This documentary tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes of Boris Pahor, the oldest living survivor of the concentration camps and still sharp at the age of 107. Pahor was a prisoner at Dachau, Bergen-Belsen and Natzweiler. In an exclusive interview he talks about his fight against fascism and the Nazis. Pahor's testimony is supported by extracts from his extraordinary book 'Necropolis' and illustrated with drawings by fellow prisoners, creating a unique record of life and death in the only Nazi concentration camp situated in France: Natzweiler - 'the death camp in the clouds'. Once viewed, this film is not easily forgotten.
I am moved by the sheer beauty of the narrative in this program. The last portion about Europe being like a man with a glass eye was breathtakingly moving... and I have read FAR too much war literature in life. In fact, I view the entire series as preserving vital historical artifacts. Thank you that you are making these available. I can hardly imagine the work that must go behind each one of them and I hope that educators and the interested public around the world take advantage of them.
I didn't know about this camp, and its so fantastic to listen to a survivor, that are able to tell this terrible story, on the dark human history, just 80 years ago, its not so long ago, and we have all to make sure that these times never get a chance again to happen. Its so cruel times that its hard to take in, for us who were born after the war. Thanks for an Excellent documentary, that goes strait into our hearts.
In the early 1960's I worked in Strasbourg at the Conseil de l'Europe. On weekends friends and I would go on hikes in the Voges mountains. One day we got lost on mountain trails, saw a huge stone pointy 'finger' in the far distance, so we crossed the forests and finally arrived to discover that it was a monument in the shape of a flame. We had discovered Struthof!!! We just stood there in shock, speechless. Terrible! Deep in the forests, horribly cold in winter, the sap in the trees would explode in freezing temperatures. Imagine being there. The nearest villagers said they didn't know it was there(sic). We had never heard it mentioned either. It was, maybe still is, still standing, but I did not want to go inside.
Thank you to this amazing survivor! Sharing such pain is so courageous...so ty sir for your courage..your story..ty for sharing your amazing self with us. So very much love.. positivity.. happiness..good health and peace to all. PLEASE everyone... LOVE NO HATE🤗
Over the last 25 years i have been here many times taking family and friends. Especially to visit the quarry when the snow is thick on the ground. It seems incomprehensable yet history repeats its self. When i first visited there was only the camp, now there is a vistors centre that pays hommage to those that perished. A sad fact i found this documentary more informative than the visitors centre.
If I understood what I was told by family members who lived in the area this camp was use for male homosexual who were torture by doctors for experiments.
I find it odd that "death camps" would transfer people from one location to another, multiple times over for some people. Seems to contradict what one would imagine a "death camp" to be.
Either the Germans were extremely incompetent because the entire point of a "death camp" was to make sure nobody came out alive, or something isn't adding up to this story. Pick one.
It's crazy to me that camps of this nature still exist in North Korea but are completely disregarded by the rest of the world. Or the camps in China that have held the Uyghurs for years. Both are completely overlooked by the rest of the world.
I would argue that the genocide in Gaza is even more reason to watch documentaries like these. It's a way for people to contextualize the horrors that humans are capable of, and to hopefully inspire change.
This documentary tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes of Boris Pahor, the oldest living survivor of the concentration camps and still sharp at the age of 107. Pahor was a prisoner at Dachau, Bergen-Belsen and Natzweiler.
In an exclusive interview he talks about his fight against fascism and the Nazis. Pahor's testimony is supported by extracts from his extraordinary book 'Necropolis' and illustrated with drawings by fellow prisoners, creating a unique record of life and death in the only Nazi concentration camp situated in France: Natzweiler - 'the death camp in the clouds'.
Once viewed, this film is not easily forgotten.
Wow, ppl are living longer now. I just saw a 98 yr old ww2 vet give a speech at the RNC and I thought that was old but 107!? 😮
I am moved by the sheer beauty of the narrative in this program. The last portion about Europe being like a man with a glass eye was breathtakingly moving... and I have read FAR too much war literature in life.
In fact, I view the entire series as preserving vital historical artifacts.
Thank you that you are making these available. I can hardly imagine the work that must go behind each one of them and I hope that educators and the interested public around the world take advantage of them.
This is an excellent documentary. One of the best I have seen. The readings from his books describe everything so vividly. We remember
I didn't know about this camp, and its so fantastic to listen to a survivor, that are able to tell this terrible story, on the dark human history, just 80 years ago, its not so long ago, and we have all to make sure that these times never get a chance again to happen.
Its so cruel times that its hard to take in, for us who were born after the war.
Thanks for an Excellent documentary, that goes strait into our hearts.
This is Incredible, Thank you Free DocumentaryHistory, WE LOVE U!
In the early 1960's I worked in Strasbourg at the Conseil de l'Europe. On weekends friends and I would go on hikes in the Voges mountains. One day we got lost on mountain trails, saw a huge stone pointy 'finger' in the far distance, so we crossed the forests and finally arrived to discover that it was a monument in the shape of a flame. We had discovered Struthof!!! We just stood there in shock, speechless. Terrible! Deep in the forests, horribly cold in winter, the sap in the trees would explode in freezing temperatures. Imagine being there. The nearest villagers said they didn't know it was there(sic). We had never heard it mentioned either. It was, maybe still is, still standing, but I did not want to go inside.
Man I love these documentaries. Thank you for sharing.
What a horrible place. I've never heard of this camp. Thank you Sir for sharing your story.
@@JoeBoozer where u there?
@JoeBoozer what part exactly
@@tylerdevries8226 where you a prisoner?
@shawnastephens1536 no I wasn't where you ?
When i subscribed your YT there are many excited history of documentary, worth to watched it. Thank you so much for uploading.
Thank you to this amazing survivor! Sharing such pain is so courageous...so ty sir for your courage..your story..ty for sharing your amazing self with us. So very much love.. positivity.. happiness..good health and peace to all. PLEASE everyone... LOVE NO HATE🤗
Over the last 25 years i have been here many times taking family and friends. Especially to visit the quarry when the snow is thick on the ground. It seems incomprehensable yet history repeats its self. When i first visited there was only the camp, now there is a vistors centre that pays hommage to those that perished. A sad fact i found this documentary more informative than the visitors centre.
This is brilliant documentary but was hard to read the subtitles at times which was a shame
You cannot judge somebody just by one look of their eyes in a picture although that's hard not to do😢
Bedankt
May your memory be a blessing.
And such atrocities continue......so caught up in an ideology, we lose the humanity...saddens me
Incredible evil tat man can do to his fellow men.
May the victims of this evil RIP.
no voice translation! otherwise good doc
There is audio.
God free us from this type of tyranny
thanks
If I understood what I was told by family members who lived in the area this camp was use for male homosexual who were torture by doctors for experiments.
Do lids ( people ) not understand Gistory or Human suffering brought about by HUMANS!!!
They hoped they would
Die on these matches walking all day and into
The nite with no food or drink
This guy must be 110 now 😮😮
🇨🇵 Mes pensées vont à toutes ces personnes mortes assassinées pour rien 🇨🇵
Fairy tale!!!! how dare you. Another Holocaust denier
He saw too much because he wore glasses…
I find it odd that "death camps" would transfer people from one location to another, multiple times over for some people. Seems to contradict what one would imagine a "death camp" to be.
“ work will set you free”
They also called Labor Camps and Extermination Camps. No matter what you call them, end result always the same 💀
@@124marshEXACTLY! Work until you die. In death, they will be “free.”
Either the Germans were extremely incompetent because the entire point of a "death camp" was to make sure nobody came out alive, or something isn't adding up to this story. Pick one.
Death camps only on Soviet side and the Soviet Union was a [redacted] dictatorship
It's crazy to me that camps of this nature still exist in North Korea but are completely disregarded by the rest of the world. Or the camps in China that have held the Uyghurs for years. Both are completely overlooked by the rest of the world.
somethings off about these death camp stories and ovens
What's off about them?
Tired old stories.
Sorry but with the genocide in gaza I have no interest so I turned of
Then why are you here… don’t compare this to Gaza. Both are terrible. Don’t put one down because of the other.
I would argue that the genocide in Gaza is even more reason to watch documentaries like these. It's a way for people to contextualize the horrors that humans are capable of, and to hopefully inspire change.
All lies.