Holocaust Survivor’s Powerful Story | Memoirs Of WWII #25

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  • David Wisnia shares his harrowing experience from the invasion of Poland and the Warsaw Ghetto, to Auschwitz and his escape attempt from Dachau.
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    Written and Directed by Joshua Scott
    Filmed by Heather Scott
    Edited by Joshua Scott
    Post Audio by Lane Tarr
    Archive Footage Sources:
    www.archives.gov/
    Archive Photograph Sources:
    Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
    People's Republic of Poland
    German Federal Archive
    U.S. Army
    National Archives and Records Administration
    Bibi595
    Rennett Stowe
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    Uwe Barghaan
    www.archives.gov/
    U.S. Dept of Defense
    Musical Score Source:
    artlist.io/
    Artlist Songs and Composers:
    “Behind Every Decision”, “Ballerina”, “Breath In”, “Early Morning Haze”, “Rhythm of the Rain”, “Prologue”, and “Ianiakea” all composed by Yehezkel Raz

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  • @gooba3284
    @gooba3284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3488

    It’s crazy this think that we are the last generation to see WWII Vets.

    • @carsonbrooks1326
      @carsonbrooks1326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Yeah, and it's sad that next the korean vets will follow, and then the Vietnam vets as well.

    • @TechzzyReal
      @TechzzyReal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      WWIII: well hello there!

    • @talvisota327
      @talvisota327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I guess the last WW2 vets will almost certainly be German... those from the Hitlerjugend and Volkssturm who fought in the final stage of the war. Officially you had to be 16 years old but in the last weeks of the war even 14 and 15 year olds got drafted to fight in the Volkssturm. A 14 year old in 1945 would be 89 today

    • @carsonbrooks1326
      @carsonbrooks1326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@talvisota327 yeah, I just wish there was a way to go back in time so that we could get their story before they do pass. It's important to do so because people need to know what exactly happened.

    • @seetsamolapo5600
      @seetsamolapo5600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I'm still hoping to meet one in person and they're dwindling fast 😥

  • @aaronhancock9864
    @aaronhancock9864 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2937

    This channel is far too underrated for the important work they do.

    • @murder13love
      @murder13love 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Imagine what covid has done to the ww2 survivors left... in the uk the death wave was primarily in care homes. :(

    • @RhettyforHistory
      @RhettyforHistory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes they are

    • @pltkn
      @pltkn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Very much so!!

    • @michaelroy6046
      @michaelroy6046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I agree. Hopefully the guy doing this gets an award. At least he reached the 100k sub mark where he gets perks from youtube.
      I know of another great hero. I don't know him in real life but I feel like I do. His name is Martin Tyner. He is actually nominated for the 2020 Indianapolis Prize for conservation. All of the nominees tend to come from wealthy backgrounds with extensive education.
      Martin is just a really special dude and doesn't fit the mold. He only has 94k sub right now and it would be awesome if some of you wanted to check out his channel. He is s trying to reach 100k. so that he can get some perks that come with it. I'm a big fan and I feel better knowing that I'm trying to help him by putting a link to his channel out there on another great channel I watch. His channel is mostly about rescuing giant birds of prey. Amazing stuff. Thank you. th-cam.com/channels/BE6R3KGFV5kdqPIVzuHE3A.html

    • @cheekyrick9529
      @cheekyrick9529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Calebthink you answered your own question, its because they were Germans, not all fighting for the Nazis were Nazis.

  • @ismulniir
    @ismulniir 3 ปีที่แล้ว +657

    i can't believe how lucky this guy was to get his train bombed, just to run away, and then stumble upon the americans, and still live to tell the tale. truly unbelievable

    • @zalmox5042
      @zalmox5042 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @Marcus Deitz Wether you are atheist, christian, muslin, whatever, indeed, there must be some divine forces which saved him.

    • @maritzalara6222
      @maritzalara6222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      God's goodness and mercy was upon him and taking care of him during evil days God bless him
      .

    • @nuvola-b
      @nuvola-b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@maritzalara6222 and then why millions of people had died? why god let other kids to die? forget about this f... destiny and god tale. if god would exist he wouldn't let all millions to die for nothing. this man stayed alive only because of his intelligence, talent and some luck.

    • @katerynatkachenko5270
      @katerynatkachenko5270 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@nuvola-b cause he gave people the freedom of choice, and he is gonna judge you by how you lived your life and how you treated others, this is our world, so we can do that shit here, but in his world, he won't let us

    • @butter5144
      @butter5144 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nuvola-b agree

  • @WYcigarFan1911
    @WYcigarFan1911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    For those who see this comment David Wisnia passed away Tuesday, June 15th, 2021. What an honor to be able to hear his story! It is one of the most moving videos on this channel.

    • @norski24
      @norski24 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    • @jasminekelly423
      @jasminekelly423 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Rip sir😢❤

    • @kirigikibunja1350
      @kirigikibunja1350 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      May his Soul Rest in Eternal Peace

    • @jennacoryell4160
      @jennacoryell4160 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Reunited at last.

    • @irishgranny23
      @irishgranny23 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

  • @GojoTorrance
    @GojoTorrance 3 ปีที่แล้ว +668

    It's amazing that even after having his family murdered when he was a little kid, and being through so much more, he can still laugh when remembering that period of time. God bless this man.

    • @scottkrafft6830
      @scottkrafft6830 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      That's the Polish people for you. No matter how many bastards try to invade us, we have never given up.
      Teutons, Ottomans, Russians, Prussians (later Germans), Austrians, you name them, we fought them. And we never WILL give up.
      EVER.
      But we aren't all about dark and gloominess, oh no. We can go through hell and back, but you can bet your ass we're going to find something to laugh about at the end of the day! :)

    • @Hugatree1
      @Hugatree1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Does that really matter? יהושע

    • @rollingpebble7210
      @rollingpebble7210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He can thank America for that, USA!!!

    • @jocnissa6801
      @jocnissa6801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@scottkrafft6830 my moms from poland. You guys are the strongest people on earth

    • @dmnla
      @dmnla 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You have the best comment. It is truly remarkable

  • @marsuplin8455
    @marsuplin8455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1385

    It’s sad to see how little people care about history. History is a warning for future generations so history doesn’t repeat itself. So we can prevent these things from happening again. So we can live a future of peace, but that won’t ever happen due to the ignorance of people.

    • @massimolamberti3161
      @massimolamberti3161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Here in Italy people never learn, there are plenty of fascist people, that everyday go cry on Mussolini's tomb, this is one of the cases where terrorists do a good thing if they throw a bomb XD

    • @davidordaz5251
      @davidordaz5251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me on the other hand I love history and this part in history is dark but I thank all the men who fought for our country to give us our freedom from a evil regime that could have destroyed us all but we persevered and won

    • @MattyD209
      @MattyD209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agreed. It's like how in a lifetime a person becomes wiser by making mistakes while they are young and then learning from them and doing better by the time they are much older. If you know history then you know to avoid the mistakes people have done in the past and have a better present and future as a generation.

    • @CODINE80
      @CODINE80 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Is anyone happy with the EU TODAY? I mean look with open eyes and what you can see? Germany got another chance for free and turned it to another opportunity to dominate everyones lives to the worse!!! If i start writing more, i will write a book about it but my life and experience as a Greek the past 10 years under 3 memorandums and rules which fucked up everyones life here, in order tfor them t buy silver and gold for a penny, is living proof. And hey... here comes another 7 year new memorandum with new austerity rules and taxes for a new loan which will answer to the corona virus damage. Way to go heart changing Germany, way to go humanitarians bravo!!! Continue to play a blind eye to what Erdogan is doing and his invasion and illegal sale of guns to Libya and so much more... yes you Germany, the one that blocked any form of european action as an answer to his doings. Even though he acts exactly like Hitler before 1939 and he dreams to recreate the Ottoman Empire. And history is repeated...

    • @grezciapayan9245
      @grezciapayan9245 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      TheKoreanSeal it’s happening again, a couple days ago the Chinese concentrations camps for Muslims passed the number of casualties of the holocaust. It’s a whole at her decade, where watching millions get murders and no one talks about it. The thing is I’m 16 and idk what to do for people to listen.

  • @seuthsayer
    @seuthsayer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Incredible story. His father saved his life.

  • @hannah_lovley_Queen
    @hannah_lovley_Queen 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    I just wanna give all these survivors a hug they went through so much and lost there families. They didn’t deserve this I don’t understand how cruel people can be.

  • @BrassLock
    @BrassLock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +436

    The humour and energy in his voice when he identified the U.S.Army tank column was the point of a remarkable change in the narrative. _He found his family._

    • @pawchasescapitalists7773
      @pawchasescapitalists7773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      But no one is commemorating the Soviet planes that gave him his opportunity to escape

    • @anthonyprins6391
      @anthonyprins6391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think it was amazing how much of a life this man lived. Both events saved him both most likely bring him so much joy every day

    • @2okaycola
      @2okaycola 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ✊🏽🇺🇸

  • @davide498
    @davide498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +426

    I wish my grandpa was still alive to tell his story... he was a Tanker, in the Italian army, and he fought during the whole african campaign... he would probably be happy to tell his story, since there's not that much stuff about italians in ww2 online.

    • @stefano5080
      @stefano5080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      I'm italian and my grandfather fought in Tobruk, he was imprisoned by the British but managed to escape by counting the time between one guard round and the next. He was welcomed into a family of Italian settlers who protected him until he returned to Sicily where he commanded a carabinieri station until the end of the war. I was impressed by one of his anecdotes: initially he stood guard in a prison camp with British inside, when he fell prisoner in turn he recognized an old english prisoner who only told him: it's war.
      He often talked about the war and I listened to him less than I should have and now i regret it.

    • @ChristopherCircelli
      @ChristopherCircelli 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      My Grandfather was in the Italian Army as well. He spent time in a German prison camp after the switch. His brother died in Africa. My Grandfather hated the German Army. I have 2 pics of him from the war.

    • @fourbyfourer
      @fourbyfourer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Me too. My Grandpa was a Sergeant in WW2. He was wounded by a sniper, and was stabbed with a bayonet, he lived to be 68.

    • @zenolachance1181
      @zenolachance1181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      When I was growing up a friend of mine's father was a tail gunner in a bomber oh, he had three 1 inch scars in his arms from a fighter plane trying to shoot down his bomber, when I was a little kid I was fascinated with staring at them scars oh, what a stories he could tell

    • @chip9649
      @chip9649 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Icuknowlibra is a good channel about italian ww2 vets.

  • @SoundOfFreedom35
    @SoundOfFreedom35 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I wish I could give this old man a hug

  • @jamieyang7589
    @jamieyang7589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    He wasn’t just a Holocaust survivor, but he’s also a non-US citizen veteran during the war. All I got to say is Holy S***!

  • @markthemovieman
    @markthemovieman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +522

    This channel is the perfect antidote to 21st-century, 1st-world narcissistic self-pity. Keep up the good work.

  • @triaenmarsh107
    @triaenmarsh107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    He didn't cry one time in the video whilst giving his stories and experiences. What a strong individual. 💛

    • @timouwinga
      @timouwinga 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That's okay, I did enough for at least two people.

    • @louis-wz7vy
      @louis-wz7vy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I know you mean well - but not crying doesn't equal strength. And crying doesn't equal weakness. Of course I must agree on him being a unbelievable strong person to endure the things he had to endure.

    • @briannavolovic7048
      @briannavolovic7048 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He has had a whole life to grieve and reflect on those events. He has shed his tears and accepted that this has happened and now can reminisce on the past while staying grateful for his opportunities and long life.

    • @brianmahoney4571
      @brianmahoney4571 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m sure he has spilled enough tears in his day to cover a thousand lifetimes.

    • @seuthsayer
      @seuthsayer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My thoughts also. Strong person

  • @rafaeltorre1643
    @rafaeltorre1643 3 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    Wow. I'm jealous that my generation couldn't be as humble as these guys. I bet this guy appreciated everyday of the past 75 years. Congrats David. You're a real trooper. A real man.

    • @JG-id5vi
      @JG-id5vi ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm not jealous of him at all. That's crazy. Amazing man though

    • @adamazzalino5247
      @adamazzalino5247 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You're jealous of a man who had his entire family murdered and lived through hell sounds "humble?" That's just sick. Be careful with words, they have meaning.

  • @codyrule296
    @codyrule296 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    You guys don’t understand how much I appreciate this channel. My grandpa was drafted into the war and served in New Guinea. He never told any stories about what he saw or what he did in combat to anybody. He sadly passed away 6 months before I was born but we kept his uniform and his medals and my grandma still has every single letter he ever wrote to her while overseas. We will try to continue passing on his legacy down to each generation from here on out

  • @xero4158
    @xero4158 3 ปีที่แล้ว +720

    It honestly makes me really disappointed your growth has been so slow. The content of these videos is just hands down incredible. I'm sure that one day I'll come back and show these videos to my own kids. Please never stop doing what you do.

  • @jerrycombs4077
    @jerrycombs4077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    “It’s just impossible to believe that human beings could deal that way with other human beings” this part of history hurts my heart

  • @samanthaesra4035
    @samanthaesra4035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    My grandmother is still alive age 96. She served in the British army and drove an ambulance, plus was driver for a Colonel during the war. She married my grandfather after the war.

  • @dvt1363
    @dvt1363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    His story is more interesting then any Hollywood movie I’ve ever watched. The bravery and persistence , the determination, and courage. What a beautiful story man brought a tear to me

    • @billyc9707
      @billyc9707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The grey zone I believe about the uprising in treblinka is brutally real

  • @lostgaming1987
    @lostgaming1987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +814

    This channel should have way more subscribers at least a million or more, such amazing videos

    • @thatoneperson5386
      @thatoneperson5386 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      kids these days are weird i wish i was a 1920s kid

    • @dingoed1
      @dingoed1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very young channel though, but a great one 👍🏻

    • @dingoed1
      @dingoed1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thatoneperson5386 same here

    • @lostgaming1987
      @lostgaming1987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dingoed1 very true mate but it should really have more subscribers tho because it's WW2 people they should have so much more views u know ☺️

    • @joshuagabriel7122
      @joshuagabriel7122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alpha Tango couldn’t agree more

  • @isabellys_band
    @isabellys_band 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    My neighbor was a WWII veteran for the US army. He recently passed away sadly but he’ll be remembered always🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @josephstalin5751
      @josephstalin5751 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      May that brave soul Rest In Peace. He will never be forgotten

  • @Maaarrina
    @Maaarrina 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    When he was telling how he was praying don’t let the tank be a German tank. What an incredible survivor 🙏

  • @cj756
    @cj756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This poor guy went through hell and the fact he’s able to tell this story is really touching god bless him and all the people who get to live to tell their story

  • @anjunaninja6043
    @anjunaninja6043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    This man is so humble and grateful for life. If only everyone had the same outlook. The fact that he lost his entire biological family and persevered in a new country with nothing is astounding. Thank you for existing and sharing your story good sir.

  • @jhill.7216
    @jhill.7216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    Man this is a powerful story . So many years ago but still so powerful 💯

    • @dermax_hd
      @dermax_hd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      not too long ago man! only been 75 years really never forget that.

    • @kevinbarlow2260
      @kevinbarlow2260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This story is movie worthy. The story teller being a sole surviver and the 101st making him family. Bravo to the 101st. for helping to define what that generation was about. The greatest generation!

    • @Maaarrina
      @Maaarrina 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not a day goes by will this part of history ever be unimportant!

    • @dermax_hd
      @dermax_hd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Bulldog Debit get a brain man. I'm afraid yours isn't working

  • @coltondunkle9333
    @coltondunkle9333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was lucky enough to meet David in the spring of 2019. I recently moved to a new town, alone, and was driving home from work. I noticed a sign at the church a block away from my apartment that said: "David Wisnia, Holocaust Survivor Speaking Tuesday." As soon as I read that, I knew that this may be one of the only times in my life (age 24) that I would be able to listen to a holocaust survivor tell their story.
    It was the most incredible experience listening to David. He told his story, cried with us, sang for us, and at the end we got to meet him and shake his hand. I was lucky enough to get a picture with David, one that I will always cherish. His story is still the most incredible thing I've ever heard. As he told us "I lived two lives, one before Auschwitz, and one after."

  • @luckyleo88
    @luckyleo88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Dear David,
    God bless you for never giving up and showing strength during your darkest days. You have inspired me and a whole lot of people.
    I pray and hope that those who perished in the wars throughout the decades and centuries will be at peace and I would love to show my love and gratitude to the heroes like David who went to great lengths to be the best version of himself in the face of adversity.
    Thank you so much for you have given hope to many.
    Yours sincerely,
    NJ

  • @Andyb2379
    @Andyb2379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    I can’t watch this without tears streaming down my face. All the years that have past it’s still to raw. God bless Poland & thank Goodness the allies prevailed.

    • @gamerdrache6076
      @gamerdrache6076 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ans the Germans Thema Bad a Hand time wenn They Not Do wat Hitler seid Theo got shotet

    • @SynSniperPMKPL
      @SynSniperPMKPL 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you. We Polish nation will alwyas stand against evil!

  • @joshwall4263
    @joshwall4263 3 ปีที่แล้ว +672

    today's americans need to watch this, specifically the younger generations.

    • @donnapoolejackofalltrades7827
      @donnapoolejackofalltrades7827 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I just put this up on Facebook . I heard Facebook is denying that the Holocaust happen. That what I heard the Facebook is denying the Holocaust, so people should put on more TH-cam video of the Nazi war against the Jew people . When I was a young kid I go over visit my aunt ,and her husband was Jew ,so I heard story.

    • @boomnater8876
      @boomnater8876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I’m 12 and I watch all these

    • @joshwall4263
      @joshwall4263 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@boomnater8876 good, that's a start. but really i meant for all of the kids in college who think america is the worst country ever

    • @PappysDungeon45
      @PappysDungeon45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I am

    • @pawchasescapitalists7773
      @pawchasescapitalists7773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@joshwall4263 America is the worst country. Adolf Hitler specifically said that he based the Holocaust (How he executed it) off of what America did to Native Americans, and he based the Nuremberg laws off of the Jim Crow laws

  • @makurradoshi4498
    @makurradoshi4498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I want to give this guy the biggest hug. These stories always bring tears to my eyes, and I hope that I may get to meet a survivor of these times before they're all gone. I'm 22 years old, and since I was very little, WWII always fascinated me. I feel very deeply for this history and I can't explain why, but I hold a deep respect and appreciation for the people who fought and those who lost their lives in the madness and tyranny of that war

  • @DrewRobertson1
    @DrewRobertson1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    "I had no family" has to be one of the saddest things I've ever heard.

  • @stephanie2069
    @stephanie2069 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My spouses grandfather is a WWII Korean war veteran 91 yrs old. We would love for his stories to be heard. He loves sharing them and he's the sweetest funniest man I've ever met. He has a full photo album of raw photos of his time in the Army and the war. We might just set up a camera of our own and record as his health is slowly deteriorating from early stages of dementia and heart failure. Daniel Freitas is his name❤️❤️❤️

  • @davethompson2881
    @davethompson2881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    My God, what a man. If I could be a quarter of this man I'd die contented.

  • @candygirl1990
    @candygirl1990 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Brave, courageous, empathetic, and iconic. This man is amazing and wish I had his strength. ❤

  • @caleboregon7807
    @caleboregon7807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I loved this, this can literally be a movie

  • @liamfippinger8962
    @liamfippinger8962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    This was my favorite one of your episodes

  • @zenolachance1181
    @zenolachance1181 3 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    A site that brings tears to my eyes whenever I hear the story of these brave men, especially when they talk about the United States and how wonderful it is oh, it brings me shame to think of how it is talked about now.. what happened????????

    • @barrista123
      @barrista123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Trump

    • @bluespruce679
      @bluespruce679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Zeno....I can tell you what happened....
      We, American society at large tossed out God from the public square, from the White House, to the school house....infiltration from early communists such as Alger Hiss and Owen Lattimore, and Frederick Vanderbilt Field, all contributed to the moral decline and the rot of corruption from inside....today, America is teetering on the very edge of a great fall into Communism.
      We need God in America again. ✝️🇺🇸✝️🇺🇸✝️🇺🇸

    • @rhecker7267
      @rhecker7267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@barrista123 I am praying for you

    • @markshort9098
      @markshort9098 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@bluespruce679 what about the separation of church and state.. gawd doesn't exist.. people need better education which the church doesn't want to happen, if people learn critical thinking then religion dies.. their is zero evidence for gawd.. watch viced rhino or paulogia on TH-cam ( both ex Christians who studied the buybull) they study the whole buybull and show how many things contradict and go over what the buybull tells us about gawd.. i bet you won't go watch them though since it would take you out of your comfortable echo chamber of cherry picked parts of the buybull your paster feeds you

    • @barrista123
      @barrista123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rhecker7267 that's ok you dont need to

  • @mara6098
    @mara6098 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    As a German I’ve always enjoyed learning about Nazi Germany because it is important to understand the intentions of the politicians and why everything happened the way it did so that we can learn from it and never make something as horrible as that was happen again. I truly am sorry for him, but also so happy that he found a family again.

  • @5.0_life30
    @5.0_life30 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    It’s wonderful how the Americans took him in and made him one of their own.

  • @harryshriver6223
    @harryshriver6223 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    What a truly touching story! He was liberated by the Screaming Eagles of 101st Airborne. I love how he called all of the paratroopers his family❤

  • @benisaten
    @benisaten 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Warszawo Walcz! Respect to Poland from 🇨🇦. May they all be remembered forever.

  • @chiefvercingetorix3662
    @chiefvercingetorix3662 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    How anyone can go through what this man went through and still manage to have a sense of humor is amazing. Great South Carolina impression

  • @timbond6301
    @timbond6301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Incredible how his father took the right decision for him and saved his life.

  • @berabahcekapl1459
    @berabahcekapl1459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    My neighbor is a German, his father went to the second world war. He had gone on a mission in Poland against the Soviets. But he did not come back from the war. And when my neighbor's father went to war, my neighbor was a younger child.

  • @TeslaRebuilders
    @TeslaRebuilders 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Now that is one hell of a Story! Amazing how he never gave up through all that.

  • @ramborob1218
    @ramborob1218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    God bless this man. I have to share this. My grandpa fought in WW2, and I couldn't be more proud of him.

  • @Pianofun100
    @Pianofun100 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is one of the most beautiful memoirs I've ever heard. Sadly only one out of millions...

  • @j-rocgeo7499
    @j-rocgeo7499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Heart breaking and inspiring at the same time! Lest we forget.

  • @Tara-id3rk
    @Tara-id3rk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Last year we lost my husband’s grandfather at 96. He had survived three wars, including WWII. His life experience and stories are invaluable, they are truly missed. Seeing my Vietnam veteran father aging as well I’m desperate to capture all he can share and pass onto our family and the rest of the world. This is important work and important not only for family history but world history as well.

  • @CrystalJ7
    @CrystalJ7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Lots of tears....that was so moving...it never, ever gets easy to hear these stories....but thank God for those who share with the rest of us. What a beautiful man... xxx

  • @c5back9
    @c5back9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Later this year, December 7, 2021 will mark 80 years since Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor when the US officially entered WW2. Only a few of the approximately 11 million who served in uniform for America during the war still remain. I’m very thankful that groups such as this are recording the testimony of these amazing people. We owe that generation so very much, the very least Americans can do today is watch, pay attention, and learn from these humble patriots.

  • @RhettyforHistory
    @RhettyforHistory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What a sad and tragic story. I'm glad you helped preserve it. It's nice to know he survived, was able to help out and then come to the U.S.

  • @haywire9792
    @haywire9792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I really wish my great uncle was alive he served in the Canadian army and was a Bren gunner he told some of his funniest story’s and some of his saddest. I’ll never forget the one he said when he was young he never saw the men cry at funerals but when he was in Italy they all cried when they had to bury there friends. He also said that they thought the Germans were terrible but when they captured them they were so kind and told stories how they even tried to kill hitler and that they were forced to fight. If anyone wants to look him up his name is Dave Pennington and he had his medals lost and had them returned by students from my town. We also have everything on tape with our conversation.

  • @sgtsharon4336
    @sgtsharon4336 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    An incredible man with such determination and courage! As a younger veteran, I got chills of pride as he spoke of the honorable conduct of the 101st soldiers who welcomed him. They did more than use his bilingualism. They welcomed him as a brother, and treated him with love and dignity. AND they continued to do so for so many decades. May they rest in peace. A job well done.

  • @erickvega1275
    @erickvega1275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    Kids this days think their life is hard...
    They need to see this.

    • @marcjameswhelan6231
      @marcjameswhelan6231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Very fucking true, they don't know their born

    • @rudewords
      @rudewords 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      u do realize people are born in different generations right

    • @drberryyt3948
      @drberryyt3948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good thing it's gone / ended the war

    • @h.borter5367
      @h.borter5367 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, damn true. Should be required viewing.

    • @CrystalNicole13
      @CrystalNicole13 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      agreed man

  • @georgekeazor9286
    @georgekeazor9286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This is a great story of survival. Would make an excellent movie.

    • @woodstockwolf
      @woodstockwolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is a movie, its called the Pianist (JK)

  • @birdseyeview1543
    @birdseyeview1543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Thank you Josh, it's so important to document these stories so we do not forget the hell they went through and stupidity of war.

  • @celinesadiq1037
    @celinesadiq1037 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this man needs to be protected at all costs. his story is so important and powerful

  • @senormecha8368
    @senormecha8368 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hearing how he talked about his brother, made me tear up.
    I would rip the world apart for little brothers and sisters safety.

  • @MikeSparamotor
    @MikeSparamotor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Wow, sure make you think just how lucky we are. What a story. I don't know how somebody could give a thumbs down on a video like this.

  • @minends4082
    @minends4082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The "One more day, one more day" certainly reminded me of someone else's experiences.

    • @15gladuis22
      @15gladuis22 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you speaking about the Syria?

  • @walkingtrails7776
    @walkingtrails7776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I make sure my teenage children watch these! They are SO important! If you deny history or refuse to learn it ...you are doomed to repeat it!

  • @mejuffrouwvandalen
    @mejuffrouwvandalen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Please keep telling these stories, we must never forget this happened to people just like you and me. People with lives, birthdays, weddings, jobs, children..❤️

  • @Aviator-Chicken
    @Aviator-Chicken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I felt so much joy when he found the 101st

  • @MarkoSegovic
    @MarkoSegovic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This story is really something special...

  • @Liam-us3cq
    @Liam-us3cq 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a story this can be for anyone going through tough times in their own lifes , gives a real sense of perspective.

  • @Asticii
    @Asticii 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    We should forever remember those who served and lost their lives in this horrible event and we should commemorate them for their bravery and sacrifice❤️

  • @skimmer8774
    @skimmer8774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My kids ages 14 to 33 watch every episode. And they cry and learn. My youngest said he was never going to let these things happen again.

  • @ft.christian4649
    @ft.christian4649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’m crying like crazy. God bless our troops.

  • @shaekeeney319
    @shaekeeney319 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    That is one of the most beautiful stories I've ever heard. You cpuld not write a more poignant telling of both sides of human nature and what we are all capable of. The immense, unspeakable, brutality, and the most selfless acts as one kind, no matter language, culture, or belief. I love it.

  • @BlueSun57
    @BlueSun57 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful man, I feel so lucky to have listened to him today. One thing I love about these stories is the uniqueness of each survivor and their story. But the thing they all have in common is their courage. Courage to continue, and to share their story with the world. God bless them.

  • @kevinbarlow2260
    @kevinbarlow2260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Disturbing what an authoritarian society will do to the individual. Thanks for documenting these things!

  • @artisham9033
    @artisham9033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    It really gets you thinking about the other perspective of the grim reality, hits home to where it gets your emotions to show.

  • @theapeman1230
    @theapeman1230 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No words. It makes me sooo sad. This is just one story out of millions. I hope so bad that there is a beautiful thing waiting for us ❤.

  • @CryingMG
    @CryingMG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This man is made of pure steel. Hats off.

  • @Historybuffm8
    @Historybuffm8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    God bless you David. You are such an amazing person. And so is the team at Memoirs of WWII. Such an amazing story, definitely worth the wait.

  • @bushpilotexplorer1920
    @bushpilotexplorer1920 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Who are the three losers that could possibly give this production a thumbs down? This was very well done, made my heart skip a beat. The greatest generation, we all are proud.

    • @Fakelegman
      @Fakelegman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Honestly, it doesn't make any sense to me! These stories are so important and the people telling them are quickly fading. I was getting teary eyed listening to this while working. God bless these people and the people who served!

  • @CorpusMonstrum
    @CorpusMonstrum หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What an incredible man, he went from victim to hero, im getting his book for sure

  • @DylanWolf-ht5ic
    @DylanWolf-ht5ic ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The thing this man went through is insane

  • @nickcormode
    @nickcormode 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you Josh. This is something else. Thanks for trying to document these stories before it’s too late

  • @joehorne3773
    @joehorne3773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    would change the world if everybody on the planet watched this series.... see both side of war from many angles

    • @norski24
      @norski24 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Couldn't agree more ❤🥲🍀

  • @ThePulaskiPumper
    @ThePulaskiPumper 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That was amazing. What an ending. Incredible story

  • @michelle_m4446
    @michelle_m4446 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sir, thank you so much for sharing your story. I've listened to many stories of survival, but yours brought me to tears. Our country is lucky to have you amongst its 101st airborne family.

  • @frenchfan3368
    @frenchfan3368 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This guy's English is accent free and more importantly his story is absolutely amazing. Here was a guy who fought for a country that was not even his at that time, yet he understood that the U. S. was a great country. My heart goes out to his family that had been massacred by Hitler's henchmen. Despite the fact that the U. S. is not a perfect country, I never once heard this guy say he wished he would have remained in Poland or in Europe.

    • @devildog1534
      @devildog1534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      French Fan TRUE!! People these days want to burn down our country meanwhile there is people like him calling people from the US his family. We can all admit she isn’t perfect, but she has done way more good than bad. 🇺🇸

    • @pawchasescapitalists7773
      @pawchasescapitalists7773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not at once did he say the United States was good. He liked them because they saved his ass from the SS.
      And the Soviets gave him his chance to escape, but no one talks about that because "soviet bad"

    • @scottkrafft6830
      @scottkrafft6830 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@pawchasescapitalists7773 LOL he literally said that the US was his home, the only family he ever had because his original family was killed by soldiers from the National *SOCIALIST* German Workers' Party.
      Also Poland was occupied by the Reds just as much as it was by the National *SOCIALIST* German Workers' Party. Have to keep emphasizing the *SOCIALIST* because people LOVE the edit out that part of the history books. *cough Stalin and Hitler were just two sides of the same coin everybody knows it and nobody wants to admit it cough cough*
      But back to what I was saying, Poland was occupied from 1939 to 1991. There was never an end, it continued from one evil flag to the next. Only when democracy was finally restored was Poland now truly free once again. Also the old Polish-government-in-exile was welcomed back. It's unfortunate that it took that long; our boy Patton wanted to go after the Soviet bastards IMMEDIATELY and finish them off, once and for all, right there and then.
      Drop a couple nukes on Moscow, end of story. Prevent the Korean War, prevent the Vietnam War, prevent all of Cuba's BS, prevent the Great Leap Forward b/c we would've helped the Nationalists win in China, prevent the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan as well as possibly even 9/11 and the resulting two wars... yeah the world would be a MUCH better place if we took out Nazism AND Communism right there. Could've stemmed it before they managed to brainwash that shit to other countries. Damn it.

  • @rahulmitra91
    @rahulmitra91 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    @Memoirs of WWII Missed you guys so much last month

  • @sloppyjoe400
    @sloppyjoe400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a delightful gentleman, and a true survivor. Glad we got to hear his story

  • @jolaynemichaud4377
    @jolaynemichaud4377 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great story by great men.

  • @TylerW91
    @TylerW91 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Absolute gem of a channel, thank you for doing this so that it can remind everyone for generations to come the importance of our freedom and how it was made to be. God bless all veterans past & present. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧

  • @kennethmcintyre1476
    @kennethmcintyre1476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am So Happy that you are doing this for these Brave Men and Woman . We all should thank them

  • @tomohawk1042
    @tomohawk1042 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This channel has the most well made, heart wrenching videos I have ever seen. I have watched each videos plenty of times and they never get old! I’ve showed them to my parents and grandparents and plenty other people and they all are absolutely obsessed with them. Thank you so much for letting these amazing men and women tell there story and express the hell they went through for our nation to be free, thank you!

  • @hopeseeker97
    @hopeseeker97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I just found this channel today. I am subscribed with tears in my eyes! We must stop calling seniors elderly and call them our elders! So much wisdom in those years. So many experiences we can learn from!
    Thank you for this channel. For these memories to live on. It is sad TH-cam and others have become so politically charged and censor things like this. I hope you have other ways to preserve this other than internet. Go back to paper again. The internet is controlled.

  • @ZorrroUK
    @ZorrroUK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    All these stories, so unimaginable, so important to hear.

  • @M4RR105
    @M4RR105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's crazy how he talked about going back home and seeing all of his family dead in a pile and didn't even shed a tear, that's one brave old man let me tell ya!!

  • @samanthaesra4035
    @samanthaesra4035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for show this man's story of how he survived.

  • @markpaul-ym5wg
    @markpaul-ym5wg หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just when you think you have heard it all,you realize you havent.Many thanks.

  • @danielfreakingsean9150
    @danielfreakingsean9150 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    “captain james l. walker from south caroliiinaa”😂😂

  • @kylekitchen5152
    @kylekitchen5152 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you Josh for what you are doing. This story is so... compelling, so powerful. My heart goes to all those involved in ww2. May you know peace.
    From, U.S.

  • @Droosmom1970
    @Droosmom1970 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I just want to give him a hug. ❤

  • @frankyeilding2546
    @frankyeilding2546 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is truly an amazing story.
    What an amazing person he’d be to sit and talk to.
    It’s a shame more in our society don’t learn these stories beyond a quick study for a test in school.