Jewish life in Poland | DW Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
- The Nazis murdered 90 percent of Poland's Jews in the death camps. Seventy-five years after the end of World War Two, life is returning to the Jewish community in Poland.
Jewish cultural festivals, kosher restaurants, klezmer bands and Jewish schools have returned to the Poland of today - the country that was once the location of the Nazi German Auschwitz extermination camp. The growth of the new, vital Jewish community is in part thank to the Chief Rabbi of Poland, Michael Schudrich. Visits to Auschwitz and other camp locations in Poland are for him simply part and parcel of the country's history. Schudrich grew up on New York's Upper West Side. As a student, he traveled to what was then Communist Poland for the first time. His grandparents had emigrated to the US from Eastern Europe. At the end of the 1970s and later in the 1980s, many Jews looked for their families' roots in Poland. There were only a few left - among them were the Polish Jews who were closely linked to the Solidarity movement. They founded the "Flying Jewish University" at this time. A loose network of Jewish intellectuals even back then already believed that Jewish religious life would again find a place in Poland. The idea must have germinated in Schudrich's mind quickly. He decided to dedicate his life to rebuilding Jewish religious life in Poland. The concept was one he shared with billionaire Ronald S. Lauder, a key patron of Jewish religious projects around the globe who today is president of the World Jewish Congress.
Thirty years ago, after the fall of the Iron Curtain and the collapse of Communism, Michael Schudrich made his way to Warsaw. Here the son of a New York rabbi with a congregation in the Bronx became a chief rabbi. In the 1990s, he encouraged many more Poles to rediscover their Jewish roots. Several hundred learned the basics of Jewish religious life in the then newly established Jewish school in Warsaw, leading them to become conscious of their long-suppressed Jewish identity. Now the Jewish communities in Poland have as many as 12,000 members who live according to the rules set out in the Torah.
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The film ignores the period of 1945 to 1968 when there was Jewish life in Poland. We were openly Jewish, went to a Jewish school in Lodz, sung Jewish songs, went to Jewish summer camps. So with all due respect the current "revival" is not accurately portrayed.
Yeah, my mom went to summer camp in Poland before they made aliyah. But. I font think people attended shuls
@@farapipsqueek636 there were some but, overall, the Jewish community was secular. Nevertheless, we were Jews and all children of Holocaust survivors which,, I think, marks us as part of the Jewish community.
As a child living in Poland at that time I have the best memories of a secular life. Unfortunately when we had to leave in 60s we felt displaced and unhappy in our new country. This seems to be a cycle of life in Poland and Europe of Jews. Great heights and achievement but eventually exile.
@@farapipsqueek636 can I ask what is Aliyah?
@@kawka6909Aliyah is moving to Israel.
There is so much debating about Polish involvement in despicable acts against Polish citizens of Jewish origin and how it weighs against the very heroic acts of saving them from death .
Rarely if ever are these debates initiated by Poles . Poles usually find themselves being on the defensive .
How come ?
Assuming if Poland were a horrible place to be , then can anybody explain to me the following :
80 % of 16th century European Jews found their home in ...Poland
Prewar Jewish community constituted 10% of the Poland's population .
Poland was the only country under German occupation where an instance of aiding Jews carried a death sentence for the entire family ( go figure )
The highest number of Righteous Among The Nations belongs to ....Polish nationals .
Final thought ...
So how does the so called "Polish anti-Semitism " stand up against other European countries ?
Still not good enough ?
I'm Jewish and I love Poland and the Polish people.
Hello from PL Dane.
Thank's
Don't go there, Poland is so far right that they'll target you once you go there!
@@lenini056 It depends. The political movements that came before the current nationalists parties were originally anti-Nazi insurgencies that worked very closely with Jewish resistance during WW2.
I hear you and I agree with you to an extent, but right-wing does not always equal antisemitic
@@lenini056 What are you talking about? Bullshit. Many Israelis and Jews from different countries visit Poland every year and they are not attacked by anybody.
The citizens of Poland have the world's highest count of individuals who have been recognized by Yad Vashem of Jerusalem as the Polish Righteous Among the Nations, for saving Jews from extermination during the Holocaust in World War II. There are 7,112 (as of 1 January 2020) Polish men and women recognized as Righteous Among the Nations, over a quarter of the 27,712 recognized by Yad Vashem in total.
it is worth adding that only in Poland, the one who helped and his family could die for helping Jews.
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Wow! That's very impressive! I had no idea. It is truly important for documentary films like this to keep being made as time goes on for a million different reasons. I congratulate this Rabbi for the work he has been doing faithfully all this time. May God continue to give him strength and wisdom to carry on.
Per capita, Netherlands have more.
I found this hilariously, ludicrously indecent that Poland is called anti-semitic. In UK, when I am based, Jewish politicians were being driven out of the political party, just because they were Jewish. They are being abused to the level of absurd. Schools and synagogues are being guarded by privately-hired guards, so the children and observants are feeling safe there.. Anti-semitic incidents are a daily occurrence. The casual diner-conversation revolving around "jewish problem". It seems to me that there is a diabolic agenda behind calling Poland anti-Semitic. What could this be? Follow the money.........
Denying that something doesn't exist won't make it go away. Face the fact that within every society there are anti-semites around, especially in global crisis such as this one. The footage that I have seen from Poland's Independence Day is gut wrenching. Take some fucking responsibility already!
@@richardvonhohenleben3143 Do not swear! Where have you been brought up? In a cheap housing estate - I presume. Mind your manners! What does it mean "Take the f***ing responsibility". Pols are taking their responsibility, do not bother yourself with this. Check you own back garden, it stinks out there! I saw clips with footage of open anti-Semitism happening on the streets of Berlin, Frankfurt and Düsseldorf. It gave me a shiver! Your mass media blaming Muslims, but that's so not the case. After the Great German Case of Redemption (Inviting Syrian refugees) now Muslims slowly becoming the scapegoats.You see the difference is that even if the Pols demonstrating quite ostentatiously, they will not go beyond this. They are happy with their independence. They will not build concentration camps, crematories, they do not invade other nations under some silly pretext. Germany on the other hand, has a consistent, proven record of being on the wrong side of the history. I must say that there is something in German cultural DNA that is so destructive for others. Completely lack of ability for self-reflection, self-criticism, no boundary. We can see this clearly throughout a history. Even before WW2 broke up highly respectable Professor of International History Arnold Toynbee capture the essence of it by saying:"Germany is not proving herself the appointed saviour of the modern world. She has degenerated into vampire state, that suck the life - blood of any nation that falls into her grip". So, do not lecture Pols, because you are making caricature of yourself and any typical German. BTW - Is it truth that German education system do not teach their children about the atrocities their grate-ground fathers committed? The history has a tendency to repeat itself. More self-criticism, less self-righteousness!
@@richardvonhohenleben3143 Very naive you are. That means you did only read the news from Facebook my dear lady. Do your homework and pay for your own ignorance.
@@nina-ciara
1. No, "mass-media" does not use muslims as scapegoats for growing antisemitism. In fact most are called "Lügenpresse" by right wing extremists because the support immigration and the variety of cultures. And at the end Germany was the country who accepted the overwhelmingly big amount of refugees - in contrast to Poland.
2. Yes, we have problems with antisemitism, even today. But we have also problems with Muslim antisemitism (although it's because of the gaza conflict, it usually isn't such a strong ideological problem but rather "normal" stereotypes)
3. "German cultural DNA" is quite the funny term if you think about the fact that a lot of German culture has been destroyed and we became quite western/culturally diverse (more than 25% have an immigration background). While the British or French people send their military to some war without much thought the Germans usually discuss every cent that goes into the Bundeswehr, we have quite the pacifistic culture; there's pretty much nothing left of prussian tradition or the need to go to war. (Even though we now go on UN missions because as an economically and politically strong nation in a globalized world you can't just ignore every conflict.)
4. Just the question if Germans are educated in their history just makes me think that you don't have ANY idea about this whole topic and just makes the rest of your comment seem quite uneducated. The history of WW2 makes like half of the whole history lessons throughout your school life, I think there is no topic that we learn more about than Nationalsozialismus. Usually we go at least 1 time to some memorial of the atrocities done by the Nazis, sometimes even more often, with school. I've been in Hadamar and without school in Dachau but still want to go to Auschwitz once. There are a lot of laws that prohibit you from denying the events of WW2. It is pretty much part of our culture to remember those events and do everything in order to let this never happen again (even though there are people who want to abandon this tradition but they usually get strong headwind by the bad mass-media). Now I'm an airforce officer in training, there is still political and historical education about this topic and if you say something that can even slightly be connected to nazi ideology you can lose your job as a soldier pretty much instantly (§8 Soldatengesetz, there are frequent cases of soldiers who get the highest disciplinary punishment for showing sympathy with nazi ideology).
I think the German state gets regularly criticized by foreign conservatives because "Germany is a strong country and should not care so much about its past" due to the fact that we probably have the strongest culture of remembrance (unlike other countries like turkey who don't want to accept their warcrimes and genocides to this day).
So at the end of the day don't call people ignorant if you don't have a clue about what you say either.
@@lernen6755 _"Germany was the country who accepted the overwhelmingly big amount of refugees - in contrast to Poland."_ Really? So, how many??? Because Poland accepted between 2-3 MILLION refugees and immigrants from Ukraine, Belarus and other parts of Eastern Europe. Or in your opinion, do the refugees and immigrants have to be of a certain colour in order to qualify as such??? As for neo-Nazi's... there are more of those large groups in today's Germany than in any other European country... they even hold marches in the streets... and you know it!
Btw, in school, did they teach you that the Germans created the Auschwitz camp for Poles only? That for the first two years only Poles were sent there to work and die? And that only after that period (in 1942) were Jews sent to, NOT Auschwitz, but to a new camp in a town the Germans renamed Birkenau (a few kilometers away). And that's why the name Auschwitz-Birkenau was later adopted. Did you know THAT??? Did they also teach you that Poland was completely devasted by the Germans, that 3 million Catholic Poles were killed during WW2, and that 80% of it's wealth in historical works of Art, etc., was stolen, or did they only tell you about the Jews, who were incredibly compensated financially by Germany for 60 long YEARS after the War, whereas Poland, to this day, received absolutely NOTHING!? Did they teach you THAT???
As for Germany's economic strength... that was only possible due to the massive financial aid and support from the U.S. and the UK, without which, it would probably still have the same economical 'strength' as Portugal.
When, or if, you take a trip to visit 'War Memorials' in Poland, instead of focusing on the camps, keep your eyes open for Wall Plaques on buildings and Memorials to the Polish troops, resistance armies and civilians including children, murdered by the Germans and also by the Soviets. You will find many of them in EVERY single city, in EVERY single town and even in villages THROUGHOUT the entire country... and not only in concentration camps!
I am born and raised in Warsaw, over the past decade or so I am so happy to see the return of Jewish culture in my city.
Just don't steal their money 😅
@@shahsaud2625 stfu
We will never forget the long history of Poland treating us better than the rest of Europe starting with Casimir III (the Great!) :)
@@ayylmao2190 there were good and bad sides of common history of Poles and Jews, but what is being said recently about Poland is despicable lies. I am glad there are Jews who see through this.
I would like to vist and spend some time living in Poland. What are some good resources ?
This is so well done. Beautiful, compliments to the people that made this video!
Poznań Citadel expecialy for you
Love jews and poland from iran 🌹
👏👏👏🙋♀️💌
Greetings from Poland!
Hey man! My best wishes, I hope nothing bad happens to Iran despite all the politics going on.
Iran took in Polish refugees after WW2. Remember reading how good you were to the Polish. You have a beautiful country. I pray for Iranians all the time. From US
I love your red tulip, makes me think of my favorite poem by Hafez.
I was one of the first members of the reform (liberal) community in Warsaw more than twenty years ago. Whereas nearly everyone initially was an expat - mainly from the US. However within a short time, the majority of people were locals. I think that the support given from the Lauder Foundation, which financially supports the orthodox shown here, was essential in creating a reform synagogue.
I confirm! Have the same experience when I lived in Poland for a short period around 2000. We spoke English Yiddish or Hebrew, not many spoke Polish. Greetings!
@@erzonca558 Do we know each other Ewa? Your name does not ring a bell but it has been 20 years!
@@HistoryonRUclips Not sure but it's possible. Before I left Poland for good I used to be very active in the tiny community and my name was different back then! We were all young and active (names like Nejman, Madej, Kaminski, Popowski, Szwarcman, Majcher, Gebert, Holender, Hartman, Jakubowicz...). Most left Poland for Israel, France, Belgium or UK.
Hi all,i am from South Africa and my great grandmother's surname was Buirski and they were Jewish.i traced my Jewish roots to a "Isaac Buirski" born around 1814 in Sulwalki..i am trying to find out who was his father and why they left Poland..is there maybe a website or something that anybody can assist me with?please and thank you
If you are all in Poland, can we finally give Palestine back to its native inhabitants? You don't seem to be too fond of living there, yet illegaly occupy it.
If jewish people were not happy In Poland they will not live here for centures.During war not only jewish people have been killled,although everyone talks only about jews.Polish people were taken to Syberia by russians,killed by germans.During communism we were occupied,we were not free for next 40 years after the war,we were sold by all our allies to Russia.Our solgiers were taken to prison by russians,tortured And killed.We dont need to be saints,In every nation there are some bad people.But after the war jewish people were helped by West And Poland was sold by the West to Russia.
I will never understand why my mom didn't want to go to visit Poland even though her extended families were killed by the nazis. My brother visited Poland and he liked it. I never went there because I don't know the language that well, and its expensive to travel to Warsaw, especially where my mom was from. The only way to experience life in Poland is to go on you tube. I will remember the Polish cakes my maternal grandmother brought from the little Polish community in New York City. Before she passed away, she was always telling me how her father led the Polish Army as they fought against the Russians. My grandfather who was supposed to be a surgeon, ended up in dentistry instead. I feel miserable by not visiting Poland, and the fact that my mom never really understood her country.
Hi Anne, very high number of polish people speaks at least one foreign language. In most cases this language is english. Communication barrier does not exist. Trip may be expensive but everything here is quite cheap for wester world people. You are always welcome here.
U should reconnect with Ur Roots. We are intergenerational vitnesses to war and extermination of both Jewish and catholic Slavs.
Hi Anne, we are waiting for you, Hope one day you will visit Poland and you will have great time here. Once you will come, you have to come to Krakow. :)
I guess your for your mom, it was/is emotionally too painful to go there. Some wounds run so deep, that total healing just doesn't come. The trauma of it all is just too overwhelming. I hope you will one day be able to visit Poland, since it is your heart's desire. May God grant it to you.
There's still time to visit tho !!
DW should do a document about german-jewish relationship, I have heard there is lots to say.
might not be exhaustive, but there are some already, scroll through their videos
I think you all got hoodwinked into guilting eachothers nations do you know what israel is? europeans are tricked lol
The majority of Jews in prewar Europe resided in eastern Europe. The largest Jewish communities in this area were in Poland, with about 3,000,000 Jews (9.5%); the European part of the Soviet Union, with 2,525,000 (3.4%); and Romania, with 756,000 (4.2%). The Jewish population in the three Baltic states totaled 255,000: 95,600 in Latvia, 155,000 in Lithuania, and 4,560 in Estonia. Here, Jews comprised 4.9%, 7.6%, and 0.4% of each country's population, respectively, and 5% of the region's total population
Central Europe
In prewar central Europe, the largest Jewish community was in Germany, with about 525,000 members (0.75% of the total German population). This was followed by Hungary with 445,000 (5.1%), Czechoslovakia with 357,000 (2.4%), and Austria with 191,000, most of whom resided in the capital city of Vienna (2.8%).
VICMIRRORS actually Poland is in Central Europe, not Eastern Europe
It depends of the territory disputes aswell. In all over 700,000 to 800,000 Hungarian Jews lived in territories annexed by Romania and Czechoslovakia. About 500,000 were killed.
For the sake of inclusivity versus exclusivity, I would ask you to speak to the larger audience. You have an impressive collection of statistics that focus on one people. Would you pay homage to the rest of humanity with numbers and percentages of Hindus and Buddhists and Muslims and Christians and Zoroastrians and Atheists?
Poland was central Europe as well. Central Europe before the rise of Nazism was one of the more tolerant and prosperous places for Jewish people just look at the academic powerhouses central Europe produced because of their Jewish population.
The Rabbi often plays a vital role in ensuring the community continues to practice the Jewish norms and values.
The Jewish community in Kaifeng, China has gradually lost touch with its cultural and religious identities after the last Rabbi retired from his work in the mid of the 19th century.
A few have returned to their Judaic identity in recent years, and even emigrated to Israel. But yes, it's a shame. One of the most interesting historical Jewish communities out there.
Norms and values are not restricted to religion.
My family hid they were Jewish. Left Poland before WWII. But nobody would hire a Polish accountant. So, my grandfather advertised his Jewishness, they would hire a Jewish accountant.
Wow. That's incredible!
Wow! Deutsche Welle didint write that these camps were polish. I see a progress
, good job!
It was a Jewish woman ( Ruth) that sponsored my Polish grandmother to come to America. The relationship between Jews and Poles was probably most tainted during the Nazi occupation of Poland. While some Poles collaborated with the Germans other Poles risked their lives to shelter Jews from Nazi persecution. Sadly there was not always a more balanced revelation of Polish- Jewish relations during this occupation. Shalom
It's just such a sad, dark, unbelivably evil time of history. We all know that there are good and evil people all across the globe and there are statistics that show just how many Poles participated in helping Jews live.
One may wonder: Is the rabbi really this nice or is he playing to the camera? I met Rabbi Shudrick in Warsaw and can attest that he is truly a wonderful person and religious leader.
This is a great documentary that does justice to the rabbi and all he has accomplished!
he is as wise, as he is touching, give him thanks from Quebec,
I try very hard to achieve peace for all of us humans.
I met Rabbi Shudrick twice when visiting Poland : in Gdansk during Pesach and in Jozefow @ Lilmud in 2011, he is nice-wise and with times of religious or not Jews in Poland.I left Warsaw after 1968
@@tamaraurbas8229 I recall the Gdansk shipyards of the 1980s during President Reagan and Pope John Paul time.
U R teubble .guy
Polish Jews are amazing people
In this movie few times guys mentioned, how Jewish were saved, hiding somewhere (where?), taken by someone (by whom?). Who do you think was helping them despite the death penalty for any simple help to Jews? This video gives a lot of awful unjust. Polish are not saints, communist destroyed a lot... (BTW thanks USA and UK for selling us for another occupation yeah, it was great!) but gosh, their words are hurting me. I have never said anything bad about Jewish and Jewish culture. I love them and I am happy that they are in Poland, it makes my country more colourful. But, everything in this video is very harsh. Is it made like that on purpose so people all over the world would be thinking about us as resist and Anti-semites...?
And I forgot about one more minus of this video, sssoooo angry then I am thinking of it. Regarding Polish who have made a lot of bad things, like Rabbi mentioned. Yes, it is sad, specially after war during communism. But, sorry to say, we need to remember as well Jews who collaborated with Nazis and were sending their own people to death.
We are all God`s children.
I believe that we are all God’s creation 😊
Depending on which God you're talking about. That doesn't work so well with Hindus, Buddhists and Atheists. Although looking at it that way, shouldn't the "One God" folks get along *better*?
@@davidk7544 I'm not sure what you mean by "shouldn't the 'One God' folks get along *better*? I'm genuinely curious.
And yes, obviously this wouldn't be a truism recognized by people who are polytheistic or atheistic. Doesn't make it any less of a kind sentiment.
But some consider themselves above others (chosen)
Only that some of us worship Satan
Thank you for this documentary. It gives Polish Jews some hope! Everywhere in Europe I hear people saying there are no Jews left in Poland. It hurts...
There are way less than 1000,thats countirng half jews,converts,and people who feel jews...
@@arielabril1981 Over 25,000 according to the census.
@@boskee Census doesnt follow jewish law
I found the documentary slightly misleading. Not necessarily intentionally but giving a slightly inaccurate picture.
1. There have been Jews living in Poland, observing their holidays and living their religious life, even if in private. It's not like Polish Jews lived in a limbo before Rabbi Michael Schudrich arrived. There is book by a Polish Jew Henryk Grynberg called Refugees where he mentions some of the life of Polish Jewry at around 60's, early 70's.
2. Poland, or the area of former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth which covered much greater area than modern day Poland, which included Lithuania, parts of Belarus and Ukraine was a place where 80% of all Jewry worldwide lived. Jews have settled there because they were less persecuted there than anywhere else. Chances are if you're Jewish you have some Polish roots.
3. There is fascism on the rise in Poland but I don't know how much it affects the Jews. When I recently spoke to a friend in Paris she mentioned that over there there is police guarding synagogues where you don't see that level of protection in Poland - at least in the past there was no need for it.
4. If you're interested in the post war history and culture of Polish Jews I strongly recommend reading one of Henryk Gryndberg's boos.
Very well observed... 👍🏻
@@nina-ciara I agree
Jerzy, faszyzm to raczej mały pikuś w porównaniu z rosnącym narodowym nacjonalizmem. Ale oczywiście i na jedno i na drugie społeczeństwo powinno mocno zareagować.
This is an excellent documentary. Well done!
Honestly, I'm surprised that you haven't turned off the comments... Either you have excellent moderators, or I should have more faith in people to be civil, than I usually do.
I am surprised there are people who would rather turn off the comment than allow people to say something they don't like. So some people will be racist, antisemitic or just downright stupid. Sounds like norm to me, but it seems that it sounds like a good pretext to shut down debate for you.
0:31 now that flag represents Genocide and War. How ironic.
What genocide?!
@@O_H7 of Palestinians, just search.
Jewish have right to live in any european country , however their history here is often several hundred years ,but Palestinians who live in Israel possible 2 thousand years have not this right . That is unfair
there are good and bad in all races, lighten up.
Germans could not stop hitler, now jews cannot stop yahou..
There are more Jews outside israel then in Israel so it doesnt correlate. Beside my Jewish family lived in Germany for 2 thousand years. By that point jews are native to and entitled to live in Europe.
@jomax clux and usa, canada, austalia and new zealand aren't?
@jomax clux so? Let me pass a few years from now and it'll be the same, thats what your saying? Or what your saying is that you are a hippocratic person who cling to how bad faraway israel and the jews are for antisemitic reasons while the world is full with much nuch worse case right next to your home
Palestine is a geographical area my dude. The idea of Palestine being nation made by Arabs is a more recent idea like the last 100 years.
"The Nazis murdered 90 percent of Poland's Jews in the death camps. Seventy-five years after the end of World War Two, life is returning to the Jewish community in Poland." - it was the Germans not "nazis". No such country as "naziland".
I'm a proud Pole and I like Jewish people.
Would love to visit Israel asap, especially the White City in Tel Aviv.
They hate Catholics in Israel
Especially Poles
@@PM-im8nq They hate Jews in Poland
Especially Israelis
Is this statement true? No, to the extent of my knowledge, and your comment is the same. It's false.
You may want to hold off for a while, Israel is having a huge problem with coronavirus.
@@PM-im8nq You never been there so what you can say?
Big welcome. Feel there like in your own home.
NEVER FORGIVE, NEVER FORGET, NEVER AGAIN; This Rabbi is a righteous man, would be an honor and privilege to meet him.
Amazing! as a Jew I can say it was very interesting. thanks!
Never again to have people in Poland that are foreign
I am sure that the comments are going to be nice and respectfull.
And they aren't, unfortunately
*respectful
@@mashamashenka3346 I've barely scrolled down in this comment section, but if that's the case, it's unfortunate. I was rather pleasantly surprised by how civil most people were thus far.
Living in Poland with flags of Israel
@Redrum Your stone must be missing you.
@Alex ... that shouldn't be an issue. A flag is a flag, and being proud of ones nation is *NOT* the same as being proud of its policies.
You're not a complete idiot who can't see individuals and generalizes everyone as being the same, are you?
bjoardar I cant be loyal to both America and Russia at the same time, it’s either America or Russia
jens jensen LoL yes u can. U can have affection for both places. No one is required to be 100% “loyal” (what does that even mean quantifiably?) to one place and one place only. If you are loyal to your sister does that mean you are not loyal to your brother?
@@jensjensen9035 Based on your own logic, you seem to be loyal to the traitors or at least you sport their flag. So, who are you loyal to? The Confederate losers or the victorious Union?
It's estimated that 20 Poles had to cooperate to save 1 Jew during the war. Obviously, it's very painful to then hear how antisemitic Poland is, so antisemitic that, according to Yad Vashem, Poles are the most righteous among the nations. The Poles who lived during the war are dead, they can't defend themselves, so I will. Of course, they were some bad apples, but the West and Isreal make it seem like the Poles invited the Germans over to get rid of those pesky Jews. Jus the other day I saw an article about 'The Polish concentration camp'.
I'm glad Polish Jews have now more freedom to practice their religion. Good for them. It'd be sad if Judaism disappeared from the country that had been a refuge for Jews for centuries.
Could never think of kosher vodka being a thing...
I found another functional brain..thank Lord...vodka is kosher.mf
I think every vodka, made of grain or potatoes, without additives is kosher
Micheal, you are God's gift to the Jews in Poland.
Such a nice video... until mentioning that "nationalistic" Polish government, only because they wanted to protect Poland from being accused of things it never did. I am sorry, but despite all the sympathy I have towards the characters shown, in the end I had to leave you with thumb down.
Nie da się ukryć, że ustawa przyjęta przez PIS była wyjątkowo idiotyczna. Z resztą co złego w byciu nacjonalistą. Izrael jest jednym z najbardziej nacjonalistycznych krajów na świecie...
Lol is the current government not nationalistic? It prises itself on it!! 😂
Poland had some people, like every country, who worked with the Nazis. This is true for every occupying power. Let’s not forget it.
Ekstremalny nacjonalizm czyni kraj biedniejszym jako obywatela świata.
@@theklorg305 That is true, but procent of supporters of Nazi Germany was really small, really small... But we are discussing here what our stupid government stated: not to use words Polish concentration camps because it is offensive. And I need to agree with that.
We need the Jews back in Poland, My mom was catholic in a jewish neighborhood. Im proud the rabbi of poland is from the city like me. I wanna help and give to him and his efforts
Maybe you need but mostly of Poles not. We had bad experiences in the past with them.
Are you also shocked how dw quickly ended the topic of german death camp in Auschwitz? Would you make a document about lack of german reparations only to Poles?
@Rodney Wienand germans must pay preparat
Robert Urbańczyk cry me a river
@@jensjensen9035 I will just keep watching videos with germans staring at their woman being beaten on streets
The Reperations to Jews were based on how much it cost to move them out of refugee camps, and many were forced out of West and East Germany by anti-demotion. It’s not like Jews, one in every two at the time died, got functional reperations either.
Well said. I'd add act 447 to that.
Antipolonism is a bigger problem in Poland.
@David Witkowski Do not call him names...because you do not know what you are talking about...silly
I get that. There are many anti-Americans in America who hate our country for freedom and liberty for all. We call them the Communist takeover of our country. That is why they hate Catholics. Constitution and Bill of rights come directly from Jesus. No other religion allows for freedom of all people when they are in power.
@David Witkowski You insulted me because I have a different opinion than you? Just ike that? You should be ashamed. It shows who is real idiot here pal.
@@sharischoll9411 Greetings to true American patriots (of course Catholics are among them).
Przestań wąchać klej, bo potem piszesz takie bzdury.
Another great documentary, DW, thank you
Why would you hate someone because he is different? So absurd
Yeah. One important piece of Polish culture is Judaism, which has been there for thousands of years. I’m so glad Judaism is returning to Poland.
I went to Nozyk Synagogue in Warsaw in 1998.
@α & Ω Old enough to have seen the defeat of that crazy want to be artist from Austria.
@α & Ω Somewhere between the Alpha and the Omega, actually 78 year old fossil
@@paweltrawicki2200 ...what?
I’d like to know how the vodka the rabbi approved is made kosher for Passover. As foods that are fermented are not approved during Passover. No bourbon, whiskey, beer, gin, or vodka, I thought
I think most vodka is kosher, but the problem is nobody is making sure. It's "incidentally kosher", so when a religious Jew drinks it they don't really know if it actually is kosher, even though it almost certainly is. And I can see how that can be a problem, and I understand the demand for a certified kosher vodka. I just hope that every company that wants to sell kosher vodka can obtain such certification without obstruction.
What does kosher mean? If it is against your religion, why is it ok? Does kosher mean over seen by a Rabbi?
Vodka is distilled not fermented which allows it to be Kosher for Pesach.
@@sharischoll9411 No. Kosher doesn't mean overseen by a Rabbi. It has to do with the dietary laws as described in the Bible.
you should either do a documentary film about Jews who fled the Arab states - just to have the full picture of the Jewish people in the diaspora
My best friend was a Conservative Rabbi before she passed away five years ago... I can tell you from spending a lot of time in the offices of rabbis, their offices ALL look like his. ❤️
Somehow I'm not surprised to see that his office is... somewhat cluttered. He strikes me as a very easygoing man and not super fixated on detail.
Michael is an awsome person i met him in Rychwałd many years ego.
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@@user-qz9zu1fq9k What's wrong with that statemtent?
@@willsofer3679 jews
Wow. That was awesome. And moving. Thanks for making the documentary.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out- because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me.
Martin Niemöller
In Poland first they came for Poles.
I will be 79 in October 2021, and happy I travelled on my own dime, from age 20-73. I was born, educated, and earned all my income from working.. I share most generously with non beggars.
Acapulco and Singapore were the only places I wanted to retire, but the earthquakes and the expensive cost of living were the deal breakers.
There is no reason for people living and dying on the streets. Replace the incomes, when you shut down incomes.
My choice was to work, travel, and help where I could with both hands.
I don't care about religion more importent is what people we are
Ironically, most Jews feel the same way. They're quite secular and just support people being ethical.
But obviously this video is partly about a more generally religious community.
Poland suffered the most in ww2
Soviet Union, China, Baltic States, Ukraine. Sorry!
@@worldtopgun-3525 Poland had it worse than the Balts and Ukraine
I'm happy to see that Jewish life is flourishing in Poland again. I hope to see in the next years more and more Europeans Jews in media and entertainment. Every time Jews get mentioned in the news, it's always tied to 1) an antisemitic attack 2) something about remembering the holocaust 3) the Arab-Israeli conflict. Nothing positive. I can't wait for people to discover Jewish humour, Jewish traditions (Bar/Bat mitzvah, Pessach, Purim!, etc.) and Jewish food. Let's make Jewishness something positive again!!! 😃🥳🥯🕍
Read Ewa Kurek's Book's : "POLISH -JEWISH RELATIONS 1939-1945. BEYOND THE LIMITS OF SOLIDARITY". "YOUR LIFE IS WORTH MINE". Read Also :" WITOLD PILECKI'S AUSCHWITZ REPORT " !!!!!!!!
why are you telling people to read the lies of a person so anti-Semitic?
The rabi has time to go and look at vodka production for 'his people' in Israel... Meanwhile people in Palestine are starving. Wish Israel will stop playing the victim card. Let things go. Power of forgiveness
Lee Kulec-Elston
Palestinians don‘t drink vodka, don‘t worry about them.
The question is - why are people starving in Palestine?
@@jeshkam because of Israel sanctions and blockades
Palestine is killing jews.
@Redrum You hit the nail on the head
The Germans had all the necessary intelligence about Poland thanks to the fact that half of it was literally a part of Germany 20 years before. Their WW2 occupation zone was the same half that used to belong to the German Empire. Hence, they had all the census data on where the Jews were concentrated, as well as things like street plans, registered shops and factories, everything. They had data on everything that existed in the German half of Poland before 1918. How do people not realize this?
Now we are waiting for Jews living in Palestine document
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Still waiting
There's never been a place called Palestine, so you'll be waiting forever
@@bigmedge RACIST.
There are plenty of documentaries about that. How are you so incompetent to the point that you can't even look that up on your own. Pathetic.
There’s a plenty biased documentary bout that. How bout you go find on your own. -_-
Thank you for this very informative documentary. It is understandable that Poland is a country left with many terrible memories and evidences of such wickedness. May we never forget! God bless Israel! Shalom!
Warsaw was the 20th century Masada!!!!
Palestine stolen land you mean that?
@@fullthrottle5774 Palestine will be free from that disgusting Zionist mafia.
No other country lost 16% of its total population in just the 6 years of WW II.
Why are Jewish people so hated. I'm not Jewish and live in the Southern Hemisphere and I really don't understand. Can someone kindly explain it to me✌
I don't know, everyone has what they deserve. Maybe the problem is in themselves?
The short version: Two thousand-ish years ago when Christianity first started, there was already xenophobic treatment of Jews in Europe, but when we wouldn’t convert, it went from hatred to mass violence/ethnic cleansing/mass murders. When Islam was in its early days, the Prophet couldn’t convert us either, and mass murders ensued. Jesus and Mohamed are gone, but the New Testament and the Q’uran have a lot of antisemitic text, which is read by billions. But according to scholars, it’s what is preached from the pulpit in most cases that continues the slander today. Freud said that when Jews were murdered en masse because they refused a religion, that made the non-Jew question the validity of THEIR beliefs. It’s sad and ugly, we all just need to love and respect each other without trying to change each other. Hope this explanation helps.
Google and learn "Zionism"
@@susanolistar7193 I'll do that thanks. I might get a less biased view on this fascinating subject. Take care and keep safe always.
Catholics and orthodox hate them because they think they killed jesus.
This Rabbi is a true mench! This is really doing Gods work, till 120.
For Hanukkah, I usually got some gelt and chocolate coins that looked like gelt.
What did you buy?
I imagine not every Rabbi would be able to fulfill this task, very admirable Rabbi.
My son in law grandparents on his father side were from Poland and survivors from the Holocaust. I’m Cuban probably decedents of Hebrews, Muslims and Asians . Married an American that his grandparents were German, Scottish’s, English, and Austrian.
Heinz 57. 😆🤛
What if dogs were racist? Would they care about fur color….. “son, only play with other tan dogs”? Or maybe it would depend on breed, “honey, only play with other German Shepards, never poodles”. Better yet it could depend on occupation. “I’m a sled dog while you’re only a running companion, leave me alone”. Maybe the neighborhood they live in could be the way they choose which dogs to associate with and which to shun? Size could be the determining factor, “see how tall that dog is, they are probably dumb”. Luckily dogs don’t discriminate. Just watch at a dog park. Big black and white dogs wag their tails and play with tiny tan dogs. A service dog chases after the same ball as the off-duty police dog. So if dogs don’t discriminate then why do we?
The two most prominent politicians in Poland after 1945 were Jakub Berman and Hilary Minc. In culture and politics-scholarship, movies, music, art, drama, fiction, sports-Poles with a Jewish background dominated the field: Ford, Hoffman, Sandauer, Brzechwa, Słonimski, Kirszenstein, Zin, Kydryński, Serafinowicz, Polanski, and thousands of others achieved acclaim and fame. Yet, the narrative continues of a post-war lack of Jewish presence in Polish affairs. Who is promoting such a false narrative?
I LOVE THIS VIDEO RABBI. MY GRANDMOTHER CAME FROM POLAND SHE PASSED AWAY IN 2001. WE ARE ASHKENAZI JEWS NOW LIVIG IN THE UNITED STATES IN NEW YORK CITY. I WISH I WAS ABLE TO AFFORD LOOKING INTO MY PAST GENERATIONS TO FIND OUT WHO WAS WHO AND WHAT IS WHAT. I FEEL SUCH A CONNECTION TO THE HOLOCAUST, THE PAST THAT I JUST CANNOT EXPLAIN, I KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING ALOT THAT I DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWERS.
I realized something very important at the checkpoints this week. Id rather be in line with a devout muslim or Jew or christian when Im suffering. Jews are part of the truth of our GOD. He loves jews. I just pray we find collective peace.
Eye opener. My father dug out and escaped Janowska.
Wonderful! :D
Many dedicated people have been working for years to bring about revival of Jewish life in Poland. Yet this video focuses exclusively on the good work of only one rabbi from America, Michael Shudrich. The future of Polish Jewish life will depend on recruiting and training a new generation of Polish-born rabbis and Jewish community leaders. Unfortunately, no such efforts are mentioned in this video, but hopefully they are taking place.
I hope there is a training center for Rabbis in Poland, if not perhaps one or many others can be set up in the future.
Talking again about how Nazis crimes 70 years ago.. how about we talk how these massacres are happening today in Palestine, comitted by the so called chosen people (Israel) ? I always find it baffling how people keep talking about past tragedies, make movies, documentaries, force it down our throat,..etc and yet the same shit is happening to another people.. and because of their religion or skin colour, most dont give a shit. What a fucked up world we live in.
Different times different narrative my friend
All humans evolve still matter it just depends to whom
Make your own documentary rather than making senseless complaints.
hope that an art student doesnt get rejected!
Art Schools are now accepting all applicants. 😳
Incredible man! ❤
Isaiah 53
Psalm 22
Deuteronomy 18
Jeremiah 31
Psalm 2
Daniel 9
Is that a sport ranking?
Building your own parallel state. The state in which the Jews live is of secondary importance. Their connections, businesses, etc. are the most important thing. This lack of assimilation of Jews is what irritates the native population. This video unfortunately confirms it perfectly.
Same to same Muslims , but at least Jewish contributes to economy ,
why should they assimilate ? An apple can not become an orange .
Maybe learn tolerance and embrace diversity
@@samuelmatias7453 simple- to be a part of country. For years Jews didn`t assimilate and in part paid for it during II WW. When people were threatend it was harder to care about people who didn`t speak your language or care about you or community you all lived before. Few weeks ago there were published memories of that time and even the writter- granddougther of a WWII survivour- admits that
@@rubinjacobowitz194 because?
One can not be christian nor democratic and nurtur racist feelings ! Christ came to earth as a jew and for descending from David and the Queen of Sheba ( according to American codes ! ) he was therefore undoubtebly Black for coming from an clearly Ethiopian ancestry ! People of God faith , do understand that God indicated clearly to us that he is the father of us ALL !
"American codes"?
I'm familiar with the Kebra Negast, which I think you might be (maybe?) referencing, but... yeah. No idea what "American codes" means.
No it is a white man with a long beard and he wears the so called" jesus sandals." He mostly is dressed in a white skirt too. oooh and did i mentioned he can walk on water. He was a little bit a cross between a hippie and a magician.
As long as we will divide people into groups there will be problems. Especially people on their own have to stop doing that, we always have to remember where we came from, and who we are. Only then we all can live together without any problems. If you close yourself in some group, you start selling it as different race, there will always be some idiot that will have problem with that.
Poland is Blessed by God
Free Palestine
G-d bless Rabbi Shudrich!
Supper ..but is so many polish and other nation from Europe lost their life …you can’t claim this to your nationality only !!!!!???????THINK ABOUT IT !!!!!!!!!!OPEN YOUR MIND !!!!!!!!
This Rabi is sooo cool.
What simpathic rabbi. May Hashem send him many blessings.
That lady was so nervous. She did it gj .
Thank all of you in DW for the documentary💖💖💖
I'm a not religious person from a Christian family (Seventh-day Adventists), and I respect all Jews in Europe and outside the EU. I just don't understand antisemitism at all. PEACE!
P.S. I didn't know, that many Jews drink Wodka 😂 But it's also their choice. I don't drink alcohol at all. I just don't need it.
How does the Catholic church promote anti semitism? Not being defensive, truly curious. We are all human, religions are all similar in different ways. A higher power to direct and help you navigate through our lives in a positive way.
Catholic Church is not supporting anti semitism, it is against the Bible and all Catholic Laws to support any kind of discrimination. But you can find bad doctor among doctors, as well as bad priest in the Church. I personally have been raised with respect to all religions, with special connection to Judaism. It makes me feel sad when people hurt each other on religious backgrounds especially in Poland, country that was full of many believes before WWII... Catholic Church have done so much to save lives of Jews... I think in this video reporters more focused on Polish leading party, than religion it self. Judaism, like every minority religion everywhere in the world has not easy path ahead. I hope they can bloom like a wonderful flower in my country and live happy, safe lives.
Schudrich is not a polish Jew. He was implemented here as a right arm of organistations like ADL in order to takeover polish estates like these on Leszno 15 street, Warsaw where was jewish hospital which was given to American jewish organisations as one belonging to them. What did they do woth it? Made a museum? No. That building was given to developer to earn MONEY. Real polish Jews, non sionists citizens of Poland knows the truth!
What is the source of this information?
Why so many dislikes?
Ikr
why does she bring her dog inside the school ? dog owner are just strange , they think everyone needs to love their animal. i am not bringing my fish to shopping , too
There are many places in Poland where you can go with your dog. Maybe not to schools. This one is exeption.
My son's school has a dog. It lives in the school.
There's nothing strange with that.
As always rabbi speaks English better than most of the politicians.
@J Mc how narrow your mind is...
just go back to siberia
Because he is American...?
As others have pointed out, he was raised in the United States. It makes sense that he would speak fluent English.
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Very sad God make easy for family and friends who lost their loved ones Ameen
Hello .. Please admin translate all videos to Indonesian or Malaysian languages. Because I don't speak English well. Tq 😘😘😘
There is Indonesian subtitles
and marsian
@@livegaminggz No worries. We all make mistakes. Be well!
Jews have it pretty good in Poland. They don't have to worry about settlers burning down their olive trees in the middle of the night; airstrikes 'neutralizing' their loved ones; the government bulldozing their homes or the army denying them hospital visits. They can even visit relatives who live in other regions of Poland should they wish it, unlike Palestinians living in Gaza, who aren't even allowed to visit relatives in the West Bank. Life couldn't be better. L'chaim!
Yeah too bad hope that changes soon i hate jews
Just recently heard about what happened in Palestine. So horrific. Have wonderful local Palestinian Muslim store owner. Asked him about it and showed me his head where he was shot with rubber bullets as a child walking to school. All these years the media was silent. Always the one sided. How do you wrap your head around this kind of behavior? Shocking. Palestinians are such precious beautiful people. You have great strength and courage. Much respect to you. US. We are trying to help change this.
i love every dw documentary bcz all documentary is informative & malleable.
Christianity is also from Jerusalem from the great Lord Jesus Christ of Nazereth who was born in Bethlem
jerusalem is a artificial fake name , the official history is distorted in a absurd way .
@@liars6495 Jerusalem is just the English equivalent of the Latinate version of the original Hebrew (which is essentially the same as the Canaanite). I'd be curious to know why you think it's "distorted in an absurd way".
@@liars6495 Apparently you’re unaware of three thousand five hundred year old coins (that are carbon-dated) found IN Jerusalem that have JERUSALEM engraved on them in Hebrew. So by your logic, should we not believe in dinosaurs existing or are they being distorted, when we’ve carbon-dated them?
@@willsofer3679 "Canaanite" is fake too , its just your ignorant imagination , the region is called the name the native Palestinians have given , you enemies are trying so hard to rewrite the history , culture and identity of muslim people .
Bethlehem, not Bethlem!
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Congratulations.
Incredible documentary. Incredible man.
Zastanawiam się skąd tyle minusów. Przecież nic kontrowersyjnego wobec Polski nie zostało powiedziane w tym filmie...(chyba że coś przegapiłem)
@Got Kowal a ktoś tu powiedział że obozy były polskie?
@Got Kowal to jest inna kwestia. W filmie zostało podkreślone to, że polacy wyrażają sprzeciw wobec używania sformułowania polskie obozy.
@Got Kowal Każdy wie że nazisci byli z niemiec i austrii. I to nie jest tak że piekarze budowali te obozy tylko żołnierze, dlatego naziści jest odpowiednim stwierdzeniem.
Polacy mają jak zwykle kompleksy
Polish mentality