Seeing these people just living their lives unaware of the horrors history had in store for them. Your heart breaks watching those faces from so far away in time yet never forgotten. Rest in eternal peace
These short films of Jewish folks living in Europe before the beginning of WWII are priceless, they're evidence of lives full of love and happiness that got tore down by sick minds and hearts full of hate. Thanks for taking the time to upload these mini documentaries and share with the rest of the world a piece of history.
I am viewing this at a time that human beings are dying every day in Gaza and southern Lebanon due to the insane need for vengeance of certain governments. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
None of these people really anticipated that their faces would be seen and remembered in 2021, and I’m sure they wouldn’t have ever thought that this video would be so significant due to something as awful and evil as the Holocaust. Remember their faces, may they rest in paradise and peace.
To see the people so happy and vibrant and just living life brings smiles but to know the fate awaiting them is heart wrenching. Honestly I can’t finish watching it because I can’t stop crying. RIP dear ones and children.
Why do bad things happen to innocent people while nothing happens to evil people who cause trouble. Hitler deserved to be sent and imprisioned in one of his own concentration camps that he created.
To think they were killed because Hitler was cheated by a jewish girl 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 ooh i hate society, this also was misoginist before misoginy be something! 😭
yes iris i know i know, its unbelievable what happened i think about the holocaust every single day, thinking how could the world let it happen, im someone who is depressed and rarely smile, but after watching this documentary and seeing these people smiling walking around i am going to try and smile much more myself in my life, even though im a poor cab driver who struggles to make a buck i will try and improve my life and not be so depressed all the time, now the world should know why the chosen people need israel and nukes so this tragedy never happens to them again, and so they can defend themselves from the evil that is still around us all the time, under the surface only waiting to strike.
układając chronologicznie nagrywane filmy można w pewien sposób wyciągnąć wnioski z tego przez co przeszli ludzie skazani na masową śmierć... od szczęśliwych dni być może pierwszy raz przed kamerą filmową do ostatnich godzin przed śmiercią...
@@lumpfish99Nazi Germany (the Austrian corporal Hitler) first took Austria in the name of German Dualism, then the Sudetenland, then Poland. What are you talking about?
This video - although historically significant - is beyond sad and tragic. Such beautiful, innocent people just living their lives ignorant of the horrors to come. The senselessness of what occured soon after is beyond comprehension. May all those poor people - men, women, children, elderly - rest in peace in God's loving embrace🙏.
@@Madmen604 Yes, they were. They were very smart though. Just think if they had turned all that talent towards good and not evil. How better the world would be. The war was a total waste of humanity on all sides. Over 800,000 German soldiers lost their lives in the battle of Stalingrad alone. This is not counting all the lives lost on the allies sides and Holocaust (including Roma, disabled people, homosexuals, people against the regime in any way including those in the military, arts, politics, etc.). Just a horrible and unnecessary waste. I'm not even touching on the horrendous suffering and trauma. There are no words, really.
Yes i agree with you its to sad to kill people for their ethnicity And also is very sad to take the Palestinians from their land and give this land to these Jewish people who were tortured in Europe
My Grandfather, with his brothers and sisters , and their Parents Moved to the United States in about 1908 . their Last name was Homitz, as was my Mothers. I am the middle child of Seven Boys. Thank you whoever helped to get my Grandfather here.
Don't you wonder sometimes why these people in the film stayed while yours and my and so many others escaped to America before 1925 or so? I do, anyway.
@@hannahisrael7562 before WWI, people who escaped the america did it -most of them- because the bad conditions of the low class and not war (even tho there were speculations of a war). maybe those who stayed in europe didn't have a bad economy or maybe it was imposible to them escape (bc it not that easy to leave ur family and start a new life in a complete new continent)
Many Jews that left before WWII left because of the pogroms that swept shtetls in Eastern Europe in the early 20th century. It’s why my family left Poland in the 1910s. Most of the families recorded here are either from bigger cities or more western parts of Europe, so they had less reason to leave, but even those who wished to leave may have been unable to afford the cost of travel and immigration.
Most of them were very poor. I am surprise to hear those who hate the Jewish people think that most Jews are millionaires. I see this film and it brakes my heart. Thank you for this video.
@@katatoth1983 that's not true. the rich ones were very assimilated to the local society and refused to believe that anything bad will happen to them. Very few were smart to at least send the children away.
Whenever I have the chance to pass through a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn I love to watch the parents and their children on the way to a synagogue. It's the best thing that they can do,to help continue their religious traditions that had been taken away from so many during the Holocaust. Through my grandmother I am of the descent that made life a horrific existence for so many millions of innocent men, women and children. As a child I was told never to talk about my grandmother's background as we did live in a partially Jewish neighborhood. My friends were of all different backgrounds. In my home we were never taught to hate others.Thank God for the grandparents and parents that we had.
im english born in 1941 i was brought up with jews who live near me in central london iv worked with them and for them most are a good if i had a choice il vote for them
It's positive to hear that you appreciate and respect the efforts of parents and children in a Jewish neighborhood to maintain their religious traditions. Supporting and preserving cultural and religious practices can indeed be an important way to honor and remember the history and resilience of a community. It's also encouraging to hear that in your upbringing, you were not taught to hate others and had friends from diverse backgrounds. Embracing diversity and promoting understanding among different cultures and religions is essential for fostering a harmonious society. However, it's important to acknowledge the historical context and the atrocities committed during the Holocaust. While you mention that your grandmother was of a background that played a role in the suffering of millions, it's crucial to remember that individuals are responsible for their own actions, and it's not fair to hold present generations accountable for the sins of their ancestors.🦒🦄🦓
"Not knowing what would become of them". Take your induced pity and shove it. Read and digest Ze'ev Jabotinsky's speeches to Jews in Warsaw in 1938. Describes in accurate detail their future fate. UK Government starts to borrow for war in 1936. French build useless Maginot line in 1930's. Instead of learning how to turn metal on lathe, press cartridges, mix gunpowder etc., Jews were telephoning their (omnipotent?) God. Wasn't in.
@@truecinnamon Romans 11:34 Who can fathom the mind of the Lord? Or who can claim to be His advisor? God loves his people. Humans can kill the body but the soul lives forever! All glory, honor and praise to the omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresence God of Israel!! Would Israel exist today without the horrors that galvanized the Jews and other nations to actively reclaim Israel’s ancestral homeland?
I ended up here due to research and I felt I had to leave a comment. Sometimes, with academic distance, or even just the distance of time, you can be aware of the horror of this event but without really feeling it. You can kid yourself that it was so far off it could never happen again, and that humans could never be so cruel and barbaric today, but watching this footage has stunned and disturbed me, because in these images all distance becomes invisible. I'm glad this footage exists to document these people and families, and I feel privileged to have been able to view it, this window into lives that did not know how things would change. Thank you for the resource. It is not the barbaric murderers we ought to know the faces of, it's of their many victims. I will think about this often. Thank you.
These are some of the most important and valuable films of our times in my opinion. Such a powerful impression these intimate and beautiful moments have, I have been blown away. Thank you to all those sharing these personal stories with us.
@Robin Hylands Just imagine. Many innocent people robbed of livlihoods, all b/c they made the mistake of putting the worst political leader on that ballot. One man's hate is more contagious than any deadly virus. Hate isn't a virus....but it spreads rapidly like one.
But despite their tragic history why is it that the Jews of Israel are not able to understand human suffering the greatest example being the Palestinian people who are being so brutally oppressed by the state of Israel. This is indeed a situation of enormous contradiction, hypocrisy and an intriguing paradox.
@@raziashraf6209 Even the other Arab nations, don't want the Palestinians, and the Jews, are the original Palestinians, because it was their land when the Romans renamed it to Palestine.
@@raziashraf6209 I think what's more of a paradox is how the arab world has the worst record of human rights violations, has a long history of expulsions of jews throughout every single arab country, and has the audacity to point the finger lmao.
May NOT ANY religious and/or ethnical minority group - AT ALL! - in this 21st century world, ever AGAIN become SO discriminated against, largely and thoroughly mistreated, openly humiliated and dehumanized, and eventually become the victims of (fundamentally elaborate) genocide, as the 1930s and '40s European Jews did!... Today's China, Birma,... - with their own respective (marginalized) prosecuted and radically 'hunted' (religious) minorities - ought to remember WELL(!) their history lessons from school AND thus history itself, in order NOT to (dramatically, horribly!) REPEAT it!!! 🕊🌍
It breaks my heart how everyone seem so happy not knowing of the horrors soon to come. Most especially those beautiful children. What an amazing video !!! "The meek will inherit the earth and they will live in it forever" psalms 37... God has seen their suffering and will not forget these sweet people....
This is amazing! The people were living happy normal lives! It is so criminal how the Nazis ruined so many lives and took so many innocent lives. I'm glad this film exists.
The people in Palestine were living happy normal lives! It is so criminal how the Zionists ruined so many lives and exiled so many families from their land.
@@c0olc0olman30 how dare you compare the systematic murder of 7 million Jews to what’s going on now. I’m genuinely sorry some Palestinians are hurt or dead. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. But as long as you let a terrorist organization launch rockets into another countries populated areas, what do you think will happen? The Jewish people are still being told they don’t even have a right to exist. Did you know the niece of the leader of Hamas is being medically treated in an Israeli hospital? Palestinians are getting millions in aid, and it goes to corrupt groups, not the people who need it. As long as Hamas is in charge, nothing will change. They do not want peace.
A gentile from Poland here. Thank you for putting together this great footage. It shows vividly how the communities which were subsequently murdered by Germans lived. It also underscores differences between Polish Jews, Soviet Jews and Western European Jews before the war. A higher percentage of Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Poland, fashionably dressed better-integrated Jews in the West and life under the Communism. The document is touching and of enormous value.
@Kelley McFadden Your comment is not relevant to the topic. How dare you peddle religion in the context of the atrocity? Or perhaps you're implying they were of an errant faith? Either way, you're inadvertently endorsing "right" vs "wrong" and it's insensitive and callous. Enjoy your "eternity". Your "expertise" is out of place here.
And then your remember that the founders only sold it for $1 billion. I dont know what to feel if I were them. Facebook Twitter all that, those are not guaranteed to be used by people in the future. But youtube? RUclips has no competition
@@رزانالشمري-ه8ص If you’re referring to Israel, that doesn’t pertain to ALL Jews. There are many in that country, but there are many Jewish folk elsewhere! It’s like saying “all white people” or “all black people”. It’s not fair to group everyone of a certain ethnicity or religion like that! Not every Jewish person is good, and not every Jewish person is bad. There is good and bad everywhere you look!
@@antoanetaanastasova3946 That is a lie. The Jews to this day strive to live in peace with their neighbors. They are not responsible for the violence continually instigated by the people group who call themselves palestinians.
Whenever I try to imagine WWII , I see a mother with her 6 year old daughter getting on the boxcar . It's cold . The child says it has to pee and is hungry. The mother must have known what was about to happen .
I visited Babi Yar in Kiev, Ukraine and Maly Trostonets in Minsk, Belarus. Thousands were killed in both sites. Both locations are heart wrenching to visit.
They certainly couldn't imagine that decades later their smiles, faces and daily life would have been seen by so many. May their memory be a blessing 🙏
Wow, these films are making me very emotional. I wonder why I never looked for something like this before on RUclips. I'm very thankful for your channel offering this.
thanks for posting these home movies,happy times,before destruction and misery.WW2 was a terrible event.Its painful to know that misery fell upon everyone in these films.Everyone seems happy exspecially the younger ones.
All I see are wonderful happy people who have always worked well and integrated where ever they live. My dealings with Jewish people throughout my life have always been good. God Bless them.
The holocaust was a horrible time in history for BOTH sides! Yes! They Jews were treated terribly but it also turned the once kind hearted and innocent Germans into Nazi's who were brainwashed to hate. I watched a version of Anne Frank's story. In one scene, a former German friend and classmate was talking to them and her mother angrily yelled at her to stop taking to Jewish girls. That was the last time Anne would ever see her friend again😕
It is so UNFAIR that these happy, innocent people were robbed of their basic human rights, cheated out of their homes and made to live like animals all because of the atrocity of a single person, supported by the silence of many. May Hitler's soul rot in hell. But most importantly, may we never forget that Hitler was a human being like the rest of us, and in our hearts all of us have the capacity to turn into heartless fiends like him, should we let go of our compassion and give into hatred. Stop another Hitler from rising to power anywhere in the world. It is a debt we owe all humanity.
It's unfair that they rule the entire world government and force us experimental vaccines and forces us to wear mask and not be allowed to go to church. Yea poor poor people
It depends on where they lived. The Jews in Germany and in most areas east of Germany had much higher rates of death then the Jews in Western Europe. Jews in the Soviet Union territories that were taking over by the Nazis faired the worst.
@@jeffreybarger84 Before the war there were almost 139.000 Dutch Jews in the Netherlands ( Plus 25,000 German Jews who fled Germany) and after the war there were barely 15 thousand left. The Netherlands is located in Western Europe
These short films are completely new to me although I can see from the comments that they have been shown on RUclips at least once before. They are a precious resource for seeing the lives and homes of so many people who are gone forever.
'I was in Germany before [World War 2], and let me tell you, the same thing could happen here in America if the subject of moral issues is not permitted to enter the public schools.' - R' Menahem Mendel Schneerson.
And 2 out of 3 people only survived b/c they went into hiding in small cramped corners, attics, and sewers isolated from the world all with the risk of good kind-hearted Germans getting caught helping them and being arrested.
the film retrieved "from an acquaintance who safeguarded the family's possessions". I am sure there were many people who stepped in and performed these small generous acts and we should remember them even if we do not know their names.
My mother was Jewish, that means that I am Jewish..I am an atheist, do not follow dietary rules and have no intention of attending Synagogue...BUT I AM JEWISH it is something deep down in my being something that I cannot explain❤❤❤❤❤
My brother-in-law was brought up Jewish but is not a practicing Jew. My sister, who is married to him, was brought up Christian but is not a practicing Christian. They exposed their daughter to both religions while she was growing up. Their daughter, now in her 30s, is not religious (as far as I know) but she knows that antisemitism continues to exist in the cultural DNA around the world and for that reason decided to not get her DNA to learn of her ethnic ancestry because the record of the results would exist on the company’s records. As you indicated, “I AM JEWISH”, so with my niece. In the back of her mind/heart is the weight of the knowledge of the Holocaust and the awareness of groups in the U.S. and around the world still promoting antisemitism, and concern for what could happen in the future. Yes, in the 1930s, everything was fine/normal….until it wasn’t. 😥😡😥
This is a great learning opportunity to say the least! I can remember my Grandmother telling me about some Germans who left after Hitler became Chancellor. They farmed alongside one another here in Tennessee. I don’t know for sure if they were Jewish but they left their home and possessions behind and cursed Hitler all the time. It’s still so hard to comprehend how it could have happened.
Beautiful display of footages yet so tragic. This is a part of history we wished that never happened but there it is, despite 80 years. This should be never forgotten.
all human kind are the same. we must forget hatred and be tolerant and love each other. i always say peace is the unique way to live in hapiness. jews live in Morocco in peace with muslims: no discrimination nor hatred. they are ouer brothers and sisters. my great love from Marrakech Morocco.
Brilliant footage along with full commentary with names, dates and places..I totally enjoyed this and condolences to families who lost relatives during Nazi occupation..Lets not make the same mistakes again.
I am a Christian and send my condolences to all these families. The loss of all these innocents is appalling.I encourage all to listen to the shoah testomonies . Never again please God
I never understood why Jewish people are/were so ostracized. Most jewish people I've met/ known have been very intelligent, interesting, gifted, good looking people... Some of my favorite people I've ever met have been Jewish. Where did the hatred even come from?
It's understandable in a sense that society is beginning to want to forget what happened to the Jews, even to the point of denial that it happened now nearly 100 yrs later. It's not an easy thing to wrap your mind around that degree of horror. It is even more critical now that we do NOT ever let society forget. Films like these are priceless.
This is amazing footage - really brings home the fact ordinary people going about their lives were on the brink of disaster - how innocent they were - I can't express how much it saddens me to see this - really brings them to life and hits home - how could anyone do this to people and think that this is ok? It's truly frightening.
its al about the ignorance of the masses ,and certain groups or dictators ,taking advantage of their ignorance to take total controlthis is why one of the first things the germans did was burn booksthis is like some leaders today restricting and banning internet for their peopleyou are a fine woman Mary Elwood your heart is pure
al bundy....I'm glad you see it they way I do, it was only 70 years ago, in history, that time line is nothing. I'd like to think the world has evolved a bit since then and we are on the constant lookout for these dangerous signs and nip them in the bud before they get out of hand....the world just cannot ever let this sort of calculated, premeditated, planned murder and on a factory scale ever happen again. We must all learn from this and never, ever forget it.....thankyou for your compliment, but I think any decent human being will see it this way
Truly heartbreaking. These are just ordinary people living ordinary lives - the smiles of the young people, the children and families, it’s so important to keep their memories alive. They never deserved such cruelty and it cannot ever be forgotten. May they Rest In Peace.
My God three months or so before the Soviet/German invasion. Thank you for this post...it's chilling to think these people, by all accounts, only had months to live.
To see the kids in school and know all the amnosiy going on and what was about to happen to these poor souls. we must never let something like that happen again ❤️
@@daddyCoool28 Not everyone hates each other, talk for yourself. Secondly, it isn't hate that's the problem. It is the shallowness of so many people today who just follow along with all kinds of stupidity. Without conviction, you have no morals. Without any morals, anything can happen!
This is heartbreaking,seeing the families playing like we all do, and the kids innocent and just being protected by there mums and dads. The little one putting his hand out like little ones do and mum stroking his head. Horrific to think the demonic Nazis ripped their lives apart in the death camps, the terror is unimaginable
Thank you so much for posting this. It is good to see that there are young people today who are taking the time to teach others about this horrible chapter of history. Maybe if enough people see, it will make a difference in the world today, and help put a stop to the genocide that still goes on as we watch. Good job! I will share!
Hopefully they will find footage of some of the 12 to 20 million russian Christians who were genocided and their churches and cultures destroyed by the jewish russian government .
When we speak of the evil Nazis, too often we fail to realize that the Nazis were normal people in an evil situation. It could happen again, and it HAS happened with different people in different places. Hatred cannot be allowed to prosper. These videos are priceless. Thanks for posting.
@Teresa Burton They were brainwashed. Some of those Nazi's were born not too long after Hitler took power and brainwashed them into thinking that people different from them were bad. Just like how racist white kids aren't born with hate but are taught horrible values from their parents. Nazi's were taught horrible values from people.
No, that is not true. The Nazis were people who were raised with a dislike for Jews, and were surrounded by neighbours, friends, and a larger community that detested Jews, who had no problem whatsoever slandering them and laughing about them. It was a sickness all through European society. They were not "normal" people. They were highly prejudiced and seriously considered the Jews to be greedy and a lower form of human being, and often excused this hatred by saying the Jews killed Jesus.
This film just shines a whole other light on to the holocaust. I'm actually devastated for these beautiful, innocent people. I applaud the work your organisation is doing, you're amazing.
a up and shalom to you all from north Yorkshire England .and to my beautiful people and to the ones that never made it back God bless you all .. and to England for giving my grate grandfather Shimon marchstine and my beautiful grate grandmother Anne for giving them a safe passage to this country we bless you all and we will never truly forget your kindness and generosity you all shown to them last of to my beautiful queen and beautiful country amen
Thank you for sharing this remarkable footage. My father's side if my family are from Belgium. They had to flee from Brussels and safely made it to New York City. Dad fought with the US Army. Watching this footage is very moving to me. So many beautiful innocent people going through their lives. My heart breaks. 🙏🏼🪴
A moving yet tragic series of amateur photography. May these videos remind us that "man's inhumanity to man makes countless millions mourn " Thank you from Ireland 🇮🇪
I loved all of the faces being photographed in the villages and towns. Such vibrant, friendly, intelligent , and interesting humans. The worst tragedy of the last century. Who would ever dream of the horror that would be faced - a whole new level of evil. They were such rational intelligent people -they couldn't fathom that level of hate and insanity, so they thought the best . Sadly they were mistaken.
this is lovely to see family's living there lives, thank you for sharing these clips, it was emotional as we know most of these people and children where murdered by the Germans. These treasured memories live on, through all who watch and share.
At 17:42 it mentions the man who came to Akron, Ohio and established a photography studio. I grew up there 1949 -1969 and wonder how many of my schoolmates were from families from Europe. We didn't talk about WWII even though four uncle's were in the Armed Forces then. I wish I could talk to them now to ask many questions. So glad to know this man's family escaped the horrors. Thank you for posting this. God bless these innocent people. 🙏
Amazing! I remember seeing these footages like the early Jewish ghettos but with bad quality. It's like looking into a time machine from the present. Hard to believe that almost all the people would die before their time. Such a tragedy.
Thank you for this film. It’s so very important for all people, especially people who really wish to understand why we Jews in America have found the past eight days since the hostage situation in the synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, a week ago yesterday, so disturbingly difficult. It follows a rapidly increasing number of violent incidents of Jew Hate in the USA. This film shows the happy everyday life of people taken by tourists to Europe on vacation or families just like yours and mine having fun. The only difference is the time and place and, perhaps for you, the people shown are Jews. Please know in advance this is not another historic film showing the atrocities or anything violent or murderous that occurred in the years following the film. What it shows, in a very poignant way, is far worse. All that was truly destroyed. It is only 30 minutes of footage. Please take the time to understand why we are horrified that we have fellow Americans championing the regime that wiped out all you will see. Among these were the part of my paternal grandfather’s family that never emigrated to America 🇺🇸 at the turn of the 20th century in 1912.
I understand that recent events, such as the hostage situation in Colleyville, Texas, and the increasing number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, have been deeply disturbing and difficult for the Jewish community. It is important to acknowledge and address such acts of hate and violence. While I don't have the specific details about the film you mentioned, it seems to be focusing on the everyday lives of Jewish people before the atrocities of the Holocaust occurred. It is crucial to remember and honor the lives that were lost and the immense destruction caused by the Holocaust. Understanding the historical context and the impact it had on individuals and communities is an important part of promoting empathy and preventing such tragedies from happening again. It is disheartening to hear about fellow Americans championing ideologies that were responsible for the destruction you mentioned. It is essential for society to stand against hate, discrimination, and violence in all forms, and to foster a culture of inclusivity, understanding, and respect.
I'd like to thank you for very well made detailed documentary! May YESHUA'S Blessings always be upon Jerusalem/Israel! The Jews are God's CHOSEN PEOPLE!👍👍👍👍👍
For my entire life I’ve wondered why did the Germans hate the Jews so much. This is the first time I’ve ever seen films like this; they were very enlightening to me. I live in Los Angeles, there is a fairly large Orthodox Jewish community right around the corner. The Jews in my neighborhood in 2021 LA look very similar to the Jewish folks in the films, black long over coat, a tall hat & long bushy beard with beautiful curls on each side of their head. Even here in LA there is division. The Orthodox Jews seems to shy away from the community. Their kids don’t go to public school & are not allowed to go to college. You will never see them at community events or gatherings. I don’t know why the division exist but it does.
Jealousy. We have a set of values that breeds success in the modern world. They didn't, and thought that being poor was somehow a testament to their demigod Christ. We got it right and they were simply jealous. They were so stupid that they even forgot the origin of their faith--it came from US. They screwed it up with their Germanic pagan stuff though.
It's no different from other insular communities. There are many sects of Judaism that are much more integrated. Also given their history, perhaps they dont feel safe doing so.
Thank you for sharing!!!! There all such beautiful people!!! This is so important to put faces with what truly happened.. I pray for the world today, history is once again repeating itself. May God be with us all.
It’s heartbreaking to see these people, some could be my relatives, at the least fellow Jews living normal lives not knowing the Hell on earth that awaited them under Nazi rule.
Many were in denial. They sensed what was coming but made excuses, rationalized or closed their eyes. To quote the famed historian Barbara Tuchman, “History does not repeat itself but people do not change.”
At 3:03 there's a film clip showing a husband and wife noted to be in July of 1936. But in the film there's snow on the ground as seen through the cafe window across the street. That scene is followed by the wife (wearing a fur coat and boots) being filmed where snow can be seen right up front in the clip. It seems unlikely that it would be filmed during July.
Seeing these people just living their lives unaware of the horrors history had in store for them. Your heart breaks watching those faces from so far away in time yet never forgotten. Rest in eternal peace
Id say they were already dealing with a lot of antisemitism, but were just getting long with life.
do you feel the same for the children in Gaza? i suppose you do.
@@lumpfish99erm what the sigma😂
@@lumpfish99Yes, I do. May God grant them peace.🙏🏻
These short films of Jewish folks living in Europe before the beginning of WWII are priceless, they're evidence of lives full of love and happiness that got tore down by sick minds and hearts full of hate. Thanks for taking the time to upload these mini documentaries and share with the rest of the world a piece of history.
I am viewing this at a time that human beings are dying every day in Gaza and southern Lebanon due to the insane need for vengeance of certain governments. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
None of these people really anticipated that their faces would be seen and remembered in 2021, and I’m sure they wouldn’t have ever thought that this video would be so significant due to something as awful and evil as the Holocaust. Remember their faces, may they rest in paradise and peace.
Agree 100%. May they rest in eternal peace🙏.
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AMEN.🙏
amen🙏
I cannot get that part of the history out of my head
Never again should this world see this again!
To see the people so happy and vibrant and just living life brings smiles but to know the fate awaiting them is heart wrenching. Honestly I can’t finish watching it because I can’t stop crying. RIP dear ones and children.
Why do bad things happen to innocent people while nothing happens to evil people who cause trouble.
Hitler deserved to be sent and imprisioned in one of his own concentration camps that he created.
To think they were killed because Hitler was cheated by a jewish girl 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 ooh i hate society, this also was misoginist before misoginy be something! 😭
Why does one of them look like William Dafoe lol
Im crying too
yes iris i know i know, its unbelievable what happened i think about the holocaust every single day, thinking how could the world let it happen, im someone who is depressed and rarely smile, but after watching this documentary and seeing these people smiling walking around i am going to try and smile much more myself in my life, even though im a poor cab driver who struggles to make a buck i will try and improve my life and not be so depressed all the time, now the world should know why the chosen people need israel and nukes so this tragedy never happens to them again, and so they can defend themselves from the evil that is still around us all the time, under the surface only waiting to strike.
Seeing the Jewish people smile, looking like they had not a care in the world, is especially heartbreaking knowing what they soon would face.
Hello Margaret , how're you doing, I hope you are doing fine. I'm David from Houston, Texas. Where are you from? You seems like a real Country girl😊🌹
układając chronologicznie nagrywane filmy można w pewien sposób wyciągnąć wnioski z tego przez co przeszli ludzie skazani na masową śmierć... od szczęśliwych dni być może pierwszy raz przed kamerą filmową do ostatnich godzin przed śmiercią...
maybe they should not have declared war on Germany
@@lumpfish99 I’m no student of history but I’m pretty sure it was the other way around
@@lumpfish99Nazi Germany (the Austrian corporal Hitler) first took Austria in the name of German Dualism, then the Sudetenland, then Poland. What are you talking about?
This video - although historically significant - is beyond sad and tragic. Such beautiful, innocent people just living their lives ignorant of the horrors to come. The senselessness of what occured soon after is beyond comprehension. May all those poor people - men, women, children, elderly - rest in peace in God's loving embrace🙏.
I hate wars.❤
The nazi regime was pure evil.
@@toufa89 it has to stop...
@@Madmen604
Yes, they were. They were very smart though. Just think if they had turned all that talent towards good and not evil. How better the world would be. The war was a total waste of humanity on all sides. Over 800,000 German soldiers lost their lives in the battle of Stalingrad alone. This is not counting all the lives lost on the allies sides and Holocaust (including Roma, disabled people, homosexuals, people against the regime in any way including those in the military, arts, politics, etc.). Just a horrible and unnecessary waste. I'm not even touching on the horrendous suffering and trauma. There are no words, really.
Yes i agree with you its to sad to kill people for their ethnicity
And also is very sad to take the Palestinians from their land and give this land to these Jewish people who were tortured in Europe
My Grandfather, with his brothers and sisters , and their Parents Moved to the United States in about 1908 . their Last name was Homitz, as was my Mothers. I am the middle child of Seven Boys. Thank you whoever helped to get my Grandfather here.
Don't you wonder sometimes why these people in the film stayed while yours and my and so many others escaped to America before 1925 or so? I do, anyway.
@@hannahisrael7562 before WWI, people who escaped the america did it -most of them- because the bad conditions of the low class and not war (even tho there were speculations of a war). maybe those who stayed in europe didn't have a bad economy or maybe it was imposible to them escape (bc it not that easy to leave ur family and start a new life in a complete new continent)
Many Jews that left before WWII left because of the pogroms that swept shtetls in Eastern Europe in the early 20th century. It’s why my family left Poland in the 1910s. Most of the families recorded here are either from bigger cities or more western parts of Europe, so they had less reason to leave, but even those who wished to leave may have been unable to afford the cost of travel and immigration.
Most of them were very poor. I am surprise to hear those who hate the Jewish people think that most Jews are millionaires. I see this film and it brakes my heart. Thank you for this video.
If they emigrated from other parts of Scandinavia and the Soviet union, they would often be migrating for a better economic future.
The rich ones were already emigrated by then
@@katatoth1983 that's not true. the rich ones were very assimilated to the local society and refused to believe that anything bad will happen to them. Very few were smart to at least send the children away.
They should've stole and stock piled guns🤦♂️🤷♂️🥺😎✌⚘
Brakes?
Whenever I have the chance to pass through a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn I love to watch the parents and their children on the way to a synagogue. It's the best thing that they can do,to help continue their religious traditions that had been taken away from so many during the Holocaust. Through my grandmother I am of the descent that made life a horrific existence for so many millions of innocent men, women and children. As a child I was told never to talk about my grandmother's background as we did live in a partially Jewish neighborhood. My friends were of all different backgrounds. In my home we were never taught to hate others.Thank God for the grandparents and parents that we had.
Yeah synagogue of Satan
So....what was your grandmother...?
im english born in 1941 i was brought up with jews who live near me in central london iv worked with them and for them most are a good if i had a choice il vote for them
It's positive to hear that you appreciate and respect the efforts of parents and children in a Jewish neighborhood to maintain their religious traditions. Supporting and preserving cultural and religious practices can indeed be an important way to honor and remember the history and resilience of a community.
It's also encouraging to hear that in your upbringing, you were not taught to hate others and had friends from diverse backgrounds. Embracing diversity and promoting understanding among different cultures and religions is essential for fostering a harmonious society.
However, it's important to acknowledge the historical context and the atrocities committed during the Holocaust. While you mention that your grandmother was of a background that played a role in the suffering of millions, it's crucial to remember that individuals are responsible for their own actions, and it's not fair to hold present generations accountable for the sins of their ancestors.🦒🦄🦓
They cry about Holocaust, but killing Palestinian muslims and grabbing their land!😢
it's so heartbreaking seeing these people happy and go about their life not knowing what would become of them
Yes, they are so happy and relaxed. I've never seen a group of uniformly joyful jews at shul or any other gathering.
And their reliance on a DDB GOD that they believed in.
"Not knowing what would become of them". Take your induced pity and shove it. Read and digest Ze'ev Jabotinsky's speeches to Jews in Warsaw in 1938. Describes in accurate detail their future fate. UK Government starts to borrow for war in 1936. French build useless Maginot line in 1930's. Instead of learning how to turn metal on lathe, press cartridges, mix gunpowder etc., Jews were telephoning their (omnipotent?) God. Wasn't in.
It’s happening again
@@truecinnamon Romans 11:34 Who can fathom the mind of the Lord?
Or who can claim to be His advisor?
God loves his people. Humans can kill the body but the soul lives forever!
All glory, honor and praise to the omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresence God of Israel!!
Would Israel exist today without the horrors that galvanized the Jews and other nations to actively reclaim Israel’s ancestral homeland?
I ended up here due to research and I felt I had to leave a comment. Sometimes, with academic distance, or even just the distance of time, you can be aware of the horror of this event but without really feeling it. You can kid yourself that it was so far off it could never happen again, and that humans could never be so cruel and barbaric today, but watching this footage has stunned and disturbed me, because in these images all distance becomes invisible. I'm glad this footage exists to document these people and families, and I feel privileged to have been able to view it, this window into lives that did not know how things would change. Thank you for the resource. It is not the barbaric murderers we ought to know the faces of, it's of their many victims. I will think about this often. Thank you.
As you notice it's happening again.
@@miggans21012But to the people of Gaza and Lebanon. 😢 Madness.
These are some of the most important and valuable films of our times in my opinion. Such a powerful impression these intimate and beautiful moments have, I have been blown away. Thank you to all those sharing these personal stories with us.
@Robin Hylands
Just imagine. Many innocent people robbed of livlihoods, all b/c they made the mistake of putting the worst political leader on that ballot.
One man's hate is more contagious than any deadly virus. Hate isn't a virus....but it spreads rapidly like one.
But despite their tragic history why is it that the Jews of Israel are not able to understand human suffering the greatest example being the Palestinian people who are being so brutally oppressed by the state of Israel. This is indeed a situation of enormous contradiction, hypocrisy and an intriguing paradox.
@@raziashraf6209 Even the other Arab nations, don't want the Palestinians, and the Jews, are the original Palestinians, because it was their land when the Romans renamed it to Palestine.
@@raziashraf6209 I think what's more of a paradox is how the arab world has the worst record of human rights violations, has a long history of expulsions of jews throughout every single arab country, and has the audacity to point the finger lmao.
I have similar photos of normal people going about their peaceful lives which I took when I visited Gaza City in the 1990s. 😊
may they be remembered, may they all be written in the book of life may their memory be a blessing
Pretty sure their God ordained it
the Jews will never be wiped out from history. they're God's chosen people.
Probably over a 100 million people died in the wars... Just to create a state and they do not follow the teachings of Moses peace be upon him.
May NOT ANY religious and/or ethnical minority group - AT ALL! - in this 21st century world, ever AGAIN become SO discriminated against, largely and thoroughly mistreated, openly humiliated and dehumanized, and eventually become the victims of (fundamentally elaborate) genocide, as the 1930s and '40s European Jews did!... Today's China, Birma,... - with their own respective (marginalized) prosecuted and radically 'hunted' (religious) minorities - ought to remember WELL(!) their history lessons from school AND thus history itself, in order NOT to (dramatically, horribly!) REPEAT it!!! 🕊🌍
@@georgelebreton3177
AMEN !🙏
Not a single pro Hitler raging anti-Semite to be found anywhere in this comment section. How refreshing
It breaks my heart how everyone seem so happy not knowing of the horrors soon to come. Most especially those beautiful children. What an amazing video !!!
"The meek will inherit the earth and they will live in it forever" psalms 37...
God has seen their suffering and will not forget these sweet people....
Amen.
@@glendaharris7219 I see death people 😜🥰😍
@@henrikfox8960 Not funny Troll.
This is amazing! The people were living happy normal lives! It is so criminal how the Nazis ruined so many lives and took so many innocent lives. I'm glad this film exists.
The people in Palestine were living happy normal lives! It is so criminal how the Zionists ruined so many lives and exiled so many families from their land.
@@c0olc0olman30 If it wasn*t for Hamas nothing would have happened...think damn it !
@@rodicaherescu9249 Hamas existed in the 80's,that's way too long after WW2
@@c0olc0olman30 👏👏👍🇯🇴
@@c0olc0olman30 how dare you compare the systematic murder of 7 million Jews to what’s going on now. I’m genuinely sorry some Palestinians are hurt or dead. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. But as long as you let a terrorist organization launch rockets into another countries populated areas, what do you think will happen? The Jewish people are still being told they don’t even have a right to exist. Did you know the niece of the leader of Hamas is being medically treated in an Israeli hospital? Palestinians are getting millions in aid, and it goes to corrupt groups, not the people who need it. As long as Hamas is in charge, nothing will change. They do not want peace.
Some of these videos look better than the ones I used to take on my first cell phone.
Lmao so true 🤣
Yes, quite right. I wish that more people had devices, then, which are nowadays common recorders of daily life.
@@jessicalynn9730 zdxw asa aad ada s da z
True! The quality is amazing!
A gentile from Poland here. Thank you for putting together this great footage. It shows vividly how the communities which were subsequently murdered by Germans lived. It also underscores differences between Polish Jews, Soviet Jews and Western European Jews before the war. A higher percentage of Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Poland, fashionably dressed better-integrated Jews in the West and life under the Communism. The document is touching and of enormous value.
I shall reside with them in next world after my death I shall approach them
@Kelley McFadden
Your comment is not relevant to the topic. How dare you peddle religion in the context of the atrocity? Or perhaps you're implying they were of an errant faith?
Either way, you're inadvertently endorsing "right" vs "wrong" and it's insensitive and callous.
Enjoy your "eternity". Your "expertise" is out of place here.
This video proves why RUclips will have it's own place in history!
Exactly! RUclips is and will definitely be remembered as a hallmark in media history.
Good point. Quite right
I just hope RUclips will keep it up.
And then your remember that the founders only sold it for $1 billion. I dont know what to feel if I were them. Facebook Twitter all that, those are not guaranteed to be used by people in the future. But youtube? RUclips has no competition
@@burnerbrecks5 me too
Wow, this is the first time I’ve seen Jewish people prior to the Holocaust. It makes me want to scream, Get out of there!
where are they going?
They are now worse than the Nazis
@@رزانالشمري-ه8ص If you’re referring to Israel, that doesn’t pertain to ALL Jews. There are many in that country, but there are many Jewish folk elsewhere! It’s like saying “all white people” or “all black people”. It’s not fair to group everyone of a certain ethnicity or religion like that! Not every Jewish person is good, and not every Jewish person is bad. There is good and bad everywhere you look!
i also wish we didn’t WANT to scream “get out of there”! it’s crazy that i would most likely be dead back then.
@@nicole.stanhope he is not saying that they are bad, but what is happening to the Palestinians now is not far from holocost.
@@antoanetaanastasova3946 That is a lie. The Jews to this day strive to live in peace with their neighbors. They are not responsible for the violence continually instigated by the people group who call themselves palestinians.
thank you for this
Me too. So glad my cousins grandparents came to America before all that horror began.
Precious. Heartbreaking. Beautiful. Humanity at its worst. God bless them all, pray for this never to be repeated.
Whenever I try to imagine WWII , I see a mother with her 6 year old daughter getting on the boxcar . It's cold . The child says it has to pee and is hungry. The mother must have known what was about to happen .
I visited Babi Yar in Kiev, Ukraine and Maly Trostonets in Minsk, Belarus. Thousands were killed in both sites. Both locations are heart wrenching to visit.
They certainly couldn't imagine that decades later their smiles, faces and daily life would have been seen by so many.
May their memory be a blessing
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We don’t know what will happen next week and just go about our lives , that’s all we can do
And now they rule over you with experimental vaccine and mask mandates. Congratulations
Wow, these films are making me very emotional. I wonder why I never looked for something like this before on RUclips.
I'm very thankful for your channel offering this.
The number of people in these films who were murdered is staggering.
I was thinking the same thing and wondered how many of those people are still alive. So sad.
Racism is one of the most nasty way of thinking a human kind can have.
@@jorgebarranco8640 Jewish is not a race though. They were oppressed by people of the same race as them
Small fraction of human beings here in context of same horrific results for multi-millions of living individuals.
@@mariahyohannes dosent matter. Don't justify genocides and murder
They’re just so lovely. The boys smiling and goofing in the camera just reminded me of my friends 😭🖤
thanks for posting these home movies,happy times,before destruction and misery.WW2 was a terrible event.Its painful to know that misery fell upon everyone in these films.Everyone seems happy exspecially the younger ones.
All I see are wonderful happy people who have always worked well and integrated where ever they live. My dealings with Jewish people throughout my life have always been good. God Bless them.
Seeing this film and knowing that most would not survive is so heart breaking, may they all rest in peace 💜💜
Hello Mary, how're you doing, I hope you are doing fine. I'm David from Houston, Texas. Where are you from? You seems like a real Country girl😊🌹
The holocaust was a horrible time in history for BOTH sides! Yes! They Jews were treated terribly but it also turned the once kind hearted and innocent Germans into Nazi's who were brainwashed to hate.
I watched a version of Anne Frank's story. In one scene, a former German friend and classmate was talking to them and her mother angrily yelled at her to stop taking to Jewish girls. That was the last time Anne would ever see her friend again😕
Amen
It is so UNFAIR that these happy, innocent people were robbed of their basic human rights, cheated out of their homes and made to live like animals all because of the atrocity of a single person, supported by the silence of many. May Hitler's soul rot in hell. But most importantly, may we never forget that Hitler was a human being like the rest of us, and in our hearts all of us have the capacity to turn into heartless fiends like him, should we let go of our compassion and give into hatred. Stop another Hitler from rising to power anywhere in the world. It is a debt we owe all humanity.
It's unfair that they rule the entire world government and force us experimental vaccines and forces us to wear mask and not be allowed to go to church. Yea poor poor people
How many of those poor people were wiped out😥😥It's horrific 😢😢God Bless and love them all💔💔💖💖xx
It depends on where they lived. The Jews in Germany and in most areas east of Germany had much higher rates of death then the Jews in Western Europe. Jews in the Soviet Union territories that were taking over by the Nazis faired the worst.
@@jeffreybarger84 Before the war there were almost 139.000 Dutch Jews in the Netherlands ( Plus 25,000 German Jews who fled Germany) and after the war there were barely 15 thousand left. The Netherlands is located in Western Europe
What about when they used Germans as laborers when they were stabbed in the back by the Versailles treaty???
@@arashshibaie116 If imperialist countries kept their noses out of other countries in the first place, there would be NO wars
@@carollucey111 hell, it’s the government not the people.
These short films are completely new to me although I can see from the comments that they have been shown on RUclips at least once before. They are a precious resource for seeing the lives and homes of so many people who are gone forever.
Every day I remember their suffering and cry in my heart for them and their innocent kids.
I cry also for the mörderd poor people in palestine
You were among them?
@@hicranaseves106 these people are not same every soul is different.....
@@tapitarabha3939 contradictory and ignorance
@@hicranaseves106 😂😂😂😂
What a treasured piece of footage. A timeless beauty. Thank you to the family for recording this.
'I was in Germany before [World War 2], and let me tell you, the same thing could happen here in America if the subject of moral issues is not permitted to enter the public schools.' - R' Menahem Mendel Schneerson.
Melech hamoshiach
What an absolute gem of a video. I am glad I've discovered this channel.
This is the kind of priceless video footage that should have billions of views.
2 out of 3 of these happy smiling faces were killed.
Thank you to the family for making this film available to the public.
And 2 out of 3 people only survived b/c they went into hiding in small cramped corners, attics, and sewers isolated from the world all with the risk of good kind-hearted Germans getting caught helping them and being arrested.
And that's average across all of Europe. In Poland and Lithuania it was 90%.
wow amazing to see those people's faces in color. it's so real!
Yes! Makes you feel like you're really there. 😳
It’s feel like in our time, more realistic.
Hitler is an Anti Christ
the film retrieved "from an acquaintance who safeguarded the family's possessions". I am sure there were many people who stepped in and performed these small generous acts and we should remember them even if we do not know their names.
My mother was Jewish, that means that I am Jewish..I am an atheist, do not follow dietary rules and have no intention of attending Synagogue...BUT I AM JEWISH it is something deep down in my being something that I cannot explain❤❤❤❤❤
Become born again remove the scales from your eyes as all jews will and join us in heaven may God bless you
Same here, I know what you mean
Ich bin ein chryst ich wünsche dir dass du gott und jeshua kennenlernst
My brother-in-law was brought up Jewish but is not a practicing Jew. My sister, who is married to him, was brought up Christian but is not a practicing Christian. They exposed their daughter to both religions while she was growing up. Their daughter, now in her 30s, is not religious (as far as I know) but she knows that antisemitism continues to exist in the cultural DNA around the world and for that reason decided to not get her DNA to learn of her ethnic ancestry because the record of the results would exist on the company’s records. As you indicated, “I AM JEWISH”, so with my niece. In the back of her mind/heart is the weight of the knowledge of the Holocaust and the awareness of groups in the U.S. and around the world still promoting antisemitism, and concern for what could happen in the future. Yes, in the 1930s, everything was fine/normal….until it wasn’t. 😥😡😥
These should be the type of videos with dozens of millions of views
This is a great learning opportunity to say the least! I can remember my Grandmother telling me about some Germans who left after Hitler became Chancellor. They farmed alongside one another here in Tennessee. I don’t know for sure if they were Jewish but they left their home and possessions behind and cursed Hitler all the time. It’s still so hard to comprehend how it could have happened.
I'm only 4 minutes into this video and am already blown away by these film clips along with the narration.
Beautiful display of footages yet so tragic. This is a part of history we wished that never happened but there it is, despite 80 years. This should be never forgotten.
all human kind are the same. we must forget hatred and be tolerant and love each other. i always say peace is the unique way to live in hapiness. jews live in Morocco in peace with muslims: no discrimination nor hatred. they are ouer brothers and sisters. my great love from Marrakech Morocco.
Brilliant footage along with full commentary with names, dates and places..I totally enjoyed this and condolences to families who lost relatives during Nazi occupation..Lets not make the same mistakes again.
@David Tokio sadly we are still making same evil mistakes. For example, the Rohinga in Myanmar
I am a Christian and send my condolences to all these families. The loss of all these innocents is appalling.I encourage all to listen to the shoah testomonies . Never again please God
I never understood why Jewish people are/were so ostracized. Most jewish people I've met/ known have been very intelligent, interesting, gifted, good looking people... Some of my favorite people I've ever met have been Jewish. Where did the hatred even come from?
it came Jealousy.
It's a very complex issue that can't be answered in a RUclips post, whole books have been written about it
They were too intelligent !! Germans were scared of them. They feared that Jews would overtake them.
It is heartbreaking, but appreciated that those souls live on through video
No , they just dead
@@oleksiysaiko5859 las imágenes del vídeo simplemente los hacen vivir eternamente
It's understandable in a sense that society is beginning to want to forget what happened to the Jews, even to the point of denial that it happened now nearly 100 yrs later. It's not an easy thing to wrap your mind around that degree of horror. It is even more critical now that we do NOT ever let society forget. Films like these are priceless.
Rest in peace to all jewish victims of europe
_-from Germanic holland
Thank you is not enough for this historical video, I enjoyed it with great respect for the people who made the moment memorable.........
This must be a lesson that together as humans we must always remember that there is more gained in working together can fighting each other
Hearing that that little girl escaped to the US was the best thing I've heard in forever
This is amazing footage - really brings home the fact ordinary people going about their lives were on the brink of disaster - how innocent they were - I can't express how much it saddens me to see this - really brings them to life and hits home - how could anyone do this to people and think that this is ok? It's truly frightening.
The same thing is happening today, for some time someone will watch similar pictures and say the exact same thing as you.
This is true, I realise there are a lot of injustices going on today in the world, but I am commenting about this particular documentary I'm watching
its al about the ignorance of the masses ,and certain groups or dictators ,taking advantage of their ignorance to take total controlthis is why one of the first things the germans did was burn booksthis is like some leaders today restricting and banning internet for their peopleyou are a fine woman Mary Elwood your heart is pure
al bundy....I'm glad you see it they way I do, it was only 70 years ago, in history, that time line is nothing. I'd like to think the world has evolved a bit since then and we are on the constant lookout for these dangerous signs and nip them in the bud before they get out of hand....the world just cannot ever let this sort of calculated, premeditated, planned murder and on a factory scale ever happen again. We must all learn from this and never, ever forget it.....thankyou for your compliment, but I think any decent human being will see it this way
just by reading comments lower down I think not .
Thank you SO MUCH for these most precious footages!!! And I love their being colored! Sharing and downloading!1
Truly heartbreaking. These are just ordinary people living ordinary lives - the smiles of the young people, the children and families, it’s so important to keep their memories alive. They never deserved such cruelty and it cannot ever be forgotten. May they Rest In Peace.
My God three months or so before the Soviet/German invasion. Thank you for this post...it's chilling to think these people, by all accounts, only had months to live.
To see the kids in school and know all the amnosiy going on and what was about to happen to these poor souls. we must never let something like that happen again ❤️
We still hate each other,with passion
@@daddyCoool28 Not everyone hates each other, talk for yourself. Secondly, it isn't hate that's the problem.
It is the shallowness of so many people today who just follow along with all kinds of stupidity. Without conviction, you have no morals. Without any morals, anything can happen!
@@PK-yc7en dude I didn't say i was talking on your behalf
Beautiful, peaceful, happy living. Everybody deserve a good life, dream for their families ❤️❤️❤️
This is heartbreaking,seeing the families playing like we all do, and the kids innocent and just being protected by there mums and dads. The little one putting his hand out like little ones do and mum stroking his head. Horrific to think the demonic Nazis ripped their lives apart in the death camps, the terror is unimaginable
Thank you so much for posting this. It is good to see that there are young people today who are taking the time to teach others about this horrible chapter of history. Maybe if enough people see, it will make a difference in the world today, and help put a stop to the genocide that still goes on as we watch. Good job! I will share!
Hopefully they will find footage of some of the 12 to 20 million russian Christians who were genocided and their churches and cultures destroyed by the jewish russian government .
Thank you, from Poland.
Tragic. My heart goes out to all those involved.
When we speak of the evil Nazis, too often we fail to realize that the Nazis were normal people in an evil situation. It could happen again, and it HAS happened with different people in different places. Hatred cannot be allowed to prosper. These videos are priceless. Thanks for posting.
@Teresa Burton
They were brainwashed. Some of those Nazi's were born not too long after Hitler took power and brainwashed them into thinking that people different from them were bad. Just like how racist white kids aren't born with hate but are taught horrible values from their parents. Nazi's were taught horrible values from people.
Very True !
Ultimately each person is responsible for their own actions and deeds. All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing.
Very true facts
No, that is not true. The Nazis were people who were raised with a dislike for Jews, and were surrounded by neighbours, friends, and a larger community that detested Jews, who had no problem whatsoever slandering them and laughing about them. It was a sickness all through European society. They were not "normal" people. They were highly prejudiced and seriously considered the Jews to be greedy and a lower form of human being, and often excused this hatred by saying the Jews killed Jesus.
This film just shines a whole other light on to the holocaust. I'm actually devastated for these beautiful, innocent people. I applaud the work your organisation is doing, you're amazing.
a up and shalom to you all from north Yorkshire England .and to my beautiful people and to the ones that never made it back God bless you all .. and to England for giving my grate grandfather Shimon marchstine and my beautiful grate grandmother Anne for giving them a safe passage to this country we bless you all and we will never truly forget your kindness and generosity you all shown to them last of to my beautiful queen and beautiful country amen
This is a beautiful film. I live in Berlin and it’s hard to imagine what it must have been like. RIP x
Thank you for sharing this remarkable footage. My father's side if my family are from Belgium. They had to flee from Brussels and safely made it to New York City. Dad fought with the US Army.
Watching this footage is very moving to me. So many beautiful innocent people going through their lives. My heart breaks. 🙏🏼🪴
It's impossible to describe the deep sense of foreboding I feel watching this
A moving yet tragic series of amateur photography. May these videos remind us that "man's inhumanity to man makes countless millions mourn " Thank you from Ireland 🇮🇪
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This video quality is incredible. I'm very curious to learn more about the camera they used and who developed it.
This is so very valuable to see such footage of what Jewish life in these countries was like and the fate of the people depicted.
Thank you for posting this my heart is broken after watching this
Excellent! Well collected and documented. Never again. So so tragic.
This is a fascinating insight into the past. Thank you!
Hello dear how are you doing over there ?
@@donaldwilliam6498 I'm alright, so and so I guess. Waiting for Orthodox Easter at the end of the week 🙂. You?
@@dyawr Good so tell me we're are from ?
Thank you for sharing this remarkable footage. It is heartbreaking but important for all to see.
You made your documentary unique, Intriguing & artfully orchestrated like a song. Well-Done/Great Work… 🌼
I loved all of the faces being photographed in the villages and towns. Such vibrant, friendly, intelligent , and interesting humans.
The worst tragedy of the last century. Who would ever dream of the horror that would be faced - a whole new level of evil.
They were such rational intelligent people -they couldn't fathom that level of hate and insanity, so they thought the best .
Sadly they were mistaken.
Oui, ils sont vraiment beaux, vivants !
this is lovely to see family's living there lives, thank you for sharing these clips, it was emotional as we know most of these people and children where murdered by the Germans. These treasured memories live on, through all who watch and share.
Nazis not german
@mm Hitler, Kaltenbrunner, Mengele and many others were Austrian, a lot of the ss guards were from Ukraine, Poland, Romania etc.
@mm did I said something wrong?
I like Germans but not nazis and not zionists. Both are trash
@@elonmuskisoverrated350 yes
At 17:42 it mentions the man who came to Akron, Ohio and established a photography studio. I grew up there 1949 -1969 and wonder how many of my schoolmates were from families from Europe. We didn't talk about WWII even though four uncle's were in the Armed Forces then. I wish I could talk to them now to ask many questions. So glad to know this man's family escaped the horrors. Thank you for posting this. God bless these innocent people. 🙏
Amazing! I remember seeing these footages like the early Jewish ghettos but with bad quality. It's like looking into a time machine from the present. Hard to believe that almost all the people would die before their time. Such a tragedy.
The devil hates good people who obey God that s why Jews are persecuted
@@kelleymcfadden9675 Don't EVER post this on videos about the Jewish people. We don't need your demigod. We're already chosen by the real Creator.
Sad to see that nowadays many people still haven't learned about War and antisemitism.
Thank you for this film. It’s so very important for all people, especially people who really wish to understand why we Jews in America have found the past eight days since the hostage situation in the synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, a week ago yesterday, so disturbingly difficult.
It follows a rapidly increasing number of violent incidents of Jew Hate in the USA.
This film shows the happy everyday life of people taken by tourists to Europe on vacation or families just like yours and mine having fun.
The only difference is the time and place and, perhaps for you, the people shown are Jews.
Please know in advance this is not another historic film showing the atrocities or anything violent or murderous that occurred in the years following the film. What it shows, in a very poignant way, is far worse. All that was truly destroyed. It is only 30 minutes of footage. Please take the time to understand why we are horrified that we have fellow Americans championing the regime that wiped out all you will see. Among these were the part of my paternal grandfather’s family that never emigrated to America 🇺🇸 at the turn of the 20th century in 1912.
exact same feeling as you, it's worldwide is the saddest thing. i'm abroad and still can't escape it - american jew
you are a sucker for the juse
@@kelleymcfadden9675 damn girl get a life
Henry Ford poured money into Germany to help Hitler because he hated the Jews. American Industrialest had a hand in Jewish extermination.
I understand that recent events, such as the hostage situation in Colleyville, Texas, and the increasing number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, have been deeply disturbing and difficult for the Jewish community. It is important to acknowledge and address such acts of hate and violence.
While I don't have the specific details about the film you mentioned, it seems to be focusing on the everyday lives of Jewish people before the atrocities of the Holocaust occurred. It is crucial to remember and honor the lives that were lost and the immense destruction caused by the Holocaust. Understanding the historical context and the impact it had on individuals and communities is an important part of promoting empathy and preventing such tragedies from happening again.
It is disheartening to hear about fellow Americans championing ideologies that were responsible for the destruction you mentioned. It is essential for society to stand against hate, discrimination, and violence in all forms, and to foster a culture of inclusivity, understanding, and respect.
I'd like to thank you for very well made detailed documentary! May YESHUA'S Blessings always be upon Jerusalem/Israel! The Jews are God's CHOSEN PEOPLE!👍👍👍👍👍
For my entire life I’ve wondered why did the Germans hate the Jews so much. This is the first time I’ve ever seen films like this; they were very enlightening to me. I live in Los Angeles, there is a fairly large Orthodox Jewish community right around the corner. The Jews in my neighborhood in 2021 LA look very similar to the Jewish folks in the films, black long over coat, a tall hat & long bushy beard with beautiful curls on each side of their head. Even here in LA there is division. The Orthodox Jews seems to shy away from the community. Their kids don’t go to public school & are not allowed to go to college. You will never see them at community events or gatherings. I don’t know why the division exist but it does.
You seem willfully ignorant to investigate further. Preferring emotion to the unknown
Jealousy. We have a set of values that breeds success in the modern world. They didn't, and thought that being poor was somehow a testament to their demigod Christ. We got it right and they were simply jealous. They were so stupid that they even forgot the origin of their faith--it came from US. They screwed it up with their Germanic pagan stuff though.
It's no different from other insular communities. There are many sects of Judaism that are much more integrated. Also given their history, perhaps they dont feel safe doing so.
It was a big thing having your picture taken in them days. Nowadays it would be easier but people no longer save pictures like they used to.
God bless the jewish people n their comunity
AMEN...🙏🏿
well, providing the abrahamic faiths are right, he did
109 countries
Although deeply tragic, thank you for sharing these beautiful films.
Amazing quality. Thank you for the post.
Thank you for sharing!!!! There all such beautiful people!!! This is so important to put faces with what truly happened.. I pray for the world today, history is once again repeating itself. May God be with us all.
Hello Sherri, how're you doing, I hope you are doing fine. I'm David from Houston, Texas. Where are you from? You seems like a real Country girl😊🌹
It’s heartbreaking to see these people, some could be my relatives, at the least fellow Jews living normal lives not knowing the Hell on earth that awaited them under Nazi rule.
Wow. Thank you so much for sharing this!
These a precious souls and I pray the best for all.❤️
Many were in denial. They sensed what was coming but made excuses, rationalized or closed their eyes. To quote the famed historian Barbara Tuchman, “History does not repeat itself but people do not change.”
History 😭
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We too will be a part of history sooner/later, until then share love to eachother
History= "His"story. Keep the faith no matter what persecution may come. Even unto death
Thank you so much for sharing this film.
At 3:03 there's a film clip showing a husband and wife noted to be in July of 1936. But in the film there's snow on the ground as seen through the cafe window across the street. That scene is followed by the wife (wearing a fur coat and boots) being filmed where snow can be seen right up front in the clip. It seems unlikely that it would be filmed during July.
Tananbaums cut it real close, only leaving in 1939 yikes.