Holocaust Survivor Judy Lachman | “The World Was Just Too Cruel for Me” | USC Shoah Foundation

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  • “I was so absorbed with the desire and craving to live over Hitler’s war. But when I lived it over, I really didn’t want to live.”
    Holocaust survivor Judy Lachman was born in Łódź, Poland in 1924. She survived the Piotrków and
    Tomaszów Mazowiecki ghettos, and the Augsburg, Bergen-Belsen, Burgau, Dachau, Skarżysko-Kamienna, Tschenstochau-Pelzery, and Türkheim concentration camps. She was liberated by United States armed forces at Dachau.
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  • @Jlach97
    @Jlach97 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

    This is my grandma who I’m named after❤

    • @alecdusseau6218
      @alecdusseau6218 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I hope you feel blessed to be apart of such a strong and remarkable bloodline

    • @alecdusseau6218
      @alecdusseau6218 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      God bless her

    • @cocoann7681
      @cocoann7681 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ❤❤

    • @scarlettbutler2873
      @scarlettbutler2873 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I feel blessed to hear your grandmother’s testimony. ❤

    • @beckygay9115
      @beckygay9115 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      How blessed you are to have such a remarkable Grandma. She was so kind & generous in the midst of such terrible hardship! I think G-d must have had His hand on her to keep her alive. I pray G-d’s sweetest blessings over you!!

  • @Aeriyana123
    @Aeriyana123 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

    She did a phenomenal job telling her story especially while battling illness. She was fierce, courageous and strong. To endure what she did yet able to continue her family’s line is amazing and a blessing. Thank you for sharing much love and prayers for the family. Rest in heavenly peace.

  • @ingridwatsup9671
    @ingridwatsup9671 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Mrs Lachman died two years later in May 1997 at the age of 72. What a strong and remarkable woman.

    • @zxy78267
      @zxy78267 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      My dad died from kidney failure. It's a really difficult illness with so many side effects. We lost my sister unexpectedly, and his heart was just broken. He died less than a year later.
      I really enjoyed this interview. She was crafty and fearless to survive the way she did.

    • @schelliegris7481
      @schelliegris7481 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Still so young, at 72. The toll the war took on their health.

    • @djtvfdukjysjndnuyud
      @djtvfdukjysjndnuyud 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    • @lynnparrish1335
      @lynnparrish1335 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      How sad! And she looked so well at the time of the interview.
      Cause of death????

    • @Adri-gp2us
      @Adri-gp2us 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      indeed she looked so well, what a pity@@lynnparrish1335

  • @jl3319
    @jl3319 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    What a lovely and honourable lady. This testimony is very humbling. So nice to see the pain in her eyes fade in the latter part of the video when she talks of her family. The world is privileged that you gave it more children and may your beautiful soul rest In peace.

  • @rosalindd1386
    @rosalindd1386 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    RIP Mrs Lachman ! I am so sorry for all of the suffering & atrocities the Jewish children & people had to endure ! I thank you for sharing your story with the world ! We must never forget ! God Bless You All !

  • @kimhutchins2347
    @kimhutchins2347 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Watched that whole thing. My goodness. What a strong, beautiful woman. She endured so much loss, terror and heartache. Rest in Peace Judy ♥️

  • @writingservices5849
    @writingservices5849 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    What a blessing to have this wonderful courageous woman telling her story

  • @jetellez107
    @jetellez107 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    My grandma was born in the same year, March 1924, in Michoacán. 😢 She didn't had a easy life, but the Lady Judy, was incredible. Rest in peace both.

  • @fl3522
    @fl3522 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    She survived due to an innate sense of evil; her instincts told her when the Nazis were manipulating them and she had the confidence to go in another direction. Her children, grand-children, must be so very proud of this amazing woman. RIP Mrs. Lachman, thank you for your testimony.

  • @Lynn-er9yx
    @Lynn-er9yx 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    RIP Judy Lachman. What an amazing woman and lovely family.

  • @adrianapalomo6401
    @adrianapalomo6401 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Thank you so much for this interview.
    The person doing the interview did such an amazing job.

  • @anniem9255
    @anniem9255 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Such a special strong girl,formed into a warrior to stay alive after so much horror and pain around this whole Deeds named Holocaust,I watch a lot of these,I have no connection to anyoneyet Im pulled to hear stories,but it gives me hope,it gives me a reason to not ever feel sorry for myself as well.I am so pleased to meet Judy and Al who supported her special ways of life lived after the end of the terror. her story..amazing,tragic,almost unbeleivable but I know it is,,has had much wonderful in it now too,I wish her and all her family love from a stranger here in Australia and bless you all so much X

  • @miriam2137
    @miriam2137 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    What a sharp mind, after so many interruption she continues her relate.

  • @natlyfranks6856
    @natlyfranks6856 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    What a BEAUTIFUL LADY!! So grateful for everything in her life Very proud grandmother - Such a lovely person

  • @melaniepayne8932
    @melaniepayne8932 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Guts n glory. Would love to meet this brave woman!!!

  • @sharynallan7483
    @sharynallan7483 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    What a wonderful woman, thank you for sharing your story.

  • @johnforeman634
    @johnforeman634 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    My god. At the end when she showed those pictures that she held on to! Unbelievable.

  • @firstaozlastaoz8212
    @firstaozlastaoz8212 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I learned so much. Her dem 2:53:16 eanor at times reveals the awful memories she carries. Her memory is a blessing. May Her family & all who watch this continue to tell her story. After such atrocities she has such a kind, noble spirit. Hard work, education, family, love, caring for others. These character traits born of great suffering produced so much good in the world. Rest in peace Mrs. Lachman.

  • @joshharris9788
    @joshharris9788 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thanks so much for telling your story with so much detail..you are wonderful. We must never forget.

  • @whisperingpoet4352
    @whisperingpoet4352 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    We can learn so much from this.

  • @cindyhalpern3187
    @cindyhalpern3187 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I could tell she was ill. She had jaundice. She worked very hard to tell her story. I thank her very much.

    • @keithcitizen4855
      @keithcitizen4855 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      her husband out lived her ?

    • @RD-0101
      @RD-0101 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This is her natural dark skin colour.

    • @laviadellacabala970
      @laviadellacabala970 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You had jaundice, she didn't

    • @drusillagabbott8710
      @drusillagabbott8710 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      She clearly prepared so thoroughly for this interview.

    • @schelliegris7481
      @schelliegris7481 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Her eyes are white, so I think if she was unwell, it was something else. I have to imagine the effect of disease, lack of sleep, lack of nutrients, constant fear...

  • @annmariedelarosa9755
    @annmariedelarosa9755 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I loved hearing her story but I hated it because it is so sad, but she survived

  • @anningram9311
    @anningram9311 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Brave dear lady. May her family enjoy their lives...

  • @dixiehowe852
    @dixiehowe852 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you for sharing your story it is so important.

    • @MrsPicklesIsHome
      @MrsPicklesIsHome 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She died almost 30 years ago. 😢

  • @Author_I
    @Author_I ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Her story was so incredible

  • @youngbirdoldtree25
    @youngbirdoldtree25 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Great capture of stories from the 90s...her story is certainly inspiring

  • @henryworthington8261
    @henryworthington8261 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow. Wonderful testimony from a sick woman. She is extremely courageous and quick-witted, able to be a good friend and all these and luck helped her. Oh to be born German and have this terrible legacy, and Ukrainians and Poles also behaved vilely. I am sure the British have had their ‘day’ too of shameful behaviour, but at this time in history we do not have such a terrible burden. I remember Rolf Mengele recounting challenging his father’s war record and could see his pain. So if one makes the wrong decisions it hurts one own descendants too. Humans should behave humanely always - but we won’t. At least not without a strong allegiance to God and the 10 Commandments as this lady so rightly says.

  • @wendyhannaford7696
    @wendyhannaford7696 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a beautiful lovely, courageous woman, God bless her! I am very thankful to hear her tell her story, even if so many years have passed, her story is still touching many people's Hearts 💕

  • @teemarie5478
    @teemarie5478 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    💔🙏🏼❤️ thanks for telling your story.

  • @miriam2137
    @miriam2137 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I my self have kidney illness. Sorry to heard that. So beautiful people.

  • @CarolinaPetronellaOttolina
    @CarolinaPetronellaOttolina 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a beautiful life did share us on earth...so honest and pure telling important pieces all should hear. What a legacy also and most important how we all could live in peace growing food not bombs.

  • @user-jj5sb5wn1y
    @user-jj5sb5wn1y หลายเดือนก่อน

    Omg the last holiday she spent with her dad ... cannot stop sobbing. What a sad but beautiful story.

  • @rescuepetsrule6842
    @rescuepetsrule6842 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Amazing! Mrs. Lachman's strength, attitude and Heart saved her from a horrible death, but it's a shame she had to go through Hell on Earth to live. Her family is unselfish and caring also. Satan probably has Hitler strapped to a chair, forced to watch the survivors throughout eternity. :) P.S.- GET a speaker- cheap computer speakers won't cut it.

    • @biddiemutter3481
      @biddiemutter3481 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is several years old, so the equipment used was most likely the best available.

  • @gonefishing167
    @gonefishing167 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wonderful woman, the courage these people showed is remarkable. Bless her snd her family 🙏🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

  • @GdHr-oz5ph
    @GdHr-oz5ph ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Incredible woman ❤.
    I only wish the interviewers in these wouldn't interrupt to ask the spellings of names. Just seems disruptive.

    • @biddiemutter3481
      @biddiemutter3481 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It's difficult to listen to but important for history

    • @GdHr-oz5ph
      @GdHr-oz5ph 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@biddiemutter3481
      Could have been done after the interview.

    • @lkj7296
      @lkj7296 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@GdHr-oz5ph Excellent point.

    • @MrsPicklesIsHome
      @MrsPicklesIsHome 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      This is an oral history, the equivalent of an historical document, so all of the details and clarification need to be here for those who are conducting research, etc. Like at the beginning when she had to spell her maiden name in English, her second language. They were surely told ahead of time, though it is distracting, it's necessary.

    • @penelopecreighton-ward1856
      @penelopecreighton-ward1856 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Worse was when she started yawning 2/3rds of the way through!

  • @EmyGrant
    @EmyGrant 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You are livng in a sky like a gold star JUDY 🌼🍀🥀 Thank you for sharing yours brave moments! 💐

  • @juliebriz1703
    @juliebriz1703 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a lovely lady and thank you for telling us your story.

  • @lynnparrish1335
    @lynnparrish1335 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh dear, just heard her say she was on dialysis. What a lovely woman!

  • @anamartinez-uq2gg
    @anamartinez-uq2gg 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a smart lady, very wise and very positive all the time very selfless I wish to meet her the people around her where fortunate

  • @moirapettifr7127
    @moirapettifr7127 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is one of the most inspiring, brave and beautiful women I have ever seen. Her story is so sad, but she was so brave and strong. God bless her.

  • @katkramer3310
    @katkramer3310 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    She gave this testimony one year. And one month before my birth. This video is only 28 years old. It was not long ago. 😢so recent in our history.

  • @michaelhartmcgough4418
    @michaelhartmcgough4418 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    understood.. brave Ones spell ❤❤rtc.

  • @joellenjohnson4038
    @joellenjohnson4038 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A Wonderful Woman her story will live on thank God for her

  • @joannepetty9704
    @joannepetty9704 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I agree about the spelling bee. Enough already! Well, I’m so thankful I got to hear her testimony because I become much more thankful for every little thing we enjoy. Very thankful to hear her speak of her Messiah who definitely is coming back in the perfect time. I believe He came, but He was a suffering Messiah then and not recognized. Could His people have suffered what He Himself suffered at the hands of sinful men? Hated, humiliated, stripped of everything He had coming to this earth, His body beaten, torn up, pierced with nails. I believe He knew their agony and they knew His. 2:53:15

  • @kathleenboyd3985
    @kathleenboyd3985 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing storey about her survival, life and her family. Well told. God Bless her and the family. Peace and love to all

  • @Spio101
    @Spio101 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    God bless the descendants; He will multiply you greatly and your tribes will surely be victorious as you await the coming of your great messiah, Yeshua. Amen.

  • @user-iz1hd9si3m
    @user-iz1hd9si3m 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Interesting to hear her views but there are others, 2.25 she speaks her father being part of cartel, in other words a monopoetetive, free market, trade by one ethnic grouply, of the sale of factories for ten towns. She doesn't SAY that the factories were those of ethnic Poles but the running of any kind of anti-competitive, anti-free market, trading operation by one ethnic group of a much larger national ethnic group may well engender some animosity, this definitely happened in farm products and farmers decided that enough was enough, they formed a cooperative and cut out the middle man who was positioned "better than average", those middlemen kicked up one heck of fuss.

  • @dsremingto
    @dsremingto 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was a wonderful testament to the strength of the human spirit despite the cruelty of man. Her story gave me a new appreciation of the Holocaust in such detail and in the strength of resisters.

  • @saskiawells9472
    @saskiawells9472 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What sweets so clever so glad she survived to tell her story

  • @cocoann7681
    @cocoann7681 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    RIP and thank you

  • @tomsparks6099
    @tomsparks6099 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't understand why the interviewers are miked, but the guests are not.

  • @biddiemutter3481
    @biddiemutter3481 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Does anyone know whether the diary written on toilet paper was published?

    • @zxy78267
      @zxy78267 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think she said it was, but I'm not sure.

  • @Jerseyboondocks
    @Jerseyboondocks 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For all the people complaining that the interviewer asked too many times the spelling of everything- My God didn't you even think of why she has to do that!?
    Unbelievable. It only took me less than 10 seconds to realize why.

  • @MM-yi9zn
    @MM-yi9zn ปีที่แล้ว +16

    What kind of people mass murder women & children & men? Most horrific crime in all of history.

    • @RD-0101
      @RD-0101 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brainwashed indoctrinated psychos do such evil things!

    • @lkj7296
      @lkj7296 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Human beings, human beings that are afraid to defy authority, human beings that are sadistic, human beings that covet. This will happen again and it will be across all races, it's coming down the pike.

    • @peggybreaux8973
      @peggybreaux8973 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Our world is headed to NWO.
      the world did not learn.
      Sad , Through fasting and prayer, one can stop wars, one can suspend the laws of nature."

  • @miriam2137
    @miriam2137 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hod wanted alll his people go back to their land. Fight for it, live it love it . All where to happy any where else, no minding their heritage promise land. Forgive my writing or spelling.

    • @rescuepetsrule6842
      @rescuepetsrule6842 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No problem with your writing or spelling- your good thought is clear :) .

  • @bridgetttubbs9959
    @bridgetttubbs9959 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I stand with Israel. God Bless all ! Amazing story!!! Amazing woman!!! We will not forget !

  • @FxckRacism
    @FxckRacism 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Many innocent people were caught in the crossfire, but a holy man was chosen by GOD to cleanse the evil being forced on German society. Only the innocent souls may rest in heaven.

  • @jameskennedy721
    @jameskennedy721 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    shocking narrative , told in a matter of fact way .

  • @ruthojen
    @ruthojen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I kissed the screen

  • @joannepetty9704
    @joannepetty9704 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Peace to Jerusalem!!!! 2:53:15

  • @christinasachin8684
    @christinasachin8684 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It is so good that the storiesof the amazing survivors of the Holocost are now on the internet because of the genocidal attack of 10/7.
    The rage of Hamas supporters reminds me that we are only a few steps away from this type of horror today.

  • @user-bk1eq3ps2b
    @user-bk1eq3ps2b 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    What is with this “interviewer”? Asking her to spell everything like it’s a spelling bee. It’s infuriating

    • @carlainfanta7155
      @carlainfanta7155 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You are absolutely right and the interviewer also yawns several times!! What a lack of respect.

    • @NewEngland721
      @NewEngland721 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It is necessary, an historical account, a ‘testimony’

    • @kimfromnc_2.0
      @kimfromnc_2.0 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      This is an oral history. It follows a specific protocol which includes asking to spell things.

    • @jameskennedy7906
      @jameskennedy7906 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Its for documentation purposes. A lot of holocaust survivors are simply unaccounted for records wise due to the nazis destroying documentation at the end of the war. For some of them, theres practically no records of them even exsisting until after the war.

    • @Jerseyboondocks
      @Jerseyboondocks 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Do you realize she's one of the last survivors and they have her on tape? Of course they're going to ask her the spelling of everything for historical purposes. Later on they can find out exactly the names of all the places and people she spelled out. I'm surprised you didn't think of that

  • @alexanderhoffmann8368
    @alexanderhoffmann8368 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bitte lesen : Professor Gerard Menuhin
    "Wahrheit sagen , Teufel jagen" .

  • @LynnRank
    @LynnRank ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh my, my husband, Who was born in Germany 1945 poor baby,....probably an incest child. They were polish, I understand...loved this man beat...but he was sick mentally, I helped him..
    Hans Helmut Brusdylins...was his german name..

  • @patriciacabrera3101
    @patriciacabrera3101 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This was an annoying interviewer...focused only in the spelling😮

    • @gloriamontgomery6900
      @gloriamontgomery6900 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      She’s trying to document clearly so these things will be recorded and never forgotten

    • @virginiaboone9503
      @virginiaboone9503 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You must have stopped listening before the interview got going. The only spelling was at the very beginning and this is true of all of the Shoah interviews. The purpose of the introduction is to get the backgrounds of the survivors documented.

    • @Raven24444
      @Raven24444 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They are doing that for historical documentation

    • @britlew5933
      @britlew5933 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I liked her, she was very gentle and asked the right questions.

    • @BrigetteBarker
      @BrigetteBarker ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Country borders change, town names change or are different in other languages/cultures, names get misspelled during immigration etc. The spelling is for clarification.

  • @raycortopassi4030
    @raycortopassi4030 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Another bad interviewer. Shows no sensitivity, more concerned about the spelling than anything else.

    • @elisaschulman2356
      @elisaschulman2356 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      People keep complaining about the spelling of things but it is ever so important for documentation.

    • @Jerseyboondocks
      @Jerseyboondocks 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why didn't you think of that? They have to get the spelling right? Because this is an important historical record and that they can know exactly the people and places of her story for history?! She's an actual real holocaust survivor that has been dead for almost 30 years now. There's hardly any left if any

    • @Jerseyboondocks
      @Jerseyboondocks 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually it's the opposite of what you commented. She's a wonderful interviewer. She did exactly what she should have for historical records.
      I am completely baffled by so many comments complaining that the interviewer asked to spell everything out, My God didn't anyone think of why??! Well some people did. Thank goodness they understand

  • @sigrunwestrus68
    @sigrunwestrus68 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    All this spelling is killing. Why? Just stupide!

    • @Anonymous-wh4ez
      @Anonymous-wh4ez 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It is to have accurate records.

  • @estideri4536
    @estideri4536 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

  • @Astrid-jt8cd
    @Astrid-jt8cd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God bless and love you beautiful lady. I used to think they have talked about this too much until i saw the picture of the dead bodies of jewis people piled on the ground like trash bmy gid lets never stop talking about thus horror.ehay a totally evil regime the nazis errr

  • @ryanweaver962
    @ryanweaver962 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So awful

    • @ryanweaver962
      @ryanweaver962 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And so strong

  • @QuintTheSharker
    @QuintTheSharker 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Mhmm.
    Sure.