Holocaust Survivor Testimony: Eline Hoekstra Dresden
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2010
- Eline Hoekstra Dresden visited Loretta Goldy's History course at Portland Community College on May 18th, 2010 to talk about her experiences as a Holocaust survivor. She was accompanied by her daughter Deb Mrowka.
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Rest in peace, Eline (Dresden) Hoekstra. She died Jan. 27, 2018 surrounded by her family.
God Bless her. My grandchildren will learn from this interview. She will never be forgotten.
This is my great grandmothers cousin, my omala had to hide her family as well during the war in utrich in holland. I hope her family is doing well!
Wow, the fact that someone found their grandparents letter that the grandfather slipped through the cattle car and mailed it to the family is amazing
Eline (Dresden) Hoekstra
Jan. 4 1923 - Jan. 27 2018 Thank you for your story. God bless your family on earth and in heaven too!
I am so grateful that your mother was psychologically resilient enough to live a full life and that she was willing to share this important story. God bless you.
Figgins Nazi's, good thing we have control over them now otherwise, who would know. We are there now babysitting them so this won't happen again.
LORD BLESS YOU, STILL and Always
I was a CNA in the 1970's and will never forget my patients that had the numbers tattooed on them. Three men and one woman. It still horrifies me...
As a college student I worked in a Jewish nursing home and several of the old ladies still had the tatoos on their arms. It's still unbelievable how human beings can descend to such depths of cruelty and how by the same token survive such horrors. But then we aren't sinless either.
Sinful people saved human lives
And I know you treated them with the utmost care and dignity. Bless you.
This lady is sitting pretty on that chair. Poised like a queen with bright intelligent eyes. She seems to carry herself like a much younger woman. Even the fucking holocaust could not break her. That's incredible. Here i am depressed that i work 6 nights a week & raise my autistic son during the day. I literally could not imagine living with such strength. From what i understand this lady has passed. I am thankful to have heard her story & i will try to draw as much strength from it as i can. I will teach my son all about history, & one day he will watch this video.
Im lucky i got to meet eline yrs ago when we were volunteers at a local hospital. Shes such a wonderful lady. She was so kind to tell her story for my daughter and classmates. Something my daughter never has never forgotten.
That’s very cool. 😃
I met a couple of survivors in HS when we went to the Museum of Tolerance. That’s a day that stuck with me and I hope to never forget it.
I remember one of these surviving ladies who has now passed on coming to my school in 2005 and telling her story. It's something that made an impact on my life. Never forgot her or her story...
I never forgot what she had spoken to me about. I heard her Dutch accent from across a noisy, large area at a fair. I was in a n awful mood. I spoke to her. She told me to always have hope. I never forgot her. Never. My family survived the war. My oma and opa immigrated. My opa was part of the underground. We did not give in to the Nazis.
I am half Dutch. My mother’s family is Dutch and grandmother came to the US when she was 5 years old. I often think of what my grandma’s family went through during WWII. My heart goes out to you and your mother and your family. God bless. ❤️
Eline Hoekstra Dresden thank you for sharing your experience, it was very moving. May you now have eternal peace and bliss with the Lord. ❤
Absolutely frightening. God Bless your Mother, you and your family. So happy that your Mom survived. Prayers for the survivors and their families.
For those who died also...bless you all with tears and prayers.
Also wanted to say as a daughter ~ you are wonderful & courageous in helping your Mother share her story as I have no doubt your life has been affected also ~ please continue ~ as the world needs to hear & never forget ~ as before Peace to you 🐦 and God Bless 😇
i have always been in awe as to how jews survived ...yet Still cannot imagine WHY they did not band together and fight tooth and nail.
.If they were like us Brits they would have,..,one thing though i LOVED THE DAUGHTER'S ACCOUNT she tells a good story..Alas the mothers accent spoiled it for mr as . i could hardly understand her strong accent..and i am great at accents..sorry you are still admIred..but wish the daughter had told the whole horrific story.. i enjoyed it and understood every word,,maybe subtitles would help the moms story..thank you...May this NEVER happen again..
i learned lots of Yiddish in my health club . sitting with survivors many with their numbers tattooed on their arms..what great fun loving survivors..sorry i missed the moms words.......
@@TheScouser1234 because they didn’t know their faith until it was too late.
@@TheScouser1234 Subtitles at the top of the page. I am not schooled in all those languages like you, but, l found, that if you actually listen carefully, that you CAN understand.
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Melissa, you nailed it . Good for you. Stand strong.
@@TheScouser1234 she just talked about why they didn’t fight back. They will go after your children and family and it’s impossible to fight when they had guns and more.
I am so grateful this was posted. As a nurse, I often come across patients that had some role in WWII. I am incredibly honored to meet them and give them care. However it is rare that they share any stories because it is much too painful. So, this is incredible. Thank you.
Claudia Getz same here. Many years ago my patient moved her arm and I saw numbers tattooed on her. I knew instantly what that meant and looked at her, startled. She didn't say anything but her eyes said, "I'm so sick of thinking about that." So I kept on doing whatever I was doing for her and didn't ask anything. I really wanted to do or say something to make her feel better, but all I could give her was the silence she wanted.
Amazing story
Amazon woman
God bless her
So too bad we cannot understand so many words the Mom says, they are slurred on my video. Very courageous story Anyway! Thank you
Love that mom was on a one womans rebellious crusade 👍🏽Thanks for your selfless to share with us. Such a horrible ordeal. 💜
❤️❤️❤️such heartache and pain comes over me at the thought of what so many endured
To have a daughter help, and so very eloquently, to speak up alongside of her incredibly exemplary mother is exactly what I hope that my young grandsons will also do. The great value of carrying on talking is that perhaps such catastrophe cannot recur. Yet it does recur.
So please let us ALL keep talking and praying and more. This is a tremendous educational offering.
I found this video a bit ago while watching a 411vm skate video only because it was on the videos that were up next. It turns out that is my great grandmothers cousin. I had asked my grandmother and she had her book and told me about her and the book is incredible and sobering at the same time. Unbelievable I stumbled upon this.
Thank you for passing this horrific experiences too the younger generation. This must never be forgotten.
Keep forgotten alive. shalom
It's a shame the talk was cut off like this, could've gone on for hours, very interesting account of the horrors of WWII and it's a blessing she was around this long to talk about her experiences.
This lady must of been through a hell of a lot growing up 😞 I hope so much she is living in peace now. I wish everyone that was affected by the holocaust peace and happiness.
I didn’t realize that there were many Dutch were taken into the camps. I knew about Corrie Ten Boom and she was captured for hiding Jews in her home. My great-great grandma lived in the same neighborhood as Corrie and they knew each other. My great-great grandma also hid Jewish people in her home. When the Germans came knocking at the door, she would put her long hair in front of her face, take out her dentures and babble like a mentally ill woman. Germans left her alone. My g-g grandma was never caught. I’ve always been proud of that story and I loved it when my grandma would tell me about it growing up.
That is great to know your grandmother did that! There were lots of people that put their lives at risk to save others. Praise God for such people! I love Corries book, though like this clip, sobering to know how these people suffered.
What a wonderful and very smart Lady you g-g was!!!! Bless her!
How courageous they were. So much respect for them. I would like to think I would do the same in their situation.
Touched to hear about your great-grandmother. did her story ever reach the "Yad Vashem" ? it's the israeli archive and there are the stories also of the "righterous among the nations" there, to be honored and recognized for thir acts of bravery.
Awesome
I m overwhelmed by your courage and optimism !
So glad I came across this. My great great grandparents met in a concentration camp. Survived together, then Immigrated to Chicago💕 She reminds me of my papa, still has that jet black/brown hair in her 80s 🥺❤️❤️
What a beautiful person inside and out!
And what a wonderful daughter to help her get her story told! These stories need
to be told so we never forget what these
Jews went through and suffered so much! God Bless ❤️❤️
What an incredible woman. Thankyou for telling your story.🌹🌈🦋 I'm so sorry for what happened to you. It's horrible. Tragic and nothing short of evil. You are a true survivor💐🌻
I remember speaking to this awesome and strong lady in person as a kid. She told me " If you do not have Hope you die".
I am German and just like Mrs. Eline I do not understand why Jews are so often the scapegoats. To me everyone has the same rights, is worth the same and should be accepted, as long as they don't violate other people's rights or wellbeing. Mrs. Eline is a sweet and strong lady and I'm grateful she shares her story with us. Thanks a lot and God bless♥️
Aw my goodness. How scared & horrible for those two little girls 😓 I can’t fathom putting my children on a train & praying that someone will take care of them 💔
I married a Hoekstra and I do not see that name very often. My father in law was Frank Doyce and my husband Jack Doyce Hoekstra. Frank was conceived in Holland and born in 1933 in kansas USA. Thank you for sharing your story.
Strong lady with an unbreakable will to survive. Thank you for sharing your story and your wisdom. Rest in Paradise.
really lovely ladies, I worked for Jewish people and a Jewish nursing home 10 years ago, I was always well looked after and treated with respect.
these ladies are so brave and love and respect to them and all Jewish people.
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I've all ways had love and respect for the Jews Jesus was a jew
She’s a spitting image of her Mama ❤️
If this is her when she’s “ not feeling well” I can only imagine when she was young and healthy. She was a spitfire which is how she survived.
Seriously. I just commented that she is poised like a real queen on that chair & she carries herself like a young woman. She seems so intelligent & sure of herself. I am happy to have heard her story & i will show this to my son when he's old enough to keep her story alive
What a well spoken lady 💖 may she now Rest In Peace with the rest of her family whose lives were so unnecessarily taken too soon
Brave Ladies. keep telling Your stories.
God bless You and all the persons who decides to listen.
God bless you
Thank you for being so kind to your poor mother...Bless her~ you are an inspiration to many. Your patience is soothing.
What an Incredible Human Being!!!!! Grateful for her testimony and that she survived to tell us! Grateful to her family for helping her continue to tell us. Thank you!
Your family are heroes. Thank you for speaking. Thank you for shattering the silence. You are so brave. 💜
These stories MUST be remembered. I am so grateful to you both.
Thank you so very much for sharing your life story during this terrible time in your life.
God bless you both, and your family!💗
My mother was born 28 April 1942 also ! Terrific lecture xx
Incredibly Brave Lady. . . . and very very lucky too !!!! Bless you !
I didn't know that, what can we do to get this good man and his family recogonised for his heroic deeds. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Maybe we can start with simple emailing all our contacts, or if some can post an address for Jewish organization that we can send this info to, maybe they will assist in correct recognition for this wonderful man. 30,000 lives saved = at least 100,000 today when you take into account the offspring.
I love these ladies so much! Thank you so much for sharing your story. God bless you and your family ❤️❤️❤️
What an honor to meet your Mother and yourself. I'm so glad your here and so sorry she had to endure what she did. Amazing story ❤! God bless you all and thank you for sharing yourselves with us!
Thank you for sharing your story. What an incredible survival to have lived through the horror. Family is so important. I am so pleased you have your Mom by your side.
Ma your life be blessed along with your daughters for this story. Thank you for your testimony.
This was not really that long ago 🤔
Thank you for sharing what you went through during the Holocaust. So glad you survived. God bless you and your family.
To have experienced such unimaginable horrors and yet still manage to thrive and raise a family is awe inspiring..The line from being the oppressor to being the oppressed is a thin one. It's courageous survivors speaking out that reminds us of this. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your story! You are a very strong woman and so is your daughter! God bless you both!
You are an unbelievable lady. May God continue to bless you.😄
thanks for uploading- watched the whole thing...very interesting!
Thank you for shareing with us. Sooo sad....
I definitely admire that lady for her bravery. Imagine that powerful bravery in the face of unspeakable evil with almost all members of her family brutally murdered. We must keep speaking out against this injustice. Euphemia Riley
I'm not sure how I came across this, but I'm greatful I did wish more could take the time to watch it
My heart and mind reals at what you went through… no human should have to have that at all….so sending huge loads of love, respect, special treatment, careful to not let you think we don’t care…because we do… blessings to you in such overload and all survivors and the ones who never made it… that overly given felt love so special and sincere….
Thank you for sharing your story
God bless your mum
I’ve just come across this video and was listening and I felt so emotional
RIP to all the people who died
Very sad story
Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts. I know it isn't easy to talk that long or sit still. My father sat me down when i was 11 to tell me about the Holocaust. He showed me the newsreels and explained. We were Christian, but it didn't matter. I appreciate going thru the stories of experiences. It means so much to me.
Got give Her health until now, so She can testify the truth to us...
Thank you so much for sharing this
You are a strong brave wonderful woman. Thank you both. There are no words ♥️
Am amazing story! Loved that both ladies shared... the daughter & then her mother! Great testimony & well worth listening to! Also appreciated having the captions!
Sometimes, thinking of my own hardships..It is "nothing" compared to WW2 and what they went through. IF THAT WASNT ARMAGEDDON..THEN LETS PRAY AND HAVE FAITH THERE WONT BE A REPEAT..IM PRETTY WORRIED ABOUT CHINA THOUGH..I am praying for them and the whole world too..
God bless you both & your Family.
What a wonderful and blessed testimony and person she is
grateful that you shared your story. May your family be blessed
Praise God you were saved. Praying for your family.
I hate to be so blunt, but evidently god wasn't there for the thousands who died and those who suffered and still have deep scars. 💔
I cannot quite fathom how both you and your Mother can both be so articulate and I charge of this experience. I will take your resilience into my life as much as I can. The truth, the character, the heart, mind and knowledge of it all. Thank you ever so much. Thank you
Eline Hoekstra, dank je.
Thank you for sharing
Love to you both, an excellent talk.
This is not just a legacy for the Jewish community but a great lesson to all of mankind. Death and unnecessary murder is a heinous act to ALL human beings period. Stop all war as you are damaging your souls if only you knew . . . Because God Knows All of It and I'm sure a price will be paid. He set 10 clear laws for all the world to follow and we can't seem to keep it simple, as we're supposed to! I cringe at the thought of what punishment would await such lost souls. Pray for their salvation. Because the innocents who have passed away are being held up in tribute to honor them elsewhere for their needless suffering and I believe they attain a level similar to sainthood where they are lifted in processions to the throng of His Great Kingdom in the Firmament. Martyrdom is an important reminder. These special individuals were chosen for one reason or other to be there and they will be lifted up for thousands of years and will never be forgotten. They are sitting beside Him in heaven, if only they were aware of the multitude of angels in their midst. I pray for all of us and our eternal rest and that we too, may sit beside Him at our journeys end. Peace and blessings, Tiff Q ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much.
Wow, we are so fortunate to be able to hear her story. Her strength is to be admired by all.
Thank you so much. I respect and appreciate your story. I always had a lot of questions about the holocaust that were answered here. I was too afraid to ask because I didn't want to offend anyone accidentally. I learned a lot here. Thank you both again.
Sehr sehr sehr beeindruckend und eindringlich. Vielen Dank fürs Teilen 🙏
What a powerful story! God bless you all. The story about using the baby for target practice made me 😭😭
Thank you for sharing this experience ,God bless you and keep you strong and healthy !!!!!!!
I know this video was done several years ago and the survivor may not be with us now, but I adore her and admire her so much. I feel like I can see in her eyes the determination she had through that horrible time in her life. Her strength is just unbelievable. I wish I could have known her. She is precious.
I forgot to mention the explanation of the day-to-day vicissitudes of life/living and how one goes on post war which is not mentioned but understood in part by the resolve and matter of factness you both show. I teach high school math and science in Canada but will find a way to work this into my teaching.
bless you
Thanks for sharing your important story. Your a brave, resilient and inspiring woman. The world should never forget the horrors of the Holocaust.
Bedankt voor uw bijdrage aan onze geschiedenis. I hope you are all well still!
Thank you for sharing your story. Very interesting 🌹🌹 🌹 My parents are from Holland. My mum passed away 27 years ago & my dad (94 now) would tell me about History in Holland but I never really took much attention.
these chairs should have been full!
God bless you
Back then people didn't dwell over tragic experiences, they didn't loft around all day on the pity pot. Back then they just DID they DID and never gave up on hopes, dreams, and determination!
I really don't think anyone from this sadness chapter even knew if they were emotionally suffering because this wasn't a thing Back then. My grandmother told me about my dad's mother and her trauma and said yes it effects them later in older years but they still refused to see why they were suffering.
I don’t know, that’s quite the sweeping generality. People certainly did get depressed and hopeless. But there also weren’t programs and pills and therapists like there are today so you had to sink or swim. But plenty of people back then went mad, committed suicide, cried for years with grief, was morose, became alcoholics or abusive, etc.
Amazing story, what a life. Sad it wasn't always so wonderful due to others' (Nazi) outside influence and anti-Semitism, which is so sadly growing. Blessings dear lady.
Such a strong honest lady god bless you and may we never see anything like this again 🙏🏼
So brave. Thank you for sharing your story. God bless you
Thank you. 🙏❤️
I JUST this second followed Tova Friedman's story and her mother,father and wow it was just hard to come to the end of the video and I rewound several spots to really hear it well that I missed a couple of seconds when someone disrupted talking to me and I kept finding spots to rehear again anyway, gaining more courage to deeply absorb the painful sad and keeping me on edge of seat!
And it was just difficult to let go of Tova she seemed to have touched our hearts like as if I was in the room with her ,it was hard to detach from the video!!I didn't want to say goodbye!
This is very interesting about Holland, many of us descendants ....
Such an honor to hear the stories of those that survived the Holocaust. It gives further proof that those that try to deny it can not refute. I take comfort in those that went on to lead long, lovely lives. Those that had children to carry on their name and their stories. Such horror, yet still we see their resilience shine through. Blessings to all. 💕
God bless this wonderful family. My grandparents from Holland hid a jewish family back in that horrific time.
God bless your grandparents they were very brave ❤️
Thank you for sharing your life's story. It needs to be told over and over. People need to hear what happened and how little by little the enemy slipped in to destroy the Jews. It is unreal how some can say
It never happened. Your testimony is proof that it did. Again thank you.
What a great informative presentation. Your mother looks so strong for being 87 and everything she went through. From a young age, I have always wanted to learn about the holocaust and the experiences that people endured. God bless your family for coming through such a horrific time. The Lord is with you and both you and your mother have done a good work! God Bless.
My father in law is Dutch and lived through this period as a young child of ten.
What a beautiful woman. Strong woman . SHE wouldn't be here without that perseverance.
Very well described in a tenor voice. I think life in Asia and Africa is better compared to the Europe in the 1940s.....