Holocaust Survivor Kristine Keren Testimony | USC Shoah Foundation

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  • @MsWobie
    @MsWobie 12 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Thank you so very much for having the courage to share your story.

  • @JayveeSonata
    @JayveeSonata 7 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I am presently reading her book "The Girl in the Green Sweater". It is an extraordinary story - - deeply touching.

  • @denisetaylor-crommett4781
    @denisetaylor-crommett4781 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Her Father and Mother were amazing in my opinion.

    • @janetblanc7658
      @janetblanc7658 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And Kristina too. A little girl protecting her smaller brother. Unbelievable courage.

  • @evytoro1960
    @evytoro1960 10 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Thank you for sharing your amazing life story. God bless you!

    • @sheebakitty378
      @sheebakitty378 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Evy Toro she didn't remember hardly anything. then she rem
      odd random details.

    • @mlmbeliever
      @mlmbeliever 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sheebakitty378 we don't remember much from kindergarten. So as she got older she remembered more information.

  • @margaretroselle8610
    @margaretroselle8610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    God bless the Jewish nation. Wonderful people who have faced unending persecution. Thank you for this excellent interview.

  • @jpmd2011
    @jpmd2011 13 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Forever my hero. Kristine Keren, if you ever see this just know that you have inspired me so much!

  • @tessadrake824
    @tessadrake824 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What an AMAZING woman. Such a moving story. A testament to the power of the human spirit. I'm so in awe of her father's complete dedication to his family, her own resilience, and Soha's humanity. So much to learn for us all.

  • @luckyduck63
    @luckyduck63 13 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I read with awe her book, "The Girl in the Green Sweater". Kristine Keren is an inspiration and a hero.

  • @sabx345
    @sabx345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    A remarkable and beautiful lady, what strength and role model... Chapeau!

  • @victoriasmith815
    @victoriasmith815 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was moved by the honesty and courage that was shared, very inspirational. The interviewer is excellent, thought provoking questions and kindness in her voice.

  • @silverbreezeRn
    @silverbreezeRn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you for sharing your story. I will remember your story always. 😭

  • @solangeboudreau6467
    @solangeboudreau6467 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you for posting these important testimonies.

  • @candicechristian7344
    @candicechristian7344 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Thank you for posting this amazing , beautiful woman's story. So encouraging, and, heart touching ... ❤❤❤🌹

  • @noracathrine
    @noracathrine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Wow her father was really amazing and so brave to keep his family alive!!

  • @Bangirn
    @Bangirn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    What an inspiring woman. There is much learn from listening to her. I particularly like her calling on people not to forget - 'If we will forget, if they will forget, it can happen again'.

  • @NatalieYOT
    @NatalieYOT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    What an amazing survival story, and also how they overcame all the problems afterwards to go on with life and succeed against all odds is very motivational, thanks for this

  • @Genevieve4260
    @Genevieve4260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    God bless the Keren family....XXOO

  • @patriciasalassbirthdaysala4963
    @patriciasalassbirthdaysala4963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Beautiful woman inside and out. Very smart too!!! Thank you Kristina. May God have you in his Glory, together with all your Jewish brothers and sisters that perished. Please accept my love, respect and admiration. Shalom 🇮🇱🇪🇸

  • @timdetmers3240
    @timdetmers3240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I read Kristine's story, and it is an amazing story indeed. Speaks eloquently to the will to survive.

  • @rondasuzette7611
    @rondasuzette7611 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Lovely woman. Silly interviewer didn't listen well. Thank you for your testimony.

    • @elizabethbrown8833
      @elizabethbrown8833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree. 🙏

    • @lisaottomann2396
      @lisaottomann2396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Honestly the interviewer sounded 10 years old… I wish they would just let the person tell there story in an authentic way, not have these unfeeling robotic questions fired at them!

  • @nicolenedekker8373
    @nicolenedekker8373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    How inspiring! Thank you for sharing your story.

  • @malky736
    @malky736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    An incredible woman, like so many others who gave their testimonies.They all demonstrate the power of the human spirit. Such a contrast between the evil of the Nazi’s and these glowing beacons of humanity.

  • @rowan655
    @rowan655 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Most amazing testimony ive heard yet and ive heard quite a few.

  • @eritain
    @eritain 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I'd guess the interviewer was pretty young at the time. We who have the good fortune not to be schoolchildren anymore can go easy and be grateful for her helping to get this documented.

    • @lorirogers9570
      @lorirogers9570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The interviewer sounded too young for this extensive harrowing interview !
      I’d like to read the book
      These horrific stories are paralleling what’s happening in 2020

    • @gracechristina8869
      @gracechristina8869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lorirogers9570 are you kidding??? How can anything compare to this

    • @mlmbeliever
      @mlmbeliever 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gracechristina8869 if we aren't careful we'll let ppl continue hailing dictators and autocracies as if nobody can understand what these ppl suffered.

    • @victoriasmith815
      @victoriasmith815 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s what I thought as well , I’m so grateful for the work of the interviewers .

  • @szyhaPL
    @szyhaPL 11 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wysłuchałem prawie cały wywiad. Cieszę się, że ułożyło się Pani życie, ma Pani dzieci i jest szczęśliwa. Życzę dużo zdrowia! Bardzo żałuję, że to wszystko się wydarzyło... Że Polska wygląd inaczej niż przed wojną... I wsytd mi za te wspomniane przypadki antysemityzmu ze strony Polaków.

  • @joywisdom6598
    @joywisdom6598 6 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    The interviewer really is irritating , but the Survivor is exceptional & beautiful.

    • @NatalieYOT
      @NatalieYOT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The interviewer has to ask a lot of questions because the interviewee gives short answers and then stops

  • @anne-marienordin7636
    @anne-marienordin7636 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The look in this brave womans eyes tells everything.❤️

  • @christichristi5481
    @christichristi5481 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing story, the part about her grandmother really got me.

  • @fada7903
    @fada7903 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Such brave parents! What a blessing! However, I can't even imagine such ordeal

  • @giggie
    @giggie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    They were obviously non religious like many , why does the interviewer keep hounding her to be religious ?

  • @femmefatale6132
    @femmefatale6132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Amazing, both ladies

  • @rondobson1828
    @rondobson1828 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    After listening to many of these interviews and I have to say this one is especially harrowing, particularly with the woman who was pregnant in the sewer. The choices that people had to make during those times were unimaginable and so tragic. There are people in the world today who have a fascist mentality and they need to be taken seriously as a threat to humanity.

  • @femmefatale6132
    @femmefatale6132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very motivating. A different Story. Thank you 🤗💐

  • @Sarah-mc7hn
    @Sarah-mc7hn 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    She’s beautiful! Handsome husband! Bless them both. ❤️❤️

  • @leannmeddings4068
    @leannmeddings4068 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    She's a beautiful spirit. An amazing person.

  • @noracathrine
    @noracathrine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful woman. So sad what they had to live being so little. Terrible situation for a child

  • @teemarie5478
    @teemarie5478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It’s beyond devastating what the Germans did to the Jewish people. It makes me so angry, sad, & so many other feelings 😓 Edit: all these video’s have the most amazing people that were so strong. she is a beautiful woman as well.

  • @michelleclark9463
    @michelleclark9463 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a beautiful couple, Her story really hit my heart. I can't imagine all they had to go through at that young tender age. Thankyou for sharing your story.

  • @monikarobinson8456
    @monikarobinson8456 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I’m sorry but the person conducting the interview is beyond annoying. Some questions are so irrelevant, and the breaks between each question are way too long and create an incredibly awkward moments. I applaud the survivor for answering each question, especially the irritating ones.

  • @pamcarson1180
    @pamcarson1180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This beautiful woman has a gift with words. I cant believe the details she recalls. The people that spent months and months helping them and risking getting caught doing it. Ugh....... they are so rude when they change tapes.

  • @karolinakocemba6291
    @karolinakocemba6291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    There is a movie based on this beautiful lady’s experiences called ‘W ciemności’ english: ‚In Darkness’: a very moving polish movie.
    Ps. As a polish national, I feel so sorry for the antisemitism that was present in Poland pre, during and post war. I was brought up in a very liberal non religious household and I cannot understand this. I still do not understand why there was so much hatred towards Jewish people post war in Poland… I guess it’s different now: with young generation, like me.

  • @Starmccarver1
    @Starmccarver1 12 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I watched this movie that was based on this story, amazing! truly amazing! God bless the Jew, The green sweeter I think it was called...amazing!

  • @barbaralivingston1836
    @barbaralivingston1836 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for sharing your story. It’s a selfless gift that will inspire for many generations.

  • @virtuousmountainwoman
    @virtuousmountainwoman ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. I have listened and will be careful to pass on to my child and grandchildren how important it is to keep a nond of love with all people🎉

  • @misiasert1348
    @misiasert1348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a fabulous lady 😍 & her heroic family

  • @MrCOUNTYCORK
    @MrCOUNTYCORK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    That lady questioning asked so many nonsense and irrelevant questions when the lady was getting into her story, cutting her off all the time but what an amazing story of survival, god bless her and her family

  • @mesenteria
    @mesenteria 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I have to agree that the interviewers needed more skills-development. They were not active listeners, and did not appear to empathize in the least with the speakers, whose story is presumably so compelling and significant that they are worth hearing in the first place!! Active listeners would have understood the words needed when the tellers are obviously searching for words that, in turn, are rather clear.
    However, and that aside, it must be that this is a labour of love and respect, and that the interviewers are not paid professionals with considerable training and supervision. So, perhaps we can bite our tongues and just enjoy the fantastic stories and the horror that underlies them so deeply after all these years.
    Finally, as I type this, it is quite probable that these people are gone. This work is going to be a lasting testament to everything they left behind, loved ones not seen in 50 years or more, neighbours, friends, teachers,....but never their own pain. What I like is that they have retained their dignity despite every unreasonable and execrable attempt to snatch it from them.

  • @giggie
    @giggie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    That’s something that people must understand , most of these people were regular nationals ... the Nazis and locals made them “Jewish” and “different “ there is no difference among humans ... that’s the sickness ...

    • @mlmbeliever
      @mlmbeliever 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The man that helped them in the sewers was a very religious Catholic person who obviously felt that we're all part of the human race. There were priests who also falsified baptismal record for Jewish ppl to hopefully keep them iut of danger. There was at least one priest who ended up in a concentration camp so some religious ppl risked their lives to keep others out of danger. We all need to live together and help each other when possible.

  • @corysbeehive
    @corysbeehive ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God bless this woman and her family.

  • @LindsayLarrabeeHeabel
    @LindsayLarrabeeHeabel ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The courage and strength her parents possessed to protect their children and each other is truly inspiring. That is the definition of love. ❤
    The questions the person who interviewed her were that of ignorance and lack of education, not youth. Believe me, well younger than she, I would have never ever asked, "Were you hopeful that the Germans would lose the war?"
    Oh, no, we hoped they would win so we would be gassed and then burned in a crematorium. What kind of question is that? Why did she think they lived in a sewer for 14 months?
    Oh, and the question about the rats. Did she think the kids were playing with stuffed animal rats in the sewer?
    Did the interviewer fill in for somebody who was sick that day and did not know a thing about WWII and the Holocaust? Ugh.
    This lady was very gracious, more than I, and did not insult the woman interviewing her. She was raised very well.

  • @anaschieck1883
    @anaschieck1883 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Adorei o final, com a declaração de amor que ele fez para ela.

  • @patmccarthy
    @patmccarthy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To have such a sense of humour shows the strength of this beautiful person

  • @electronichome1153
    @electronichome1153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful lady! I hope she is alive and healthy, and happy after these nightmares!

  • @patriciacobos7828
    @patriciacobos7828 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing story of survival, family ethics and wonderful loving marriage 💑

  • @faithdavis4453
    @faithdavis4453 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I couldn't watch all of this interview. The interviewee was asking the most ridiculous irrelevant questions. This lady is stunning.

    • @koogle5410
      @koogle5410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree… had to stop watching lots of these testimonies due to infuriating interviewers. so sad

  • @glengonzales6991
    @glengonzales6991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Please interviewer, stop interrupting the witness while she's talking important things

  • @sylvia-maryonlavi7704
    @sylvia-maryonlavi7704 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    an extraorinary story and very brave and strong people, they live an example for other never give up.........

  • @jackiejoy1852
    @jackiejoy1852 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @gyorgyakos9618
    @gyorgyakos9618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I heard about 20 interviews. This is the worst interviewer, although there were many bad ones. This stroy is exceptional. So is the lady who tells it, and her father who seved 11 lives!

  • @MargaretHillsdeZ
    @MargaretHillsdeZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    From Lvov, Ukraine

  • @teresaproano7984
    @teresaproano7984 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What an incredible story of life and death. Blessings to you and your family.

  • @melissapollom427
    @melissapollom427 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What an incredible story. Did someone make a movie aboit her story? It sounds familiar.

  • @alicjaes2813
    @alicjaes2813 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You should probably train better your interviewer. “How others were interfering with rats?” Really? One among many silly questions. Truly amazing story

  • @christinephur9130
    @christinephur9130 ปีที่แล้ว

    As always the volume is so low so unable to watch

  • @carolwaldon8526
    @carolwaldon8526 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have to invest in ear pods for these testimonies the volume is awful.

  • @Somelady464
    @Somelady464 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a beautiful woman!

  • @kaszup1
    @kaszup1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Kristine Keren said here that they had lived in Kopernika 14 in Lwów . In Polish version she said that it was Kopernika 12 . Needs to be clarified

  • @phyllisfleming7821
    @phyllisfleming7821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Amazing story and a righteous Christian helped their family.
    I have learned to concentrate on the survivor and ignore the interviewer....

  • @madhudean769
    @madhudean769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The interviewer was hopeless

  • @hannahrosa5485
    @hannahrosa5485 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    A terrible interviewer who doesn't listen. This lady deserves better than that.

  • @MargaretHillsdeZ
    @MargaretHillsdeZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The interviewer is driving me mad...

  • @jagust1613
    @jagust1613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    "What did you dream about?" ??What is wrong with this interviewer?

  • @queenbeedat8726
    @queenbeedat8726 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This interviewer is very insensitive, almost rude. Definitely annoying. This poor woman and her family... like many other families. I hope to God we stop hating and realize we are all brothers and sisters. Very very sad about the baby 😢

  • @SuperMan-xy8ui
    @SuperMan-xy8ui ปีที่แล้ว

    The leading photo shows all the necessary spelling, typed. The same thing is shown in handwriting, then it’s verbally spelled out on film, it’s redundant.

  • @raeannaroylance5401
    @raeannaroylance5401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When they kiss at the end❤️

  • @janetblanc7658
    @janetblanc7658 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The terror those children and adults must have felt when trying to hide from those monsters.

  • @paperchain1239
    @paperchain1239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It's amazing how this deeply courageous woman is treated so disrespectfully by this interviewer.

  • @jlcollins7673
    @jlcollins7673 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I feel like the person doing this interview was almost not prepared.....
    She left very uncomfortable pauses....

  • @io7161
    @io7161 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such incredible and touching story, the strength and power of all of them is just a real miracle.
    A part if it, Just it seems to me that the host are so cold, ? maybe there is special reason for it, ? any way, I can not help to ask myself why.

  • @wwayne2318
    @wwayne2318 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Superhero!

  • @geafcrm
    @geafcrm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I agree with the others. Brave woman but the interviewer wasn’t listening!!!

  • @koogle5410
    @koogle5410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    some of these questions are ridiculous.. so obvious the interviewer has experienced zero hardship. Zero empathy. What a string and elgant person KK is, so dignified.

  • @gfitz6001
    @gfitz6001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I cannot watch. 😢

  • @yorktown2203
    @yorktown2203 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful lady, the interviewer was what, 10 years old ? I can’t suffer through the interview.

  • @tinasmith770
    @tinasmith770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This interviewer sounds like a young child..shes driving me koo koo...very un professional

  • @lenamesis3015
    @lenamesis3015 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My heart cries for God's chosen people. These interviews should be part of every history class around the world. I pray this will never happen again. But you know this is happening in communist countries. Stay close to God!!!

  • @margaretmaged2584
    @margaretmaged2584 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think it was movie In darkness I remember the name Socha the polish sewer guy

  • @dontwantthisacount
    @dontwantthisacount 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    First honest account iive heard yet

  • @crochethappy3786
    @crochethappy3786 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the movie, it appears that her grandfather had the money and the hidden jewelry in the graveyard to pay off the man who helped them. . Can anyone confirm whether this is true?

  • @Alina_yt.729
    @Alina_yt.729 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And now those stories making in gaza for future generations

  • @duttons21
    @duttons21 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The movie is all in Jewish or whatever. There's subtitles.

  • @mattpaola65
    @mattpaola65 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ridiculous interviewer... beautiful family

  • @Greencloud8
    @Greencloud8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I apologize that aoc disrespected you all

  • @MrEdkern
    @MrEdkern ปีที่แล้ว

    She is a very pretty woman.

  • @mizztia5303
    @mizztia5303 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was about to say could the baby have benn given to the sewer worker but then it was too late

  • @Дорогаяумрао
    @Дорогаяумрао 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ужас

  • @carolwaldon8526
    @carolwaldon8526 ปีที่แล้ว

    The interviewer sounds like a child.