Jewish Survivor Shoshana Kahn Testimony | USC Shoah Foundation
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Shoshana was a good friend of my Grandmother. She was an amazing woman who I knew Growing up. May her memory be a blessing💙
She never told if her mother has survived the Holocaust! What happened to her mom??
You are lucky to know her.
You were blessed to have such a bobbie.
Shoshana passed away in October 2018. We are blessed to have known her story and been exposed to her spirit
may her memory be a blessing Z'L''
metsdudenj rest in peace
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I'm 25 minutes in and my GOD this woman is out of this world amazing! What a beam of light!
I thank the Shoah Foundation for uploading this video. Her words are pearls of wisdom about human nature. May she RIP.
I'm 70 now. This makes me so sad. My mama was born in 1924. She's gone. All the survivors are leaving us. And soon we will follow.
Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity, love ❤and peace all over the world🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Engineer Graham Bolt from Nashville Tennessee, where are you from?💙
I stumbled across these testimony videos and have stayed up all night immersed in them. Hearing these vivid stories, especially this one from a very real woman of relatable character, but of UNFATHOMABLE horror that was consuming the world...TERRIFYING AND HEARTBREAKING
I stumbled upon them last week and can't stop watching these amazing testimonials. The survivors are so amazing. Such strong individuals.
Same! They are fascinating.
me too
Same! I came across these survivors' stories a couple of months ago and watch several a week. I have always been interested in their stories, and how they survived the horrors of the Holocaust. So strong!! It's so important to keep their memories alive!!
Me too. Such a humbling privilege to watch these heartbreaking testimonies. I will never forget.
She is so inspirational and witty! I have watched many of these interviews now and she was so captivating. I kept wishing she had written her own book!
Her son is working on a book about her!!
Probably there was journal she kept. She was a bookworm afterall
She was a treasure
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She didn't say if her mother has survived the Holocaust! Do you know what happened to her mom??
@@RD-0101 Her mother DID survive. her little sister, sadly, did not.
Shoshana Kahn is amazing. She is so straight forward. So present. And has a life force that is very powerful. Thank you for sharing your story and your strength.
What a beautiful spirited woman, who was gifted with wit and humour...just watched this clip as it came on to my ty feed...how I would of loved to have met this strong and intelligent woman..RIP SHOSHANA KAHN❤❤
Great interview. She is wonderful. I love that she knew how to handle herself in such hellish situation. God bless her. She is my mother's age. So smart! Thank you so much for this life lesson.
She is a wonderful and inspiring orator. Her stories are completely unlike any of the perhaps 200-250 Shoah Testamonies to which I've listened.
I have watched so many surviver videos. Shoshanas testimony made the most impact on me. Everyone should watch it, she as a person is amazing and her story is the most honest and incredible at the same time. I would have loved to be her friend...such a spirit and humor.
Shoshana you shared with us your experience and the only thing we can do is listen, learn and say you thanks.
None of us shall comprehend what they really had been through. .. anyway the best thing we can do is listen and learn
My family was from Lithuania it hurts to hear that adults and children were executed. My family was also Kahn.
OMG! I love this woman! Wisdom beyond my capacity! Bless her!
This woman is the personification of chutzpah! Hers is a very unique telling (and I've listened to hundreds). Her incredible sense of humor, attention to detail, remembering so many many names, vacillating between humor and horror, maintaining a critical spirit/disdain of others while sharing her grief and hopes. The return of Jewish jewelry entrusted to a Baltic German, the lipstick story during liquidation, the photo of her high school friend Jenny at the execution pits, the benevolent Nazi, I didn't have sex appeal that was one good point, you have to be alone - loyal people had less chances, I learned that very fast. Her shame while ladling the soup to her mother - who shouldn't have cried since she knew I had no courage. People had to have protectors. I was protected by a German anti-Semitic Communist. I was protected from the abuse (sexual) Lots of girls had trouble with them or maybe it wasn’t trouble. But I tell you what, it was always better than to die. My child, one day you will eat tomatoes - I have great respect for tomatoes now. Selfish, swim on your own, you can't be tied down. The empathy of the Polish peasant - and her disdainful reaction to the interviewer, beyond hilarious! What would Catherine do - her use of imagination/personification of a character! The French POW. I don't stand in judgement of anybody. Hitler, Eichmann were humans and history repeats itself. Wow!
WOW indeed! An extraordinary recount imbricated with high culture and harder experience. Her sardonic black humour is worthy of the best in the literary canon. The interviewer was completely out of her depth in every conceivable way - as a sentient human being, as a cultured and knowledgeable person, and to top it off, I got the impression, at least, that she was shocked in a middle class way by 'distasteful' realities of how human beings may act when they are forced to survive amidst the sadism and the horror. I would have been privileged to sit at Shoshana Kahn's knee and just listen and learn. Instead this tape must suffice...and for that I too am truly grateful. RIP Madam Kahn.
The interviewer is amazingly clueless , and her manner is very unpleasant
If you don’t judge anyone, then there is no morality and life has no value . No good and no bad . Immoral position . By the way, you don’t understand the meaning of hutzpa .
@@antoniadelaunay8585 I agree the interviewer is clueless , badly educated, has no knowledge of historical happenings , no idea about historical background . Her manner is also very unpleasant , and unsympathetic. Her unpreparedness is also annoying .
@@bellaadamowicz8380 agreed; this woman is confident, not arrogant
I will never forget you Shoshana
What an inspiration. I've listenend several times to her tragic story. I take her advice to heart: "Enjoy life, do the best you can for your self without hurting other people, have fun, have fun, have fun" "Surround yourself with beautiful things, the ugly come on their own" "Don't hate anybody, no prejudice"
Shoshana, in common with all the other women interviewees, is a tough, highly educated, cultured, creative, candid woman.
It is just wonderful to listen to her! I am sorry am hearing these interviews in 2020, by the time most people are dead (I am also 71 by now!). I kwould have liked to contact some of them but its too late. Lucky that this bright, intelligent and knowledgeable woman survived, but think how many did not! What a loss to humanity!
Had to watch again, such a lovely soul. Thank you once again.
What an incredible, inspirational, intelligent and beautiful woman! Someone to write a book or make a movie about Shoshanna please!
I hate that the interviews are not loud enough. At least on my phone I can barely hear it
NORML, try "casting" it through your television. I also wish that they would make captions available for these stories by the Holocaust survivors. I can understand most everything but have to rewind sometimes to hear something twice.
NORML same on my phone
Yes, the audio is always bad if you pop your headphones in youll find it clearer, the interviewer is on Mic1 (right earphone) the subject on mic2 (left earphone) :)
What an amazing woman with such an insight on human behavior!!
Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity, love ❤and peace all over the world🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Engineer Graham Bolt from Nashville Tennessee, where are you from?💙
Curiously interested in all the survival stories from this era, I have listened to quite a few of these recordings. However, I don’t get through the entire interview with very many. This one was so fascinating that I did and even went back to sections to hear again. It’s true that there are parts I don’t really hear or “get” what she is saying. I think this is a fact with “oral” history. It would be difficult for any of us to orally tell about our life in a few hours of interviews. I guess these survivors have the ability to do that because of the traumatic events they went through. Shosanna told her story with all the twists and turns in such a captivating way to hold my attention throughout this long interview. She says at the end that she had wanted to be an actor and she definitely had a talent for storytelling. I recommend watching this and wish she was still alive to tell more.
Thank you for sharing your life experience.
Shoshana Khan is a powerful speaker! What a brave woman. I am impressed with her philosophy and her ability to still find joy after all that she experienced. The interviewer was very good.
So passionate.....I was pulled in very fast, her testimonial was wonderful.
What a fantastic and resilient lady....must have been something to have known her.
Incredible. I am so inspired by who this woman is, and what she did. It makes me thirsty for life.
What a lovely woman. I will never forget her
I so love this woman, she is full of life. Honoured to hear her story.
Extraordinary retelling of such a momentous series of events. What a wonderful woman and such a privilege to hear her story.
She is fantastic! What a wonderful sense of humor. And her closing statement is so unbelievable. Wow.
Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity, love ❤and peace all over the world🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Engineer Graham Bolt from Nashville Tennessee, where are you from?💙
What a fascinating testimony this is and what a real character this lady is. Thanks you so much for sharing your testimony.
Your work is absolutly fantastic and rich. Thank you ever so much for this legacy. Words are so more powerful than images.
Thanks for the video miss.
What an amazing woman, she made me laugh and cry.It seems we must be ever more vigilent in today's days of anger and hate.
I loved listening to this animated woman! When she described her friends and family in the pictures, and some of their deaths by execution, she was so matter of fact with no elaborations. I mean, it happened, so why try to make it a tragedy, when it was all a tragedy to 6,000,000+? Very honest and sincere.
She has a tremendous life force...
God I wish I was there to have met her she was awesome lady Rest In Peace my darling
Stop wishing and start talking to your elders..
I only wish I had known her.. what a life force she had.. so glad we have this testimonie
Very strong survivor...quite the story teller too. RIP ♥
She may not believe in God but I’m so happy he believed in her!! God bless her and her offspring for generations
Thank you lady Shoshana for sharing your story, may you rest in peace now 🙏🙏
Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity, love ❤and peace all over the world🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Engineer Graham Bolt from Nashville Tennessee, where are you from?💙
I wish I had known you. You had this spark about you. I’m sorry you suffered.
A wonderful lady! May you Rest In Peace, Shoshana.
In the midst of all the gaiety and humor and chutzpah she exhibits, she gets serious at 3:10:16 when she denies the existence of God "The children. How could it have happened? How could he have let it happen?" She seems almost flippant at some points but it's definitely a coping mechanism if you read between the lines. She was such a strong person!
I agree I could tell much throughout the vid / interview she was still protecting herself mentally. Maybe that's why she lived so long too.
It is hard, because she says she doesn't believe in God's existence. Then she begins to tell what she will say to Him when she meets Him. So, she does believe in Him, and that is a hard place to be. I hope she was able to come to terms with that before she passed. Humans do terrible things to each other.
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Wow! What WISDOM from Shoshana Khan.
Watched this twice .. amazing strong woman .a truth telling experience.
H.'s süßer Traum ....her looks and fair beauty saved her from being murdered. And her brilliance speaking German perfectly and perseverance.
My mother loved Deanna Durban. So interesting to hear that she saw Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy and Judy Garland way over in her country.
Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity, love ❤and peace all over the world🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Engineer Graham Bolt from Nashville Tennessee, where are you from?💙
What a wonderful woman... her story I will never forget..
She is so delightful! I could listen to her all night. She’s my favorite interview.
ASTONISHING STORY FROM AN EXTREMELY EDUCATED WOMAN!!! SOOO REFRESHING! SOOO SURPRISING. ❤️ LOVED 🥰 IT!!! I LISTENED TO EACH FABULOUS WORD...EACH SEGMENT OF HER LIFE WAS TOLD INTERESTINGLY AND INTRIGUING...HER FAMILY SHOULD AND IS PROUD OF THIS FAMILY JEWEL!...
Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity, love ❤and peace all over the world🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Engineer Graham Bolt from Nashville Tennessee, where are you from?💙
My nightmares are only pleasant ones,,, you are a special one among so many. After your testimony I don’t think mine will be. Wonderful woman!
A real 'live wire'! Strong, intelligent and witty- her family is very lucky she survived!
One more interviewer doing a marvellous job. I will say that I am sure at the time friends ignoring you once the Nazis came must have hurt but I am sure that the people who did this were beyond terrified just as so many others were. The MIX of cruelty and compassion in the SAME people in some of these accounts is so bewildering . The whole WORLD must have seemed upside down. So amazed that people like Shoshanna made it through with their humanity relatively in tact. Thank you to all who are involved in preserving this relatively modern chapter of human history with all its facets.
Her recollection and spirit is extraordinary. It could be an incredible movie.
Shoshana, thank you for your story and your priceless messages to the world!
l could not continue watching because of poor volumn in the beginning. You who do these tapings, please remember to make sure your volumn levels are up. WE at home can always increase the sound as we need to. Thanks.
It's hard not to listen to the kind of things her and her friends did as kids, and then think about what kids do nowadays, and despair.
Education was priority and paramount at home and at school.
What an extremely clever,wise and strong woman Wow! Extraordinary life story and personality!
I'm just sorry that she didn't say if her mother has survived the Holocaust, or any of her relatives. And if her husband was a Holocaust survivor too and what did he work in the US? Some important details are missing from her story.
What a fantastic badass!
The story about Ossie ( I probably have not spelled it right. Maybe Yossi?) but the story about this fine young man is so bittersweet. Thank you for telling it .
Wow what a personality Shoshana had!..beautiful vivacious lady.
I've listened to at least 50 of these and this is in my top 3. Shoshana's storytelling is like reading a book you cannot put down. I love her views on film. This is also one of the first testimonies I've heard with more insight on the prostitutes and homosexuals. I love that she is not religious and does not believe in "God". What a lovely, lovely woman.
This woman is so amazing.
Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity, love ❤and peace all over the world🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Engineer Graham Bolt from Nashville Tennessee, where are you from?💙
i know it’s a long shot, but is there any transcription of this video? around 1:27 she says a nickname that sounds very similar to my full name. i’m just curious. thanks!
Victoria Reimer (pronounced as in "rhyme"). It's a non-Jewish German family name she quickly assumed when she was interrogated by the Gestapo.
Just an AMAZING individual.
Got to love this lady the way she cuts through the inane ?'s the interviewer . . She's so animated almost manic at times I feel it's a coping mechanism. .. .go Shosh what about the interviewer says ' how did this news get delivered' to which she answers' with trepidation' very humorous,interspersed with great sadness
donnaeve please someone have the good sense to make a movie from her story. I’ll donate my journalism & Film skills ( I’m a Stand in & do stunts)
kittywaymo Do you think anyone would really believe her amazing story on film? It is so different than anything that has been produced so far. From escaping the Latvian executions to camps to being taken in by a Polish family on a death march escape to being accused of being a Russian spy and prison and talking her way out of a “kangaroo court” to actually working for the Germans and being rescued by French P.O.W.s. and more...it’s an unbelievably complicated story. But I believe these events did happen to her. The question is would a film audience believe it?
May she finally rest in ☮️ peace
I agree with her.. they are humans which makes this so horrendous..
Smartest comment she made in the end of the vid.
Beautiful, brave lady.....
Shoshana is FANTASTIC! I would give anything to have met her. Beautiful. Amazing.
Very educated, bubbly personality!
I think she has a real heart, kind soul. She has a detached character, hence the dry humour, this may come across as being a bit cold, but she survived! Thank goodness. Latvia is a hard place to live in, I lived in Riga for a numbet of months in the 90s.
soviet liberators destroyed Baltic states ,50 years under iron curtain
What date wad this filmed? Thank you.
the movie this brilliant woman mentions is 100 men and a girl starring canadian actress Deanna Durbin
Shoshona was tough and tender in equal measure. Witty and wise, she was full of life.❤
very moving, sometimes funny
What a remarkable lady!
She was a joy to listen to - she had me laughing out loud a few times
I am not clear what happened to her mother and younger sister???
@Petra Robinson Thank you for your eloquent words!!
Me, either.
G-d I adore this lady!!!♥️♥️♥️
kittywaymo Yes!!! I love this incredible woman and her spirit!!! I hope she marched right up to God and told him what’s up!!! Absolutely brilliant woman!!!
God did NOT cause this , where was man ? men caused this ! It's NOT God's fault ! It's NOT heaven here that comes with Eternal life .....Humans can be very cruel , worse than animals.
RIP and fly with the angels.
She is a power house…I like this lady alot
I just love her.
At what point did she lose her sister? I missed that part 😢😢😢
A wonderfully ironic wit, humour.
I apologize for misspelling Shoshana’s name in my earlier comment.
Bravo
I'm glad there was at least some stubborn and head strong characters like this. She might have come across as a complete a$$ but she had a very bright, warm and congenial head on her shoulders. May Shoshana Kahn rest in peace before the next journey. Hats off to the interviewer to say the least ha ha.
Her disdain for Latvians (or the "natives") shows itself immediately in the video, describing even prewar.... However, in her PARTIAL defense, the Latvian nationalists of the time (like western Ukrainian nationalists or "our" side today) were horrible and murderous toward Jews. They showed even more zeal and glee at killing or eliminating Jews than some Germans and they collaborated happily with the worst tasks the Nazi's wanted them to do.
She should be corrected as the Latvian language is unrelated to Estonian. It is related to Lithuanian though. She is a bright and interesting lady. I'm just partially though this one, the first one involving a Latvian Jewish experience. I am somewhat familiar with her town based on war history as the germans held onto that foothold, a small port on the Baltic, as their "Army Group North" got trapped and ground down by the Red Army. A few Latvian collaborators escaped with the Nazis through that port and one other, others did not and fought alongside the Nazi's and others melted away in the forests etc.... Shamefully many (and she pointed out) were later deified as heroes by modern Latvian governments (post 1991)
Soviets and red army were not much better than nazis.Why nobody speaks about the crimes that those liberators did,they destroyed also many peoples lifes
RIP SHOSshana
I love her. God bless Shoshanna
Phenomenal woman.
She was very lucky she looked German
I find the interviewer's questions tremendously annoying. She often interrupted the flow if the memories with innane questions.
The flow of the memories