The Jew who survived Auschwitz because a Nazi guard fell in love with her - Helena Citrónová

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  • Helena Citrónová, one of 4 children of Jewish parents, was born on the 26 August 1922 in Humenné, then part of Czechoslovakia. Her father was a cantor and because Helena liked not only to sing but also dance, her older brother joked that one day he would take her to Prague to exercise her talent. In 1934, Helena’s sister Róžika together with her husband emigrated to Palestine. However, because he could not find work there, in 1939 the two decided to return to Czechoslovakia together with their daughter though the Jews in Palestine had warned them by saying: "What? Are you crazy?! There's a war brewing.” By the time the family realized their mistake, it was too late.
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  • @allegory7638
    @allegory7638 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2223

    Moving back to Czechoslavakia in 1939...That's got to be in the top 10 of worst decisions ever.

    • @marvin2678
      @marvin2678 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      why ?

    • @eileengleeson7851
      @eileengleeson7851 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

      ​@@marvin2678start if the 2nd world war i guess

    • @locuacidadsindiluir1696
      @locuacidadsindiluir1696 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      ¿¿¿¿¡¡¡TOP 10, YOU SAID!!!!??
      I´d say TOP 1, ¡hahahaha!

    • @3rrlia661
      @3rrlia661 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      better than settling in Palestine

    • @geraldinelafayette1838
      @geraldinelafayette1838 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      Which ultimately killed her sisters two babies. Ohhh I couldn’t imagine the horror. I just would have went with them to be in heaven with them. The instinct to survive in this horrendous world is INSANE. It can cause unimaginable sorrow although.

  • @Life_Is_Torture0000
    @Life_Is_Torture0000 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1875

    He saved her life, and, no doubt, in the end, she felt obligated to repay the debt. How she actually felt about him in later life is anyone's guess...likely she had strongly mixed feelings.

    • @francesbernard2445
      @francesbernard2445 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

      She did nothing to repay that so called according to you a 'debt'. She only told the truth whenever being asked to. Being genuine, truthful and kind has a kind of power all its own.

    • @mikeplake6861
      @mikeplake6861 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      I thought the same thing! That she wanted to return the favor..

    • @SynnJynn
      @SynnJynn 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      Sounds like Stockholm Syndrome

    • @AllezVous222
      @AllezVous222 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      @SynnJynn
      That’s not what Stockholm Syndrome is.

    • @pepelepew1227
      @pepelepew1227 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      i dont think she ever loved the man who risked his life so many times for her. that admission of love is only there to alleviate the impression of ingratitude

  • @m.m.7183
    @m.m.7183 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +748

    They should make a movie about this story. Of course not a cheap production but high quality movie.

    • @notyouraverageharleyquinnstan
      @notyouraverageharleyquinnstan หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      They showed some of this in Schindler's List

    • @roxybarone
      @roxybarone หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yes, Schindler’s List.

    • @HallieSinclair
      @HallieSinclair 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Also is it just me or does this sound like a fake English accent….

    • @m.m.7183
      @m.m.7183 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@HallieSinclair who has a fake English accent?

    • @HallieSinclair
      @HallieSinclair 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@m.m.7183 The narrator.

  • @AnnamariaLeprini
    @AnnamariaLeprini 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +918

    The fact that he risked his life to save her makes me understand that it wasn't selfishness, but love. He was certainly very much in love with her, and I think that in a normal world and without indoctrination he would have been a good person.
    I think she loved him too, I don't want to romanticize the story, but she herself said she loved him in interviews. But once the war was over it wouldn't have been possible for them to get married (can you imagine their wedding? and family dinners?) So she did the right thing.

    • @aqifkopertoni6217
      @aqifkopertoni6217 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

      he saved her life ,he did much more than she did for him , he was an ss if the other ss members would findout him he could had risk all his family in germany .

    • @AnnamariaLeprini
      @AnnamariaLeprini 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

      ​@@aqifkopertoni6217 I think some ss men around him knew this, they just played along. The relationship wasn't that secret, even the other prisoners close to her knew it as you can see from the testimonies

    • @tomsd8656
      @tomsd8656 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Indoctrination is like poison to kids' mind. Just imagine you get kids hooked on drug. Indoctrination does the same to them. It's happening in the US now. But parents still have the chance to save their kids from Marxist propagandists. Regrettably, many families avoid "contrversial" topics at home, and many immigrant families couldn't communicate due to language barrier between parents and kids growing up speaking English. It's a national tragedy. But we shall overcome, or die doing so.

    • @marahenao6417
      @marahenao6417 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      being in love doesnt make someone a good person. the decision they make makes them a good person, he decided to be a nazi guard so he was clearly not a good person.

    • @yourgirrlll9975
      @yourgirrlll9975 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      You explained it better. You helped me change my perspective.

  • @TheDigitalApple
    @TheDigitalApple 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1880

    If you ask me, Franz Wunsch was possibly the only war criminal of the Second World War to actually be remorseful of his actions even if it was due to his relationship with Helena.

    • @MrMickthemonster
      @MrMickthemonster 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

      A lot of Japanese generals were ashamed at their actions too

    • @colinwinship1231
      @colinwinship1231 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Another nazi was Karl Plagge

    • @Donathon-qx8kq
      @Donathon-qx8kq 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

      Just remember that a leopard can't change his spots

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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    • @sassycat6487
      @sassycat6487 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +96

      He was not remorseful tho. He said in a letter to her he wished that Germany would have won lol

  • @pimpompoom93726
    @pimpompoom93726 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +760

    It is so hard to know what to feel about this story. Helena obviously awakened some sense of decency in this young man. He obviously impacted her as well, or she wouldn't have turned up at his trial. I guess the real story is how war degrades all aspects of humanity, even love. But, something remained. Hopefully they both carried that good part with them to their last days?

    • @locuacidadsindiluir1696
      @locuacidadsindiluir1696 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Very WELL PUT.

    • @sassycat6487
      @sassycat6487 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      He killed some young guys in the camp. He also beat a girl so bad she still had pain until her last days. He was a horrible person.

    • @mikeplake6861
      @mikeplake6861 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I love your comment! Well said!!!

    • @gerganakoleva4137
      @gerganakoleva4137 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      Life is so complicated. I would be happy if a bad person never did a good deed and a good person - a bad one. But sometimes is sooo not black and white. Still I think he should not have been acquitted at the trial.

    • @chaseseeney6082
      @chaseseeney6082 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Let's keep in mind many instances Germans were frced to do this it wasn't all them being evil its not that black and white

  • @peterdragon6367
    @peterdragon6367 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +871

    Even in the worst place on earth at the time, she still had a great smile

    • @frenzalrhomb6919
      @frenzalrhomb6919 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      There's no denying that the Woman was damn attractive!!

    • @jmajesty79
      @jmajesty79 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      A very beautiful smile...

    • @costealucia5357
      @costealucia5357 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      She was not starving, no wonder she could smile...

    • @dellathegamer687
      @dellathegamer687 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      Because a German loved her . And that was privilege in so many ways

    • @Thatonlyone678
      @Thatonlyone678 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      She looked majestic ❤

  • @philism7829
    @philism7829 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +591

    Humans are made to love each other, nor hate neither kill... Let us keep this in our minds and hearts for ever...

    • @aqifkopertoni6217
      @aqifkopertoni6217 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      tell this to the jews they are killing a lot without mercy

    • @PhonoDirect
      @PhonoDirect 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Humans are evolutionary much better equipped for fight than for a cooperation. Love is mostly just a romantic concept. Sorry.

    • @nataliemeenakshithegreat7780
      @nataliemeenakshithegreat7780 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yes dear but each has a different nature and that is the quintessential truth about the human race humanity is about being human human is about being authentic fait correct etc

    • @ML-eq6ll
      @ML-eq6ll 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Being human is complicated. We are a smart animals that was not made, but evolve. We're not perfect, because we never meant to be perfect

    • @jordancostello3385
      @jordancostello3385 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This proves my point only the stupid are happy that's why down syndrome are the happiest people they have no idea of there surroundings

  • @AmethystEyes
    @AmethystEyes 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +578

    I wish this was mentioned in the video, but Helena‘s sister was tricked into thinking that her children were alive. She did not know that they were going into the gas chambers. If she had known that they were gas chambers, she would’ve died with them. For months, Helena told her sister that her children were alive once her sister found out that they weren’t, she was completely devastated.

    • @chickenlover657
      @chickenlover657 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +85

      Maybe, maybe not. One thing is certain tho, Helena had nothing to do with her sister's children's death. She had zero power to prevent it. If the sister had to blame anyone, it should have been herself. Because her stupid decision to return from Jerusalem is THE crucial bad choice that ended in fatality.

    • @norrishude6177
      @norrishude6177 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This deserves a mention too. Auschwitz : 4 Million Jews were allegedly gassed, incinerated and bones buried, if this was over 4 years, 2739 were exterminated daily. If this happened over the "Final Solution" years 1943-45 ,then 5.400 were exterminated daily. I have a bridge for sale if you are interested.

    • @barbaratraininblank4103
      @barbaratraininblank4103 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      neither was Franz really responsible. Children had very little chance of living in Auschwitz, and what could he say, that they had been misplaced from his unit?@@chickenlover657

    • @marvin2678
      @marvin2678 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@chickenlover657how exactly ? am i mssing somethign ?

    • @chickenlover657
      @chickenlover657 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      @@marvin2678 Huh? What part is not clear to you? Sounds like you didn't watch the video or weren't paying attention.

  • @sarahpiaggio2693
    @sarahpiaggio2693 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +147

    she ended up caring for him, and testified at his trial. But this was not a love relationship in the way that we understand it. It's not as if she had many options, it was allow this man to love and protect you, or you die. Allow this man to protect those around you and at least you'll be able to do some good. I'm not surprised that she avoided him after the war.

    • @modickens1272
      @modickens1272 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      She probably avoided him after the war because she was afraid she'd give in to temptation. Women love a man in uniform and she probably still remembered him in it. She didn't want to get wet for a criminal but knew it'd happen, so best to avoid it.

    • @Star-qh5wp
      @Star-qh5wp หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      @@modickens1272I doubt it. Seeing what he was capable of and knowing he was responsible for deaths isn’t a turn on. She was forced to allow it while under the threat of death in the camps

    • @Courtannica
      @Courtannica 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@modickens1272 yeah..... it's not the uniform. L o l. If you put an un attractive dude in a uniform... he's still unattractive

    • @SiriuslyVega
      @SiriuslyVega 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Star-qh5wp Did you see that video of the married female prison guard at wentworth prison? she had two kids, went to work and got filmed getting railed by two prisoners. Wonder what their crimes were.
      My point is - the highest rate of a gender loving violent criminals, its women. It's a whole thing in psychology. Quite vain of you to doubt something off-rip.

  • @gabrielle3205
    @gabrielle3205 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +35

    3:46 the couple's kiss behind the crowd of people gave me a pang of sadness for the unknown story that had come to them afterwards. May the lovers rest in peace.

  • @fritula6200
    @fritula6200 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +245

    He saved her life first... after the war she saved his life:

    • @caitlin6503
      @caitlin6503 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Such a beautiful and accurate way of putting it.

    • @jamiulislam9945
      @jamiulislam9945 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Do u know the story between Mahmur Darwich and Rita ??
      Mahmud was Palestinian poet, Rita was a Jewish girl of Israel...

    • @Magnum2023-
      @Magnum2023- 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      nah she snitched on him at the end so

  • @danielfernandes711
    @danielfernandes711 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +463

    I would have rather died with my children than stay alive without them

    • @j0nnyism
      @j0nnyism 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

      Easy to say that in the comfort that you will never have to make that choice

    • @danielfernandes711
      @danielfernandes711 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      @@j0nnyism It's actually an easier decision to make in that situation

    • @mary-gael7633
      @mary-gael7633 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      Clearly! Me too, I think I'd kill myself. Having my children taken away to die on their own... I couldn't bear it. The worst part of it is letting them alone without me to confort them: this is even worst than death. I think that the people questioning the validity of this claim aren't parents. If they were, they would know.

    • @dolanddrumpf6344
      @dolanddrumpf6344 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Absolutely. 😢

    • @iamlightsunshine6628
      @iamlightsunshine6628 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @Lara-xc1mf
    @Lara-xc1mf 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +153

    What a wonderful and nuanced story, which I have never heard before. Thank you so much for your recording of it.

  • @ThouSwell-zx3fd
    @ThouSwell-zx3fd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +246

    What a beautiful woman Helena was.

    • @dorothyblair6741
      @dorothyblair6741 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Stunning

    • @aida8356
      @aida8356 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      he was handsome too

  • @shearwave7885
    @shearwave7885 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +464

    She was very beautiful, and he was a handsome guy. Sad the circumstances….

    • @pimpompoom93726
      @pimpompoom93726 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +108

      Indeed. He had the feelings inside to be a decent person, but it was tainted by his involvement with the SS. War destroys a lot of goodness in people and brings out the worst. Thankfully she and her sister survived.

    • @FC-hj9ub
      @FC-hj9ub 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      So? Good looking people don't fall for other good looking people for their looks

    • @nangel270
      @nangel270 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      It’s disgusting to worship beauty as the standard for achieving happiness in a relationship.

    • @niamtxiv
      @niamtxiv 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Beauty is important ​@@nangel270

    • @javayna2353
      @javayna2353 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nangel270well ugly people are gross. We don’t have to accept the negligence. They don’t take care of themselves so there’s nothing to be attracted to. They bring it upon their lazy selves and we have every right to reject them. Go to dentist. Eat healthy. Good hygiene and grooming. Smell good. Get an education. Make money. Have something attractive. It’s attainable.

  • @Disco-Mike
    @Disco-Mike 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +350

    Its crazy she looked so gorgeous in the picture where she smiled wearing the "pijama" in front of Baracks, still good fed.
    He definitely saved her life and this story was very beautiful. I am German and I always wondered whether something like this happened
    This story shows love is stronger than hate. I missed such a story.

    • @Chris-wyt
      @Chris-wyt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Most were over weight, stop feeling bad. You've been beaten down for to many years. Chin up.

    • @elligilberg1564
      @elligilberg1564 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      A Romeo and Juliet story

    • @Disco-Mike
      @Disco-Mike 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      @@Chris-wyt Not most... Maybe some... You cant say they were better fed than our soldiers who also didnt had anything. Even the population of Germany starved. Its illogical that all of them were fed like her

    • @Disco-Mike
      @Disco-Mike 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Chris-wyt but yes. It's 80 years ago and the Israelis still use the Holocaust as an excuse for Genocide. We Germans are paying and paying and paying for everyone. We definitely need to chin up.

    • @expo1706
      @expo1706 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      She was quite plump.

  • @VersusARCH
    @VersusARCH 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +223

    Still a better love story than "Twilight".

    • @rodneymcdermott5303
      @rodneymcdermott5303 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      To be fair, that’s a mighty low bar set there😂 but yes, you’re correct

    • @gypsylei777
      @gypsylei777 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      still a better love story than mine

    • @Slightly_Classy
      @Slightly_Classy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      💀💀💀

    • @beckydavis4958
      @beckydavis4958 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂

    • @NK-ht7tx
      @NK-ht7tx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Would rather watch twilight. Imagine a Vietnamese women falling in love with an American soldier after having un-alived her family. Once a sadist always a sadist. No women can change a man.

  • @AmethystEyes
    @AmethystEyes 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +225

    If anyone wants to know more I highly recommend a documentary called “Love It Was Not”. It has interviews with almost everyone who was there. It’s beautiful too, the way they set up the story.

    • @barbaratraininblank4103
      @barbaratraininblank4103 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Beautiful and informative, yes, but with a misleading title. many believe it was mutual.

    • @itwantsrevenge
      @itwantsrevenge 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! I'm gonna check it out.

    • @barbaratraininblank4103
      @barbaratraininblank4103 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I've seen the documentary several times and agree with what you said overall. However, the title suggests a certain prejudice on the filmmaker's part, which she eventually conceded. But definitely moving and eye-opening.

    • @barbaratraininblank4103
      @barbaratraininblank4103 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      By the way, the first shorter documentary by the same filmmaker, "The Most Beautiful Woman," is also worth seeing. And an upcoming documentary called "999" casts light on the first Jewish girls and young women brought to Auschwitz, of which Helena was one.

    • @successfulperson3304
      @successfulperson3304 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The title is the German song she sang not the love because that was mutual.

  • @barbiepr1692
    @barbiepr1692 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    At the end what saved him was his Love for her, that made him feel compassion and empathy toward the Jewish women. He was working for evil, but felt God in his heart. With all my respect Steven Spielberg, I ask you make a movie of this story.

  • @CableGirl35
    @CableGirl35 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    This story should be made into a movie, if it hasn’t already.

  • @missypuffin8985
    @missypuffin8985 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +114

    She survived. Thats all that matters

    • @j0nnyism
      @j0nnyism 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I’m sure the nazi guards felt the same way when their only other option was the eastern front

    • @markjamison9677
      @markjamison9677 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@j0nnyismI would have went to the eastern front some things isn’t worth being a part of .

    • @YeshuaKingMessiah
      @YeshuaKingMessiah 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      All that matters is being humane
      Esp when the world has lost its mind
      The end does not justify the means
      Ever

  • @marcelamrekajova5088
    @marcelamrekajova5088 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

    Huge appreciation for the narrator who researched the correct pronunciation of all Slovak names a cities and tried to mimic it as closely as he could ❤
    Usually, the pronunciation is so bad that I cannot even guess what it is supposed to be.

    • @lynnkayee1015
      @lynnkayee1015 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      To be fair, I've heard and tried to mimic the names of far away places...and they still sound nothing like they're supposed to. Lmao
      Sometimes I swear the harder I try, the worse it sounds. 😭

  • @ChasingRainbows67
    @ChasingRainbows67 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    This made me sad in a way. There are good in people just as there are bad people. They both lived a long life. How hard it must have been, however they both made the best of it and ended up with their own families.❤
    RIP to both ❤🙏🇺🇸

  • @Swellington_
    @Swellington_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +152

    Theirs a documentary on this on Tubi and it’s one of the most extraordinary and strange stories I’ve ever heard from the war or anytime actually, and her sister held it against her over her “saving” her but not her daughter,just an unimaginable position to be in,absolutely heartbreaking

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today
      Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
      There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
      Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
      Come to Jesus Christ today
      Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
      Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
      Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
      Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
      Romans 6.23
      For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
      John 3:16-21
      16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
      Mark 1.15
      15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
      2 Peter 3:9
      The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
      Hebrews 11:6
      6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
      Jesus

    • @sassycat6487
      @sassycat6487 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      I think saving her sister was selfish. She had to spend the rest of her life in agony and grief over losing her two children including an infant.

    • @chickenlover657
      @chickenlover657 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

      @@sassycat6487 Nothing selfish about it and I have no clue how such silly idea could come into your mind. If anyone was selfish it was her sister who blamed her for not saving her children, even tho she obviously couldn't have done anything about it. The death of any child is of course the most tragic thing, but she had no say in the matter. It was not her fault in any way.

    • @cgee6867
      @cgee6867 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Thanks...I love Tubi....will look it up,

    • @MagdalenaIsaiah431
      @MagdalenaIsaiah431 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      ​@@chickenlover657💯💯 agreed! I lived with an older Israeli lady for a while in my student days and she told me of the heartbreaking story of her Mother whose first husband and a son were murdered in those Nazi extermination camps.
      She said even though her Mother immigrated to Israel met and married another loving man, the father of this lady and her brother the Mother never got over her grief and depression over the loss of her first family😭
      She told me her mother was almost never happy her whole life that she could remember and later died still in her grief😢
      Not hard to understand considering the unimaginable trauma of living through such utterly senseless suffering 😭🙏💙🙏✝️✝️✝️

  • @robertsanford6786
    @robertsanford6786 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    What a story!!! THIS is one of the best stories to come along in a long time! Keep it up! I subscribed! Good job.

  • @StephenLuke
    @StephenLuke 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +169

    RIP
    Helena Citrónová
    (1922-2007)

    • @foreverlovesophie
      @foreverlovesophie 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      Maybe in another time or different situation they may have truly loved each other and had a chance

    • @Bermuda8
      @Bermuda8 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@foreverlovesophiewhy do u care?

    • @foreverlovesophie
      @foreverlovesophie 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      ⁠oh shut up 😂

    • @codaalive5076
      @codaalive5076 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Shame on you.

    • @gertyrood
      @gertyrood 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Does her surname translate as lemonstar ! 🤔

  • @dennisjohnsen7297
    @dennisjohnsen7297 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +119

    But what do you think would have happened to her if she had rejected his advances? She saved her life, and more likely the lives of many others.

    • @galsh634
      @galsh634 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      Exactly, there's no "no".

    • @jeanade9010
      @jeanade9010 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      It doesn’t sound like he made any advances.

    • @dennisjohnsen7297
      @dennisjohnsen7297 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jeanade9010 granted, we weren’t there. But think it through…if one is in a death camp and if one manages to survive the initial “live or die” screening, the LAST thing one would want to do is draw attention to one’s self. It’s not like you’re in a bar and if he/she rejects your advances, you can just move on. If SHE were the one to come on to him and he was truly a Nazi, it’s more likely than not that he would have had her shot on the spot. Same thing if she rejected HIS advances. So, just using logic, it’s more likely that HE would have been the one to initiate. Doesn’t mean I’m right, but if I were a betting man, my money would be on him being the initiator. He would have had to use the utmost discretion because even if he was only ACCUSED of having a relationship with an inmate…guard duty career is over and It’s off to the Russian front!

    • @lynnkayee1015
      @lynnkayee1015 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      You're not wrong though. Before the "love" came, while it was initial attraction alone, rejection from the so-called lesser race would likely have lead to "hate." Hate for her and everyone around her.

    • @Al-ho1oo
      @Al-ho1oo 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Thank you, there are a lot of people romanticizing this, they don’t get the circumstances

  • @emi12
    @emi12 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Thank you for this video, I'm Slovak but I have never heard about Helena, very strong story

  • @j2248
    @j2248 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    This story would make a really powerful movie

    • @sassycat6487
      @sassycat6487 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The documentary 'love it was not' was excellent.

    • @m.m.7183
      @m.m.7183 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yes but needs careful casting. And not casting for the sake of using famous Hollywood actors and actresses. Wrong casting ruined many movies

    • @modickens1272
      @modickens1272 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So did the kathy willets story

  • @sierraleonediamondexplorat2080
    @sierraleonediamondexplorat2080 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

    A lot of bad things happens in wars and its far too easy for us sitting in the comfort of our own homes to judge.

    • @marvin2678
      @marvin2678 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      yp but still no excuse

    • @LegumesEtFleurs
      @LegumesEtFleurs 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      As what people say; we will never know unless we are in the same situation.

    • @laurabernard2094
      @laurabernard2094 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Evil is Evil PERIOD.

  • @acerniss
    @acerniss 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Everything about this story is so incredibly tragic.

  • @bexief31
    @bexief31 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    It infuriates me that there are people who actually believe the Holocaust never happened. To deny this horrific time in history is the ultimate betrayal of the millions who died and suffered at the hands of Hitler and his evil Nazi regime. May we never, ever forget nor deny the evil that hatred causes. Nearly all of the survivors have now passed. It is up to the rest of us to make certain these events are not lost to revisionist history.

    • @sunlight-sky151
      @sunlight-sky151 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It's not that it didn't happen, it's the fact that populations the world over suffered much worse but you are only allowed to be sad about the Holocaust.
      61 million people perished in World War 2 alone but it's always about the poor Jews.
      You aren't allowed to talk about the horror of Jewish Marxism inflicted against Europe

  • @angeladoutre59
    @angeladoutre59 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    That was a very sweet story. Thank you for posting it.

  • @auroratorres5400
    @auroratorres5400 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    I honestly think she did love him but in that time it would have been hard for people to approve of her being with an ex SS and that is why she never returned any of his letters. I'm sure in the end she did it for love she once had for him and for saving her life. It amazes me that he loved her until his death. He even says it that she changed him the first minute he set eyes on her. A love that could never be. Heartbreaking.

  • @leah6970
    @leah6970 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    imagine the millions of other beautiful Jewish women like Helena who were murdered during the Holocaust. How many horrific tragic stories just like this one. May they all rest in peace.

    • @m.m.7183
      @m.m.7183 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not just beautiful jewish women, also many beautiful gypsie women and many Slavic women. There were more Slavs murdered than jews during the war.

  • @farfaraway4285
    @farfaraway4285 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    Disgusting part of our history. This needs to be taught in schools. Never forget.

    • @Izzy-oo5rm
      @Izzy-oo5rm 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      It was taught and history is repeating itself today with the oppressed becoming the oppressors

    • @yaminaamer236
      @yaminaamer236 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

    • @galsh634
      @galsh634 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nope, just dirty Muslims being nazis. They were before WW2, during and after. Just Islam.

    • @margaretcaponigro1507
      @margaretcaponigro1507 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That’s the sad part they don’t teach this in schools

    • @leep7136
      @leep7136 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@yaminaamer236 Wrong video buddy

  • @princessdmm14
    @princessdmm14 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    I feel like they both loved each other but Helena felt like after the war she couldn’t be with him because he reminded her of the trauma she endured around her. Clearly he loved her because he kissed her before leaving and tried to contact her for many years afterwards. Clearly she loved him since she showed up to his trail. I assume she refused to look at him because of the trauma again. But she felt she needed to repay the life debt for not only herself but her sister too. I’m sure he would of saved the kids too if it were possible

    • @Courtannica
      @Courtannica 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I don't think it was love.... more like gratitude. Like "you saved my life now let me return the favor."

  • @revanelson8810
    @revanelson8810 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    She never looked at him because she always loved and cared about him when she went testified for him. Even though she denied loving him, they probably suffered from the trauma because of the war. 😩

  • @aoalvidrez
    @aoalvidrez หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    He saved Helena and she saved him in a way. What a touching story.

  • @alexan8342
    @alexan8342 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

    amazing, he saved her life, and she saved his soul, he repented, may they rest in peace

  • @nikiniki1284
    @nikiniki1284 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Absolutely unusual story. Only love can break the walls even in such a terrible place ❤ ❤ ❤

  • @robertbickford4149
    @robertbickford4149 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    Love works. Even when the world is at its cruelest. He did bad things, and had to live with it. Maybe this enough punishment. Forgive him, Lord. Amen.

    • @MagdalenaIsaiah431
      @MagdalenaIsaiah431 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      💯💯 True!!!
      Not for nothing does The Bible say Love is the greatest of the three Theological Virtues. (1 Corinthians 13:13)
      And"that it is as strong as death!" (Song of Solomon 8:6)
      May his soul through the MERCY of GOD rest in PEACE 🌹🌹🌹🙏💙🙏✝️

    • @enjoying1515
      @enjoying1515 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      No ! Living with the memory of your crimes is not enough! Our God forgives but we are required to suffer the consequences of our crimes.

  • @Ggbpirne
    @Ggbpirne 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Israel taking their anger out on the wrong group of people by doing the same things 🤣

  • @b.bernal6151
    @b.bernal6151 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    I’m sure there are a lot more stories like this. Some true love stories, others women and men just trying to survive.

  • @CYCLONE4499
    @CYCLONE4499 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    Helena did was she had to do to survive.
    Im quite sure the love was one sided.
    Years later when Franz tried to contact her she ignored him and during a trial she did admit he was kind to her but also the fact he tortured and hurt other jews so i would only take this with a grain of salt.

    • @m.m.7183
      @m.m.7183 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      She had to ignore him with the circumstances and new life. Even when love feelings were still there it was impossible to go back to him. How to explain as holocaust survivor to your jewish community and family to marry a ss camp soldier?? It would had ruined a lot. Impossible at the time.

    • @yyy3194
      @yyy3194 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      In 2004 she had an interview with bbc and admitted she loved him as well. It was however not possible to go back to him and she probably shut him out since she knew being in touch with him would give her the emotions again

    • @Roy1-ub9ij
      @Roy1-ub9ij 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Well said.

  • @RobertRencoukas
    @RobertRencoukas 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    This new generation of school kids should be made to study what happened During WW2

  • @DA-bp8lf
    @DA-bp8lf 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Sounds like in the end, they both saved each other’s lives?

  • @ichiban6004
    @ichiban6004 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Weird watching history slowly repeat itself

  • @Marlenkaminta
    @Marlenkaminta 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    Calling it 'love affair' is disgusting. This is the survival story of a woman. Man was a raging monster.

    • @realinus
      @realinus 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Wrong. Women like men in position of power

    • @YeshuaKingMessiah
      @YeshuaKingMessiah 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      She says at the trial she was in love

    • @revanelson8810
      @revanelson8810 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @marlenkaminta. Come on, some women fall for serial killers like Ted Bundy or Richard Ramirez or some other killer on death row.

    • @Star-qh5wp
      @Star-qh5wp หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@YeshuaKingMessiahit’s pretty easy to say that when you know your life was saved by this man. It’s not possible to really love a man who you had no choice but to allow to entertain you under the threat of death. It’s Stockholm syndrome at best

    • @user-hh3vw4dv4w
      @user-hh3vw4dv4w 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@realinusnot in positions of terrible power😅

  • @Jenjen2021
    @Jenjen2021 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    We, humans, are very strange creatures.

  • @katarinasimoncicova4766
    @katarinasimoncicova4766 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Such a touching story🥲❤️I am from Slovakia

    • @WorldHistoryVideos
      @WorldHistoryVideos  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Katarina, dakujeme za Vas komentar. a sme velmi radi, ze sa Vam video pacilo :) Pozdravujeme a dakujeme, ze nas sledujete :)

  • @mattmorrison1548
    @mattmorrison1548 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    You sure she didn't escape through a wooden door in the gas chamber?

  • @irishsakura1
    @irishsakura1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    This is the second time I have heard this story and I still feel extremely conflicted. It is so rare to see a human side of a Nazi. I’m so interested in their story. I guess this was a real love at first sight. I have so many mixed emotions 🥵

    • @lindaraterink6451
      @lindaraterink6451 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      Not condoning Nazis. There were humans among them that just lived in a terrible time. They felt they had no choice. It was kill or be killed. Some people do terrible things for their own or their families survival. You can not walk in their shoes until you lived it. Even Jews betrayed their own kind if it could help them. Like the Frank family, who was betrayed by a Jew to save his own.

    • @lulugoulart5014
      @lulugoulart5014 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      It was all about surviving that horrific time in the history of mankind!

    • @peterrodby2786
      @peterrodby2786 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Look up Karl Plagge, Oskar Schindler, Kurt Gerstein, Wm Hosenfeld and you'll find humanitarians amongst monsters.

    • @fatdaddy1996
      @fatdaddy1996 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Lindaraterink. What a lot of nonsense!
      Lots of Germans didn't participate in genocide.

    • @m.m.7183
      @m.m.7183 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      These young German guys had no other choice than serving the nazi army. They would had been executed when being refusal. You should watch Roman Polanski’s The Piano. It also shows a nazi officer who saved the life of a jewish man.

  • @nonoribeiro9568
    @nonoribeiro9568 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I think love really touched his heart and changed it for the good

  • @juliadubin5277
    @juliadubin5277 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    And after everything that my nation had to overcome the world nowadays seems to repeat the same mistakes done in the past- as sad as it is, history repeats itself😢

  • @blackapples4744
    @blackapples4744 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Helena is very Beautiful. She sort of reminds me of Barbara Streisand. I’m glad she survived. 🕊🙏🏾💛

    • @sunlight-sky151
      @sunlight-sky151 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Barbra Streisand and beautiful is physically impossible

  • @ReyOfLight
    @ReyOfLight 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Seeing I'm here super early. I just want to thank you for all the informative videos! But also want to let you know that there's a spam issue on some of your videos where someone starts a thread about being blessed and then it turns into how they invested money. This to me sounds very much like a pyramid scheme or worse, I have reported the thread on at least one previous video, but would really appreciate for everyone's sake if you could just take a look at the comment sections to get rid of those likely spam bots before people fall for it and get scammed

    • @MrMickthemonster
      @MrMickthemonster 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Chanels with lots of views always get millions of them... they're like weeds they get rid of one and 3 more pop up. Just report comments for all the good it does but there's not much that can be done about it except the application of common sense...

  • @JamesStreet-tp1vb
    @JamesStreet-tp1vb 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    My grandmother was German and lived through WW2. She told me about the German SS and how they would turn in their own mother.

  • @renskeconnell8038
    @renskeconnell8038 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    Evil and Goodness literally in one body.
    Why would her sister hold her responsible for her daughter's murder?
    Thank you for exposing this tragic story..
    Many tears to be shed..

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today
      Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
      There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
      Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
      Come to Jesus Christ today
      Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
      Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
      Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
      Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
      Romans 6.23
      For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
      John 3:16-21
      16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
      Mark 1.15
      15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
      2 Peter 3:9
      The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
      Hebrews 11:6
      6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
      Jesus

    • @besscollins3163
      @besscollins3163 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The sister was upset that her children died alone. She felt she should have died with them.

    • @chickenlover657
      @chickenlover657 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Her sister, like most people, needed someone to blame. Unfairly, as it usually happens. I wonder if she blamed herself too, for making the stupid and fatal decision to come back from Jerusalem. Because in reality, her children died due to that one bad choice.

    • @lucybarrington4634
      @lucybarrington4634 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@chickenlover657 I was thinking the same thing. Holding herself responsible for coming back to the danger of Nazis may have been too much to bear. Easier to blame her sister.

  • @ella35791
    @ella35791 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    L’amour fait des miracles ❤

    • @Kea-o3k
      @Kea-o3k 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      je suis d'accord avec toi

  • @user-op6eu3tt9j
    @user-op6eu3tt9j 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Strange story in a place of madness.

  • @TheRetirednavy92
    @TheRetirednavy92 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    God rest her soul.

  • @ivanaramirez6709
    @ivanaramirez6709 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I heard this story before. I would love to hear his side. I wonder if there is an Interview that was made with him as well but I highly doubt it. They all ran away into hiding.

    • @YeshuaKingMessiah
      @YeshuaKingMessiah 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      HIS “side”?? What side is that? He was a Nazi in a death camp!

  • @conceptalfa
    @conceptalfa 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Great and at the same time very sad story!!!👍👍👍

  • @tiernanwearen8096
    @tiernanwearen8096 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Well, if life has taught me anything so far, it's this.
    You can not control who you fall in love with.

    • @YeshuaKingMessiah
      @YeshuaKingMessiah 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That’s ridiculous
      If u fall in love with a dog
      U should marry it?
      If u fall in love right ur reflection
      U should marry it?

    • @tiernanwearen8096
      @tiernanwearen8096 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​​@@YeshuaKingMessiah
      I'm meant within the bounds of reality.
      I for one AM NOT OR HAVE EVER BEEN INTO BESTAPHILIA
      Or Narcissism whatsoever.
      What I meant I fell in love with a girl who broke my heart but even after all the pain she put me through. Part of me couldn't stop loving her. I never got the chance to marry her though for all intents she was the love of my life

  • @DianaSuleiman
    @DianaSuleiman 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    He saved her and her sister, and she saved his life too

  • @alliibee4015
    @alliibee4015 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I cannot believe the world allowed this to happen

    • @mlamber7780
      @mlamber7780 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The world is allowing a lot of evil to happen even today. Put all your faith in Jesus Christ alone.
      ~ John 3:16

  • @GeorgeBeckwith-k3u
    @GeorgeBeckwith-k3u 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Helena tells her story about franz on the auschwitz documentary dvd he liked her n he saved her sister but couldnt save her kids but both sisters spoke up for him at his trial, eventually shes liked him but couldnt be realistic between them

  • @sergboxer7785
    @sergboxer7785 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Thanks!

    • @WorldHistoryVideos
      @WorldHistoryVideos  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thank you so much.

    • @HeatherReese-q9l
      @HeatherReese-q9l 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      May I ask how did you do the money thing?I've wanted to give money on here and can't figure it out

    • @Akaneve
      @Akaneve 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@user-ck5ux4zm2o it's below the subscribe button with a dollar sign

    • @WorldHistoryVideos
      @WorldHistoryVideos  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HeatherReese-q9l Thank you. Click on " Thanks " which is below the video next to " share" and there you can send us money. Thank you

  • @chrisvargas7954
    @chrisvargas7954 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Sadly the world is falling again in this horror

  • @bethpent8851
    @bethpent8851 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I dont fault Helena doing what she had to do to survive. She was beautiful and she used that attribute to survive.

  • @richardbullwood5941
    @richardbullwood5941 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    As long as she didn't hurt anyone else, she had to do what she had to do to survive.

    • @marvin2678
      @marvin2678 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what do you meanN?

  • @Adipod47
    @Adipod47 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You can imagine the kinds of stories that are undiscovered and lost forever.

  • @darkPegasista
    @darkPegasista 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    One of the saddest irl love stories

  • @jak3589
    @jak3589 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    That is an amazing story in such a brutal place.

    • @n0rmalna
      @n0rmalna 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's not brutal place - is brutal nation germans

  • @lesliesauceman8093
    @lesliesauceman8093 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Because of her she made the news human to him, but it's sad he and so many others were brainwashed to think they never were.

  • @michaelgarcia5689
    @michaelgarcia5689 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    EUROPA THE LAST BATTLE.....

  • @Sneaky10109
    @Sneaky10109 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    It's truly something we can never comprehend the power of ❤️

  • @clairep2823
    @clairep2823 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    They were both SOOOO GOOD LOOKING! their babies would've been models

    • @Bermuda8
      @Bermuda8 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      U re weirdo

  • @johnsmith-ug5tp
    @johnsmith-ug5tp 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The Schutzstaffel uniforms were/are the best and most bad ass uniforms evaaah!

  • @jeanniewarren4643
    @jeanniewarren4643 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    My great grandpa Joseph Felix was a Jew. He was from Czechoslovakia and he hid the fact. My family didn't find out until the 1980s. His wife Bertha also from Czechoslovakia was Catholic. They immigrated to America in the 1900s and met in this Country.

    • @annabelle1471
      @annabelle1471 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I know what you mean

  • @bettedavis45
    @bettedavis45 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    These are not starcrossed lovers. People in the commwnts dont romanticize this. This is the story of someone implicit in genocide and the only reason he didn't murder this woman who he believed should be genetically inferior to him, is because she was pretty and had a nice voice. She didn't love him, it's very clear she was only pretending to so she wouldn't starve to death.

    • @barbaratraininblank4103
      @barbaratraininblank4103 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I'm so sick of hearing people's certainty that she did't love when she told interviewers many times that she did. If she was only pretending he would have caught on; he wasn't stupid

    • @YeshuaKingMessiah
      @YeshuaKingMessiah 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Stockholm Syndrome
      Binding with ur abuser

  • @vaughantutty2227
    @vaughantutty2227 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    I think what we look over alot with this, is despite atrocities from the Nazis, there was always a shining light because obviously not all German soldiers or Commanders were inhumane

    • @YeshuaKingMessiah
      @YeshuaKingMessiah 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      He wouldn’t have been there if he were not a monster
      Are u insane?

    • @carladelacruz6269
      @carladelacruz6269 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@YeshuaKingMessiahbut not all soldiers are willing to fight especially those who were conscripted.

    • @Star-qh5wp
      @Star-qh5wp หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He was a monster to everyone else

  • @tpnv8698
    @tpnv8698 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I believe if he was born in a different place or different time he would've been a good man

  • @Mapqwerry
    @Mapqwerry 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    She was beautiful. Sometimes, music does soothe the savage beast.

  • @mariedupuis7802
    @mariedupuis7802 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Incredible story...

  • @shaunbat5097
    @shaunbat5097 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    There is a 2018 film 'Where hands touch' which may be of interest.

  • @beroukhiaeliana2435
    @beroukhiaeliana2435 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cette histoire d'amour devrait être mis en film au cinéma

  • @TheFinalBathAmber
    @TheFinalBathAmber 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Excellent story!

  • @Izzymohammed1
    @Izzymohammed1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Although I despise everything about the nazis. But he was dashingly handsome!!!

  • @redtobertshateshandles
    @redtobertshateshandles 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Quite beautiful. Both of them.

  • @thorbeorn4295
    @thorbeorn4295 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This story NEEDS a movie! Jesus Christ she was gorgeous.

  • @AmandaAllen-c2q
    @AmandaAllen-c2q 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I have the book The Girl In The Striped Dress by Ellie Midwood, that is based on this strange love story.

  • @ednavita5143
    @ednavita5143 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Incredible , unbelievable story. I saw a full documentary about her life with a live interview of her and her friends. Impressive woman who survived unimaginable horrors and suffering

  • @FooTude
    @FooTude 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This is proof of pretty privilege!

    • @JaemanEdwards
      @JaemanEdwards 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Proof is everywhere

  • @melis2645
    @melis2645 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Love really conquers all. If it weren’t for this war they probably wouldn’t of met but also if they did meet they could of lasted

  • @brianna3340
    @brianna3340 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    11:57 sheeesh helena was so pretty

  • @wildcolonialman
    @wildcolonialman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Fascinating.

  • @qtpie10123456
    @qtpie10123456 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    History repeats itself🫢🫢🫢🫢