Holocaust Survivor Esther Stern Testimony | USC Shoah Foundation

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  • @ilenekaplan109
    @ilenekaplan109 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    What a wonderful woman. Her strength is unbelievable in the face of all the pain and loss she endured. I wish I could meet her and hug her. Thank you for sharing your story. May God bless you, your children, your grandchildren and your entire family.

  • @deborahliveli6510
    @deborahliveli6510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    You can tell, she is reliving everything..... Poor soul.

  • @freespeechforall1069
    @freespeechforall1069 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Thank you for having the strength to tell your life experiences this must have been exhausting.. You are a true survivor, through you your family survives. Once again thank you for sharing.

    • @donnaeve3939
      @donnaeve3939 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Too much crying too hard to listen

    • @theconfettigoldfishclub9992
      @theconfettigoldfishclub9992 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oh so sorry her crying out in complete emotional pain from her traumatic experiences has interfered with story time for you

    • @tribecca626
      @tribecca626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Too much crying ? Where is your compassion?

    • @tribecca626
      @tribecca626 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@theconfettigoldfishclub9992 Exactly !. What a heartless person.

  • @louisenewcombe6418
    @louisenewcombe6418 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No words can express how this woman's testimony affects your heart. 💔 The pain is extreme and has lasted her lifetime.Thankyou for putting yourself through this to share with the world how We should NEVER.EVER FORGET ❤❤❤

  • @cherylmccarthy2932
    @cherylmccarthy2932 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Mrs, Stern, thank you so much for sharing your testimony. I am so sorry for the loss of your parents, younger siblings, and so many other family members during the Holocaust. I pray such a thing never happens again.

  • @okkk934
    @okkk934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    She is so brave and strong. I can’t imagine how hard this was for her to share. We may be listening, watching and internalizing, but she is re-living these memories. These traumatic parts of her life are playing out in her mind. Thank you Esther. We may not be able to see what you have seen and feel exactly what you have felt, but we feel your impact. All the love and prayers to you and your family.

  • @JimVonSchmittou
    @JimVonSchmittou 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    My heart goes out to her and others like her God bless the Jewish people

    • @shelia11warren30
      @shelia11warren30 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes God Bless the Jewish people and Israel!

  • @trudigarcia8871
    @trudigarcia8871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    My heart breaks for her and her anguish. Very sad.

  • @kashyap3120
    @kashyap3120 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I cry. Loving family. God bless you with peace and prosperity

  • @Crystal-cs3gm
    @Crystal-cs3gm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    From all testimonies I have heard. All tho all of them are very sad and heartbreaking. It's very hard 2 hear. So many emotions. I even get soo angry and just want to go back in time with the weapons we have now and go get rid of the damn nazis. Especially hilter. This ladies testimony has been one of the most saddest, hardest, unbearable, to hear. It hit me hard when she said the rest of the free world will not allow this. Especially very upsetting when her loving father said Roosevelt won't allow this. I'm from America and to know that Roosevelt just turned a blind eye. I do not care if Germany is not are country. America should have stopped this horrific crime. It's unbelievable. And I'm ashamed. May god heal u. May u reunite with your beautiful family in heaven. U will see them when your time comes. I'm so so sorry that this happened. Your in my heart, thoughts, prayers

  • @manueladarazsdi9675
    @manueladarazsdi9675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    She looks like 65 not 78. Finally, an interviewer with poise.

  • @marianneluban3347
    @marianneluban3347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Another beautiful Jewish woman. Thanks for your testimony.

  • @lydialoenen685
    @lydialoenen685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you so much for this testimony. Words can not describe how incredible strong you, and your family are.

  • @coralclark5979
    @coralclark5979 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My heart goes out to all survivors . 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤❤❤

  • @thenanlife1141
    @thenanlife1141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I do know that things in Germany 🇩🇪 have changed but I have no desire whatsoever to visit this country ever

  • @AnneAbraham-q6x
    @AnneAbraham-q6x 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just couldn't stop watching. She suffered so so much I just hate to think any human could be so cruel. GOD BLESS HER AND HER WONDERFUL FAMILY.A BEAUTIFUL SOUL. ANNE ABRAHAM❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

  • @joyceclark5739
    @joyceclark5739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I don't if you are still are on this earth. I hope you are in heaven with your family. Hug your Mom and Dad for me. Much love. Forever in my thoughts and prayers.

  • @theterifox
    @theterifox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so so much for sharing 💞

  • @tytipton6346
    @tytipton6346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shalom. Peace and wholeness.

  • @desertbreeze69
    @desertbreeze69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sometimes I wonder if it’s necessary to put people like her through recalling such painful memories? Such raw emotions can’t be good for her at her age. Poor sweetheart.

    • @Gigiroo
      @Gigiroo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree. I couldn’t get past the whole video. I don’t really know what is possessing me to watch these interviews but I don’t want us to repeat this.

    • @dianayount2122
      @dianayount2122 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You think it is better to bottle it up for ever, never talk about it because you are uncomfortable with their discomfort?

  • @faithaviationtravelling
    @faithaviationtravelling 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I still can´t understand this hate against Jews.

    • @malindyo
      @malindyo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Please read the Old Testament....explains why 😢

    • @Ill_wait_somewhere
      @Ill_wait_somewhere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We fear what we don’t understand

    • @kelrogers8480
      @kelrogers8480 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They are the people of the promise. Unless you have a spiritual perspective, the hatred and repeated genocide attempts across history make no sense.

    • @amylee8969
      @amylee8969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @You tudo
      Apparently, looking different and having different beliefs is a crime🙄.

    • @stevebbuk
      @stevebbuk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@malindyo I pray that the Bible is never used to justify anti-Semitism. www.biblesociety.org.uk/latest/news/does-the-bible-contain-antisemitic-texts/

  • @kevinwees5707
    @kevinwees5707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My heart goes out to this woman.

    • @amylee8969
      @amylee8969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes! Glad she survived.

  • @vincentmancini6279
    @vincentmancini6279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wonderful Woman, God bless her, her family and all who experienced this horror including those who did not survive. Another "interviewer" who needed proper training.

  • @frankpenta610
    @frankpenta610 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely stunning woman! Thank you for your testimony.

  • @sah5799
    @sah5799 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    She is reliving every trauma. It is heartbreaking 💔 to watch. Humans devolving into evil brutal beasts and devastating an entire group of people is horrendous.

  • @brendalandes1813
    @brendalandes1813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Immediately one can see that this interviewer is kind and sensitive. I try to hear as many. testimonies as possible but some of the interviewers are so unprofessional and insensitive to the survivors that it is almost impossible to listen.

  • @rebeccagutierrez1960
    @rebeccagutierrez1960 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh, no one nowadays would give their address on the Internet. I do appreciate hearing her story.

  • @nataliemeenakshithegreat7780
    @nataliemeenakshithegreat7780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gorgeous woman iam Ashkenazi jew too dame thing happened to my family family I never knew sadly

  • @bhabeshkarmakar1971
    @bhabeshkarmakar1971 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God bless her

  • @Furbyboom109
    @Furbyboom109 11 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    How can anyone try to justify this is beyond me. Disgusting... the same thing is happening in North Korea to this very day. When will the "allied forces" rescue them?

  • @zararoyce319
    @zararoyce319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    May God bless you and your family, and make God protect you from the evil I have others look up on you with envy. Your relatives were highly educated and successful and jealousy over this is the reason for this atrocity. It’s all about jealousy. ✡️✡️✡️

  • @pamneff7541
    @pamneff7541 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravo

  • @hazelskye2843
    @hazelskye2843 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    😢

  • @mrbatman4robin
    @mrbatman4robin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Where was God? Any God?
    Sorry but how could any God allow these atrocities?
    Thank you for the privilege of listening to your heartbreaking testimony. I will never forget.

    • @marypsarommati9302
      @marypsarommati9302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      God let us free,to do whatever we want.and look what we are!!

    • @mrbatman4robin
      @mrbatman4robin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marypsarommati9302 Ever since the dinosaurs went extinct, millions of years ago, we've been heading downhill :(

    • @marypsarommati9302
      @marypsarommati9302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Για όλα αυτά ευθύνονται οι μαμάδες όλου κόσμου επειδή μεγάλωσαν τα παιδιά τους χωρίς να τους μάθουν να έχουν συμπόνια και φιλότιμο.(l am sorry but I don't know English language very well).

    • @janetblanc7658
      @janetblanc7658 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marypsarommati9302 why are the fathers not also blamed? It always seems to be the mothers' fault!

    • @marypsarommati9302
      @marypsarommati9302 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@janetblanc7658 father's also,but if a mother has good heart the child never been so bad person.they spending so much time together...but you have right!

  • @trueblue8558
    @trueblue8558 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This poor lady! Damn man. Humans. Hu-mans! 😡

  • @wednesdayschild3627
    @wednesdayschild3627 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The lack of food and stress stops menstruation. To my knowledge there is no drug that can do that.

    • @Vacherie.de.vacherie
      @Vacherie.de.vacherie ปีที่แล้ว

      Birth control pills taken continuously will do that. Hormones.

  • @rositahuff4858
    @rositahuff4858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    …the only thing I wish is …for the un/humans who did this…I wish there is a place called Hell!

  • @mazzalobo
    @mazzalobo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why does she say that her dad spoke beautiful polish? They were polish so why is that a surprise?

  • @nolohagonica
    @nolohagonica 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I dont understand this old english language...

    • @brunosagna3723
      @brunosagna3723 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It is not old it is English get an education

    • @lorrainemorell6114
      @lorrainemorell6114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She had a polish accent , I’m used to accent so I can understand