My grandfather was saved by a German Soldier in WW1 in the battle of the Somme, by giving water to mt grandfather who had been lying in no man's land for days with a bullet in his leg. He didn't kill my grandfather instead he helped him. I would not be here only for that soldier (humanity at its best) . ❤️
My great grandfather was a British soldier who played football with the Germans during a brief Christmas truce and whenever I see or hear the hymn 'Silent Night' in German, I think of him. He had absolutely no malice or hatred in him at all, towards anyone.
What a wonderful video. My grandfather is of German descent and hid several Jewish people in his shop during the war. He also went to the council building in the night to destroy a list with names of Jewish people to be arrested the following day. My grandmother never knew he was in the resistance during the war and she always told him he should be, but he was not allowed to talk about it - not even to his wife. Both are in Heaven now, after having loved the oppressed and forgiven the oppressors.
Hanneke - Ma'am your grandfather was a True Godly Hero!! You, as his granddaughter, come from kingly genes. What a great man! Thank you for sharing an important story, we all needed to hear.
How proud you must be of your beautiful grandfather.What he has done for humanity will shine forever in our hearts.His compassion and courage is outstanding.God Bless him and all his descendents.🙏♥️
I read about survivor Edith Eiger, who was given a loaf of bread in the camp. She saved that bread and shared it with 5 people-5 people! Later those 5 woman saved her during a march when she didn’t have the strength to move any more. In the worst situations, caring for another makes one feel human again.
He was sent to hell, and to not go insane, he adjusted to the situation, his way of thinking adjusted to certain death. The question for him was only how and when. Than reciving a gift in from of food and kind words, it makes you question it. Question everything, but especially kindness, because you learnd with absolut horror how cruel people can be. These things went through his mind that day that time, he may not remember every single details, because of the adrenaline from these events, but the feelings come back with all their force. I think most people aren't able to imagine the situation that devolved in a few years.
“I credit this man for saving my life:” Unreal the level of gratitude. I watch these videos, and I feel pain and such sorrow deep inside my heart and soul. I do not understand hate - for anyone. I cannot change the past. I cannot take away the pain and suffering of the Jewish people, individually or collectively. One vow I will make, is to raise my child with love in her heart for all people. To stand up and defend what is right, NO MATTER the consequence. God bless you all.
And may God richly bless you and your daughter for the love you have in your heart. Who knows what she may grow up to do? This world needs good people to make it a better place.
@@andrewheffel3565 Andrew you are an Angel. Bless your Heart and Life my Heart required your words today. My Heart was touched. Thank You ever so much. Australia 12.20 am
Andrew Heffel Thank you. My daughter is three years old with special needs and after extensive testing, no known reason. We see a specialist at the end of July so we welcome all of the prayers and blessings. She is the light of my life and teaches me every day about unconditional love and joy. I do believe she’s here for a reason, her spirit radiates love.
WishmasterTheDark I said they were dubbed that; in other words, that's what the Aussie soldiers called them, whatever a person's view on them is. My point was that everywhere there is evil in the world there are people willing to stand up to it.
My grandparents helped some Jewish people I'm Croatia and maybe 15-17 years ago, that same family came back from Israel to be a witness in a court proceeding so they came to visit my grandparents. I called them that day and my grandma was so excited and was telling me who they have as guests.
@@SabrinaPerez Gymnasium is what in the US is called High School. You have to do well to get in, but an average German family would fully expect their son or daughter to get in.
My great grandfather has a similar story. He was a soviet POW in a Nazi concentration camp. As a soviet communist soldier, he was treated as worse as it gets, but during his time af the camp, every night, a german guard would slide into his cell potato skin, and whisper “leave nothing behind”. My grandfather would eat all of it, to make sure nothing is left as the guard would have been shot by the SS had he been caught doing this. My great grandfather survived his time at the camp, and attributed his survival to the humanity of that german officer.
@@aprilmay6803 wtf Does his story have to do with middle Eastern politics what because hes Jewish Hes just telling his survival story shame on you this is not the place for this
@@راديو76 Its extremely morbid and I needed to take breaks in between just because of how dark the history is. The number of victims of the evil Nazi regime are difficult to comprehend, it feels like a horror story vs real life
@@lorraine9242 It's a nice sentiment, but belief doesn't save people in a concentration camp. It can help you cling to hope, but it doesn't fill your belly or heal your wounds or call lightning to strike down the SS officer who is about to kill your mother. Religion can be eye-opening and blinding. But when I see people in church pray to God to help the homeless people instead of doing something about it, it makes me want to vomit. It makes me angry.
A real human being. How incredibly twisted and sick must you be to enjoy other people's suffering. I'm glad sir, that you met such a man. A real human being.
@@vaxrvaxr Look at how fear is being propagated in the West right now. Most people are repeating their history right now and don’t even realize it, under the guise of “doing the right thing”.
“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I have found that it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.” ~ Gandalf 💕
God is not of the World but IN the world ... in every person who steps up to help when a crisis happens !! We are the Holy Grail ... Every man, woman and child !!
@@2outta3aintbad96 I believe every potential is in us all, good, bad and indifferent. Each of us has likely done the sweetest kindness to others over the course of our lives, as well as the meanest of acts. I think we are shown an array of behavior by our family or people around us. The true miracle is when we learn kindness or love and truly value that perspective in society. Demonizing others may be self-serving for a while, but ultimately it's only a matter of time before the malevolent views come round to us. It may seem trite, but love is the answer...
So many good Germans that didn't agree with what was going on and were scared, terrified but still tried anyway, so good to hear these story. One person can make a difference to one other person, if only we could all just learn from history 🙏
Yes, but not so many, not at all...a small minority of Germans were against all of this. Not even speaking about doing something about it ( literly few did).
@@arktana There was no way for any of them to do anything. There were a LOT of germans who were against all of what happened, but knew not to speak up about it, unless they wanted to die. Going along with what the leaders said was the safest option.
@@arktana Seems like you are one of the people that would have most easily fallen for any nazis: just believing the picture they portray to you. Forcing people's resistence into secrecy and make it look like a minority is the base for holding it in check.
My grandmother had to flee over the Berlin Wall after her father was killed for feeding a Jewish girl in their village. She was the only one with the proper papers to get across and was very little. Her mother didn’t know what to do. An American soldier came by and saw them crying, looped arms with my great grandmother and said “this is my wife and daughter! Do not bother us!” On the other side he wished them luck and went back into the crowd. What I wouldn’t give to thank that man today. My mother and me would likely have never been born if he didn’t help my family like that. Bless the man in this story, that American soldier, and everyone else who did little heroic acts that will never be heard but allowed generations to exist.
Is that why Isreal tests dna for citizenship. 3000 years of racial supremacist teaching. 1933-1939 nazi zionist transfer agreement. What would have happened to Asians in American camps if Japan started winning ? Things are a little complicated Indecent is an opinion.
Ah honey don't you ever, ever, apologize for, or worry about--- crying! Not in front of us your audience, and certainly not to anyone else! May God continue to bless you and keep you safe forever! Peace
Saying honey is not patronizing in the sense she used it in; it’s familial. It is extremely common in the South and other parts of our country to talk like that as a proper way of talking with sentiment. Talking with a sense of cynical correctiveness on the other hand is in itself ill-mannered.
I think many people have a misunderstanding of what the thumbs up & down mean, like they think a thumbs down means that they are sad that he had to go through that, not that they dislike his story.
@@phenomorph4202 The whole principal of the video is seeing good where there might really not be much in the big picture. The attempt to interpret the thumbs down favorably is in the same spirit. Were you not affected by the video?
I did not realise, I was so struck by this man's story, I had to go and look. What is inside you to do this? Great evil. His story is of a kind that I am struggling to find the right words. What happened in Germany I have not since I was 15 could assimilate and get my head around it. To see these people hurts me as it did when I read Exodus by Leon uris at the age of 15. I could not get it to fit into a hole. Not till today. Inside I weep for the wickedness the insanity.
Who in their right mind would give this post a thumbs down, those that don't have a clue about what these people went through. My father joined up as an under aged kid as ended up as a B-17 Belly Gunner, they flew 53 missions over enemy territory. Dad only told me a couple of his WWII stories which made both of us cry.
What a lovely person to take that food back to camp and share it round, a piece of meat, bit of cheese,bit of bread, as a growing young lad his body longed for that food! God bless him!!
a lot of prisoners did this and that's how they stayed alive. either with a relative or complete strangers who they would form close bonds with. they'd help feed each other any time they got an extra scrap of food or help others get on a work detail that wasn't as strenuous, if they could. i think people who didn't have this fared a lot worse in these camps. everything was about replenishing and conserving energy, you needed help for that.
To retell a personal story, one has to relive it, to an extent. That is why he cries every time. That man's humanity, and yes, even love, still touches his heart as if he is doing that kindness each time.
I'm have read dozens if not close to a hundred memoirs of survivors. When people ask me why/how I can read them i always say it's for the small kindnesses from a random stranger that gets them through a day. It shows the best in humanity while documenting the horrors of man.
Jill, it's both devastating and lovely to see this. Know that not a month goes by without a colleague mentioning you and your Dad and what an amazing impact it has had on their life and personal resilience
I wish I could gather up all these young people that are hell-bent on calling everyone a fascist and a Nazi and have people like this talk with them and explain to them exactly what that means. Those words are thrown around so frivolously nowadays that I feel they've lost their true meaning… This man knows their true meaning and I'm glad he survived all that horror.
Moving story! Tried twice to write something about this man and his helper and a lot more... My words didn't express enough what I wanted to say. Didn't do it justice enough. So I just say this moved me a lot. Both the good deed and the gratitude and amazing way he described the story and the feeling s he revealed... Both special good men!
@@moonhunter9993 my family is German Brazilian of Jewish background. No ne considers the German people the true enemy, that rather being the Nazi inteligentsia
This man. gets to tell a story, that he would not have been able to tell, without some kind man that helped him. Every act of kindness, goes a long way.
This has got me thinking of a film about a German lady who ran a boarding school, she risked her school and livelihood being taken away because she rescued thirty to forty Jewish boys. I'll never forget that film as long as I live for one simple line in it. Right at the end the school teacher brushed a boy's hair back and said "David... You have very beautiful brown eyes" I may never find that film again. But it will always resonate with me, not all German Civilians were monsters
Hi @Rosie Rennie I had a quick look online about the movie description and I think the movie is called "Rescuers: Stories of courage- two couples". It's the story of Marie and Emile Taquet who saved Jewish children in their residence for children in Belgium. www.imdb.com/title/tt0156018/
There is also a movie by Kenneth Branaugh, Conspiracy (2001) based on the actual transcript of a meeting of the big-wigs to discuss the final solution. To see them sitting around a dinner table discussing how to do it was truly disturbing. *The meeting was to be a total secret - no one was allowed notes, but... you know how that goes.
@@krismartikris4834 Okay but I wasn't looking for that film 🤷🏻♀️ Although Im going to check it out because I love anything that Kenneth Branagh creates and/or stars in
Thank you for sharing this story. Many years ago I lived in Israel and met a old man who served in a camp, the tattoo number was on his arm. This I will never forget. Peace to all
Thank you in untold ways, The speech and characters of both Klein and the guard was a uplifting reenergizing thing for me psychologically and spiritually. May your days be filled with tranquility and more thank you
I'm glad this noble man thankfully tells the truth. My grandma is from Ukraine. She saved a Jewish teenage girl with the help of a German officer. It might cost the life of her family of 5 people. Later the officer was killed by nazies. Unfortunately some years ago a "jewish" guy mocked my grandmother and that German officer, publicly verbalizing unworthy suspicions in social media about these two heroes. Feel very sad for his short memory and lack of dignity.
My deepest respect for you, Mr Klein, so honest, so fair, you are a hero to me, because you are what you are. I wish I could be like you, you are a divine human.
Once in a while I hear something, or someone, speak and what they say makes me think us humans have a chance for a better future. These moments are rare, and this one may be the most hopeful of them all. These 4 minutes were an emotional experience; thanks for posting.
What a sweet, decent human being Gene Klein sharing the story of human kindness. Thank you, Mr Klein, I am so so happy you survived, it is so important to hear about good people in this world.
Nice to see and hear him telling this true account from a time where humanity was so desperately fighting to help us all find peace and freedom again. Thank you all.
A Jewish fellow in my country told of a German soldier opening the closet door of a building he and a few others were hiding in. The German shut the door and yelled out that the room was clear and went on his way. The people in the closet waited until the Germans had left before getting away. The people hiding survived the war.
what most people dont get about nazi germany is that nazi's are people also. they were just mislead by hitlers speeches and charisma. if you dont understand german, try look at one of hitlers speeches with subtitles and try to put yourself in young german shoes of that time.
Tremendously uplifting story. Not only was he grateful for the food, but also knowing that someone from "the enemy" was trying to help. It evidences that even when the world around us seems like a bad place, we can still contribute our small grain of sand to make things better even for one single person. As individuals, we can't change the world, but we certainly can make life a little better for someone who is less fortunante than ourselves.
emotional story when I saw a tear run down his face I broke down crying,So many people go through rough times and for him to be able to talk about it is empowering for future generations. And he went through the worst situation in history. Credit to the German enginer who had the heart too help him be able to live and tell this story.
@@jimlane2961 Republicans actually. Its right wingers who are anti-Semitic, not liberal folk. It was liberal minded people who were thrown into camps as political threats. I see where your mentality lies.
@@Aleks_Ovski416 Democrats do not like Israel. Republicans and Conservatives are strong supporters of Israel and Jews..everyone knows this so your lies are useless
@@wbl5649 disliking Israel is not anti semitism and the majority of Dems support Israel, Marjorie Taylor Green who is a republican made anti semitic comments.
Problema is to be closef estes not speaking not hearing..dictator apears and never died..coward looking a time to kill..time US nota a long time 70 years..Saw around you and you easiky ser..if you want murders like Hitler Moussolini Franco Salazar...
Mr. Klein's savior was a true German in the traditional sense. Risking his own well-being and probably even his life to simply do what he felt was right.
Most true germans, sadly voted for and support that demonized lunatic...a dream of a si called aryan race and to eliminate and entire race/religion...most were caught up in this euphoria ..too many...it was an open election agenda and promise
He fed not only his body, but his soul. That gesture of loving-kindness was the most nourishing food there is. That he shared it with the young saved many lives. If you cannot help 100, help one. The ocean would be less missing that single drop.
Thank God for the love and compassion demonstrated by this soldier. He was willing to risk his life to help this man. So awesome! I wonder if he is still alive.
I think many more empathic German people would have gladly helped their Jewish friends and neighbours from being deported from Germany, but the most problematic question must have been...where to hide a whole family from the Gestapo if you only have an apartment yourself ? Most Germans in large cities lived in apartment blocks and to hide somebody in a small or middle sized apartment must have been practically impossible without nosy neighbours catching on to it somehow. The cases I have read of Jewish people being hidden by German civilians therefore generally involved people being hidden in cellars of large private houses and villas, or garden sheds in allotments - that kind of thing, but also usually only one person, not a family or group of people because how to feed them ? Food was rationed by food cards distributed per person to individuals, and hoarding was practically impossible. It must have been terrible for everybody with a conscience and sympathy in their hearts to see this happen and be totally helpless, unable to do anything to prevent the unraveling tragedy, but our hearts must of course go out to all the victims of the Nazis, whose very existence is a slur on humanity and on the history of mankind. God bless all of their victims, regardless of their heritage, but in particular our Jewish brothers and sisters who suffered so immensely during those dark ages. 💓
I was in Germany, Netherlands, and France. I visited streets that had stumbling stones. Stolpersteine; literally "stumbling stone", metaphorically a "stumbling block") is a sett-size, ten-centimetre (3.9 in) concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. To be on the sidewalk in front of a resience knowing these people walked out and by you is chilling and terrifying.
For them, the way to help would be not to apprise the Gestapo of the whereabouts of the neighborhoods Jews. In other words, if you can’t do more, at least don’t help the perpetrators harm victims.
@@Hun_Uinaq You are right, of course. Sadly, however, there were enough informers around, who for reasons only they could know, were prepared to report anybody with anti- Nazi sentiments, regardless whether they were Germans or German Jews. Also regrettable is the fact that such low- lifes were also found in all Nazi occupied countries in Europe, not just in Germany and Austria. Even in the ghettos and concentration camps, people were found who informed against their fellow inmates. One only has to look at what went on in East Germany up to the fall of Communism in 1989, where the whole nation was coerced, blackmailed and terrorised by the state security police, the Stasi, to inform on each other, voluntarily or forced, to see how far the depths of human deceit, treachery and cowardice can go under totalitarian regimes. Fear is a powerful weapon, and jealousy, envy and pure evil mindedness combined with fear are the weapons that states like Nazi Germany and the Soviet Block countries used against their own nations. We can only hope that such things are of the past in Europe and never return.
@@burningblue1254 As an expat Englishman living in Germany, I often see these commemorative plaques in the streets of Hamburg, where I live. I always stop to read the sad fate of the victims who used to live in the old houses, in front of which they are placed, and quietly reflect the sadness of the past. I didn't know that these plaques were elsewhere than in Germany, but think that, while being only small, they are nonetheless a powerful memorial for the victims of state terror.
What a beautiful story that makes me believe in the good disposition of people. Thank you Mr. Klein to share this with us. Beside this. I am very proud of every single austrian that helped and i am very sorry for every single austrian who did not.
cant stop watching this the courage of this man is just so overwhelming u went through hell gene I cannot imagine what it was like for you ! u seem such a lovely man would love to meet you god bless you and ur family xxx hope justice gets it right for you !!
christine none of your concern If there’s a just God, then it’s you who won’t be blessed. Bigotry, cruelty and the dismissal of others’ suffering is unjustifiable
I'm German. My grandfather took food at night to starving Jews in an assembly camp. The Jewish community came to my Great uncle to hide the vessels of the Synagogue. My Opa was betrayed and delivered unto the authorities and was taken and our company was closed for 6 weeks. We had to make a family tree because we didn't look like Germans. Nothing was found. A man that he knew took him out of the camp. The Jews picked up the vessels and fled. We don't know if they made it to the States. Many, many people did what they had to do through Europe to help the Jewish people. Praise G-d for this. Finding out that I have Jewish blood. My mother's and father's side. Not much in procentish but the marker is there. G-d protected my family. Bless his holy name. Blessings: Manuela
i will never forget you. because of people like you i made some life decisions, to protect those who never had protection, to defend those who never were defended, and to stand up for those who always stood alone.
It's painful to see you so emotional. Your sorrows carry my heart. I know and feel the hate where I come from, but they will never break me. If you could overcome, you are a real inspiration and light for humanity.
Powerful stuff listening to this man's story. "There are good people on this earth".... couldn't be more true but I also notice that there are 600 dislikes on this video. "It's better to be a warrior in a garden then a gardener in a war" stay vigilant my friends, history has a way of repeating itself if you let it.
A chance meeting with an old lady in a shopping centre in South Africa. She told me she lived in the woods in Germany during the war, as a Jewish child escaping the authorities. People left food for her. There are good people everywhere, some with more courage than others. South Africa was such a situation too.
@@IRosamelia do u know any survivors because both my parents were. You need to learn about what the Germans did to Jews or you wouldn’t be so insensitive about your comment which should be banned
@@achord9204 my comment wasn't insensitive at all, it was a bit of dark humor which clearly you don't get. also, how can anyone not know about the Holocaust? Hollywood has been hammering upon that tragedy since decades ago, as if the Shoa was the one and only genocide in history...
@@achord9204 Go happy, it's understandable that you might be sensitive about this issue given apparently it hits close to home, plus you must be an older person... but this is RUclips and not Yad Vashem's memorial museum. welcome to the internet
My grandfather was saved by a German Soldier in WW1 in the battle of the Somme, by giving water to mt grandfather who had been lying in no man's land for days with a bullet in his leg. He didn't kill my grandfather instead he helped him. I would not be here only for that soldier (humanity at its best) . ❤️
There have and always be good people in this world. Bless this man.
My great grandfather was a British soldier who played football with the Germans during a brief Christmas truce and whenever I see or hear the hymn 'Silent Night' in German, I think of him. He had absolutely no malice or hatred in him at all, towards anyone.
@@Hartley_Hare I saw a movie about the Christmas Truce… a very moving moment in human history
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A great story. Yes. You wouldn't even exist, but for that man' s compassion. Fellow soldiers outside active battle respect each other.
What a wonderful video.
My grandfather is of German descent and hid several Jewish people in his shop during the war. He also went to the council building in the night to destroy a list with names of Jewish people to be arrested the following day. My grandmother never knew he was in the resistance during the war and she always told him he should be, but he was not allowed to talk about it - not even to his wife. Both are in Heaven now, after having loved the oppressed and forgiven the oppressors.
God bless thm forever for their kindness and their efforts to save some Jewish lives. What courage.
Thanks to their great work today entire swatches of germany are diverse native German arent even allowed to enter.
#refugeeswelcome
Hanneke - Ma'am your grandfather was a True Godly Hero!! You, as his granddaughter, come from kingly genes. What a great man! Thank you for sharing an important story, we all needed to hear.
That's beautiful
How proud you must be of your beautiful grandfather.What he has done for humanity will shine forever in our hearts.His compassion and courage is outstanding.God Bless him and all his descendents.🙏♥️
He drinks the milk and puts the food in his pocket to share with the other young prisoners that he meets up with for moral support. Amazing.
He is a wonderful, good man.
@@lorraine9242 I can only hope I would have been that brave. Honestly... I don't think I would have been. I won't forget this story. Breathtaking.
how does he not remember the mans name who saved him?
@@kieranb7747 probably safer for both if they didn’t know names. Get caught, nothing to tell.
I read about survivor Edith Eiger, who was given a loaf of bread in the camp. She saved that bread and shared it with 5 people-5 people! Later those 5 woman saved her during a march when she didn’t have the strength to move any more. In the worst situations, caring for another makes one feel human again.
“A human being helping another human being “ We should have this written above every school door in the world.
I am crying now. Yes. Yes. we should.
I read once of a rabbi asked to define God. He thought for a moment and then said "humans helping each other." and that was it.
Wish this was the mindset of the human race
You are absolutely right!
No we should have the words Jesus saves written above every school doorway 🤗
This man, after all these years, is still so emotional and grateful. I can’t even imagine.
Those who live on borrowed time never forget it for a second no matter how long they live.
He was sent to hell, and to not go insane, he adjusted to the situation, his way of thinking adjusted to certain death. The question for him was only how and when.
Than reciving a gift in from of food and kind words, it makes you question it. Question everything, but especially kindness, because you learnd with absolut horror how cruel people can be.
These things went through his mind that day that time, he may not remember every single details, because of the adrenaline from these events, but the feelings come back with all their force.
I think most people aren't able to imagine the situation that devolved in a few years.
But can't remember a SINGLE NAME. EH?
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@Sing Song Why are you deleting our comments, honey?
“I credit this man for saving my life:”
Unreal the level of gratitude. I watch these videos, and I feel pain and such sorrow deep inside my heart and soul. I do not understand hate - for anyone. I cannot change the past. I cannot take away the pain and suffering of the Jewish people, individually or collectively. One vow I will make, is to raise my child with love in her heart for all people. To stand up and defend what is right, NO MATTER the consequence. God bless you all.
God was showing off when you were made.
And may God richly bless you and your daughter for the love you have in your heart. Who knows what she may grow up to do? This world needs good people to make it a better place.
Rebel Tremaynne thank you for such a kind statement. Im just so confused on how people could be any other way.
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Andrew you are an Angel. Bless your Heart and Life my Heart required your words today. My Heart was touched.
Thank You ever so much.
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Andrew Heffel Thank you. My daughter is three years old with special needs and after extensive testing, no known reason. We see a specialist at the end of July so we welcome all of the prayers and blessings. She is the light of my life and teaches me every day about unconditional love and joy. I do believe she’s here for a reason, her spirit radiates love.
Many helped jews, should be more documented
There were many who risked their lives to save jews
God bless them, they were angels
WishmasterTheDark I said they were dubbed that; in other words, that's what the Aussie soldiers called them, whatever a person's view on them is. My point was that everywhere there is evil in the world there are people willing to stand up to it.
rofl what a troll....adios
No food for thought. Grow a brain and beg God for a heart. Shame on you!
Scared sheep mentality. I didn't expect much.
So where did he (Jeff Sartain) say THAT?
My grandparents helped some Jewish people I'm Croatia and maybe 15-17 years ago, that same family came back from Israel to be a witness in a court proceeding so they came to visit my grandparents. I called them that day and my grandma was so excited and was telling me who they have as guests.
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You come from heroic stock!!
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So brave
Where was the court hearing?
You can tell from how he talks and analyzes his situation he is a very intelligent guy.
He went to a gymnasium school... you have to be very good to get in
@@SabrinaPerez You had to be good for gymnasium in these days, today every dork can finish gymnasium.
most Jewish people are considerably educated and learned.
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Gymnasium is what in the US is called High School. You have to do well to get in, but an average German family would fully expect their son or daughter to get in.
he told this story so many times probably
My great grandfather has a similar story. He was a soviet POW in a Nazi concentration camp. As a soviet communist soldier, he was treated as worse as it gets, but during his time af the camp, every night, a german guard would slide into his cell potato skin, and whisper “leave nothing behind”. My grandfather would eat all of it, to make sure nothing is left as the guard would have been shot by the SS had he been caught doing this. My great grandfather survived his time at the camp, and attributed his survival to the humanity of that german officer.
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Thanks for sharing that wonderful story!
I can’t imagine what they went through in the concentration camps. God bless all those who survived.
Like he blessed the ones who didn’t? Your god is a monster.
@@aprilmay6803 wtf Does his story have to do with middle Eastern politics what because hes Jewish Hes just telling his survival story shame on you this is not the place for this
@@راديو76 Its extremely morbid and I needed to take breaks in between just because of how dark the history is. The number of victims of the evil Nazi regime are difficult to comprehend, it feels like a horror story vs real life
God bless the living survivors and God bless the departed. I think that is what you had meant, Benny Smith.
@@lorraine9242 It's a nice sentiment, but belief doesn't save people in a concentration camp. It can help you cling to hope, but it doesn't fill your belly or heal your wounds or call lightning to strike down the SS officer who is about to kill your mother.
Religion can be eye-opening and blinding. But when I see people in church pray to God to help the homeless people instead of doing something about it, it makes me want to vomit. It makes me angry.
A real human being. How incredibly twisted and sick must you be to enjoy other people's suffering. I'm glad sir, that you met such a man. A real human being.
Most people are real human beings who would offer food to Mr Klein.
Hurt people hurt people
@@janpierzchala2004 If it costs them nothing, maybe. Risking their lives, no.
@@vaxrvaxr Look at how fear is being propagated in the West right now. Most people are repeating their history right now and don’t even realize it, under the guise of “doing the right thing”.
@@thatperformer3879 Why only in the West?
If this Gentleman is still alive today I wish him the best and thank him for his heart breaking and courageous memory that he has shared ❤️
I doubt it, he was a middle aged man with a degree...long dead but not forgotten.
“Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check. But that is not what I have found. I have found that it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.” ~ Gandalf 💕
God is not of the World but IN the world ... in every person who steps up to help when a crisis happens !! We are the Holy Grail ... Every man, woman and child !!
This comment makes me happy. Gandalfs words are wise
I only know the German version, so thank you for this.
It was the first what came into my mind. 🙏🏻
❤️🤗 indeed.
@@2outta3aintbad96 I believe every potential is in us all, good, bad and indifferent. Each of us has likely done the sweetest kindness to others over the course of our lives, as well as the meanest of acts. I think we are shown an array of behavior by our family or people around us. The true miracle is when we learn kindness or love and truly value that perspective in society. Demonizing others may be self-serving for a while, but ultimately it's only a matter of time before the malevolent views come round to us. It may seem trite, but love is the answer...
" You gave me peace in a lifetime of war"
Thank you
So many good Germans that didn't agree with what was going on and were scared, terrified but still tried anyway, so good to hear these story. One person can make a difference to one other person, if only we could all just learn from history 🙏
Most of German's follow Hitler, only few was against. Member forgett what they do as a nation.
Yes, but not so many, not at all...a small minority of Germans were against all of this. Not even speaking about doing something about it ( literly few did).
@@arktana There was no way for any of them to do anything. There were a LOT of germans who were against all of what happened, but knew not to speak up about it, unless they wanted to die. Going along with what the leaders said was the safest option.
@@arktana Seems like you are one of the people that would have most easily fallen for any nazis: just believing the picture they portray to you. Forcing people's resistence into secrecy and make it look like a minority is the base for holding it in check.
My grandmother had to flee over the Berlin Wall after her father was killed for feeding a Jewish girl in their village. She was the only one with the proper papers to get across and was very little. Her mother didn’t know what to do. An American soldier came by and saw them crying, looped arms with my great grandmother and said “this is my wife and daughter! Do not bother us!”
On the other side he wished them luck and went back into the crowd. What I wouldn’t give to thank that man today. My mother and me would likely have never been born if he didn’t help my family like that. Bless the man in this story, that American soldier, and everyone else who did little heroic acts that will never be heard but allowed generations to exist.
What a wonderful story. God bless that American soldier for saving those people. Thanks for posting it.
After the war?
what berlin wall the one that was built in 1961
curious story - nobody was killed in the GDR for feeding jewish people. you mixed up nazi-fascism and gdr socialism. this story is not true
@Le7Dauphin yes I am a russian bot ;-)))
"There are two races of men in this world, but only these two-the “race” of the decent man and the “race” of the indecent man." Viktor Frankl
This
Viktor Frankl’s Book Man’s Search for Meaning (Trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen) is a must read.
@@eminayiden that book changed my life forever...
Is that why Isreal tests dna for citizenship.
3000 years of racial supremacist teaching.
1933-1939 nazi zionist transfer agreement.
What would have happened to Asians in American camps if Japan started winning ?
Things are a little complicated
Indecent is an opinion.
@@yourhuckleberry6757 Israel (that's how it's spelled) does not test DNA for citizenship.
Ah honey don't you ever, ever, apologize for, or worry about--- crying! Not in front of us your audience, and certainly not to anyone else! May God continue to bless you and keep you safe forever! Peace
Saying honey is not patronizing in the sense she used it in; it’s familial. It is extremely common in the South and other parts of our country to talk like that as a proper way of talking with sentiment. Talking with a sense of cynical correctiveness on the other hand is in itself ill-mannered.
I am amazed that there are people out there who have given this poignant story the thumbs down.
I think many people have a misunderstanding of what the thumbs up & down mean, like they think a thumbs down means that they are sad that he had to go through that, not that they dislike his story.
@@phenomorph4202 The whole principal of the video is seeing good where there might really not be much in the big picture. The attempt to interpret the thumbs down favorably is in the same spirit.
Were you not affected by the video?
@@phenomorph4202 People with souls.
Somehow I boubt that, excdept in exceptional rare cases
I did not realise, I was so struck by this man's story, I had to go and look. What is inside you to do this? Great evil. His story is of a kind that I am struggling to find the right words. What happened in Germany I have not since I was 15 could assimilate and get my head around it. To see these people hurts me as it did when I read Exodus by Leon uris at the age of 15. I could not get it to fit into a hole. Not till today. Inside I weep for the wickedness the insanity.
Who in their right mind would give this post a thumbs down, those that don't have a clue about what these people went through. My father joined up as an under aged kid as ended up as a B-17 Belly Gunner, they flew 53 missions over enemy territory. Dad only told me a couple of his WWII stories which made both of us cry.
What a lovely person to take that food back to camp and share it round, a piece of meat, bit of cheese,bit of bread, as a growing young lad his body longed for that food! God bless him!!
a lot of prisoners did this and that's how they stayed alive. either with a relative or complete strangers who they would form close bonds with. they'd help feed each other any time they got an extra scrap of food or help others get on a work detail that wasn't as strenuous, if they could. i think people who didn't have this fared a lot worse in these camps. everything was about replenishing and conserving energy, you needed help for that.
@@sgtmian Even in modern prisons, you join gangs or form "families" to survive as a team.
Yes the psychological impact of that kind person was so great. That is one reason why to always put kindness first
To retell a personal story, one has to relive it, to an extent. That is why he cries every time. That man's humanity, and yes, even love, still touches his heart as if he is doing that kindness each time.
I'm have read dozens if not close to a hundred memoirs of survivors. When people ask me why/how I can read them i always say it's for the small kindnesses from a random stranger that gets them through a day. It shows the best in humanity while documenting the horrors of man.
May everyone on earth help each other as these guys did.👌💖💕
Jill, it's both devastating and lovely to see this. Know that not a month goes by without a colleague mentioning you and your Dad and what an amazing impact it has had on their life and personal resilience
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
I wish I could gather up all these young people that are hell-bent on calling everyone a fascist and a Nazi and have people like this talk with them and explain to them exactly what that means. Those words are thrown around so frivolously nowadays that I feel they've lost their true meaning… This man knows their true meaning and I'm glad he survived all that horror.
A simple but beautiful story of humanity.
Moving story! Tried twice to write something about this man and his helper and a lot more...
My words didn't express enough what I wanted to say.
Didn't do it justice enough.
So I just say this moved me a lot. Both the good deed and the gratitude and amazing way he described the story and the feeling s he revealed...
Both special good men!
Even in the darkest days of history, human compassion shines through.
So true
Shine on, shine on 😉 🎸
That's, what, makes , us , humans being!
"I know what terrible situation your people are in"
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"Sudden silence."
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That brought tears to my eyes.
just the empathy alone (coming from an "enemy") must have been mind-boggling...
@@moonhunter9993 indeed
@@moonhunter9993 my family is German Brazilian of Jewish background. No ne considers the German people the true enemy, that rather being the Nazi inteligentsia
This man. gets to tell a story, that he would not have been able to tell, without some kind man that helped him. Every act of kindness, goes a long way.
This has got me thinking of a film about a German lady who ran a boarding school, she risked her school and livelihood being taken away because she rescued thirty to forty Jewish boys. I'll never forget that film as long as I live for one simple line in it. Right at the end the school teacher brushed a boy's hair back and said "David... You have very beautiful brown eyes"
I may never find that film again. But it will always resonate with me, not all German Civilians were monsters
Hi @Rosie Rennie I had a quick look online about the movie description and I think the movie is called "Rescuers: Stories of courage- two couples". It's the story of Marie and Emile Taquet who saved Jewish children in their residence for children in Belgium. www.imdb.com/title/tt0156018/
@@emzy91 I can't believe it. You found it, I've been searching for YEARS
Thank you so much 😍😍🤩🤩
There is also a movie by Kenneth Branaugh, Conspiracy (2001) based on the actual transcript of a meeting of the big-wigs to discuss the final solution. To see them sitting around a dinner table discussing how to do it was truly disturbing. *The meeting was to be a total secret - no one was allowed notes, but... you know how that goes.
@@krismartikris4834 Okay but I wasn't looking for that film 🤷🏻♀️ Although Im going to check it out because I love anything that Kenneth Branagh creates and/or stars in
@@emzy91 Here is the full film on RUclips ruclips.net/video/SIiXQtd0KyU/видео.html
Thank you for sharing this story. Many years ago I lived in Israel and met a old man who served in a camp, the tattoo number was on his arm.
This I will never forget. Peace to all
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
Thank you in untold ways, The speech and characters of both Klein and the guard was a uplifting reenergizing thing for me psychologically and spiritually. May your days be filled with tranquility and more thank you
I'm glad this noble man thankfully tells the truth. My grandma is from Ukraine. She saved a Jewish teenage girl with the help of a German officer. It might cost the life of her family of 5 people. Later the officer was killed by nazies. Unfortunately some years ago a "jewish" guy mocked my grandmother and that German officer, publicly verbalizing unworthy suspicions in social media about these two heroes. Feel very sad for his short memory and lack of dignity.
The most important comment in the whole topic here.
Thank you for making me a better person by sharing your story, Mr Klein.
My deepest respect for you, Mr Klein, so honest, so fair, you are a hero to me, because you are what you are. I wish I could be like you, you are a divine human.
The gratitude is still present so many years later. See what gratitude can do, it can last generations
The thoughts and memories going through his mind must be awful. The pain of knowing that you made it but many others did not. This is strength
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
Once in a while I hear something, or someone, speak and what they say makes me think us humans have a chance for a better future. These moments are rare, and this one may be the most hopeful of them all. These 4 minutes were an emotional experience; thanks for posting.
What a sweet, decent human being Gene Klein sharing the story of human kindness. Thank you, Mr Klein, I am so so happy you survived, it is so important to hear about good people in this world.
Nice to see and hear him telling this true account from a time where humanity was so desperately fighting to help us all find peace and freedom again. Thank you all.
Wow.
I choked up when this gentleman choked up.
I guess my problems aren't that bad.
A Jewish fellow in my country told of a German soldier opening the closet door of a building he and a few others were hiding in. The German shut the door and yelled out that the room was clear and went on his way. The people in the closet waited until the Germans had left before getting away. The people hiding survived the war.
what most people dont get about nazi germany is that nazi's are people also.
they were just mislead by hitlers speeches and charisma.
if you dont understand german, try look at one of hitlers speeches with subtitles and try to put yourself in young german shoes of that time.
Beautiful story and yes some nazis did look away
That soldier was NEVER a nazi but a German who had no chance but to wear a Nazi Uniform.
@@spatrk6634 Then he wasn't a Nazi, but a soldier only
He was helped and in turn he helprd others by sharing what little food he had. A truly caring himsn being.
You Sir are a treasure,god bless you.
These types of stories truly give such humanity to the most inhumane points in history
He was not only fed for his physical good but this man's generousity in the face of danger helped sustain hope in that beautiful man.
This is so moving and offers hope
Hard to watch this and not cry at this man’s pain and suffering that you can see he endured.
Thank you so much for sharing! May we never forget 🙏
I thank you for sharing about this man. Love and peace to you. 💕🙏
How wonderful he shared. Such a great man.
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing this!🕊🌞🕊
Very brave man & to share the little food he had was an incredible humane act .
My job as fundraiser I get funds to help these people and I just spoke to the Nabour of this man truly a wonderful story
Tremendously uplifting story. Not only was he grateful for the food, but also knowing that someone from "the enemy" was trying to help. It evidences that even when the world around us seems like a bad place, we can still contribute our small grain of sand to make things better even for one single person. As individuals, we can't change the world, but we certainly can make life a little better for someone who is less fortunante than ourselves.
I didn't stop crying after he started. I'm still crying typing this!
Why are their people hitting the dislike icon on this video? Find your Humanity
emotional story when I saw a tear run down his face I broke down crying,So many people go through rough times and for him to be able to talk about it is empowering for future generations. And he went through the worst situation in history. Credit to the German enginer who had the heart too help him be able to live and tell this story.
Why aren't stories such as this taught in our schools?
Democrats
@@jimlane2961 Republicans actually. Its right wingers who are anti-Semitic, not liberal folk. It was liberal minded people who were thrown into camps as political threats. I see where your mentality lies.
@@Aleks_Ovski416 Democrats do not like Israel. Republicans and Conservatives are strong supporters of Israel and Jews..everyone knows this so your lies are useless
@@wbl5649 disliking Israel is not anti semitism and the majority of Dems support Israel, Marjorie Taylor Green who is a republican made anti semitic comments.
@@Aleks_Ovski416 Zionists control the left and the right side of politics in the US. Look no further than who filled both Trump and Biden's cabinets.
It is good to know, in the midst of the deepest evil mankind could imagine, there were people who helped those suffering.
Problema is to be closef estes not speaking not hearing..dictator apears and never died..coward looking a time to kill..time US nota a long time 70 years..Saw around you and you easiky ser..if you want murders like Hitler Moussolini Franco Salazar...
Mr. Klein's savior was a true German in the traditional sense. Risking his own well-being and probably even his life to simply do what he felt was right.
Most true germans, sadly voted for and support that demonized lunatic...a dream of a si called aryan race and to eliminate and entire race/religion...most were caught up in this euphoria ..too many...it was an open election agenda and promise
May God bless you sir. Thank you sir for sharing.
How the hell can you have Holocaust deniers after watching this?
@@dpjbB you don't believe based on a building layout?
This is why we need Israel to exist🇮🇱 am yisrael chai
@Mike Rotch and Palestinian population has tripled under Israeli rule
I ignore them. They live on a different planet to the rest of us 😭
Math.
What a heartwarming story. Sometimes all we need is a touch of humanity!
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
There are good people in this World. A very touching story and said with such humility.
He fed not only his body, but his soul. That gesture of loving-kindness was the most nourishing food there is. That he shared it with the young saved many lives. If you cannot help 100, help one. The ocean would be less missing that single drop.
I put the food in my pocket to share out with the others when i go back a lovely unselfish man.
Thank God for the love and compassion demonstrated by this soldier. He was willing to risk his life to help this man. So awesome! I wonder if he is still alive.
I think many more empathic German people would have gladly helped their Jewish friends and neighbours from being deported from Germany, but the most problematic question must have been...where to hide a whole family from the Gestapo if you only have an apartment yourself ? Most Germans in large cities lived in apartment blocks and to hide somebody in a small or middle sized apartment must have been practically impossible without nosy neighbours catching on to it somehow. The cases I have read of Jewish people being hidden by German civilians therefore generally involved people being hidden in cellars of large private houses and villas, or garden sheds in allotments - that kind of thing, but also usually only one person, not a family or group of people because how to feed them ? Food was rationed by food cards distributed per person to individuals, and hoarding was practically impossible. It must have been terrible for everybody with a conscience and sympathy in their hearts to see this happen and be totally helpless, unable to do anything to prevent the unraveling tragedy, but our hearts must of course go out to all the victims of the Nazis, whose very existence is a slur on humanity and on the history of mankind. God bless all of their victims, regardless of their heritage, but in particular our Jewish brothers and sisters who suffered so immensely during those dark ages. 💓
I was in Germany, Netherlands, and France. I visited streets that had stumbling stones. Stolpersteine; literally "stumbling stone", metaphorically a "stumbling block") is a sett-size, ten-centimetre (3.9 in) concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution. To be on the sidewalk in front of a resience knowing these people walked out and by you is chilling and terrifying.
As a Jew, i cannot expect a non Jew to risk his/her life to save mine. Those that did were truly God's Chosen.
For them, the way to help would be not to apprise the Gestapo of the whereabouts of the neighborhoods Jews. In other words, if you can’t do more, at least don’t help the perpetrators harm victims.
@@Hun_Uinaq
You are right, of course. Sadly, however, there were enough informers around, who for reasons only they could know, were prepared to report anybody with anti- Nazi sentiments, regardless whether they were Germans or German Jews. Also regrettable is the fact that such low- lifes were also found in all Nazi occupied countries in Europe, not just in Germany and Austria. Even in the ghettos and concentration camps, people were found who informed against their fellow inmates.
One only has to look at what went on in East Germany up to the fall of Communism in 1989, where the whole nation was coerced, blackmailed and terrorised by the state security police, the Stasi, to inform on each other, voluntarily or forced, to see how far the depths of human deceit, treachery and cowardice can go under totalitarian regimes. Fear is a powerful weapon, and jealousy, envy and pure evil mindedness combined with fear are the weapons that states like Nazi Germany and the Soviet Block countries used against their own nations. We can only hope that such things are of the past in Europe and never return.
@@burningblue1254
As an expat Englishman living in Germany, I often see these commemorative plaques in the streets of Hamburg, where I live. I always stop to read the sad fate of the victims who used to live in the old houses, in front of which they are placed, and quietly reflect the sadness of the past. I didn't know that these plaques were elsewhere than in Germany, but think that, while being only small, they are nonetheless a powerful memorial for the victims of state terror.
What a beautiful story that makes me believe in the good disposition of people. Thank you Mr. Klein to share this with us. Beside this. I am very proud of every single austrian that helped and i am very sorry for every single austrian who did not.
cant stop watching this the courage of this man is just so overwhelming u went through hell gene I cannot imagine what it was like for you ! u seem such a lovely man would love to meet you god bless you and ur family xxx hope justice gets it right for you !!
christine none of your concern If there’s a just God, then it’s you who won’t be blessed. Bigotry, cruelty and the dismissal of others’ suffering is unjustifiable
This should never be forgotten and shown to all children...History forgotten is cursed to repeat itself....which I pray never happens.
It's so tough to hear, but I'm happy another was willing to help in an awful time in history. Beautiful story.
Let us always remember these horrors. Thank you for your remarkable strength in sharing your experiences with us.
I'm German. My grandfather took food at night to starving Jews in an assembly camp. The Jewish community came to my Great uncle to hide the vessels of the Synagogue.
My Opa was betrayed and delivered unto the authorities and was taken and our company was closed for 6 weeks. We had to make a family tree because we didn't look like Germans. Nothing was found. A man that he knew took him out of the camp.
The Jews picked up the vessels and fled. We don't know if they made it to the States.
Many, many people did what they had to do through Europe to help the Jewish people. Praise G-d for this.
Finding out that I have Jewish blood. My mother's and father's side. Not much in procentish but the marker is there. G-d protected my family. Bless his holy name.
Blessings: Manuela
Jewish is not a race
There's something moving about seeing an old person remembering events from 80 years ago and getting worked up like it happened yesterday.
i will never forget you. because of people like you i made some life decisions, to protect those who never had protection, to defend those who never were defended, and to stand up for those who always stood alone.
in any moment of my life I will keep these words with me as a guide book
thank you sir!
I don't understand the dislikes, would they have disliked it if they were in the same situation??
Anti-Semitism is still strong in many parts of the world.
@@richardstephens5570 i know right? Why?
Nazihaters
My be they ar
Palestinian people who survives in 75s under jewish people who torture them
@@suwaysfarah5317 Are all Muslims terrorists ? Are all Jews oppressors ? No. People need to stop blaming and hating each other.
Poor man just reciting it and he’s right there again after all that time, absolutely shattering.
Dude is trying to be strong but can't help but tear up, man what a crazy world we live in...
It's painful to see you so emotional. Your sorrows carry my heart. I know and feel the hate where I come from, but they will never break me. If you could overcome, you are a real inspiration and light for humanity.
It’s disgusting that these types of videos have dislikes.
I disliked the video
Lmao I disliked it too
@@kaptinbarfbeerd1317 Please explain why.
A Excellent Video. Highly Recommended.. Thank You Very Much For Sharing..
This man reminds us to be grateful all the time.
Thank you for your story. I am glad you are alive to share it.
This is why I always promise to myself that I would give my life to help another.
Unknown Atlas, Yes you on the right track, " I am in you and you are in me and in between something more powerful than the both."
Such a touching expression of gratitude and humility. I am blessed by this touching story.
Powerful stuff listening to this man's story. "There are good people on this earth".... couldn't be more true but I also notice that there are 600 dislikes on this video. "It's better to be a warrior in a garden then a gardener in a war" stay vigilant my friends, history has a way of repeating itself if you let it.
Very grateful for this video this morning. Thanks
Thanks for sharing this story. Thank God for the survivors of this dreadful attrocity🙏❤️
Can anyone see this video without blurry eyes filled with tears? This touches the depth of my heart
334 people didn't take their daily medication
A chance meeting with an old lady in a shopping centre in South Africa. She told me she lived in the woods in Germany during the war, as a Jewish child escaping the authorities. People left food for her. There are good people everywhere, some with more courage than others. South Africa was such a situation too.
WHOA, this made me cry so moving
want to know something funny? you were crying over someone giving away a roastbeef sandwich
@@IRosamelia do u know any survivors because both my parents were. You need to learn about what the Germans did to Jews or you wouldn’t be so insensitive about your comment which should be banned
@@achord9204 my comment wasn't insensitive at all, it was a bit of dark humor which clearly you don't get. also, how can anyone not know about the Holocaust? Hollywood has been hammering upon that tragedy since decades ago, as if the Shoa was the one and only genocide in history...
@@achord9204 Go happy, it's understandable that you might be sensitive about this issue given apparently it hits close to home, plus you must be an older person... but this is RUclips and not Yad Vashem's memorial museum. welcome to the internet
Thank you for sharing your story, thank you for your bravery, thank you for existing.