The horror in these men’s eyes... when they’re recalling these events they aren’t even seeing what’s in front of them they’re back there and you can see it on their face and it breaks my heart.
@LeoS What about the story of - Hitler, they claim, escaped punishment and lived out his life in tranquility in Patagonia until his death in 1962 at the age of 73. Google It. It was a period of conspiracy and I believe that Hitler did run away because lots of countries politicians were involved in ww-2 that is why he got support to escape. Even America knew that he was alive somewhere in Argentina. They never exposed him because of their own fear. They kept it in archive those data in a Confidential Documents.
One day at a supermarket located in N.E. Ohio around 1972, I was 5, mom and I were in the grocery line. A senior citizen behind us began placing her groceries on the counter. As she did I notice numbers on her arm. Having been told to never write on my skin I pointed at her arm and exclaimed: "Hey, she's has writing on her skin." She immediately covered the numbers and said to my mother: "I'm sorry, he shouldn't have to see that, I apologize." My mother and the woman at the register, along with several in line began to assure her it wasn't her fault I had seen what was on her arm. One of the customers said: " Never again." To which others repeated: "Never again." I was told after leaving the store why she had that tattoo and the horrors she must have went through. Man's inhumanity to man is a disease we still haven't cured.
1 million women "from 8 to 80" (as their motto went) graped by the "liberating" Soviets. 100,000 women graped by the "liberating" Americans. Only the blak US soldiers were ever charged with a crime (American eugenics you know). Any war crimes charged for this? Major-General Raymond Hufft (US Army) gave instructions to his troops not to take prisoners when they crossed the Rhine in 1945. "After the war, when he reflected on the war crimes he authorized, he admitted, 'if the Germans had won, I would have been on trial at Nuremberg instead of them.' Surrendering jerrys taken in back and shot under commanders orders. Any war crimes for this? Ok put your head back in the sand. Rah rah USA! We always the good guys cuz merica!
I went to Jewish memorial gallery in Canada and Florida before it was exhausting to be next to a rail car I had to sit down. It felt too close to the present.
Miki Schwartz was my co-worker. In the mid 90's I was a new grad hire and worked with him and his group. I remember him being such a nice person. I also remembered when he wore short sleeve shirts that his Auschwitz tattoo was visible. He had a very positive personality and truly appreciated life.
The most shocking bit of this video for me was when he showed us his tattoo. It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that they can show us first hand evidence of what most of us have only seen in textbooks. It really highlights the reality that these atrocities did not actually occur that long ago.
I met a old man abt 20 yrs ago n he was speaking to us abt surviving the holocaust... he told me that he, his brother, his sister n 2 or 3 others were on a train, they decided to jump off and run... he said they were starving n had to hike abt 80 miles n the snow.. he said he lost his brother n sister b4 they made it to a farmers house n that him n the rest of them almost died from bc they ate so much... anyway, I went up to him after he spoke n asked if I coukd see his tattoo... he said sure n he pulled up his sleeve n showed me... always thought it was interesting to meet a survivor or the holocaust and to see his tattoo...
The democrats are not that bad yet. The current democratic platform as expected is very similar the Nazi's 25 point 1933 platform: www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/25points.htm I for one like that Democrats are moving faster in that direction. The NAZI's did not last much longer and 11 years later their reign ended and the world learned a very simple valuable lesson that lasted 20 years.
I know.. after losing your whole family and after everything you’ve been thru, I would’ve been a depressed shell of a person for a long, long time.. God bless these brave strong men.. 💜🙏🥲
I taught history for 35 years and never pulled my punches when teaching this topic. I used to show some horrific pictures in later years, found deep in the Internet. Often my pupils left these lessons in tears, always in shocked silence, except for those who thanked me as they left. I never once had complaints from parents, in fact many thanked me for not only informing their children, but for opening their own eyes to the horror. Despite this, I have sat and watched this video with tears streaming down my cheeks. The reactions of the second victim particularly, broke my heart. Unfortunately, too many history teachers shy away from this subject, fearing the effect it would have on their classes, and indeed upon themselves. I didn't care if my pupils saw me cry. I wanted them to understand that a man could be affected by this in ways they might not have expected. I wanted them to be so shocked that they would do whatever they could to ensure that it never happens again. Unfortunately though, my small efforts will never be enough. Anyone who has read my comment can add their efforts by sharing this video.
My 8th grade English teacher dedicated an entire week to Holocaust and WWII remembrance. I’m sure it would never fly today, but back then she’d have the principal and several other teachers dressed like German soldiers barge into our classroom and start shouting orders, anyone who didn’t immediately obey or who they simply didn’t like the look of was “killed” and had to remain silent the rest of the period while the others were given random tasks to complete, all the while being shouted at. Eventually everyone was “killed,” and the teacher ended the period talking to us about the camps, the ghettos, the evil of Germany at the time. It probably sounds silly, but man it was a powerful lesson. I’ve never forgotten.
I absolutely agree with u, I am German born 1956 and what my People did during the Holocaust is just absolutely Horrible and I still can't wrap my Head around it, it should never be forgotten. I now live in America for 45 Years, I love this Country, however one thing I don't understand is to this Day there is so much Racism here to this Day against Minoritys mainly Black's Mexicans and Native Americans the only true Americans that was there Country til the white Man came.How come that is not in American History Class?
We cannot begin to comprehend the wickedness, the atrocities, the absolute EVIL conceived in the heart of this demonic ruler.. To be perpetrated on the most innocent, for the "crime" of being the "wrong heritage or race".
It is amazing to see these survivors’ strength. I met Corrie Ten Boom’s family and heard her story that inspired her book and I will never forget their story and what it was like to meet them and see the emotion they had. It wrenches your heart.
Wow, to find Corrie ten Boom’s name here. My uncle brother was Pieter Hartog who worked in the ten Boom’s group mostly in Haarlem. I often visit his grave and daily pass the site he was murdered by the nazis. Unfortunately the family never told me the story of him and Corrie ten Boom, even though I lived in Haarlem and passed that house many times. Corrie ten Boom was an incredible lady, even before the war. Being one of the very few female watch makers in Europe. But she definitely played a major role in the resistance and saving many lives. She spoke fondly of Pieter Hartog in several interviews. He saved many children by taking them from hospitals before they were supposed to be send of to concentration camps.
@@sanderdeboer6034 I´m sorry, I get a bit confused by this part: "My uncle brother.." what does that really mean? Is it a brother of your uncle, that did not have the same mother or father as your own father or mother? However, thanks for contributing to the history! After all, I think that´s why we all are here, because this will never go away, unless we keep it alive. That might actually have sounded more cryptic than I wanted, but I´m thinking of the way that history tends to repeat itself, unless we learn from it. And to learn from something like this, sadly we have to keep it alive. And I would happily remember any casualties or heroes of this war, but I really can do without thinking about it. The horrors seem too extreme
@@olenilsen4660 It was the brother of my uncle, who was the husband of the sister of my grandmother, to be precise. My uncle Jan, who died two years ago, was my favorite uncle who I had the most contact with. And his wife, my aunt, was also the midwife who helped me be delivered into this world. They both lived in Haarlem, also my hometown. And the town were the most famous resistance fighter of the Netherlands came from and operated. Hannie Schaft or as known by the nazis as the ‘girl with the red hair’. There is also a movie you can watch about her story, based on a book with the same title. The brother of my uncle is depicted in two movies, the latest being made in 2015 called ‘Return to the Hiding Place’. His grave is almost next to that of Hannie Schaft, and every year on the 4th of may there is a remembrance walk to the dunes and this grave site where a few hundred resistance fighters are buried. Most of them were murdered in the dunes, and these sites can also be visited. I often walk to these places in the middle of the dunes, and reflect on what they must have felt, knowing they would be killed at that spot. It is a beautiful area, and yet feels like a ‘guilty landscape’. Agree that history repeats itself, as it did with Dutchbat in Srebrenica. Were 8000 men were murdered by the Serbs, who should have been protected by Dutchbat on their UN mission. Dutch military helped the men go on the busses provided by the Serbs and they should have realized that a genocide was likely to happen. However a lot of blame can be given to the UN, for not giving air support when requested by Dutchbat. And war criminals Slobodan Milosevic and Ratko Mladic (Butcher of Srebrenica) are obviously the true criminals in this story. I feel that proper history education could have helped in this situation and it might have prevented it.
@@Peter-976 Maybe if ALL networks did reporting like this, instead of some sort of political agenda, one way or the other, people wouldn’t think there was bias in the media.
@Philip Fabian - This is _exclusively_ the kind of reporting that 60 Minutes conducts… so if much of it has ticked you off recently, you oughta take a good hard look at yourself, and at what it is that you’re supporting - before more innocent folk wind up in Stephen Miller’s concentration camps.
I am in awe of people who overcome and still remain empathetic and kind! “The brutality of it”...the survivor still mourning how others were mistreated brought me to tears.
More than half a century and that gentlemen had no idea his name was crossed off the list...amazing. Just goes to how even a sliver of the smallest luck and good intentions saved people’s lives in such an evil place
Like….how does one even handle that information?! Same for Holocaust in general obvi but seeing that rare line of ink across ur name…I had ALL OF THE FEELINGS!!
I visited Dachau and Auswhitz in 1980, at 22 yrs old, I was with German friends whose relatives were in those camps, and they would not go in. I came out a changed person.
The voices of the survivors are so valuable. I'm so grateful to have met Eva Kor before she passed. As painful as the history is, we must hear their stories.
I'm 60 and served in the U.S. Army in the early '80s in Germany. I got to go to Bergen-Belsen. I showed this to my 17 year old daughter tonight. I want her to know what happened and to make sure that it never happens again. She said that this is so sad. Never forget. This brought tears to our eyes
@@FabledGentleman it's not a competition. All genocides are horrible, ALL. Saying one is not worse because they weren't as many, is reducing people to numbers. In a way, after the last one, all genocides are worse because people knew about the horrors of the past and they stood by and repeated the same mistakes, over and over. Cambodia, Darfur, Rwanda, Rohingya, Bosnia, Anfal, Yazidis... The thought that it keeps happening is sickening.
What if I were to tell you another country did the same thing at the same time on a larger scale, countries hd done it before, countries had done it after, and countries are currently doing it.
Yes, lots of countries in different times in history did some horrible stuff, i worked with about 6 bosnian refugees and i heard some of their stories. So i agree with you.
Absolutely gut wrenching and horrific. Thank you, 60 Minutes, for shining a light on this heartbreaking story. Please continue doing so. We must NEVER FORGET.
Never forget? You dont even know how close you are to a world war........... It was hunger that caused the second world war, the human race world wide was starving............ NATIONAL DEBT.......... when inflation gets to high farmers will not be able to produce food for a profit....... IT WILL COST MORE TO PRODUCE FOOD THAN MONEY THEY CAN MAKE......... Will not be able to afford to farm ANY kind of food........ plant or animal........ You can take that to the bank
@@ashleelarsen5002 You cant grow enuff food to keep from starving. Neither could the people in the Great depression. Why grow a garden when you can invade Poland, then push 6 million Jews into an oven and take all there stuff
The gentleman who is still afraid even so many years later made me cry like baby. We live...I live in a nation and time where some people even in our government deny their pain and experiences...so so so sad.
@LeoS What about the story of - Hitler, they claim, escaped punishment and lived out his life in tranquility in Patagonia until his death in 1962 at the age of 73. Google It. It was a period of conspiracy and I believe that Hitler did run away because lots of countries politicians were involved in ww-2 that is why he got support to escape. Even America knew that he was alive somewhere in Argentina. They never exposed him because of their own fear. They kept it in archive those data in a Confidential Documents.
@@joemiller8482 What about the story of - Hitler, they claim, escaped punishment and lived out his life in tranquility in Patagonia until his death in 1962 at the age of 73. Google It. It was a period of conspiracy and I believe that Hitler did run away because lots of countries politicians were involved in ww-2 that is why he got support to escape. Even America knew that he was alive somewhere in Argentina. They never exposed him because of their own fear. They kept it in archive those data in a Confidential Documents.
Britain stood alone against the Nazi,s for two years and took in 10,000 jewish children under threat ,in 1938,in Operation Kinder Transport.The US refused to fight the Nazi,s till 1942
@@lailacohen3301 Yes they called it “splendid isolation” Britain did similar letting Hitler build a huge force before they took action.After the war America set up the UN to try to prevent war as it had been dragged into two massive world wars.They decided to police the world to stop it coming to them and much bigger.
My great uncle helped Liberate Dora in April of 1945. He passed a few pictures from the liberation to be. I keep them as a reminder of the transgressions that happened.
@@bg9217 it’s a really interesting story. Like they mentioned in the video, Dora was brutal. My great uncle didn’t really talk about it but said it the worst thing he’d seen in his life. The camp basically was the starting ground for the space program since it’s where they built the v-2 missile.
kennerfreak7 you should definitely pass those pictures on (or digital copies) to a museum. Things like that need to be preserved to tell the whole story’s. There is one famous photo book which contained pictures of victims arriving to aushwiz, otherwise there aren’t many other photos of that process.
There are no words, to write, or heart felt vibrations to give, through the internet, to express to those that went through thee most horrendous moments in time. These men, women and children will never be forgotten and hopefully mankind will never repeat such madness!
As sobering as this is, imagine the millions of untold stories from genocides the world over from the 20th century alone. China, Rwanda, Cambodia, etc. The human loss and suffering of surviving relatives is, to me, incalculable.
My grandfather survived Treblinka concentration camp. He never talked one word about it. That archive is extremely important, it is a catalog of crimes but also a shrine to the millions who were murdered and a voice for those who could not speak.
@@muttleycrew You know my grandfathers unit liberated 2 death camps,one Yad Vashem hasnt recognized yet but I know they were there...it was a small camp and his battalion was there.Im saying this for anyone to read.The jews gave me the 66 books of the bible which helped me so much through terrible times.Without them I wouldnt have Moses,Joseph...Daniel..the 10 commandments...I wouldnt have Jesus or the Apsotles who were Jews...I have so much gratitude for Jews sharing there culture with me and Im so glad my grandfather was able to help them by wiping out Nazis and helping them get out of those camps...I just wish it could have been sooner..I really do.
@@wirelessone2986 Thank you for your reply. I am grateful to all those who fought against the Nazis and a special expression of gratitude to all those who liberated the camps. Thanks again for a kind and thoughtful reply.
It's just astounding, the sheer volume of paperwork/data & photos that were locked away for so many years. To see these 3 men look at their sign in sheets after so many years was amazing.
Or the Armenians. Most people don’t know about the Armenian genocide that occurred in the early 1900s by the Ottoman Empire. It was the first time a group of people were systematically executed by a governmental body. The word for genocide wasn’t coined until World War 2, so this horrible injustice is largely forgotten.
I can't imagine having to walk around with that serial number on your arm for the rest of your life, being constantly reminded, as if you could ever forget.
@@uio890138 maybe by some tiny chance you’ll be right in the future but to compare vaccine passports to the holocaust at this point is insulting to what these people went through
@@rossforrest . Okay so watch Triumph des Willens or Blut und Boden, they were very emotional movies too. Since we're dealing with emotions and not facts why not?
@@rossforrest oh I do read, I read a lot, I read enough to know that it was the Soviets who liberated all the large death camps. So that tells me that all the facts were run through the Soviet propaganda machine before they got to Hollywood, and then Hollywood used artistic license to write a fictional drama. If you wrote a movie based on facts it would have all the emotion and appeal of one of those School films you were shown from the American zinc council
As someone with German ancestry (ancestors came to the US in the 1850s), I hope I never find that a distant relative remained in Germany and was part of this horrific, evil and brutal act. I'm proud of my German ancestry (as I am of my Irish and French-Canadian ancestry as well), but I couldn't help but break down in tears when I visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC in 2019.
I have personally known two wonderful individuals that were survivors of Auschwitz. A brother and sister. The brother at the age of 10 was assigned to remove the gold from the bodies of those that had been exterminated. These two individuals somehow held on to their sanity, their passion for life and compassion other people. They are still an inspiration to me, but also a reminder of how very little it takes for a human being to become disconnected and ruthless.
I would like to express my deep condolences to everybody to whom this generation of Germans ( my grandparents generation) caused harm . We shall never again turn against each other , we’re equal . Brothers, sisters, fellow humans who will benefit greatly from supporting each other through openness and generosity. War, conflict and suppression needs to be avoided at all cost and it is all of our responsibility to make sure that we uphold those values of peace and community.
@@thenowchurch6419 You and anyone who agrees with you is so stupid. Your pals like AOC and others are calling to barr trump allies from ever holding office, trying to strip them financially, turn off their income (social media) and YET you actually believe us trump supporters are fascist. If we were, don't you think that over the past 4 years something would have been done about Trump's loudest critics? Sorry to break your bubble, but your despicable to not be able to see this. Have fun on your moral high ground
@@Ronald-qs1pn Maybe you should ask for clarification before jumping to assumptions. Just because I am anti-Trump does not mean I support AOC or the Dems. Just because I used the term Trumpist fascists does not mean that I consider every Trump supporter , a fascist. Also a Trumpist fascist in my estimation is a unique kind which operates with cowardly stealth and had not reached the level of confidence and popular support that they deemed sufficient to start rounding up enemies. But its okay you can vent your feelings here.
True. As a kid in the early 80s i remember boys playing around doing the extended arm salute saying 'Heil Hitler' I knew it meant something bad by the way people reacted to it but i didnt know what the horrible details till high school history class learning about WW2. I dont think schools spend that much time on that period anymore.
@@047Kenny hahah it's mental that people like you seem to think you have some sort of inside information that other people are just too stupid to wrap their heads around. Your wrong btw. Do yourself a favour and watch TIKs video on German violence against women during the war
Honoring the memory of the holocaust as a whole by focusing on ordinary personal stories of everyday lives is such an incredibly touching tribute. Be proud of those numbers and keep telling your story.
It's wonderful to hear from these survivors. To know that they escaped the horror of the camps. I have the deepest respect for them and the way they preserved their humanity afterward.
It's been going on, since the beginning of time. Shouldn't surprise anyone. Similar goes on in China today and the NBA is fine with it as long as their games are shown in China and they all get paid.
Spoiled young entitled brats need to see this. They believe they have it so difficult and are a victim. Lol these people always picked themselves up and succeeded in life and never used what happened ad a excuse.
@@floridaarmyvet3613 that’s what I’m saying, they have it so easy now and most take it for granted and get upset over the smallest things and try to make it out like it’s something tragic
When Mr. Schwartz's name came up on that deportation list, my own heart was thumping with fear. I can only imagine how he felt realizing how close he came to certain death.
In your shedding of transparency on these horrific times, you have provided something wonderfully important to these survivors. Their stories have been heard and legitimized; they are hero’s now. You are to be commended by us all for your important works in journalism.
It takes you’re breath away at what these poor ppl went thru. The sadness is overwhelming , the sadness . It’s nothing but a dark cloud as they never did get any kind of Justice . The ppl that survived had to live with these horrific memories inside of them all of these years . I just cannot imagine!
Sad that it took that long to put this into the history of the world. I know Germany is extremely embarrassed but no country can say they don't have skeletons in their closets of history
They are ashamed rather than embarrassed, however they are not responsible for the actions of previous generations. Also Germany was not hiding the documents as you imply.
@@georgeshepherd6431 not that it’s a moment of pride as it is indeed moment of shame, I wouldn’t dare compare to be of similar terms to the events of the Holocaust. Then again I may be misinterpreting your comment especially in relation to the original.
Don't hate. You know which side of America is hating excessively and who is fostering the hatred. One person who used to keep a copy of Hitler's speeches by his bedside. Guess who. Type his name and "Hitler's speeches" as keywords into the search entry, and you find the proof. You can be sad about the depravity of such people.
RUclips needs to stop running ads during videos of tragedies like this. It for one disrupts the mood, and secondly, it is a form of disrespect. I know the algo is not smart enough but maybe there is something that can be done.
So... Stop running adds during a documentary on the invasion of the mongals, or the spanish conquistadors? Why do you think these exist? To generate money, if you wanted non profit, there is this thing called a library... Comment doesn't make much sense.
@@HistorysMysterys makes perfect sense not wanting to see some fat clown in a pair of sunglasses whistling a tune and then asking Google to tell him the title of the song “Dance Monkey”
Not only did these men survive one of the most horrific tragedies of our time, but they have a daily reminder tattooed on their forearm. I can't even imagine. *tears
How could humans do this to other humans and then others deny that it happened? RIP to these three gentleman who saw more than anyone should ever see or go through but were strong enough to survive.
It was hunger that caused the second world war, the human race world wide was starving............ NATIONAL DEBT.......... when inflation gets to high farmers will not be able to produce food for a profit....... IT WILL COST MORE TO PRODUCE FOOD THAN MONEY THEY CAN MAKE......... Will not be able to afford to farm ANY kind of food........ plant or animal........ You can take that to the bank
My heart goes out to these men and any survivors. In 1990 I visited the Dachau sites with a few friends. It was one of the saddest experiences I’ve ever had. On the vast property there was no signs of life… meaning birds or squirrels. Just dead silence and it was very eerie even though it was a beautiful and sunny spring day. I’ve always enjoyed learning about history but this was on a whole other level. We stood on a small area of a huge concrete slab where they would have held roll call. Then we were told that a spot a few feet away was where Hitler would stand and speak to the prisoners while visiting the camp. I remember that we all were overcome with great sorrow and a deep sense of dread. Upon leaving I kept thinking that the town right outside the prison had to know that this was going on.
Ofcourse, the people of the towns and cities. knew very well..!! They all knew from the start when they passed the jews with the star of david on them, they could smell the stench from the crematoriums, see the jews transported in air tight shut train compartments, they saw them being dragged out of their houses and loaded onto trucks by the Nazis and watched the jewish homes emptied. What about all those crowds Hitler mesmerized with his volatile speeches? Everybody knew. Just that the German Christians alive pretended not to know at the end of the last century...
I also had the honor of meeting Eva Kor. She graciously spoke at the school I work at. I briefly spoke with her before the assembly started. Such a strong person.
How could a person, let alone a people, do such horrible things. It’s heartbreaking. My Grandmother survived a concentration camp where she watched her mother die. Unfortunately history repeats itself
U ask a good question...has an answer..... I saw a documentary... after WW 1 brits...everyone evolved blame Germany 🇩🇪for ww1... made them pay crazy reparations...humiliation...Frenchman died and as procession passed French officer kicked German n thebutt cause he didn't remove his hat.... same kind f mistreatment white do to us... thing is Germany was building pipe line from Bagdad to Berlin? (Oil) brits didn't have/ didn't want them to have ..... felt jews betrayed/ stabbed n the back.... I'M NOT DEFENDING/ EXCUSING.... A .ILLION GERMAN MARKS (DOLLARS) 1 EGG. HIT BABY CAME.... SAID HOLD YO HEADS UP.... GIVE US THE LAND U TOOK.... AFTER WW 2 EVEN.... GERMANY STRONGEST EUROPEAN COUNTRY!!!! (AGAIN)
Have a look at who the mightiest nation in the world elected as their former president. If you can figure out how that happened, you´ve got your answer.
Still ongoing. Just look at the number of missing or dead indigenous women here and in Canada. It is absolutely shameful and disgusting the way we treat Native Americans.
To Jack Rosenthal: Although I don't know the names of all who were murdered, you should know that I have cried many tears for them - and if you had been among them, some of my tears would have been for you.
I remember watching this when it first aired and I have thought about it a lot of the years. Watching this left a hole in my heart then and it was opened up again today.
He never asked if he recognized any of the other name... You know when he read that paper that he knew some of those people... Truly a dark time in human history
These survivors are extremely strong and beautiful souls. Its heartbreaking that people like hitler chose to endure such pain and suffering onto other human beings. Just heartbreaking. No one deserve such horrific experiences, life is already tough on it own (working, self esteem, family, health etc)) and we constantly make it even harder for fellow people . Wow
My grandma used to tell me stories about how her grandma would hide the Jews in her home in Amsterdam. Whenever the Nazis came knocking on her door, she would put her hair over her face, take her teeth out and babble like she was mentally impaired. The soldiers would just look at her and move on. Though I never knew my great-great grandma, I’m certainly proud of her and her heroism.❤️
@@graceg3250 that certainly was possibility but thankfully the soldiers didn’t want to bother. If that happened, my entire family on my mom’s side wouldn’t be here. Crazy to think how one decision can change everything in one’s life or the course of history.
Some of the stories they're telling are just horrible but at the same time it's good that it's being documented so people never forget what really happened, as hard as it may be to hear. Thank you to these absolutely brave people for visiting the archive and telling their stories.
Jack Rosenthal, you are wrong; many of us share many tears for you AND your family. We cry for you all. My heart breaks for you, your family and all who were and are affected by this unthinkable evil. I’m so sorry.
One of the most horrifying moments and events of crimes and evil against humanity... Going to the Holocaust museum in Washington along with finally watching the Schindler List film, reading Elie Wiesel’s Night, Anne Frank’s quotes forever changed and touched me in a way. 💔💔💔#NeverForget
This was amazing. I literally cried my eyes out watching this. No doubt if heaven exists there is definitely a special place for the folks that went through this.
Linda C Young. I am so hurt that I can not hear any more of these horrific stories . It is so sad to hear about them from afar and now to see them as reality is too much for me as I am feeling their pain now
Members of my son’s family (on his fathers side) were executed at Babi Yar. Part of 30,000 people killed in less than 3 days. I can’t wrap my brain around that much loss.
I set off the alarm there and all the metal barriers came down in 1996 because I rubbed the stump that marked the grave of 60,000 victims. I was doing the Showtime at the Apollo "good luck" thing that they do with the tree stump at the Apollo. (shrug)
Thank you for sharing this 60 min. It is important to keep a record of that dark episode of our history as evidence and pass it on to future generations in order to remind ourselves that fight against hate is a never won battle. My grandfather survived Auschwitz and to this day I hear people denying the existence of holocaust and extermination camps. I can tell you much damage this did to our family and how the trauma get passed on across generations. What history teach us is that the persecution of one group or ethnicity is a failure of humanity as a whole. What happened recently is a warning that we must keep on investing in education, tolerance and fight hate and racism at its very core.
The democrats are not that bad yet. The current democratic platform as expected is very similar the Nazi's 25 point 1933 platform: www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/25points.htm I for one like that Democrats are moving faster in that direction. The NAZI's did not last much longer and 11 years later their reign ended and the world learned a very simple valuable lesson that lasted 20 years.
Watching this on the eve of the 20 yr anniversary of 9/11, at the end of the war in Afghanistan, during the time of the global covid pandemic and global warming. Still with all this current sadness, the personal stories of holocaust survivors 76 years ago is the most heartbreaking of all. We must *never* forget these stories.
@@DavidJohnson-hg1mz I figured you would be too idiotic to get my drift. Clearly, I was being sarcastic. I get it was too much and went over your head
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I couldn't imagine learning, after my whole life, that I was on a list basically sentencing me to my death and someone simply crossed me out.
Could you imagine slavery... and most our owners become politicians
They had me on the list, I "talked" them out of it.
Get real. Ever had a rat cage on yur face?
We should start a band : the rubber shooters
Or the faculty
Mabey blue
And yet if I told you that this happens in America, half of Americans would plead ignorance
@@Treysorable what’s slavery??
The horror in these men’s eyes... when they’re recalling these events they aren’t even seeing what’s in front of them they’re back there and you can see it on their face and it breaks my heart.
@LeoS What about the story of - Hitler, they claim, escaped punishment and lived out his life in tranquility in Patagonia until his death in 1962 at the age of 73. Google It.
It was a period of conspiracy and I believe that Hitler did run away because lots of countries politicians were involved in ww-2 that is why he got support to escape. Even America knew that he was alive somewhere in Argentina. They never exposed him because of their own fear. They kept it in archive those data in a Confidential Documents.
Me too I cried watching this
@@janinecaramanus1392I laughed
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To see him looking at that line through his name for the first time was blood chilling.
One day at a supermarket located in N.E. Ohio around 1972, I was 5, mom and I were in the grocery line. A senior citizen behind us began placing her groceries on the counter. As she did I notice numbers on her arm. Having been told to never write on my skin I pointed at her arm and exclaimed: "Hey, she's has writing on her skin." She immediately covered the numbers and said to my mother: "I'm sorry, he shouldn't have to see that, I apologize."
My mother and the woman at the register, along with several in line began to assure her it wasn't her fault I had seen what was on her arm. One of the customers said: " Never again." To which others repeated: "Never again." I was told after leaving the store why she had that tattoo and the horrors she must have went through. Man's inhumanity to man is a disease we still haven't cured.
Gaza strip...😊
1 million women "from 8 to 80" (as their motto went) graped by the "liberating" Soviets. 100,000 women graped by the "liberating" Americans. Only the blak US soldiers were ever charged with a crime (American eugenics you know). Any war crimes charged for this?
Major-General Raymond Hufft (US Army) gave instructions to his troops not to take prisoners when they crossed the Rhine in 1945. "After the war, when he reflected on the war crimes he authorized, he admitted, 'if the Germans had won, I would have been on trial at Nuremberg instead of them.' Surrendering jerrys taken in back and shot under commanders orders. Any war crimes for this?
Ok put your head back in the sand. Rah rah USA! We always the good guys cuz merica!
We must all remember that history repeats itself. We should be more aware of what’s going on around us.
Unfortunately that is true. Israel is practicing apartheid against Palestinians. They’re only vaccinating Jews.
Qanon ppl, racists, anti-semites, all showed up at the US capitol 1/6/2021 and got nothing but a slap on the wrist.
Indeed.
The first
Etb is 5⁵5
So important to hear these survivors. Hard to not cry.
I agree and I am no snowflake but a strong man with emotions. You may want to get some therapy.
@@mtadams2009 if you have to clarify i am not so sure thats true.
I went to Jewish memorial gallery in Canada and Florida before it was exhausting to be next to a rail car I had to sit down. It felt too close to the present.
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Miki Schwartz was my co-worker. In the mid 90's I was a new grad hire and worked with him and his group. I remember him being such a nice person. I also remembered when he wore short sleeve shirts that his Auschwitz tattoo was visible. He had a very positive personality and truly appreciated life.
Thanks for sharing this fine information with us.
What an amazing man..
Wow. You seem blessed to have known him.
He was my dad as well
Wow. You were lucky to know him
The most shocking bit of this video for me was when he showed us his tattoo. It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that they can show us first hand evidence of what most of us have only seen in textbooks. It really highlights the reality that these atrocities did not actually occur that long ago.
I met a old man abt 20 yrs ago n he was speaking to us abt surviving the holocaust... he told me that he, his brother, his sister n 2 or 3 others were on a train, they decided to jump off and run... he said they were starving n had to hike abt 80 miles n the snow.. he said he lost his brother n sister b4 they made it to a farmers house n that him n the rest of them almost died from bc they ate so much... anyway, I went up to him after he spoke n asked if I coukd see his tattoo... he said sure n he pulled up his sleeve n showed me... always thought it was interesting to meet a survivor or the holocaust and to see his tattoo...
@NahtzeeDice 💩
But yet some people still think this was fake even after being presented with facts.
The way these men carried on afterwards and picked up the pieces is so inspiring to me. They are so strong to be able to do this.
@Eti Bronx he didn’t say it was easy for them. Calm down
@@ahwasright1364 - Your comments make absolutely no sense.
Same with Black and Native Americans
The democrats are not that bad yet. The current democratic platform as expected is very similar the Nazi's 25 point 1933 platform: www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/25points.htm
I for one like that Democrats are moving faster in that direction. The NAZI's did not last much longer and 11 years later their reign ended and the world learned a very simple valuable lesson that lasted 20 years.
I know.. after losing your whole family and after everything you’ve been thru, I would’ve been a depressed shell of a person for a long, long time.. God bless these brave strong men.. 💜🙏🥲
I taught history for 35 years and never pulled my punches when teaching this topic. I used to show some horrific pictures in later years, found deep in the Internet. Often my pupils left these lessons in tears, always in shocked silence, except for those who thanked me as they left. I never once had complaints from parents, in fact many thanked me for not only informing their children, but for opening their own eyes to the horror.
Despite this, I have sat and watched this video with tears streaming down my cheeks. The reactions of the second victim particularly, broke my heart.
Unfortunately, too many history teachers shy away from this subject, fearing the effect it would have on their classes, and indeed upon themselves. I didn't care if my pupils saw me cry. I wanted them to understand that a man could be affected by this in ways they might not have expected. I wanted them to be so shocked that they would do whatever they could to ensure that it never happens again.
Unfortunately though, my small efforts will never be enough. Anyone who has read my comment can add their efforts by sharing this video.
My 8th grade English teacher dedicated an entire week to Holocaust and WWII remembrance. I’m sure it would never fly today, but back then she’d have the principal and several other teachers dressed like German soldiers barge into our classroom and start shouting orders, anyone who didn’t immediately obey or who they simply didn’t like the look of was “killed” and had to remain silent the rest of the period while the others were given random tasks to complete, all the while being shouted at. Eventually everyone was “killed,” and the teacher ended the period talking to us about the camps, the ghettos, the evil of Germany at the time. It probably sounds silly, but man it was a powerful lesson. I’ve never forgotten.
My kids HS has a Holocaust class. They also took a trip to Auschwitz. There was no such thing when I was in HS in the 80’s.
I absolutely agree with u, I am German born 1956 and what my People did during the Holocaust is just absolutely Horrible and I still can't wrap my Head around it, it should never be forgotten. I now live in America for 45 Years, I love this Country, however one thing I don't understand is to this Day there is so much Racism here to this Day against Minoritys mainly Black's Mexicans and Native Americans the only true Americans that was there Country til the white Man came.How come that is not in American History Class?
@@heidrunwoodall8020 I wonder how they teach the history of the holocaust in Germany
My daughter attended a semester long class dedicated to the studies of the holocaust. She taught me a thing or two.
“The bureaucracy of the devil”: that gave chills to my spine.
We cannot begin to comprehend the wickedness, the atrocities, the absolute EVIL conceived in the heart of this demonic ruler.. To be perpetrated on the most innocent, for the "crime" of being the "wrong heritage or race".
"The Father of Lies." No kidding.
Sandra Sharp he wasn't demonic but just a human being . Thats scary.
Yesss.
Lol
It is amazing to see these survivors’ strength. I met Corrie Ten Boom’s family and heard her story that inspired her book and I will never forget their story and what it was like to meet them and see the emotion they had. It wrenches your heart.
@touchdownwings
Wow, to find Corrie ten Boom’s name here. My uncle brother was Pieter Hartog who worked in the ten Boom’s group mostly in Haarlem. I often visit his grave and daily pass the site he was murdered by the nazis. Unfortunately the family never told me the story of him and Corrie ten Boom, even though I lived in Haarlem and passed that house many times.
Corrie ten Boom was an incredible lady, even before the war. Being one of the very few female watch makers in Europe. But she definitely played a major role in the resistance and saving many lives. She spoke fondly of Pieter Hartog in several interviews. He saved many children by taking them from hospitals before they were supposed to be send of to concentration camps.
@@sanderdeboer6034 I´m sorry, I get a bit confused by this part: "My uncle brother.." what does that really mean? Is it a brother of your uncle, that did not have the same mother or father as your own father or mother? However, thanks for contributing to the history! After all, I think that´s why we all are here, because this will never go away, unless we keep it alive. That might actually have sounded more cryptic than I wanted, but I´m thinking of the way that history tends to repeat itself, unless we learn from it. And to learn from something like this, sadly we have to keep it alive. And I would happily remember any casualties or heroes of this war, but I really can do without thinking about it. The horrors seem too extreme
@@olenilsen4660 It was the brother of my uncle, who was the husband of the sister of my grandmother, to be precise. My uncle Jan, who died two years ago, was my favorite uncle who I had the most contact with. And his wife, my aunt, was also the midwife who helped me be delivered into this world. They both lived in Haarlem, also my hometown.
And the town were the most famous resistance fighter of the Netherlands came from and operated. Hannie Schaft or as known by the nazis as the ‘girl with the red hair’. There is also a movie you can watch about her story, based on a book with the same title. The brother of my uncle is depicted in two movies, the latest being made in 2015 called ‘Return to the Hiding Place’.
His grave is almost next to that of Hannie Schaft, and every year on the 4th of may there is a remembrance walk to the dunes and this grave site where a few hundred resistance fighters are buried. Most of them were murdered in the dunes, and these sites can also be visited. I often walk to these places in the middle of the dunes, and reflect on what they must have felt, knowing they would be killed at that spot.
It is a beautiful area, and yet feels like a ‘guilty landscape’.
Agree that history repeats itself, as it did with Dutchbat in Srebrenica. Were 8000 men were murdered by the Serbs, who should have been protected by Dutchbat on their UN mission. Dutch military helped the men go on the busses provided by the Serbs and they should have realized that a genocide was likely to happen.
However a lot of blame can be given to the UN, for not giving air support when requested by Dutchbat. And war criminals Slobodan Milosevic and Ratko Mladic (Butcher of Srebrenica) are obviously the true criminals in this story. I feel that proper history education could have helped in this situation and it might have prevented it.
Can 60 minutes go back to doing reporting like this?
@Philip Fabian they still do this type of reporting. You just need to stop watching Fox.
@@Peter-976 Maybe if ALL networks did reporting like this, instead of some sort of political agenda, one way or the other, people wouldn’t think there was bias in the media.
Peter They most certainly do not. Propaganda, pure and simple. Worthless.
@Philip Fabian - This is _exclusively_ the kind of reporting that 60 Minutes conducts… so if much of it has ticked you off recently, you oughta take a good hard look at yourself, and at what it is that you’re supporting - before more innocent folk wind up in Stephen Miller’s concentration camps.
Ricky Tenderkiss Years ago if 60 Minutes reported on an issue, it was pretty rock solid. Now, it's mostly solid political propaganda for the left.
I am in awe of people who overcome and still remain empathetic and kind! “The brutality of it”...the survivor still mourning how others were mistreated brought me to tears.
"I hope the good lord sees it (referring to tattoo) and puts me front row center, because I deserve it"
Ive been to Jerusalem...the Jews are an amazing warm,kind people.The teenagers are a treasure also..I got to talk to some.
Are you crying now for Ukrain because its happening again.
THIS is what Trumpism wants to become. And they don't even see it. Or don't care.
Yes, it is hard to see the pain on another humans face. May God bless them!
More than half a century and that gentlemen had no idea his name was crossed off the list...amazing. Just goes to how even a sliver of the smallest luck and good intentions saved people’s lives in such an evil place
That gave me goosebumps
Like….how does one even handle that information?! Same for Holocaust in general obvi but seeing that rare line of ink across ur name…I had ALL OF THE FEELINGS!!
I am so curious as to who striked his name and why... 🤔
His life was saved to be a witness.
You wonder who crossed-off his name and why. Only his guardian angels and G-d know, and I am sure one day the truth will be revealed to him.
I visited Dachau and Auswhitz in 1980, at 22 yrs old, I was with German friends whose relatives were in those camps, and they would not go in. I came out a changed person.
I visited Auschwitz in 2007 and when I left I wasn't the same person who went in.
The voices of the survivors are so valuable. I'm so grateful to have met Eva Kor before she passed. As painful as the history is, we must hear their stories.
How long until we pull up this info about the Uighurs in China and make it public.
not enough. free my muslim brothers & sisters
Or the Black Africans being sold into Slavery in North Africa and the Arab World
I don't think China will keep the files as Germans did...
@@markgreiser464 So you're cool with the concentration camps for Uighurs? The forced sterilizations? The torture?
@@markgreiser464 👍😀🇦🇺
I remember meeting a camp survivor when I was a kid in Brazil. Never forget seeing the numbers on her arm. Her name was Sarah.
@@jewbaccacod5817 That is a terrible thing to say please stop.
@@jewbaccacod5817 Not even funny. These people went through h*ll and back.
@@annafrohman6460 Well said.
COME TO BRAZIL🇧🇷🤪🍑🍆😈
@@jewbaccacod5817 lmao
I'm 60 and served in the U.S. Army in the early '80s in Germany. I got to go to Bergen-Belsen. I showed this to my 17 year old daughter tonight. I want her to know what happened and to make sure that it never happens again. She said that this is so sad. Never forget. This brought tears to our eyes
It does and it's 1922 right now
@@demiarmes9103 you think it's at 1922 I'd say closer to 1929 so you think the bulsiviks are just now starting?
were you in Heidelberg mannheim Wiesbaden ? I was there also. but I stayed still to this day.
It’s happening in Gaza today
This is so evil it is hard to comprehend it could of ever been part of history.
@August Abraham Yesss in Rwanda...💔🇷🇼😢
@August Abraham How is Rwanda worse? We are talking 800.000 killed vs 6 million.
@@FabledGentleman it's not a competition. All genocides are horrible, ALL. Saying one is not worse because they weren't as many, is reducing people to numbers. In a way, after the last one, all genocides are worse because people knew about the horrors of the past and they stood by and repeated the same mistakes, over and over. Cambodia, Darfur, Rwanda, Rohingya, Bosnia, Anfal, Yazidis... The thought that it keeps happening is sickening.
What if I were to tell you another country did the same thing at the same time on a larger scale, countries hd done it before, countries had done it after, and countries are currently doing it.
Yes, lots of countries in different times in history did some horrible stuff, i worked with about 6 bosnian refugees and i heard some of their stories. So i agree with you.
Glad these archives are being opened up - as grotesque and horrific these events were, it's history that needs to be remembered and learned from.
We need to learn from the mistake of others. And so that history won’t have to repeat it’s self
@@arnoldhernandez1910 Exactly!
@@arnoldhernandez1910 I believe it could happen again. History has a habit of repeating itself.
I’m curious why important documents are sealed away at all. Why do we have to wait years?
Meanwhile global illegal fascist lockdowns but ya you’re glad about history and wanna learn from it…. 🤦🏼
Absolutely gut wrenching and horrific. Thank you, 60 Minutes, for shining a light on this heartbreaking story. Please continue doing so. We must NEVER FORGET.
Never forget? You dont even know how close you are to a world war........... It was hunger that caused the second world war, the human race world wide was starving............ NATIONAL DEBT.......... when inflation gets to high farmers will not be able to produce food for a profit....... IT WILL COST MORE TO PRODUCE FOOD THAN MONEY THEY CAN MAKE......... Will not be able to afford to farm ANY kind of food........ plant or animal........ You can take that to the bank
@@clemsmith8799 Potatoes are great, I'm going to start a garden.
@@ashleelarsen5002 You cant grow enuff food to keep from starving. Neither could the people in the Great depression. Why grow a garden when you can invade Poland, then push 6 million Jews into an oven and take all there stuff
The gentleman who is still afraid even so many years later made me cry like baby. We live...I live in a nation and time where some people even in our government deny their pain and experiences...so so so sad.
My heart hurts for these survivors and feels glad for their triumph.
TRIUMPH.. THAT'S WHEN JESUS RETURNS..UNTILL THEN ITS ONLY PAIN FROM MANKIND😭
Me too
@LeoS What about the story of - Hitler, they claim, escaped punishment and lived out his life in tranquility in Patagonia until his death in 1962 at the age of 73. Google It.
It was a period of conspiracy and I believe that Hitler did run away because lots of countries politicians were involved in ww-2 that is why he got support to escape. Even America knew that he was alive somewhere in Argentina. They never exposed him because of their own fear. They kept it in archive those data in a Confidential Documents.
@@joemiller8482 What about the story of - Hitler, they claim, escaped punishment and lived out his life in tranquility in Patagonia until his death in 1962 at the age of 73. Google It.
It was a period of conspiracy and I believe that Hitler did run away because lots of countries politicians were involved in ww-2 that is why he got support to escape. Even America knew that he was alive somewhere in Argentina. They never exposed him because of their own fear. They kept it in archive those data in a Confidential Documents.
What about. . . I have sympathy for Hitler. . That tells me alot about you. . Sad. . Welp
A necessary and important story to tell. Right now I'm shaking my head thinking about the Holocaust deniers. Good God.
Britain stood alone against the Nazi,s for two years and took in 10,000 jewish children under threat ,in 1938,in Operation Kinder Transport.The US refused to fight the Nazi,s till 1942
@@Jack-fs2im Very sad. But in their defense. They saw it as a European issue until Pearl Harbor.
@@lailacohen3301 Yes they called it “splendid isolation” Britain did similar letting Hitler build a huge force before they took action.After the war America set up the UN to try to prevent war as it had been dragged into two massive world wars.They decided to police the world to stop it coming to them and much bigger.
Sam ones who deny the pandemic. Sad so sad.
Ignorance makes people commit the worst and now the same breed denies COVID
My great uncle helped Liberate Dora in April of 1945. He passed a few pictures from the liberation to be. I keep them as a reminder of the transgressions that happened.
Wow that's amazing knowing you have a true blue hero in your family. I've read and watched a lot on the Holocaust, but I never heard of Dora.
@@bg9217 it’s a really interesting story. Like they mentioned in the video, Dora was brutal. My great uncle didn’t really talk about it but said it the worst thing he’d seen in his life. The camp basically was the starting ground for the space program since it’s where they built the v-2 missile.
kennerfreak7 you should definitely pass those pictures on (or digital copies) to a museum. Things like that need to be preserved to tell the whole story’s. There is one famous photo book which contained pictures of victims arriving to aushwiz, otherwise there aren’t many other photos of that process.
@@jeb419 I emailed the American Holocaust museum to see if they’d be interested.
kennerfreak7 thats awesome!
There are no words, to write, or heart felt vibrations to give, through the internet, to express to those that went through thee most horrendous moments in time. These men, women and children will never be forgotten and hopefully mankind will never repeat such madness!
i will never ever get used to hearing these stories. my heart breaks every time and i cry
Me too....I cry over hearing these stories.
As sobering as this is, imagine the millions of untold stories from genocides the world over from the 20th century alone. China, Rwanda, Cambodia, etc. The human loss and suffering of surviving relatives is, to me, incalculable.
Everything that happened 60years ago, is still on going today in Germany society.
Me to so so sad 😥
Learn what was Holodomor and Bolshevism. Names like Yagoda and Kaganovich and Yezhov should be spoken.
My heart hurts so much hearing their stories..
S O O N
Copies of everything should have been put in a public museum and eventually on a digital museum.
Thank you.
12:03 that’s quite possibly the most intense and profound statement I’ve ever heard
My grandfather survived Treblinka concentration camp. He never talked one word about it. That archive is extremely important, it is a catalog of crimes but also a shrine to the millions who were murdered and a voice for those who could not speak.
Wow. Not many survived Treblinka... I can only imagine how traumatising it was for him.
@Otto Yes he survived Treblinka. Fascinating that this annoys you.
@@muttleycrew You know my grandfathers unit liberated 2 death camps,one Yad Vashem hasnt recognized yet but I know they were there...it was a small camp and his battalion was there.Im saying this for anyone to read.The jews gave me the 66 books of the bible which helped me so much through terrible times.Without them I wouldnt have Moses,Joseph...Daniel..the 10 commandments...I wouldnt have Jesus or the Apsotles who were Jews...I have so much gratitude for Jews sharing there culture with me and Im so glad my grandfather was able to help them by wiping out Nazis and helping them get out of those camps...I just wish it could have been sooner..I really do.
@@wirelessone2986 Thank you for your reply. I am grateful to all those who fought against the Nazis and a special expression of gratitude to all those who liberated the camps.
Thanks again for a kind and thoughtful reply.
@@muttleycrew Its all true every word
The fact that Jack has such a great sense of humor after everything he went through blows my mind.
Humor is what gets us through the hardest days
I was thinking the very same thing..
It's just astounding, the sheer volume of paperwork/data & photos that were locked away for so many years. To see these 3 men look at their sign in sheets after so many years was amazing.
I'm so sorry for those three men, all of the survivors and all of the people who died in the concentration camps.
Same… I also remember the Chinese and Russian people.
Or the Armenians. Most people don’t know about the Armenian genocide that occurred in the early 1900s by the Ottoman Empire. It was the first time a group of people were systematically executed by a governmental body. The word for genocide wasn’t coined until World War 2, so this horrible injustice is largely forgotten.
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Yes kmy
@@FckYourFeelingsYT you 😊
I can't imagine having to walk around with that serial number on your arm for the rest of your life, being constantly reminded, as if you could ever forget.
That's a helluva point...
I mean they can get it removed, but some must remember
Get ready for your virus vaccine passport....
@@uio890138 Oh yes. The people to are fighting COVID are the Nazis of the 21st Century.
@@uio890138 maybe by some tiny chance you’ll be right in the future but to compare vaccine passports to the holocaust at this point is insulting to what these people went through
Very touching. Deeper than deep
Schindler had balls made of iron.
Watch the movie. It's very important and moving.
@@bicyclist2 so your idea of studying history is watching a movie made in Hollywood?
@@rossforrest it's fiction, just someone's fantasy. It's imaginary. What exactly hat does it have to do with history or the discussion at hand?
@@rossforrest . Okay so watch Triumph des Willens or Blut und Boden, they were very emotional movies too. Since we're dealing with emotions and not facts why not?
@@rossforrest oh I do read, I read a lot, I read enough to know that it was the Soviets who liberated all the large death camps. So that tells me that all the facts were run through the Soviet propaganda machine before they got to Hollywood, and then Hollywood used artistic license to write a fictional drama.
If you wrote a movie based on facts it would have all the emotion and appeal of one of those School films you were shown from the American zinc council
As someone with German ancestry (ancestors came to the US in the 1850s), I hope I never find that a distant relative remained in Germany and was part of this horrific, evil and brutal act. I'm proud of my German ancestry (as I am of my Irish and French-Canadian ancestry as well), but I couldn't help but break down in tears when I visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC in 2019.
I have personally known two wonderful individuals that were survivors of Auschwitz. A brother and sister. The brother at the age of 10 was assigned to remove the gold from the bodies of those that had been exterminated. These two individuals somehow held on to their sanity, their passion for life and compassion other people. They are still an inspiration to me, but also a reminder of how very little it takes for a human being to become disconnected and ruthless.
I know one sweetest lady and her sister you will ever meet.
how did yall run into people i know? Yall are evil.
@@williammekhjian5764 It takes so very little for a human being to become disconnected and ruthless!
@@MichaelBrown-zd1zk what ya do to him? But yes that is true. Let the true sick ppl be exposed by covering this.
kitty ---- ?
When he spoke of the people being left to die in what was essentially a toilet, broke my heart
The inhumanity is almost hard to believe
I Agree
Agree , heartbreaking
Ik. That story alone makes a horrific, sickening tragedy even more sickening.
You’re right, it is almost hard to believe. It’s like every single horrific thing one could think of happened during the Holocaust. Very sad
I would like to express my deep condolences to everybody to whom this generation of Germans ( my grandparents generation) caused harm . We shall never again turn against each other , we’re equal . Brothers, sisters, fellow humans who will benefit greatly from supporting each other through openness and generosity. War, conflict and suppression needs to be avoided at all cost and it is all of our responsibility to make sure that we uphold those values of peace and community.
Never again Germany.
Be a light to the rest of the world.
@Eti Bronx Yes but the Trumpist fascists have now exposed themselves so we know who to watch out for.
As a German-American Jew and descendant of Holocaust survivors, one who reviles and is deathly afraid of trump and his enablers, I thank you, sir.
@@thenowchurch6419 You and anyone who agrees with you is so stupid. Your pals like AOC and others are calling to barr trump allies from ever holding office, trying to strip them financially, turn off their income (social media) and YET you actually believe us trump supporters are fascist. If we were, don't you think that over the past 4 years something would have been done about Trump's loudest critics? Sorry to break your bubble, but your despicable to not be able to see this. Have fun on your moral high ground
@@Ronald-qs1pn Maybe you should ask for clarification before jumping to assumptions.
Just because I am anti-Trump does not mean I support AOC or the Dems.
Just because I used the term Trumpist fascists does not mean that I consider every Trump supporter , a fascist.
Also a Trumpist fascist in my estimation is a unique kind which operates with cowardly stealth and had not reached the level of confidence and popular support that they deemed sufficient to start rounding up enemies.
But its okay you can vent your feelings here.
Inspiring men, braver than I'll ever need to be, thank God!
So weird to think about how recent the holocaust is relatively speaking. Events like this always felt so distant in the past but it’s really not.
Given my father was a Holocaust survivor, it never feels all that distant to me.
True. As a kid in the early 80s i remember boys playing around doing the extended arm salute saying 'Heil Hitler' I knew it meant something bad by the way people reacted to it but i didnt know what the horrible details till high school history class learning about WW2. I dont think schools spend that much time on that period anymore.
@@brendaechols2228 definitely not taught as much as it should be. US history classes are notorious for bias and leaving things out.
those were some of the darkest moments in the history of mankind.
you ain't seen nothing yet , unfortunately...
Barely. Germany was light when it came to WW2 war crimes but people aren’t ready for that convo
The Inquisition of the middle ages was quite horrific.
Not even close
@@047Kenny hahah it's mental that people like you seem to think you have some sort of inside information that other people are just too stupid to wrap their heads around. Your wrong btw. Do yourself a favour and watch TIKs video on German violence against women during the war
Honoring the memory of the holocaust as a whole by focusing on ordinary personal stories of everyday lives is such an incredibly touching tribute.
Be proud of those numbers and keep telling your story.
It's wonderful to hear from these survivors. To know that they escaped the horror of the camps. I have the deepest respect for them and the way they preserved their humanity afterward.
Horrifying, absolutely horrifying.
Never cease to amaze me how cruel humans can be
Worse than animals... They were demonic not human!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's been going on, since the beginning of time. Shouldn't surprise anyone.
Similar goes on in China today and the NBA is fine with it as long as their games are shown in China and they all get paid.
The sickness of the people that are still denying this.
Which is why it can happen again. Humans are in denial of their own nature because the implications scare them.
It happens in America live on camera, but people still refuse to see
and every single one denying it are Republicans. Fact.
@@davidbrawn2828 and the majority of "conservatives" are SUPER 🐑 thinking they're in on it
Nuance is difficult for some people to grasp. The line between good and evil divides every person's heart. Many shades of gray.
Its crazy to hear him read names. Like that really happened. Real people. Everyone was just a number and date. its heart breaking.
Amazing stories. The ability of people to inflict harm on others and commit acts of evil is boundless.
Everyone needs to see this. These guys have my unending support and respect
Spoiled young entitled brats need to see this. They believe they have it so difficult and are a victim. Lol these people always picked themselves up and succeeded in life and never used what happened ad a excuse.
@@floridaarmyvet3613 that’s what I’m saying, they have it so easy now and most take it for granted and get upset over the smallest things and try to make it out like it’s something tragic
When Mr. Schwartz's name came up on that deportation list, my own heart was thumping with fear. I can only imagine how he felt realizing how close he came to certain death.
This made me tear up when they looked at their signatures
Especially the first one when he escaped a death list
Really?
@@chasec9197 Really what?
Must be horrible feeling horrible:/
Mark Felton should get on this.
In your shedding of transparency on these horrific times, you have provided something wonderfully important to these survivors. Their stories have been heard and legitimized; they are hero’s now. You are to be commended by us all for your important works in journalism.
These ads that pop up while watching this are inappropriate.
YES. I thought the same. Guy is breaking down while his Holocaust PTSD is being triggered and all of a sudden BUY THE NEW SWIFFER WET JET
60 Minutes deserves to get paid for producing such important, high quality content. It is what it is.
Solution = RUclips Red
So horrific... Regardless of how much you learn about about the Nazis’ actions, seems like there are always more layers atrocities....
That’s when happens when the external victim needs another round of white guilt shaming
So true.
@@Hsz5ui i feel horrible for them, doesnt give me one bit of guilt though. just that it must never be repeated.
Oh yes, 75 years from now they will still be uncovering these "secrets" when ever they want to.
And more layers and more layers.. from accounts of people who were there to documented history.. brutal, macabre, nasty layers of evils..
It takes you’re breath away at what these poor ppl went thru. The sadness is overwhelming , the sadness .
It’s nothing but a dark cloud as they never did get any kind of Justice . The ppl that survived had to live with these horrific memories inside of them all of these years . I just cannot imagine!
Same with slavery in the USA
@@georgesolano4679no
Sad that it took that long to put this into the history of the world. I know Germany is extremely embarrassed but no country can say they don't have skeletons in their closets of history
Closer to shame.
the US's Japanese interment camps
They are ashamed rather than embarrassed, however they are not responsible for the actions of previous generations. Also Germany was not hiding the documents as you imply.
@@ianjenkins8114 I dont think it could have been hidden easily at 16 miles of file cabinets.
@@georgeshepherd6431 not that it’s a moment of pride as it is indeed moment of shame, I wouldn’t dare compare to be of similar terms to the events of the Holocaust. Then again I may be misinterpreting your comment especially in relation to the original.
This is where hate will carry you.
true that
We have more in common than we don’t
This is where believing we are better than another gets us.
Don't hate. You know which side of America is hating excessively and who is fostering the hatred. One person who used to keep a copy of Hitler's speeches by his bedside. Guess who. Type his name and "Hitler's speeches" as keywords into the search entry, and you find the proof. You can be sad about the depravity of such people.
@@normaforsyth7950 They didn't believe they were better, they believed they were being destroyed by them.
RUclips needs to stop running ads during videos of tragedies like this. It for one disrupts the mood, and secondly, it is a form of disrespect. I know the algo is not smart enough but maybe there is something that can be done.
it's the channel owner, in this case CBS, who decides whether ads run during a video or not.
Agree , show some decency for gods sake you tube , never forget
So... Stop running adds during a documentary on the invasion of the mongals, or the spanish conquistadors? Why do you think these exist? To generate money, if you wanted non profit, there is this thing called a library... Comment doesn't make much sense.
@@HistorysMysterys makes perfect sense not wanting to see some fat clown in a pair of sunglasses whistling a tune and then asking Google to tell him the title of the song “Dance Monkey”
Not only did these men survive one of the most horrific tragedies of our time, but they have a daily reminder tattooed on their forearm. I can't even imagine. *tears
Aweful. Just aweful I can't imagine what they went through.
How could humans do this to other humans and then others deny that it happened?
RIP to these three gentleman who saw more than anyone should ever see or go through but were strong enough to survive.
IDK, maybe you should look into all of those questions instead of wondering.
@@MikeBrown-go1pc they are stupid questions, this video alone disproves it
One word. NAZIS
It was hunger that caused the second world war, the human race world wide was starving............ NATIONAL DEBT.......... when inflation gets to high farmers will not be able to produce food for a profit....... IT WILL COST MORE TO PRODUCE FOOD THAN MONEY THEY CAN MAKE......... Will not be able to afford to farm ANY kind of food........ plant or animal........ You can take that to the bank
@@clemsmith8799 Lol. Imbecile.
My heart goes out to these men and any survivors. In 1990 I visited the Dachau sites with a few friends. It was one of the saddest experiences I’ve ever had. On the vast property there was no signs of life… meaning birds or squirrels. Just dead silence and it was very eerie even though it was a beautiful and sunny spring day. I’ve always enjoyed learning about history but this was on a whole other level. We stood on a small area of a huge concrete slab where they would have held roll call. Then we were told that a spot a few feet away was where Hitler would stand and speak to the prisoners while visiting the camp. I remember that we all were overcome with great sorrow and a deep sense of dread. Upon leaving I kept thinking that the town right outside the prison had to know that this was going on.
Ofcourse, the people of the towns and cities. knew very well..!!
They all knew from the start when they passed the jews with the star of david on them, they could smell the stench from the crematoriums, see the jews transported in air tight shut train compartments, they saw them being dragged out of their houses and loaded onto trucks by the Nazis and watched the jewish homes emptied.
What about all those crowds Hitler mesmerized with his volatile speeches?
Everybody knew. Just that the German Christians alive pretended not to know at the end of the last century...
Hitler never visited any camp's so that's misinformation .🤔
And that if they tried to do anything about it the entire village would be executed. The terror was across the land, not just in the camps.
@@FigaroHey BS, most Germans supported the camps or didn't care either way. Hitler's demagoguery influenced many.
@@verbalkint4258 You need to rise above a comic book level knowledge of history.
I also had the honor of meeting Eva Kor. She graciously spoke at the school I work at. I briefly spoke with her before the assembly started. Such a strong person.
How could a person, let alone a people, do such horrible things. It’s heartbreaking. My Grandmother survived a concentration camp where she watched her mother die. Unfortunately history repeats itself
U ask a good question...has an answer..... I saw a documentary... after WW 1 brits...everyone evolved blame Germany 🇩🇪for ww1... made them pay crazy reparations...humiliation...Frenchman died and as procession passed French officer kicked German n thebutt cause he didn't remove his hat.... same kind f mistreatment white do to us... thing is Germany was building pipe line from Bagdad to Berlin? (Oil) brits didn't have/ didn't want them to have ..... felt jews betrayed/ stabbed n the back.... I'M NOT DEFENDING/ EXCUSING.... A .ILLION GERMAN MARKS (DOLLARS) 1 EGG. HIT BABY CAME.... SAID HOLD YO HEADS UP.... GIVE US THE LAND U TOOK.... AFTER WW 2 EVEN.... GERMANY STRONGEST EUROPEAN COUNTRY!!!! (AGAIN)
Have a look at who the mightiest nation in the world elected as their former president. If you can figure out how that happened, you´ve got your answer.
And still some doubt that this happened, and they forgot about us native Americans and our genocide.
People forgot about the Aboriginals, Aztecs, Mayans, Gauls, Assyrians, Sumerians, etc. List of the vanquished continues in perpetuity.
Wow, if they only had military style weapons of the time to stop the genocide. With out weapons equal to the government the state rules you.
Still ongoing. Just look at the number of missing or dead indigenous women here and in Canada. It is absolutely shameful and disgusting the way we treat Native Americans.
And it's still legal to think...
To Jack Rosenthal: Although I don't know the names of all who were murdered, you should know that I have cried many tears for them - and if you had been among them, some of my tears would have been for you.
Want to know what's sad? I doubt a human could possibly cry enough tears all the lives lost. How insane is that?
I remember watching this when it first aired and I have thought about it a lot of the years. Watching this left a hole in my heart then and it was opened up again today.
R.I.P to all those that lost there lives may you never be forgotten and always remembered
He never asked if he recognized any of the other name... You know when he read that paper that he knew some of those people... Truly a dark time in human history
These survivors are extremely strong and beautiful souls. Its heartbreaking that people like hitler chose to endure such pain and suffering onto other human beings. Just heartbreaking. No one deserve such horrific experiences, life is already tough on it own (working, self esteem, family, health etc)) and we constantly make it even harder for fellow people . Wow
You must be strong and so composed if you did not shed a single tear while watching.
You think you have a rough life? Everyone needs to watch this. Covid? Job? Fighting with your spouse? Amazing. These men are amzing.
Why I get angry when people compare lockdown to living under the "Nazis".
Right, all of these people freaking out about wearing masks! How awful!
This is so important to never forget what happened. The records are a reminder of the immense cruelty of the Nazis
My grandma used to tell me stories about how her grandma would hide the Jews in her home in Amsterdam. Whenever the Nazis came knocking on her door, she would put her hair over her face, take her teeth out and babble like she was mentally impaired. The soldiers would just look at her and move on. Though I never knew my great-great grandma, I’m certainly proud of her and her heroism.❤️
That's awesome. You put a smile on my face while watching such a gut wrenching video. Thank you.
She was a smart lady.
They could have taken her to be gassed because she was “defective”
@@graceg3250 that certainly was possibility but thankfully the soldiers didn’t want to bother. If that happened, my entire family on my mom’s side wouldn’t be here. Crazy to think how one decision can change everything in one’s life or the course of history.
Some of the stories they're telling are just horrible but at the same time it's good that it's being documented so people never forget what really happened, as hard as it may be to hear. Thank you to these absolutely brave people for visiting the archive and telling their stories.
Jack Rosenthal, you are wrong; many of us share many tears for you AND your family. We cry for you all. My heart breaks for you, your family and all who were and are affected by this unthinkable evil. I’m so sorry.
@Deangelo HALL. U.N.F GANG ENT ok bot
I have watched this a few times and I still get choked up.
How a human can maintain their humanity after going through atrocities like this?
One of the most horrifying moments and events of crimes and evil against humanity... Going to the Holocaust museum in Washington along with finally watching the Schindler List film, reading Elie Wiesel’s Night, Anne Frank’s quotes forever changed and touched me in a way. 💔💔💔#NeverForget
This was amazing. I literally cried my eyes out watching this. No doubt if heaven exists there is definitely a special place for the folks that went through this.
Heaven does exist
@@freetry1339 nothing funny about sentiment and hope
Damn. It's horrific. Those poor men and everyone that had to go through those terrible, horrible, vile productions.
Linda C Young. I am so hurt that I can not hear any more of these horrific stories . It is so sad to hear about them from afar and now to see them as reality is too much for me as I am feeling their pain now
Somewhere in those records is my great grandmother and other family. This drives a knife in my heart.
Members of my son’s family (on his fathers side) were executed at Babi Yar. Part of 30,000 people killed in less than 3 days. I can’t wrap my brain around that much loss.
Omg...this is so heart breaking. He was saved by a life line:( I'd be balling my eyes out...
Thank you for this video. I am really sorry for all the people who survived and died. What they went through is really horrific and unspeakable.
God bless these men, all survivors and the lives taken. How a human being can do this to a group of people, I still can't wrap my head around it....
Better wake up, things were worse hundreds of years before.
Stop living in a goldilox world.
Its still happens today.
It is called evil! That is what it is called. It could very well happen again.
Thank you for reposting this.
I'm still affected by a visit to the Holocaust museum in DC.
These survivors are so strong. This is powerful.
I set off the alarm there and all the metal barriers came down in 1996 because I rubbed the stump that marked the grave of 60,000 victims. I was doing the Showtime at the Apollo "good luck" thing that they do with the tree stump at the Apollo. (shrug)
wow 9:46 is brutal to hear
Thank you for sharing this 60 min. It is important to keep a record of that dark episode of our history as evidence and pass it on to future generations in order to remind ourselves that fight against hate is a never won battle. My grandfather survived Auschwitz and to this day I hear people denying the existence of holocaust and extermination camps. I can tell you much damage this did to our family and how the trauma get passed on across generations. What history teach us is that the persecution of one group or ethnicity is a failure of humanity as a whole. What happened recently is a warning that we must keep on investing in education, tolerance and fight hate and racism at its very core.
A lot of people deny the history of slavery. People will always either deny the very bad that has happened in history.
I teared up seeing him get the news that they crossed his name off the list and was saved.
The democrats are not that bad yet. The current democratic platform as expected is very similar the Nazi's 25 point 1933 platform: www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/25points.htm
I for one like that Democrats are moving faster in that direction. The NAZI's did not last much longer and 11 years later their reign ended and the world learned a very simple valuable lesson that lasted 20 years.
Please keep in mind that there are people out there that copy this behavior.
how much did the holla cost?
@@g.w.f.212 the wat
No they’re not
@@con1676 um yes there people with swastica flgas in their yards right in my neighborhood
I can't imagine what those poor people went through.
Mankind can be so cruel.
Watching this on the eve of the 20 yr anniversary of 9/11, at the end of the war in Afghanistan, during the time of the global covid pandemic and global warming. Still with all this current sadness, the personal stories of holocaust survivors 76 years ago is the most heartbreaking of all. We must *never* forget these stories.
And US is now poised to be taken over by insurrectionists obeying the former president. Fascim comes to these shores too…
@@nybuffymeister8328 Clinton? Yea I know....Scary
Yea. Bill is about to send thousands of pathetic seditionists to attack. Great response dumb dumb.
@@DavidJohnson-hg1mz I figured you would be too idiotic to get my drift. Clearly, I was being sarcastic. I get it was too much and went over your head
Shame on the Red Cross and Germany for not allowing a single Holocaust survivor or researcher into the vault until 2006.
God damn this is the most heartbreaking thing I've ever seen in my life. I can't remember the last time I cried..