a soldier. A catch under any circumstance.
Imagine losing your entire family, your home, your belongings, your livelihood, your health...all for NOTHING. Nothing at all, but pure hatred and propaganda from a psychopath who turned cowardly. These people persevered until the last minute and lived to tell their story. I'm so sorry each one of you lost everything, but I wonder where God was.
So powerful
The brave and elegant lady who quoted Goethe and the officer she later married are Gerda and Kurt Klein
I am watching this and can not believe the cruelty of people. Why, because of hate. Even now we still have hate and there are some who would gladly do this again. We never forget what happen. We not allow hate to take over a nation. All of us must fight hate. What else I can say, somehow the words that I type are not even close to what I feel and want to say.
I cried like a baby but it was incredibly important for me to watch.
I am not a very emotion man, but this brought tears to my eyes. Near the end I had tears of joy when the G I married the woman he helped liberate.
Wow! 💔 The strength of these survivors, no words. I send them all love and continued healing.
Such brave , honourable people. What memories they were left to live with. G-D bless them and their families 🙏🙏🙏🙏🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Facts
Why didn't the allies bomb german railways?
Tengo que amar y respetar la descendencia de estos asesinos hoy día en este siglo Jehova Dios me dice en su palabra que debo hacerlo pero como con tanto dolor por este pueblo. Ay santo Dios ayúdanos
Thank you I will never forget
My Lord and my God, the lives that were lost. It is so important that our young people know and the story be told.
This is such a powerful documentary! God bless the Jews...and eliminate the anti semites... 🙏
I wish I had an 1/16th of the strength that just one of these people had.
I wonder how many of these people are still living, but thankful that they have recorded these testimonies to remind all of us of what happens when extreme prejudices are allowed, and encouraged to flourish by evil and insane leaders.
I loved Raul Wallenberg. All these Righteous Gentiles are my.heroes by saving my people
Above the madness , human dignity and perseverence can shine through the pitch black darkness.
humans r pure animals some r good but so many that r effective r bad but thank god that bad only win for short durations
OnlY 50 bro that’s so many wdyMMMM 50 people saved by 4 wow that’s a W
Bless the souls that helped. I am grateful for your service.
The powerful stories of these direct witnesses of man's timeless capacity for inhumanity, should be required learning in every middle school, high school, university everywhere. History does repeat itself.
Do Germans ask. What did you do in the war , Dad, Granddad?
At first Germans either defended their actions or wanted to forget about it. But now I think most Germans believe it happened and that they have a responsibility to educate the younger people.
I am Austrian and i ask my grandfather. Some are honest, some aren’t and some are still nazis
When was this documentary made?
They are such courageous people to resist that evil!
G-d has never forgotten us, he has heard our prayers and he shall through his righteousness and glory make all things right. I have faith
I saw accidentally a russian documentary about auswitch at age of 5 i was really shocked..and im 40 years old now i didn't stop searching the truth..i have to know why my grandparents fought for..I HAVE TO KNOW😢
The stone walled Mauthausen was used in the Camp scenes and the quarry there. The lines of electrified wire IN THE QUARRY was absurd. I was surprised to see the SS Man collecting Wiesenthal was the 2nd Sergeant in 'Heartbeat'. Another British Jewish actor was also in 'Escape from Sobibor'
I’m fascinated by partisan fighters.
Oh my gosh. Words fail me. 😢
History has been a focus for me as teacher and ongoing student and this account of the Nazi regime still leaves me feeling "how incredible" and I wish I unbelievable, but historical records do not lie. Still, I have to ask: Why this kind of treatment of Jews - as human beings ??!
So sad and I personally worked in a nursing home back in 1989 and 90. There's so many sad very sad story but the one thing that bothered me the most is the fact that some of this men turned around and did the same thing and in some cases, worse to the Palestinian people. When I used to ask them how can they do that strangely the answer was almost the same, " So What?"..... Don't get me wrong, what they went through was hellllll.
Please, tell your story without the cursing. History should be heard. GOD saved your life, honor HIM in your words !
When I hear the stories of holocaust, I try to put myself in the place of a person facing a pit of corpses, waiting to be executed. R being beaten towards a gas chamber, just the thought is terrifying. So knowing millions experience their last moments on earth this way is too much to take. This can't be allowed to happen again, must not be allowed again.
Hearing how the American soldier treated this wonderful woman like a lady after all she had been through brought tears to my eyes...I am so proud of the American soldiers and awed by these amazing survivors. Watching this in 2/23 I see how the American people are under attack by an illegitimate regime in the WH it makes me more determined than EVER to stand up and fight for the American people without whom the world would not have a safe haven.
There are allot of countries where the citizens have failed and are now ruled by a dictatorial type govt. They cannot own guns, freedom of speech no longer exists and yet there are those who are trying to enslave the American people but the one thing that keeps tyranny at bay is the firearm. without it we would have lost our freedom long ago. WW2 soldiers and guts used it to end aggression in Europe and many other wars. When I hear the words " where I live we`re not allowed to own guns" is extremely upsetting and I`m sure every true American feels the same. You put an AR or AK in your possession and you will feel how it seems to back up your unwillingness to be ruled.
God was always and still is with the Jewish people..God is the same yesterday today and tomorrow...God will never forsake us...Jesus is the only way to heaven Jesus loves us !!!
How sad that these people were murdered by Nazi. What they could have become what contributions they could have made for humanity
Whenever I watch things with survivors of the Holocaust I feel so terribly torn because the survivors not only carry the physical scars from their captors but they endure and push through the inhuman mental trauma to forge better lives for themselves and for those who never made it out of the ghettos, labor camps and extermination camps alive. They don’t share their experiences to become famous or to be deemed heroic or simply because they like to talk about the past. They tell their horrific experiences so that those who come after them have knowledge of how quickly prejudice and hate can take hold and what kind of unimaginable horror humans are capable of doing to each other in hopes that the term “NEVER AGAIN” truly means NEVER AGAIN. Personally, my heart hurts when I hear that phrase today because in so many ways they are just words and are not action. Since the end of WWll there have been so many human lives lost from encampments, people being permanently displaced from their homes and families just because of race and religious practices, violence, ethnic cleansing and genocide. I don’t believe people who survive human atrocities were and are more worthy of life than the ones who do not survive. I believe that they were lucky to survive but this type of “luck” carries a heavy lifelong burden of knowing through experience what darkness people are capable of when left unchecked. So many survivors who have every right to be angry, channel that energy to helping others and trying to give a voice to the voiceless because somehow they still believe in the goodness of people and the importance of respecting a person’s dignity and right to life. For me the frustration is that currently as a society, we have so much access to historical facts at our fingertips 24/7 and we have so much knowledge of what happens to people through endless archives of photos, video, personal testimonials etc and yet suppression of vulnerable people who have been deemed “unworthy” by the powerful elite still happens everyday. Even when the monsters who are responsible for enacting unjust brutality to others are stopped, they rarely are held accountable and quite often are out and living amongst the very people they have victimized. I can’t even imagine what victims experience having to try and rebuild their lives knowing their captors are now their neighbour. I guess it comes down to knowing that even in the depths of unmistakable despair, one must always fight for the right of life by any means possible even when knowing it may cost your life trying to do the right the thing and save others. It’s never wrong to stand up for every human to have the right to a safe and dignified life regardless of their sex, race and religion. More people need to stop enabling hate and listen to those who have come out on the other side of what hateful policies and agendas of the so called powerful of the time created so it doesn’t keep happening. I am thankful for the lessons that survivors so bravely try to share with others and for the sacrifice that the voiceless made and for never giving up hope for good. 🙏 🙏
Unfortunately “Never again” has already been broken by the Bosnian-Serbia war, the Rwanda conflict, Somalia and others. It occurred when India and Pakistan became Independent Countries between Muslims and Hindi’s, and in Burma. I think I have missed some other parts of the world where there was genocide. And the general population has forgotten or been mislead given the formation of Neo Nazi groups and other groups. We have to reach our students in history classes! Somehow!
My mind cannot fathom how a woman would see a girl put to death because she didn't sell her some eggs. There was one person in that story who didn't deserve to live and it wasn't anyone selling poultry....
No forces of Evil can stop what God has ordained..
The holy spirit 💪 prevails⛅
Gerda lived until 2022, aged 97. Isn't that remarkable.
It is not either/or. Both are heroes, the young and old who made ID papers, and those who fought Nazi SS.
It is so moving I feel that I am standing in front of some of the bravest people on earth. I also hope that stories of the Roma people would also be told. Nearly a million and half of them died in the death camps. Nobody seems to care.
Sometimes I really don't believe there is a God ...there are many reasons why I believe this .
I concur with your view but you have to remember what God let happen to his own Son and look where his Son is now.