A Holocaust Survivor Recalls The Day He Was Liberated

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @03.27.9
    @03.27.9 6 лет назад +15964

    I have a soft spot for old people, and seeing him cry tugged on my heart strings 💔

  • @kam5923
    @kam5923 4 года назад +1878

    “We are free” you can’t tell me you didn’t tear up a little

  • @WhateverNick
    @WhateverNick 7 лет назад +1040

    "We are free." I cry everytime.

    • @David-g1p-v8k
      @David-g1p-v8k 6 месяцев назад

      You are meant to,MIT's psychological warfare.

  • @shxyna735
    @shxyna735 8 лет назад +3692

    i'm not crying you're crying

  • @rhobatbrynjones7374
    @rhobatbrynjones7374 Год назад +123

    How anyone survived that hell with their humanity still intact always leaves me feeling very humbled to be able to hear their story. There aren't enough medals in the world to recognise the courage of these remarkable people. May they never know hardship again.

    • @PhilMoskowitz
      @PhilMoskowitz Год назад +2

      Human resiliency is amazing, isn't it.

    • @dougrose7334
      @dougrose7334 Год назад +2

      yeah it really puts into perspective the hardships we tell ourselves we deal with every day. We could all use some perspective from these amazing people.

    • @vaels5682
      @vaels5682 Год назад +2

      My great aunt survived the camps. She is one of the most amazing people I have met.

  • @emmas7937
    @emmas7937 8 лет назад +7492

    What kind of monster dislikes this??

    • @skyangel9884
      @skyangel9884 8 лет назад +25

      +Scythe .... your profile pic

    • @TheMRPCCOD
      @TheMRPCCOD 8 лет назад +9

      AngelFlower Mark of Finnish airforces

    • @emmas7937
      @emmas7937 8 лет назад +17

      +Scythe why do you deny it?

    • @TheMRPCCOD
      @TheMRPCCOD 8 лет назад +4

      TrollsAreGonnaTroll Well thats your opinion

    • @kane1253
      @kane1253 8 лет назад +97

      +Scythe clearly why? Do you think that the pictures, videos, stories, buildings and items are just there? Go visit a camp then you can see actual evidence to prove that it happened. Or just listen in your history class

  • @AshleyPie529
    @AshleyPie529 8 лет назад +4472

    Haven't watched the full video yet but I know it's gonna be emotional so I got some tissues beforehand

  • @erikagrace9278
    @erikagrace9278 2 года назад +346

    My great grandmother survived the Holocaust. She was one of the strongest, loveliest people I’ve ever met. No matter what happened in her life she didn’t let it dull her light and still loved with all of her heart. She came here to the United States with nothing but the clothes on her back, and when she passed in 2016 she left a HUGE family behind who loved her so much. She left a legacy. We miss you, Omi, Rose Meyer ❤️

    • @chrisbelsito4231
      @chrisbelsito4231 2 года назад +10

      God bless her!!! After going through what she went through, I’m sure there wasn’t anything that got to her!! After living in Hell and then Living a normal life. That was a blessing. Bless her and all of your family

    • @hrishikeshchanekar9846
      @hrishikeshchanekar9846 Год назад +4

      Forgive me for saying this but i envy you for having the great grandmother that you did. I'm sure she was stronger than any other person who have or probably will meet. It's incredible how many of the holocaust survivors went on to have a normal life filled with love, family and ambitions. You are very lucky to have the memory of a woman like your great grandmother. I'm sure that nothing that you go through in life will ever put you down because the memory of your great grandma will always inspire to strive on.

    • @erikagrace9278
      @erikagrace9278 Год назад

      @@hrishikeshchanekar9846 🫶

    • @monkeyon777
      @monkeyon777 Год назад

      Most did.

    • @jimreilly917
      @jimreilly917 Год назад

      God Bless her memory FOREVER.

  • @jasonpick1548
    @jasonpick1548 5 лет назад +2569

    this just pop up on your recommends too in 2019?

  • @Carolinamosvera
    @Carolinamosvera 7 лет назад +4179

    "Look at his hat, and it was a red star, a *Russian* soldier". Take note Hollywood.

    • @redbug3485
      @redbug3485 7 лет назад +57

      Carolina MosVe different stories of camps on their Liberation day. Some are in movies, some not.

    • @buxadonoff
      @buxadonoff 6 лет назад +136

      Really, you really want to make the case that Nazi Germany was worse then the Soviet Union ? Have you ever heard of the kulaks ? The Soviet Union seized the land from ukrainian farmers they deemed opressive and killed thousands of them. You know what happened because of that ? 6 million ukrainians died of starvation, things got so bad they started eating themselfs and the goverment had to remind it's citizens that it was wrong to eat their children. During soviet regime they estimate something around 20~80 million deaths happened.

    • @andreyknyazev9179
      @andreyknyazev9179 6 лет назад +89

      Please, why are you talking about Ukrain only? My grandmother lived in Saratov area (Volga) - have you ever heard about starving in Volga region? They are talking about ukranians only, but this happened in several regions of the country. My grandmother was a child this time and she remembered everyting. 20-80 millions victims? Please, dont be the victim of propaganda yourself. As a Russian i think Stalin repressions were bad, but I can understand why they happend as it was a big price but the result was huge. Soviet Union became the leading country in the world for such a short period of time. Nazis - they are beasts - pure killers. I think there is no sense to explain you what I feel when I even read this word. I would sacrifice myself as did many people from my country to stop them. This camparison between communism and nazis is a dangerous trend, which means for me that nazi can come to power again. I think that mainly not Russians can have such oppinion that you have.

    • @catmangoes
      @catmangoes 6 лет назад +2

      Carolina MosVe b l y a t

    • @Alena-cz7hj
      @Alena-cz7hj 6 лет назад +19

      Do YOU realise its not completely true? Also its wasnt Stalin? How about Yezhov? Beria? Stop talking aroung if you know nothing about Russian history. You also know nothing about what was our counrty like after The War.

  • @emberlusk3992
    @emberlusk3992 8 лет назад +5917

    OK WHO'S CHOPPING ONIONS?

  • @ginisai325
    @ginisai325 5 лет назад +5608

    hi

    • @darrenlowe3445
      @darrenlowe3445 5 лет назад +9

      Just like most that pass you in the street. He’s not special!

    • @dreamer9375
      @dreamer9375 4 года назад +119

      @@darrenlowe3445 Nobody is, nobody said he is. Your point?

    • @iceheart9044
      @iceheart9044 4 года назад +73

      Wide Awake he’s legendary! You of course wouldn’t even be able to survive one day in this camp 🤦🏻‍♀️

    • @SprinklesUnited
      @SprinklesUnited 4 года назад +6

      Ice Heart you don’t know that? Why are you making assumptions?

    • @darrenlowe3445
      @darrenlowe3445 4 года назад +5

      lj
      My point was quite clear.
      One wouldn’t know most people’s past that they pass in the street.
      Was that clear enough for you?

  • @luc8692
    @luc8692 4 года назад +469

    And then youve got people saying
    "I am a teenage girl who wears men's 14 size shoes. You think your life is hard?"

    • @kanyewestfan4758
      @kanyewestfan4758 3 года назад +10

      like when she said that I was just like um Chile anyways

    • @oksowhat
      @oksowhat 3 года назад +4

      you cant compare, life in genral was harder then tooday, difficulty in life is very relative to people around yoou

    • @squarepotatoes
      @squarepotatoes 3 года назад +8

      @@oksowhat dude xD it's a quote from a bad movie. Not a real person.

    • @ilovedoggiess
      @ilovedoggiess 2 года назад +2

      fr

    • @Anna-hu7lf
      @Anna-hu7lf 2 года назад

      Yeah yeah

  • @1kangarookite
    @1kangarookite 5 лет назад +570

    If anyone ever says “The Holocaust didn’t happen.” I’m shoving my phone in their face and I’m gonna play these kind of videos.

    • @asdfghjk8876
      @asdfghjk8876 5 лет назад +119

      l337pwnage you‘re disgusting

    • @amandanaudin7052
      @amandanaudin7052 3 года назад

      @@asdfghjk8876 how are they disgusting?

    • @asdfghjk8876
      @asdfghjk8876 3 года назад +2

      @@amandanaudin7052 the person i was addressing deleted their comment

    • @amandanaudin7052
      @amandanaudin7052 3 года назад

      @@asdfghjk8876 oh OK sorry

    • @i_05
      @i_05 3 года назад

      @@asdfghjk8876 what did he say then?

  • @kelseywoods2985
    @kelseywoods2985 7 лет назад +27

    Literal chills and tears when he says, "in every language that we know, we yell in, 'we are free'"

  • @juliakrantz346
    @juliakrantz346 8 лет назад +6585

    I'm sorry but which three people so far... Disliked this?????

    •  8 лет назад +44

      Russian POWs , Aktion T4 survivors , Tzigane

    •  8 лет назад +18

      Maka Chigbolu
      Do you know what samapudrien is , do you know how many russians pows starved to death in the nzais hands ?

    • @starryhawks
      @starryhawks 8 лет назад +22

      +Béquat Réquat no i didn't I'm a 10 year old

    • @graceames6367
      @graceames6367 8 лет назад +9

      Right now it's 19 people disliked

    • @lialaawad3283
      @lialaawad3283 8 лет назад +29

      +Gracie Ames they're the people with no heart

  • @watchbrooke
    @watchbrooke 8 лет назад +848

    Seeing an elderly person cry is my weakness oh no 😭

    • @Xarosy
      @Xarosy 5 лет назад +30

      Brooke Houts shut up dog abuser, you have no heart

    • @xxgachaqueenxx7370
      @xxgachaqueenxx7370 5 лет назад +13

      Wow didn’t know you had a heart

    • @egoytp
      @egoytp 5 лет назад +15

      LMFAO SAYS THE PERSON WHO ABUSED HIS DOG

    • @xfroggii
      @xfroggii 5 лет назад +8

      Wait I’m so confused I don’t even know this girl and people are calling her a dog abuser.... can someone please explain to me....

    • @egoytp
      @egoytp 5 лет назад +9

      @@xfroggii she uploaded an unedited video on accident showing some footage of her beating her dog.

  • @nexu6517
    @nexu6517 8 лет назад +8825

    Bless that Russian soldier

    • @rlywhocares
      @rlywhocares 8 лет назад +435

      only 1? u know, over 27 000 000 soviet soldiers died to beat nazis

    • @gosias3718
      @gosias3718 8 лет назад +444

      Trust me, Russians are not heroes. Read about what happened when after IIWW, about Soviet Union, Polish People's Republic and so on. Russians were as bad as Nazis. You must believe me- my grandmother told me all things that Russians done and this is terrible. So before you will glorify someone read about them. Your words cant hurt lot of people that Russians hurt in the past.

    • @nexu6517
      @nexu6517 8 лет назад +244

      +Lew Tołstoj its better that the Soviets weakened the Nazis didnt it? Sure many Soviets are evil. Lets say a U.S troop shot someone in Vietnam. The mother of that Vietnamese person is crying. She just saw her son got shot by this U.S soldier. In the eyes of the mother, the U.S soldier is evil. So yes, people have their opinion. The course of history will definitely be different if it wasnt for the Russians to weaken the Nazis

    • @kamilszadkowski8864
      @kamilszadkowski8864 8 лет назад +45

      Anna Nikolaev Save Russia? Yes. Save Europe? No. Definitely not. You have quite amount of genocides done on many nations and what you did with central european countries like Poland just prove it that you were caring only about your own asses.

    • @gosias3718
      @gosias3718 8 лет назад +50

      +Anna Nikolaev listen to me. My grandmother is great women so shut your mouth and don't say anything bad about her!
      Nowadays I think that Russia is OK. It has got own problems just like Poland. But in the past they weren't so innocent and crystal clear as you think. (but who was?)

  • @stevengillooly3710
    @stevengillooly3710 5 лет назад +103

    I’m so sorry. God bless you and everyone who went through this. Words aren’t applicable here

  • @TodoArcilla
    @TodoArcilla 8 лет назад +1631

    Buzzfeed...You could've at least add the name of this survivor in the video or description...

    • @suzanner8360
      @suzanner8360 5 лет назад +170

      Lucy maybe he didn’t want it shared

    • @speerboom
      @speerboom 5 лет назад +25

      His accent seems Dutch...

    • @georgia9092
      @georgia9092 4 года назад +38

      He maybe didn’t want it shares

    • @avis21X
      @avis21X 4 года назад +67

      Are you entitled to think we should know his name? What if he didn't want it shared? We have the right to privacy and security for a reason you know?

    • @mateenmarkzar1526
      @mateenmarkzar1526 3 года назад +26

      his name is Gene Klein. he's got a few videos on RUclips about his story.

  • @stinkyskunks
    @stinkyskunks 5 лет назад +979

    where do the 2.4k people who disliked this live? i just wanna talk....

    • @duceposting1831
      @duceposting1831 5 лет назад +40

      ah the soyboy wants to fight

    • @gregseiras7832
      @gregseiras7832 5 лет назад +43

      @@duceposting1831 stfu

    • @randyfogle5520
      @randyfogle5520 5 лет назад +45

      There's still so many effing neo-Nazi's out there. Sounds like 2.4k of them watched this video

    • @kathyholcomb5060
      @kathyholcomb5060 5 лет назад +12

      Ya unbelievable!! Can’t imagine what this poor guy went through!!! 😢

    • @oofedupkicks8865
      @oofedupkicks8865 5 лет назад

      @Amândio Rocha he Probably supports Mussolini

  • @karenrich9092
    @karenrich9092 Год назад +17

    When I listen to this man's story, it makes my childhood stories seem like nothing. Thank you to all who made this story and others like it possible here. We can NEVER FORGET what was done to these people.

  • @natistar19
    @natistar19 8 лет назад +181

    "i made friends with two polish kids" right in the feels :((

  • @arianaxlm
    @arianaxlm 8 лет назад +779

    This guys came to my school and this is an experience he had..it's so sad..
    He was waiting in line to go to the camp. He found his brother his aunt his family ect... His aunt has a baby and didn't want her baby to get taken away from her so him and his brother had an idea. There idea was that she can pretend she's breast feeding because they thought they would never take a breast feeding mother away from her baby and stuff. Well when it was her turn they snatched the baby away from her and she cried and screamed and tried running after it. One nazi got the baby and took it and the other was holding the aunt back. She finally got through and took her baby back but the nazi took it back and the other nazi came from behind her and hit her with a gun..she was on the floor and her last words were "let my baby go" in a slight whisper ish kinda voice. She died then and there and the man speaking said he was glad she died so that she wouldn't have seen what they were gonna do to the baby. The nazi threw the baby up in the air..caught it's leg and slammed it against a rock. Sad. Him and his brother watched it all.

    • @allirose2298
      @allirose2298 8 лет назад +152

      WTF THATS TERRIBLE

    • @EyeLean5280
      @EyeLean5280 5 лет назад +95

      @@vivi-qt7wl "I don't like you now" is pretty aggressive too, and it's directed at someone in particular. If you're going to insist that others speak only in ways that make you comfortable, you ought to be gracious yourself. If you can't be nice, don't complain about others.

    • @noone-vg3hl
      @noone-vg3hl 4 года назад +29

      And now I’m crying 😭

    • @emmaslininger6398
      @emmaslininger6398 4 года назад +22

      So sad😭

    • @jeanandre6998
      @jeanandre6998 4 года назад +14

      euphoria if these people could face this horror in person, we can face imagining it. We owe it to them

  • @stargazinggalaxywolf
    @stargazinggalaxywolf 4 года назад +12

    This is why I love strangers : they all have their own unique stories that you will NEVER never understand, but you can learn from them. They all deserve to have their stories told. EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU, deserves to be remembered and recognized

  • @sergeantchick2820
    @sergeantchick2820 Год назад +14

    Those boys ran and delivered hope to people that may have not tried another day. ❤ They broke their bodies but could not break their spirits.

  • @tiffanyandrade7128
    @tiffanyandrade7128 7 лет назад +25

    I cried when he said "we are free we are free" omg 💔my heart

  • @EJCraig-uw4mg
    @EJCraig-uw4mg 8 лет назад +522

    how could you dislike this?

    • @river6634
      @river6634 8 лет назад +4

      ***** That was so WITTY :O

    • @csrmervz88
      @csrmervz88 8 лет назад +8

      pro-Nazis.

    • @river6634
      @river6634 8 лет назад

      Skeeter and Hamptom You're an idiot, aren't you?

    • @mirandal2172
      @mirandal2172 8 лет назад +1

      Riverreed Ward how, exactly?

    • @EJCraig-uw4mg
      @EJCraig-uw4mg 8 лет назад +1

      Lindsey Daughtrey 😂😂

  • @Assassin-uj3zk
    @Assassin-uj3zk 5 лет назад +1173

    I don’t like you buzzfeed but I liked this video

    • @nayentertainment7603
      @nayentertainment7603 5 лет назад +12

      BigBrain Spaghetti for what reason do you not like Jews ?

    • @jadec.hughes7435
      @jadec.hughes7435 5 лет назад

      @kiluaza umm...??

    • @rae2964
      @rae2964 5 лет назад +5

      @@bigbrainspaghetti270 what's wrong with you

    • @dl1747
      @dl1747 5 лет назад +9

      @@bigbrainspaghetti270 that's strong and harsh. You don't like a people as a whole? Why? What have the Jewish people done to you for you to say and feel that?

    • @nolanceopf9433
      @nolanceopf9433 5 лет назад +7

      he's trolling you dumdums

  • @index_weeb8640
    @index_weeb8640 5 лет назад +37

    This breaks my heart so badly... God bless his heart and may he be happy 😭❤️

    • @EQOAnostalgia
      @EQOAnostalgia 5 лет назад

      Wtf are you? Clean yourself up dude damn.

  • @hb_in_1derland263
    @hb_in_1derland263 8 лет назад +64

    I admire his bravery and strong soul. Stay as amazing as you are.

  • @youdeserveicecream
    @youdeserveicecream 8 лет назад +129

    In Russia we always had meetings with WWII veterans throughout middle and high school every year right before May 9. Those grey-haired very kind and intelligent men and women were telling us about their fears, bravery, and tragedy that they went through fighting against Hitler. There was no such meeting during which I didn't weep and cry my face out. Watching this, I remembered those days and I'm so heartbroken that we are the last generation to hear these heroes: survivors and soldiers.

    • @naveconterosso
      @naveconterosso 2 года назад +2

      You should have thanked America for the thousand of tonns in supplies (ammo, airplanes, tanks, weapons, food, clothes etc) sent to Russia. I've never heard a Russian saying thanks for that

    • @БубликПомидорович
      @БубликПомидорович 2 года назад +17

      @@naveconterosso No, we shouldn't because these materials were for gold, not free.

    • @Qudbfjdbfjdj
      @Qudbfjdbfjdj 2 года назад +12

      @@naveconterosso Soviets had to pay for all the supplies provided by allies after the war. And why we should thank America? I haven't seen American writing in the comments that Soviet Union won the war, they always say that U.S. did it along with the Soviet Union. They don't wanna admit that before 1944, Soviet Forces were fighting Germans alone and therefore they are the only winners of the war. It's like enter the class before 10 minutes till the end and then claim that you were in the class all lesson. And I'm pretty sure that without U.S supplies Soviet Union still was going to defeat the nazis. Learn History pal.

    • @remaguire
      @remaguire Год назад +1

      @@Qudbfjdbfjdj "They don't wanna admit that before 1944, Soviet Forces were fighting Germans alone and therefore they are the only winners of the war."
      My father, a veteran of North Africa, Sicily, and Italy, would respectfully disagree. He arrived in Algeria in November 1942.
      And the British in North Africa would disagree also.
      How about the Battle of Britain in 1940? Yes, I know the Soviet Union wasn't in the war until July 1941. Unless you count how Stalin invaded Poland along with Hitler.
      Yes, the Soviet people suffered greatly and absorbed the vast majority of deaths in WW2, but don't say they did it alone.

    • @joemamaobama6863
      @joemamaobama6863 Год назад +3

      @@remaguireAnd Poland invaded Czechoslovakia with Germany.
      Those battles are nothing,the battle of the Dniper had millions more men than North Africa and Italy combined.North Africa and Italy had just hundreds of thousands of men while the eastern front had tens of millions of men fighting

  • @tack_up_and_go4091
    @tack_up_and_go4091 5 лет назад +27

    You are such an isperation. I plead with all my heart that we won't be here in 50 years talking about another event like this

  • @עומררקנטי
    @עומררקנטי 2 года назад +20

    My grate grandfather was a holocaust survivor he had 2 kids and a wife before the war. They all died other then him. He survived and got remarried and had 2 more kids and one of them is my grandmother. Truly terrible times…

  • @oscarpall6604
    @oscarpall6604 5 лет назад +4518

    God bless the Russians. Not Stalin. Not the dictators. The Russian soldiers and the Russian people.

    • @xxrobloxgamerproxx
      @xxrobloxgamerproxx 4 года назад +53

      BLIIIAAAAT

    • @maryjeanjones7569
      @maryjeanjones7569 4 года назад +177

      Oscar Pall- God Bless the 26Million Russian citizens who died during WW2.

    • @darianaid9908
      @darianaid9908 4 года назад +184

      Mary Jean Jones Soviets, not necessarily Russians. :) There were many ethnicities and nationalities in the Soviet Union. It’s weird when people say “Russian liberated the camps” or stuff like “Stalin, a Russian dictator...”.

    • @lessthanamillionsubscommun5845
      @lessthanamillionsubscommun5845 4 года назад +10

      daria naid I actually watched a U.S propaganda film about the USSR from 1945 or 1944 and it said “Rusia” rather than the Soviet Union (although the name USRR was mentioned).

    • @Edelsfeld
      @Edelsfeld 4 года назад +4

      Oscar Pall look up Stalin’s torch order men then tell me Soviet soldiers were hero’s

  • @Bluestar-bh3bf
    @Bluestar-bh3bf 3 года назад +9

    This man deserves all the love and happiness in the world

  • @giraffeman326
    @giraffeman326 4 года назад +42

    God bless all the men, women, and children who had the tragic fate to live in these terrible prisons.

  • @mindy3259
    @mindy3259 8 лет назад +18

    You're amazing to go through the torture that was forced on you and still think of others when you were free. You are very courageous.

  • @catch_c
    @catch_c 8 лет назад +183

    Is there a secret organization that just goes and dislikes "undislikable" videos...

    • @sirgalahad1376
      @sirgalahad1376 4 года назад +2

      The dislike illumati

    • @jodesu5094
      @jodesu5094 4 года назад +4

      RUclips has dislike bots

    • @anna7203
      @anna7203 4 года назад +2

      Ikr! How could anyone dislike this??

  • @K.Voyence
    @K.Voyence 8 лет назад +61

    God, when he said "prison uniform" it suddenly just occurred to me how heavy words can be.

  • @sofiemoerman7333
    @sofiemoerman7333 8 лет назад +13

    The moment he said: "We are free! We are free!" I got goosebumps and tears in my eyes tbh...

  • @cocoshanell715
    @cocoshanell715 8 лет назад +7

    I don't know why but I just started bawling when he said "and we started running and yelling in every language 'we are free'." It's so crazy to think about the things people have lived through and yet they still manage to come out on top of everything that has happened to them...

  • @sofija4412
    @sofija4412 4 года назад +5

    His eyes say It all and he is so adorable 🥺❤️

  • @biancabautista4075
    @biancabautista4075 8 лет назад +64

    this made me cry..😭😭 a huge wave of relief washed over me when he explained how he was rescued

  • @aerolchristopherinfante
    @aerolchristopherinfante 5 лет назад +24

    The first line made me think of how I take what I have for granted.

    • @briankreezan3042
      @briankreezan3042 5 лет назад

      To bad we couldn't put that feeling in a pill cuz we shire need it now.

  • @boyeonrhee336
    @boyeonrhee336 8 лет назад +10

    Baby

  • @bestestbuddy7968
    @bestestbuddy7968 6 лет назад +34

    I started scream/crying when he was talking about yelling “we’re free” and now I can’t stop.

  • @Evelynlouise089
    @Evelynlouise089 Год назад +2

    I’m sat at home right now eating a burger while watching this and I can’t tell u how grateful I feel! U go about your life complaining about trivial things and don’t realise how lucky u are to just be alive and have a roof over your head and food in your belly. What these people went through is the definition of unimaginable and it still happens today in some parts of the world. I’m by no means rich, I come from an average working class family but listening to this I feel guilt to have such a privileged life

  • @dikshabaruah6976
    @dikshabaruah6976 6 лет назад +35

    "Those who couldn't walk... they crawled." Still crying hard.

  • @codgirl26
    @codgirl26 8 лет назад +45

    I just want to reach through my screen and hug him 😢

  • @subscribersformymicrowave
    @subscribersformymicrowave 4 года назад +4

    This is exactly why you should be kind to everyone

  • @xdrstevox7805
    @xdrstevox7805 9 месяцев назад +4

    Imagine that feeling they got when the soldier shot the lock off. The lock and chains that kept them trapped, shackled, hopeless, broken quite literally in seconds.

  • @sisterstina3700
    @sisterstina3700 7 лет назад +45

    Hearing this as a German makes me very sad.How could something terrible like this happen?Rest in peace to all the victims😐

    • @jakesuper6447
      @jakesuper6447 Год назад +1

      Your condolences are appreciated

    • @snakebitepellehue
      @snakebitepellehue Год назад +7

      As a fellow German, I completely understand this feeling. It blows my mind that my own country was responsible for this. You almost feel guilty even if you know you're not.

    • @Ria.ray77257
      @Ria.ray77257 Год назад

      The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doing" Jeremiah 17:9-10

    • @AnimatedBlast
      @AnimatedBlast Год назад

      @@snakebitepellehueIt’s not your fault, maybe your grandparents.

    • @snakebitepellehue
      @snakebitepellehue Год назад +2

      @@AnimatedBlast My grandparents were both part of the anti-Nazi resistance.

  • @sammeinecke9856
    @sammeinecke9856 4 года назад +31

    That "we are free" got me

  • @ek2156
    @ek2156 3 года назад +8

    Who in their right mind would dislike this video!?!? What a great story! I wish for his sake and all the millions who suffered during the Holocaust did not have to suffer such horrible things. It is very inspirational to hear their stories of survival and strength in the most horrible of times on this Earth. I really hope and pray that future generations do not forget what can happen when radical beliefs and values take hold of a nation.

  • @madilynmeyer3737
    @madilynmeyer3737 4 года назад +29

    i cant figure out why people are disliking this, it it is making me sad like why are you hating on this elder person makes no scene.

    • @seerpou
      @seerpou 4 года назад +6

      anti-semitism

    • @madilynmeyer3737
      @madilynmeyer3737 4 года назад

      seerpou well then keep it to your self this man had a hard life. jeez

    • @seerpou
      @seerpou 4 года назад +6

      @@madilynmeyer3737 im saying people who are disliking this are clearly anti-semites

    • @mogenvonbogel7342
      @mogenvonbogel7342 2 года назад

      @@seerpou well not clearly

  • @gracebloore8438
    @gracebloore8438 5 лет назад +7

    Why would anyone want to give this video a thumbs down ? Where your humanity

  • @sarvajitkulkarni8271
    @sarvajitkulkarni8271 3 года назад +2

    I can't imagine the relief they had when the soldier told them that...

  • @dustinconway3932
    @dustinconway3932 2 года назад +2

    This old guy is adorable. I was cheering him on in my head at the end of his speech as he got a bit choked up. Best wishes to him and his family

  • @sWither824
    @sWither824 2 года назад +3

    I want to give these people a huge hug and everything they love. I wish there was a way to show them their loved ones

  • @owenjinxy
    @owenjinxy Год назад +5

    This is so emotional... I am fretful for his testimony, humbled by his experience, and ferocious protective of the truth of this. The deniers are the protectors of the perpetrators.

  • @thegachacritic9430
    @thegachacritic9430 4 года назад +26

    imagine telling this man your problems

    • @ish4638
      @ish4638 4 года назад +11

      I honestly think it'd be therapeutic. He wouldn't act like your problems aren't valid, and he knows what it's like to be hated or abused

  • @senormecha8368
    @senormecha8368 7 месяцев назад +2

    That man had pride in how he presented himself.
    The feeling of being of clean, is just so heavily.

  • @aasrh8999
    @aasrh8999 8 лет назад +9

    I just want to hug him now 😢😢

  • @unicorncupcaketv901
    @unicorncupcaketv901 4 года назад +8

    Who ever dislikes this vid is a monster he was crying that he got his first hot shower in a year! Bless his ❤️

  • @Taidgh.Carberry
    @Taidgh.Carberry 4 года назад +52

    People who disliked accidentally pressed the dislike button cuz their eyes were full of tears

  • @donnah.780
    @donnah.780 7 лет назад +7

    I love old people so much. Bless his heart. So sad to see him cry :( I have so much respect ❤️

  • @ellie3526
    @ellie3526 5 лет назад +4

    I hope someone gave him a big hug 🥺

  • @grantbaguley1248
    @grantbaguley1248 5 лет назад +5

    Sir if your reading this I'm really proud of you and we are grateful you are alive 🙏

  • @jessszelly1689
    @jessszelly1689 8 лет назад +3

    I got goosebumps when he said "we are free, we are free". Can't imagine what they went through :/

  • @oldcountryboy
    @oldcountryboy Год назад +6

    I can't even imagine how good that Shower was

    • @oldcountryboy
      @oldcountryboy 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@gaddielsantillan5247 Grow up kids you should get in it This is a incoherent sentenceI have no idea what you are trying to say🤷🤷🤷

    • @gaddielsantillan5247
      @gaddielsantillan5247 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@oldcountryboy sorry bro i barely started the video and i thought you meant gas chamber but then in the end i realized you talked about him and i could find this comment and i thought you were being anti semitic but towards the end he talked about him showering

    • @oldcountryboy
      @oldcountryboy 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@gaddielsantillan5247 Yes I am talking about the old man I am not talking about the gas chambers My grandfather was over thereHe was a army core engineer He rebuilt Bombed Out bridges And was there during the battle of the bulge!

  • @shifting6023
    @shifting6023 4 года назад +1

    Seeing him cry.. tugged my heart. I have a soft spot for old people. 😭😭😭😭😭

  • @milotherussianblue3691
    @milotherussianblue3691 6 лет назад +37

    We think of our daily problems and how bad we think we have it. Imagine what these poor people went through. I go through this mental exercise every day and it really grounds me. It keeps me humble and grateful for everything I have.

  • @holdtrue_
    @holdtrue_ 2 года назад +4

    We're the last generation to be able to interact with and hear the stories of history.

  • @erlindatahiraj
    @erlindatahiraj 5 лет назад +73

    How tf can u dislike this video???

  • @snagboardz1132
    @snagboardz1132 4 года назад +7

    This made me cry 💔

  • @torihampton3802
    @torihampton3802 3 года назад +1

    when he started crying i started balling my eyes out... if i could i’d totally give him and everyone who survived a big fat hug :(

  • @user-kf3kx3dl8s
    @user-kf3kx3dl8s 4 года назад +2

    Bless this man🙏🙏🙏he has been through so much

  • @jaytrisha1196
    @jaytrisha1196 4 года назад +4

    dude, I had to watch this video for my school assignment and now I'm crying. I did not plan this.

  • @bencarter5563
    @bencarter5563 5 лет назад +12

    Wow a video from BuzzFeed worth watching!

  • @marjoleinz9190
    @marjoleinz9190 4 года назад +210

    It's really disappointing that the Russians don't get the same appreciation for liberating more than the half of Europe from the Germans, as America does. Yeah they replaced it with another regime, but still, in my opinion they still deserve more appreciation than they get

    • @BuiltForSomethingElse29
      @BuiltForSomethingElse29 4 года назад +16

      Marjolein Z even though The Soviet Union was the one who liberated them not The United States the Soviets also got to Berlin first.

    • @marcinkrz3140
      @marcinkrz3140 3 года назад +9

      I'm from Poland and believe me they get as much appreciation in history book as a they deserve right between holodmora and Katyn
      Believe me there's a reason why people who they "liberated" consider them as bad (if not worse just because they stick around longer) as Nazi

    • @Jafes2011
      @Jafes2011 3 года назад +18

      @@marcinkrz3140 Poles are salty, lmao

    • @sirgalahad2
      @sirgalahad2 3 года назад +15

      History is written by the Victor's. War crimes were committed from the nazis to the soviets to the Americans and British. But the good guys were forgiven. Only problem is after the war the soviets became the enemy, so they had to be vilified. So unfortunately the soviet people get the least recognition despite having the largest contribution. Tis is life.

    • @Otech3stvo
      @Otech3stvo 3 года назад +4

      @@Jafes2011 'Salty lmao'? The USSR murdered and deported millions from all over eastern Europe. Touch some grass.

  • @dtmk5016
    @dtmk5016 3 года назад +1

    Like or dislike this beautiful gentleman is the winner he told his story .....there is nothing or no one who can delete his life story. Im honoured to hear it.!

  • @workofyourhand
    @workofyourhand 8 лет назад +2

    I cried like a baby. You are so brave.

  • @tanayahjayde1958
    @tanayahjayde1958 8 лет назад +3

    Thank u so much this video was so emotional I couldn't even imagine the fear that you felt. You are so brave. God bless you

  • @mediasawdust2458
    @mediasawdust2458 5 лет назад +69

    Remember stories like this when you're suddenly down about how many likes you got on Instagram.

  • @balpreetbrar3150
    @balpreetbrar3150 3 года назад +5

    I can imagine how must he and all the survivors have felt!

  • @nicole9025
    @nicole9025 3 года назад +1

    Whew, he took me out at the end when he got choked up. God bless him ♥️

  • @emilyhartmann9675
    @emilyhartmann9675 8 лет назад

    Being german, i was able to listen to a Holocaust survivor earlier this year and i must say, that i am so touched by everything they say and they experienced, i admire their strenght to talk about both, the worst moments and best moments in their life without completely breaking down. listening to him was one oft the most interesting things i Ever witnessed and i am so Glad to be part of the last Generation that is able to hear stuff like this.

  • @Cloud-mp8eo
    @Cloud-mp8eo 3 года назад +7

    To the 3,300 people who disliked this video,
    I have no words that can describe you

  • @SillyMeJK
    @SillyMeJK 8 лет назад +260

    135 people disliked. Why??

    • @SillyMeJK
      @SillyMeJK 8 лет назад +1

      I've seen a couple of those tweets on twitter.

    • @3klipze
      @3klipze 8 лет назад +5

      StormFronters, Christian fundamentalists and right-wing reactionary Atheists.

    • @lexihutchinson1742
      @lexihutchinson1742 8 лет назад

      Yep now 308

    • @DariaPurrPurr
      @DariaPurrPurr 8 лет назад +2

      just read several people were stabbed in sacramento by a neo nazi group ???!? gross.

    • @arley8997
      @arley8997 5 лет назад

      Jackie 2k now 3 years later

  • @gladisarthi8038
    @gladisarthi8038 5 лет назад +3

    No one knows your pain sir... you people are so great 😪😪😭😭🙏🙏

  • @allthingshome6953
    @allthingshome6953 2 года назад +1

    God bless this man. I'm very thankful he shared his experience. We must all fight to ensure all across the world are free.

  • @rons4778
    @rons4778 3 года назад

    I am 74 years old and these stories bring tears to my eyes

  • @globynn
    @globynn 8 лет назад +206

    I find this kind of stuff super interesting. This man is so lucky 💚

    • @taratula_teeth1347
      @taratula_teeth1347 8 лет назад

      +Aaron Goldsmith yeah

    • @globynn
      @globynn 8 лет назад

      Aaron Goldsmith yeah i completely agree.

    • @globynn
      @globynn 8 лет назад +1

      Wow thats amazing! She's definitely a lucky woman.

    • @globynn
      @globynn 8 лет назад

      Paige Popsicles Yes, i was not talking about the video when i said "woman", i was talking to Cavespider4396

    • @goijehudim5798
      @goijehudim5798 8 лет назад +1

      +Cavespider4396 you should go on television with that amazing story. It's another miracle!

  • @DovahGirlie
    @DovahGirlie 8 лет назад +64

    Who else wants to bet that Evalion made 216 accounts just to dislike this?

  • @drdubgaming2361
    @drdubgaming2361 5 лет назад +6

    Who disliked this video are u kidding me I feel bad and respect this guy so much

    • @alexiarai955
      @alexiarai955 5 лет назад +1

      DrDub, because there are people who deny the genocide.

  • @allesandra22
    @allesandra22 2 года назад

    I closed my eyes and felt that anguish dropping from his words .....and the disbelief with joy when he said "we are free"............. Sir May God keep you safe from all bad things. 🍀🍀💌🙏🙏

  • @adamcarleton2477
    @adamcarleton2477 7 лет назад +1

    I can't even imagine the horror that these people went through. Videos like this make me feel grateful for everything I have and grateful that my ancestors didn't have to endure this horrific torture because they lived in a neural country. Some of my ancestors joined the British army and the American one. From what I can remember 4 of my family joined these two armies, 2 in each and none of them survived the war.

  • @monikamikalauskaite8693
    @monikamikalauskaite8693 4 года назад +4

    I wanted to cry sooo bad, when I was listening to him :((((

  • @jaimevalencia6271
    @jaimevalencia6271 Год назад +5

    You survived sir and son. I’m glad you are here and for those who were liberated