Frieda, if you want to visit the Holocaust museum in Washington DC there's a very inexpensive bus that depending how far in advance you make reservations is less than $10 roundtrip from Manhattan. Google megabus or flixbus
What's wonderful about Frieda Vizel is that, though she left the Hasidic community, she retains such warmth for the people. And they trust that she will portray their lives with kindness and mercy, rather than criticism.
Youre a fool. Frieda is self serving. She left the chassidic community but she cant stand the real world outside of that. She thinks too highly of herself, ask her a serious question and she will refuse to have a conversation because the believes shes on 'higher level' than us 'mere mortals'.
Thank you, I feel immense gratitude that I get to exist in this grey area and people give me a chance to be a bit of a cultural translator. I think the warmth I have can’t be faked, and I’m grateful when people see it because then I feel seen.
I’ve been watching her channel for a very long time, and I am also impressed how she portrays the Chasidic community. May you continue to make such beautiful videos!!! הצלחה רבה
Thank you Frieda for giving Gita a platform to tell the story. We need to keep telling it. If it happened once it could happen again. The veil between good and evil is thin and it doesn’t take much for humans to sink into horrific behavior. God forbid it. We must be strong and never allow it to happen again.
I feel this so strongly. I think we don’t even realize how thing the veil between good and evil is, and it’s so important to try to keep remembering to keep our hearts open to others.
A big thank you to Frieda and Gita for sharing this important story with us. To think of a generation that grew up without grandparents is heartbreaking. A grandparent's love is very special.
“Just because he blushes doesn’t mean you’re smitten”, amazing. Yet another outstanding interview with a fascinating person. I hung on every word. Thank you Frieda and Mrs Gita.
My goodness what a beautiful lady. Such an amazing life story. I hope she gets motivated to write a book of her life. So much to teach us about family, love, suffering and resilience. Thanks for the upload. I am moved
Yes, when I filmed this last year I couldn’t have imagined the kind of sad reality to which I’d actually publish this. I see so much terrifying hate now daily. Praying for a kinder world.
This video is more important to me than any other video. People today do not know what kind of hell our grandparents went through. Thank you for bringing up the issue. We must never forget the suffering they caused the Jewish people.
In my parents house as a child one always had to be busy. My mom was 13 the year she spent in Auschwitz. One day I said Mom the Holocaust is over! She replied it can happen again any time! Little did I know how prophetic her words were. I had 1 Grandparent survive out of 4
I can see why Pearl & Gita are friends. Both women show so much conviction in their faith, but seem like very strong, determined & intelligent woman who don’t sit quietly back. They both also have a great sense of humor!! I also love Pearl’s unconditional love for her son who left the Hassidic community. They both come across as a bit progressive sometimes, even though I know they are very traditional. It’s the way they carry themselves, I think. Yet another powerful & dynamic interview!!! I was excited when I saw you had put out a new interview. You have really developed your interview skills & are able to connect w/ your subjects in such a genuine, validating & respectful way. All of this is reflected in the quality & professionalism of your videos. Thank you for continuing to seek out people to interview who have such dynamic & powerful stories they carry & are willing to share w/ you.
Thank you for such a beautiful comment. I feel like both pearl and Gita have such a zest for life and show that what might look like a typical pious lady from a closed culture, is often someone so much full of life, just life you and me!
Thank you Frieda, this interview made me think a lot about my long gone grandparents and uncles. Gita is so right, we need to keep our elders' memories alive and teach our young people about them. Their stories of survival and post-war lives are a source of great strength to me.
Her brother Y. was married to my sister ob"m. I remember her grandfather Reb Yisroel Yosef Krakower as well; my nephew is named after him. I also remember her husband from Montreal. Exactly the same story happened in my school in Satmar Montreal when one boy spoke of his Zeidy/grandfather and all the boys gathered around him awestruck. I still remember it vividly.
Yup. My mother had one friend who's family had come to America before the war, she was the only girl in the class who had grandparents. My mother had no grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins - both her parents immediate and extended families were wiped out. All murdered. Toward the end of her life I went to a doctor's appointment with my grandmother. The intern came in and started asking about medical family history. To every question my grandmother said "I don't know, they were murdered young". 😢
Both my parents had grandparents which was unusual in the early 50s. My father was from London and his mother's family had come from Lithuania to Ireland and then eventually to England, and my mother family on both sides came to America from White Russia and Lithuania.
Thank you for this .. My father was a Holocaust survivor. He would tap his numbers and tell us, "Never let this come to America" He told us the stories and as your guest describes, each time more details came to mind.
Many thanks to you, Gita Katz and the Bennett Center for Judaic Studies for this video. Heartbreaking details; my heart weeps but this must be told and it must be heard. Thank goodness her grandmother's story can be told. ❤🇨🇦
With gentle and curious questioning interviewer Frieda Vizel gives us insight into the life and history of Gita, a Chasidish woman with a big, charming personality. We learn intimate details of dark world history as well as bright moments of a loving family & community. Especially touching to me is Gita’s love and care for her husband Leiby, obm, and the revelation that out of her class of girls she was the only one to know a grandfather. Another must view interview. Shkoyakh!
Thank you, Frieda, for this touching video with Frau Gita Katz! You can’t stop watching and feel every minute of her life. I am so happy that she found this gentle and kind husband. May she and her loved ones be blessed.
What a treasure hearing this conversation. The joy of laughter and friendship shines so bright after the stories of such horrible darkness... Thank you both... I won't forget your words.
I am so humbled by this interview. I am equally humbled by some of the comments, children of survivors. Thank you for these stories that are so important in these days of war and ugliness of every kind. These stories you share remind me of seeing a single flower growing in a sidewalk...the strength and beauty of something in the midst of cold hard ugliness. ❤
I am so touched by your words. I am off to work and will take the visual of the single flower with me and draw hope from that image. Indeed, it’s hard not to carry a heaviness during a time of so much ugliness. Hope and kindness springs in the most unlikely places.
@FriedaVizelBrooklyn I knew a federal judge whose parents survived the Holocaust. I saw an exhibit of Auschwitz in Kansas City. I thought these things affected me, and they did. But not like your videos. Your videos hit me hard. I hope your week is filled with peace and all things good.
Thank you Frieda for Gita’s wonderful testimony. Yes the secret things belong to HaShem. There are things we can’t know or understand! In the Book of Daniel what happened in the Burning Fiery furnace! May HaShem bless and keep safe this lady, her family and you and all that lovely Williamsburg Community. Trust in His name and cry out to Him even when we don’t understand Frieda. HaShem loves you all so much but He never said it would be easy. Gita bears testimony to this! Thank you for this wonderful bringing us these amazing testimonies Frieda. Bill over the pond🙏🇺🇸🇬🇧
54 minutes of a precious interview. I love your guests and their experiences. I also love how you let them just talk on, but then interject a pertinent question, often something I was wondering already. You and your videos are a treasure trove of enlightenment.
It takes sooo much time and energy to make these videos it means so so much to me that the voices of the people I share are heard. Thanks for watching and your kindness.
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn your videos are always a welcomed priority to watch among my others that are usually current events, politics, health. Yours are always uplifting.
What a true blessing to be able to hear this amazing woman's testimony and see her zest for life 💗 Thank you so much Frieda for spotlighting such wonderful people it's amazing how much knowledge, empathy, unity and laughter you bring through your videos!! כֹּל הַכָּבוֹד
Oh Frieda.... Thank you and thank you Mrs. Katz...What a treasure touching, touching.... one of the best interviews I've ever seen in my life...seriously... remarkable story and such a unique perspective!
Allison and I were in Amsterdam, at the Anne Frank house this past week, on what would have been Annes 95th birthday, so this resonates with us even more so. Thank You for sharing this and keeping the memory of holocaust survivors alive. The Franks almost made it, they were on the last train to the camps -
My favorite interviewer and one of my favorite aunts. Thank you for sharing the greatness that is Gita. May Hashem bless you both with long, healthy and happy years.
Awwwww Suri your aunt is such a special special person and I don’t need to tell you that! I don’t know how she is able to keep up with so much and so many people and things! What a personality, she always makes me laugh so much! Feels like a small world sometimes 😃.
Ms. Gita, I'm so glad that you (and your children, and your children's children...) are here. Please don't ever stop sharing your mother's story. My grandmother was 15 when Germany invaded France, 16 when she joined the resistance. I can only hope that the people she smuggled to safety have flourished so well!
Frieda my dear, You have done it again. You find the sweetest women to interview. I felt like I was sitting around the table with you. The subtitles in time were perfect. Please send my appreciation to Fairfield Univeristy/Bennet Center for Judaic Studies. Here's to many more.
What a gift you have given us. To be able to listen and learn from these stories and experiences is precious. As someone who is not Jewish, I so value the fact that Gita has willingly and freely shared about her family for all of us. I believe we ALL have an obligation to humanity to never forget, and to always remember by continuing to tell these stories, so that it never happens again. God Bless❤
What a beautiful interview! Thank you so much Frida for sharing Gita's story with us. And a thousand thanks to you Gita Katz for sharing your memories with us. They are with us now. Thank you.
Thanks for recording this testimony. Its extremely important that the last remaining eyewitnesses have their testimony documented so that future generations have points of reference and are able to sift The Truth from revisionist history
Thank you for this wonderful interview. My Grandmother's side was nearly wiped out save for a few relatives back in Hungary. She managed to escape, also by luck. Our lineage goes back to Csenger, now called Szatmar. Whenever I am in the area of Hasidim in NY, I know that I walk among family. God bless you all.
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn Bordering town to Romania. And poorest town in all of Hungary. My family comes from there. Hardly anyone survived. The son of the Rebe there (I think) started his congregation in Wmsburg, NYC... not certain of all the historical details. My grandmother was raised by her grandparents there. Her sister, BTW, was Miss Hungary 1933 (Gal Julia) who then escaped by way of traveling to Western Europe for pageants during the war, and then migrating to Argentina. She never told anyone including her family about her past.
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn I don't know really. But you know what I found out is that there is a camp or something literally called Farkastanya on Hid Utca (Bridge Street in English) that I believe to be the family pasture of my Grandmother's Grandfather, whose last name was Farkas. It seems on their website that someone by that name established that place recently, not Jewish at all... however, I think this is possibly to hide the fact it belonged to a Jewish Family before they were rounded up. The Jewish cemetery is nearby, and the river my Grandmother spoke about is also right there. I'm sure there is nothing I can legally do about it, tho, sadly.
Frieda and Gita, how generous of you both to share this story, from a genuine and heartfelt place, and with so much joy amongst such sadness. Thank you both. ❤
Thank you for this very important interview. This is clearly a very strong woman who came from strong parents. Her faith is a wonderful legacy of what her parents gave her. Love to you both from a young Traditional Catholic in Indiana.
Frieda, this is such important information-thank you for the educational interview. Unfortunately, antisemitism is still around, and is worsening. And unfortunately, Jews appear to have always been scapegoats for any of society’s issues. We must hold our heads high as proud Jews. And I think it is important for Jews of all “persuasions” to try to get along. We have enough enemies outside the Jewish communities. With love, blessings, and gratitude, Maralyn in Virginia🩵🇮🇱🙏P.S. Your interview style is warm, respectful, & engaging.❤️❤️
I have wiped away my tears of sorrow and joy. You know how much this means to me, keeping the stories so no one forgets. What an amazing story. What a wonderful storyteller. I will never understand how people can be so cruel. We are blessed to have you Frieda and the people who are willing to tell their stories. I look forward to hearing more stories. Have you come across any stories relating to summering in Sharon Springs to partake of the healing waters? I have something in common with Gita. I lost my husband to cancer. I know how hard it is. Bless you both Frieda and Gita. Keep finding and saving the stories. We must never forget.
I’m so sorry about the loss of your husband. Gita’s lost love to cancer has indeed brought many tears to my eyes. I’ve heard so much of Sharon springs as a child and I don’t know much about it as an adult. Definitely something to look into.
There are UA-cam videos on Sharon Springs that you may find interesting. I just came across a series a couple days ago. You should come up and visit this area before more is lost. I hope you come across a story from someone who has been part of the summer scene. I have heard that it was a well loved place. It must have been such a change in experiences from NYC! The slow pace, stars at night and clean crisp air can still be enjoyed.
These interviews are such an incredible gift and an important part of history. Thank you for capturing these stories. My grandfather’s family was from Czechoslovakia. I never met his parents but hearing these stories helps me understand a little more of my own family’s journey.
Thank you so much Frieda and Gita! My family (both sides) came from Germany in 1938, but no one would ever speak about what happened to them or any one in the family before leaving. This video was wonderfully inspiring and heart-warming.
You are amazing my dear Frieda, thank you for your content. Here in Italy we are very educated on this subject, it is taught since the first years of elementary school even if it’s quite terrifying for a kid to learn these things. I couldn’t sleep well after learning that people there were put in ovens. One of of our best writers called Primo Levi ended his life at 80 due to the trauma he couldn’t heal. The Jews are cherished in my heart ♥️
That’s so heartbreaking and I think it’s why people like Pearl don’t want to tell the stories to her kids, to shield them. These are important stories to tell and yet they are also very hard stories to tell. I have a very hard time hearing them but it’s so important.
This was THE BEST INTERVIEW EVER!!!! Fantastic lady!! I could listen for hours and hours. I wish we could have seen photos of the Mother, Grandfather, the Husband the Siblings the Children, Grandchildren Great Grandchildren!!! I want so much more! Geta is a gem!❤
Hi Frieda how are you ? Many people like this wonderful Gita have exactly the same history and story . All of us who were first generation children of holocaust survivors from the camps share a burden of being born to survivors. I may have grown up in the fifties in Williamsburg at the same time like Gita
Frieda, thank you for sharing such an important interview. The story Gita Katz shares about the horrors of the Holocaust her family experienced is heartbreaking. Families were ripped apart and separated, starved, abused, and murdered, So few survived. I have no words. Ultimately, Gita's story is about the story is about strength, faith, and resilience. Of course, there is much more. Please keep sharing these stories. Although I am not Jewish, I will never forget. Thank you again.
Frieda, this is an amazing interview. I can see your sincere interest and it makes the interview so wholesome. Please, please more of these with from Chasidishe women!! Job well done!!
I so enjoyed meeting Gita and listening to the interview. So interesting! I especially enjoyed hearing her include the Yiddish and most appreciated your subtitles, as my understanding of Yiddish is very limited. I'm now about to watch the interview with her son.
Miss Gita, I’ve stood with you in front of the shoes at the Holocaust Museum. I can still smell them in my mind. I also stood in the train car in the corner thinking about being squished with the community. I met a lady in PA with a number on her arm. I was crying and she was comforting me. She gave me her book, and her name slips my mind, but her face is in my heart. 💙
The stories are always heartbreaking, and what’s even more so is thinking of the relatives I lost to the holocaust and whose stories I’ll never know 😢. Thanks Frieda for this interview with beautiful Gita!
Thank you for introducing us to Gita. And many thanks to her for sharing her story. I once read that “a remembrance” is also a physical action, not just an individual’s mental recall. Your conversation with Gita is a good illustration of what “a remembrance” looks like.
What an amazing story of her mother's survival as well as her father's. What a legacy to leave, the amount of descendants is so neat. My great grandmother left a big legacy like that as well but she wasn't jewish. But I truly admire Gita and her family, god bless her.
Gita's story shows how lucky those of us whose families came to America through Ellis Island before WW1 are,we all had loving grandparents who came here as young people and lived their life in freedom.
I loved this and enjoyed hearing Gita speak and tell her story. I was laughing to crying to laughing. She is a sweet special woman. Thank you for sharing her with us.
My graduating class in Bais Yaakov of 1969 had 22 girls, and 5 of us including me had American parents. The rest had European parents who spoke Yiddish. This was the norm in the 60s. The parents were survivors of the war. But parents never talked of what happened then. It was off-limits. My parents encouraged us to read memoirs by survivors that we got from the library. My grandparents, 3 out of 4, were fortunate to have come to the US well before the Nazi period. Only one grandfather was European, and he came from a shtetl (village) in Ukraine in 1910.
This is a video that should be in all schools & showed with all history classes. It is living history & the generation of the survivors & who endured are leaving us. Every genocide, like the Imperial Roman slaughter of Jerusalem & Middle Ages's elimination of Jewish communities, can only be seen in the shadow of the Nazi Holocaust. Industrial & anti-human. Amazing interview.
I Love these long form convos. I’m sure there are many hidden gems in these neighborhoods to interview. Real grit, real life. A beautiful break from the rat race.
Thank you to Gita for sharing her story ❤ thank you Frieda having a space where these can be shared. May they never be forgotten. I had a smile when Gita said she read Catherine Cookson, this author is from my area of the world. 😊
What a wonderful women and I can relate I came from a large family and felt bad for my Mom and helped her. Amazing story about her family and very strong people whose faith helped them. Thank you Freida. 😊
Also watch my interview with Gita’s son Ysoscher Katz 😊
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I had watched this and had. I idea this was Gita’s son. I will have to rewatch it
I did watch this but I didn't realize that he was Gita's son. Another great interview. I watched it twice.
I watched that video sometime ago and didn’t put it together that was Gita’s son. That too was a fabulous interview
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Frieda, if you want to visit the Holocaust museum in Washington DC there's a very inexpensive bus that depending how far in advance you make reservations is less than $10 roundtrip from Manhattan. Google megabus or flixbus
What's wonderful about Frieda Vizel is that, though she left the Hasidic community, she retains such warmth for the people. And they trust that she will portray their lives with kindness and mercy, rather than criticism.
Youre a fool.
Frieda is self serving.
She left the chassidic community but she cant stand the real world outside of that.
She thinks too highly of herself, ask her a serious question and she will refuse to have a conversation because the believes shes on 'higher level' than us 'mere mortals'.
Thank you, I feel immense gratitude that I get to exist in this grey area and people give me a chance to be a bit of a cultural translator. I think the warmth I have can’t be faked, and I’m grateful when people see it because then I feel seen.
You took the words out of my mouth! Totally agree... Frieda is the best!!
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I’ve been watching her channel for a very long time, and I am also impressed how she portrays the Chasidic community. May you continue to make such beautiful videos!!! הצלחה רבה
Frieda you are a blessing to the Jewish community. Thank you for finding so many inspiring stories.
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Thank you Frieda for giving Gita a platform to tell the story. We need to keep telling it. If it happened once it could happen again. The veil between good and evil is thin and it doesn’t take much for humans to sink into horrific behavior. God forbid it. We must be strong and never allow it to happen again.
I feel this so strongly. I think we don’t even realize how thing the veil between good and evil is, and it’s so important to try to keep remembering to keep our hearts open to others.
A big thank you to Frieda and Gita for sharing this important story with us. To think of a generation that grew up without grandparents is heartbreaking. A grandparent's love is very special.
“Just because he blushes doesn’t mean you’re smitten”, amazing. Yet another outstanding interview with a fascinating person. I hung on every word. Thank you Frieda and Mrs Gita.
She has a great perspective on love and romance.
My goodness what a beautiful lady. Such an amazing life story. I hope she gets motivated to write a book of her life. So much to teach us about family, love, suffering and resilience. Thanks for the upload. I am moved
Yes, indeed, a very very beautiful woman.
Thank you, Frieda for bringing us these very important stories. It has never been more important.
Yes, when I filmed this last year I couldn’t have imagined the kind of sad reality to which I’d actually publish this. I see so much terrifying hate now daily. Praying for a kinder world.
You can just tell by this short video that Mrs. Katz has a fun, spunky spirit. Thank you both for sharing.
I hope she’ll agree to more videos in the future because she’s a hilarious woman full of life!
Gita is a wonderful human being. Thank you for sharing her story.
Thank you! It’s been incredible and joyous to be her friend.
This video is more important to me than any other video. People today do not know what kind of hell our grandparents went through. Thank you for bringing up the issue. We must never forget the suffering they caused the Jewish people.
I was completely fascinated by Gita and her story.
Documenting the lives of survivors is so important. Thank you, Frieda and Gita.
In my parents house as a child one always had to be busy. My mom was 13 the year she spent in Auschwitz. One day I said Mom the Holocaust is over! She replied it can happen again any time! Little did I know how prophetic her words were. I had 1 Grandparent survive out of 4
How heartbreaking, her words!
Very cool
I can see why Pearl & Gita are friends. Both women show so much conviction in their faith, but seem like very strong, determined & intelligent woman who don’t sit quietly back. They both also have a great sense of humor!! I also love Pearl’s unconditional love for her son who left the Hassidic community. They both come across as a bit progressive sometimes, even though I know they are very traditional. It’s the way they carry themselves, I think.
Yet another powerful & dynamic interview!!! I was excited when I saw you had put out a new interview. You have really developed your interview skills & are able to connect w/ your subjects in such a genuine, validating & respectful way. All of this is reflected in the quality & professionalism of your videos. Thank you for continuing to seek out people to interview who have such dynamic & powerful stories they carry & are willing to share w/ you.
Thank you for such a beautiful comment. I feel like both pearl and Gita have such a zest for life and show that what might look like a typical pious lady from a closed culture, is often someone so much full of life, just life you and me!
Heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time.
Yes, Betty, so beautiful and so sad yet so uplifting.
Thank you Frieda, this interview made me think a lot about my long gone grandparents and uncles. Gita is so right, we need to keep our elders' memories alive and teach our young people about them. Their stories of survival and post-war lives are a source of great strength to me.
Yes, thank you for the comment. I very much share the sentiment.
Her brother Y. was married to my sister ob"m. I remember her grandfather Reb Yisroel Yosef Krakower as well; my nephew is named after him.
I also remember her husband from Montreal.
Exactly the same story happened in my school in Satmar Montreal when one boy spoke of his Zeidy/grandfather and all the boys gathered around him awestruck. I still remember it vividly.
It’s an incredible mind blowing reality that captures the destruction of the Jewish community after the holocaust.
Yup. My mother had one friend who's family had come to America before the war, she was the only girl in the class who had grandparents. My mother had no grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins - both her parents immediate and extended families were wiped out. All murdered.
Toward the end of her life I went to a doctor's appointment with my grandmother. The intern came in and started asking about medical family history. To every question my grandmother said "I don't know, they were murdered young". 😢
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Both my parents had grandparents which was unusual in the early 50s. My father was from London and his mother's family had come from Lithuania to Ireland and then eventually to England, and my mother family on both sides came to America from White Russia and Lithuania.
Thank you for this .. My father was a Holocaust survivor. He would tap his numbers and tell us, "Never let this come to America" He told us the stories and as your guest describes, each time more details came to mind.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️thank you for sharing, I’m so touched by all your stories.
Many thanks to you, Gita Katz and the Bennett Center for Judaic Studies for this video. Heartbreaking details; my heart weeps but this must be told and it must be heard. Thank goodness her grandmother's story can be told. ❤🇨🇦
Thank you so much for the comment. Gita is a beautiful soul and I’m so grateful she shared her story with us all.
With gentle and curious questioning interviewer Frieda Vizel gives us insight into the life and history of Gita, a Chasidish woman with a big, charming personality. We learn intimate details of dark world history as well as bright moments of a loving family & community. Especially touching to me is Gita’s love and care for her husband Leiby, obm, and the revelation that out of her class of girls she was the only one to know a grandfather. Another must view interview. Shkoyakh!
Oh Zelde what a kind sweet comment. Indeed Gita’s love for her late husband is such a heartwarming beautiful thing to behold.
Thank you, Frieda, for this touching video with Frau Gita Katz! You can’t stop watching and feel every minute of her life. I am so happy that she found this gentle and kind husband. May she and her loved ones be blessed.
Amen ❤️💝 a very blessed woman to have known such love.
What a treasure hearing this conversation. The joy of laughter and friendship shines so bright after the stories of such horrible darkness... Thank you both... I won't forget your words.
Thank you so much for watching.
What a powerful interview, Frieda - and what an unfathomable loss to live with!
I am so humbled by this interview. I am equally humbled by some of the comments, children of survivors. Thank you for these stories that are so important in these days of war and ugliness of every kind. These stories you share remind me of seeing a single flower growing in a sidewalk...the strength and beauty of something in the midst of cold hard ugliness. ❤
I am so touched by your words. I am off to work and will take the visual of the single flower with me and draw hope from that image. Indeed, it’s hard not to carry a heaviness during a time of so much ugliness. Hope and kindness springs in the most unlikely places.
@FriedaVizelBrooklyn I knew a federal judge whose parents survived the Holocaust. I saw an exhibit of Auschwitz in Kansas City. I thought these things affected me, and they did. But not like your videos. Your videos hit me hard. I hope your week is filled with peace and all things good.
Thank you Frieda for Gita’s wonderful testimony. Yes the secret things belong to HaShem. There are things we can’t know or understand! In the Book of Daniel what happened in the Burning Fiery furnace! May HaShem bless and keep safe this lady, her family and you and all that lovely Williamsburg Community. Trust in His name and cry out to Him even when we don’t understand Frieda. HaShem loves you all so much but He never said it would be easy. Gita bears testimony to this! Thank you for this wonderful bringing us these amazing testimonies Frieda. Bill over the pond🙏🇺🇸🇬🇧
Thank you for the wonderful words my dear Bill from over the big pond. I’m always happy to see your comments.
These conversations are so important to document!
54 minutes of a precious interview. I love your guests and their experiences. I also love how you let them just talk on, but then interject a pertinent question, often something I was wondering already. You and your videos are a treasure trove of enlightenment.
It takes sooo much time and energy to make these videos it means so so much to me that the voices of the people I share are heard. Thanks for watching and your kindness.
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn your videos are always a welcomed priority to watch among my others that are usually current events, politics, health. Yours are always uplifting.
Thanks for another fascinating interview with Mrs Katz. She was friends with my mom and I knew her husband a’h.
Thank you so much! What a small world ☺️ I feel like I also know the whole family! I’ve interviewed Gita’s son Ysoscher here before.
What's the name of that video?
What a true blessing to be able to hear this amazing woman's testimony and see her zest for life 💗 Thank you so much Frieda for spotlighting such wonderful people it's amazing how much knowledge, empathy, unity and laughter you bring through your videos!! כֹּל הַכָּבוֹד
Thank you for bringing us Gita again. Her stories have such vivid detail. Appreciated.
We must never forget!!!!
Thank you Frieda and Gita for sharing Gita's grandmother's story with 52,000 people who can honour her memory.
Oh Frieda.... Thank you and thank you Mrs. Katz...What a treasure touching, touching.... one of the best interviews I've ever seen in my life...seriously... remarkable story and such a unique perspective!
Your words brought tears to my eyes.
Allison and I were in Amsterdam, at the Anne Frank house this past week, on what would have been Annes 95th birthday, so this resonates with us even more so. Thank You for sharing this and keeping the memory of holocaust survivors alive. The Franks almost made it, they were on the last train to the camps -
Thank you, Frieda, for introducing us to Gita Katz!
It’s my honor. She’s an amazing human being!
Hugs to both of you. Thank you for sharing real history.
Thank you aunt gita and frieda for this beautiful documentary. I am one of Batsheva Webers great grandchildren , ❤️
My favorite interviewer and one of my favorite aunts. Thank you for sharing the greatness that is Gita. May Hashem bless you both with long, healthy and happy years.
Awwwww Suri your aunt is such a special special person and I don’t need to tell you that! I don’t know how she is able to keep up with so much and so many people and things! What a personality, she always makes me laugh so much! Feels like a small world sometimes 😃.
Thank you so much Frieda for allowing us to meet Pearl and Gita.
Pearl and Gita have been friends for more than fifty years!
How blessed are we to have met them through you.
Ms. Gita, I'm so glad that you (and your children, and your children's children...) are here. Please don't ever stop sharing your mother's story. My grandmother was 15 when Germany invaded France, 16 when she joined the resistance. I can only hope that the people she smuggled to safety have flourished so well!
Frieda my dear, You have done it again. You find the sweetest women to interview. I felt like I was sitting around the table with you. The subtitles in time were perfect. Please send my appreciation to Fairfield Univeristy/Bennet Center for Judaic Studies. Here's to many more.
It does feel like you just sit with Gita, doesn’t it! You kind of want to pull up a chair and take a bite from the rugelach too!
What a gift you have given us. To be able to listen and learn from these stories and experiences is precious. As someone who is not Jewish, I so value the fact that Gita has willingly and freely shared about her family for all of us. I believe we ALL have an obligation to humanity to never forget, and to always remember by continuing to tell these stories, so that it never happens again. God Bless❤
🙏🏻 thank you Frieda and Gita, so much sadness and grief and so much joy and hope. May H-Shem bless you ❤
What a beautiful interview! Thank you so much Frida for sharing Gita's story with us. And a thousand thanks to you Gita Katz for sharing your memories with us. They are with us now. Thank you.
Thanks for recording this testimony. Its extremely important that the last remaining eyewitnesses have their testimony documented so that future generations have points of reference and are able to sift The Truth from revisionist history
Thank you for this wonderful interview. My Grandmother's side was nearly wiped out save for a few relatives back in Hungary. She managed to escape, also by luck. Our lineage goes back to Csenger, now called Szatmar. Whenever I am in the area of Hasidim in NY, I know that I walk among family. God bless you all.
PS -- "Bullet-proof stockings" made me LOL! Thank you again!!
I never heard that Szatmar was once Csender! I will have to look into this more.
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn Bordering town to Romania. And poorest town in all of Hungary. My family comes from there. Hardly anyone survived. The son of the Rebe there (I think) started his congregation in Wmsburg, NYC... not certain of all the historical details. My grandmother was raised by her grandparents there. Her sister, BTW, was Miss Hungary 1933 (Gal Julia) who then escaped by way of traveling to Western Europe for pageants during the war, and then migrating to Argentina. She never told anyone including her family about her past.
@@StarCityFAME that's an amazing family story. Is Satmar still considered the poorest?
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn I don't know really. But you know what I found out is that there is a camp or something literally called Farkastanya on Hid Utca (Bridge Street in English) that I believe to be the family pasture of my Grandmother's Grandfather, whose last name was Farkas. It seems on their website that someone by that name established that place recently, not Jewish at all... however, I think this is possibly to hide the fact it belonged to a Jewish Family before they were rounded up. The Jewish cemetery is nearby, and the river my Grandmother spoke about is also right there. I'm sure there is nothing I can legally do about it, tho, sadly.
Wow!!! Amaizing the people you find to talk to when you listen with an open ear
Frieda and Gita, how generous of you both to share this story, from a genuine and heartfelt place, and with so much joy amongst such sadness. Thank you both. ❤
Thank you! You are performing a major mitzvah with your show!!! 👏
What a wonderful video. Thank you so much for sharing this story. It should be shared widely.
Thank you for sharing this sad story. We can NEVER let this happen again!!
Thank you for this very important interview. This is clearly a very strong woman who came from strong parents. Her faith is a wonderful legacy of what her parents gave her. Love to you both from a young Traditional Catholic in Indiana.
Love back Sarah, thanks so much!
Frieda, this is such important information-thank you for the educational interview. Unfortunately, antisemitism is still around, and is worsening. And unfortunately, Jews appear to have always been scapegoats for any of society’s issues. We must hold our heads high as proud Jews. And I think it is important for Jews of all “persuasions” to try to get along. We have enough enemies outside the Jewish communities. With love, blessings, and gratitude, Maralyn in Virginia🩵🇮🇱🙏P.S. Your interview style is warm, respectful, & engaging.❤️❤️
Thank you dear Maralyn
I have wiped away my tears of sorrow and joy. You know how much this means to me, keeping the stories so no one forgets. What an amazing story. What a wonderful storyteller. I will never understand how people can be so cruel. We are blessed to have you Frieda and the people who are willing to tell their stories. I look forward to hearing more stories. Have you come across any stories relating to summering in Sharon Springs to partake of the healing waters? I have something in common with Gita. I lost my husband to cancer. I know how hard it is. Bless you both Frieda and Gita. Keep finding and saving the stories. We must never forget.
I’m so sorry about the loss of your husband. Gita’s lost love to cancer has indeed brought many tears to my eyes.
I’ve heard so much of Sharon springs as a child and I don’t know much about it as an adult. Definitely something to look into.
There are UA-cam videos on Sharon Springs that you may find interesting. I just came across a series a couple days ago. You should come up and visit this area before more is lost. I hope you come across a story from someone who has been part of the summer scene. I have heard that it was a well loved place. It must have been such a change in experiences from NYC! The slow pace, stars at night and clean crisp air can still be enjoyed.
These interviews are such an incredible gift and an important part of history. Thank you for capturing these stories.
My grandfather’s family was from Czechoslovakia. I never met his parents but hearing these stories helps me understand a little more of my own family’s journey.
My mother was born in Czechoslovakia. I hope to one day go back there and learn about our roots.
Lovely woman. She shared and educated people explains the human side of love, family and resilience
Thank you so much Frieda and Gita! My family (both sides) came from Germany in 1938, but no one would ever speak about what happened to them or any one in the family before leaving. This video was wonderfully inspiring and heart-warming.
You are amazing my dear Frieda, thank you for your content. Here in Italy we are very educated on this subject, it is taught since the first years of elementary school even if it’s quite terrifying for a kid to learn these things. I couldn’t sleep well after learning that people there were put in ovens. One of of our best writers called Primo Levi ended his life at 80 due to the trauma he couldn’t heal. The Jews are cherished in my heart ♥️
That’s so heartbreaking and I think it’s why people like Pearl don’t want to tell the stories to her kids, to shield them. These are important stories to tell and yet they are also very hard stories to tell. I have a very hard time hearing them but it’s so important.
This was THE BEST INTERVIEW EVER!!!! Fantastic lady!! I could listen for hours and hours. I wish we could have seen photos of the Mother, Grandfather, the Husband the Siblings the Children, Grandchildren Great Grandchildren!!! I want so much more! Geta is a gem!❤
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Delightful. What a wonderful interview with a wonderful woman. Thanks to you both. I love to hear the stories and glimpse at her life.
Thank you!! I hope Gita will be open to more in the future. She is an enormous character with an incredibly active life in the community.
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn That would be a treat. She is clearly extremely bright and full of life.
Hi Frieda how are you ? Many people like this wonderful Gita have exactly the same history and story . All of us who were first generation children of holocaust survivors from the camps share a burden of being born to survivors. I may have grown up in the fifties in Williamsburg at the same time like Gita
Hello dear Harry! You may have well lived in the same world as Gita! In fact sue has been Pearl’s friend for 50+ years!
She was wonderful Frieda. Thank you for bringing us Gita’s story.
I would enjoy hearing more stories from Gita. Such an interesting life! Thanks Frieda!
Thank you both so much for sharing Gita's story. Many blessings to both of your families
Thank you for posting this amazing interview.
Thank you 🙏
Frieda, thank you for sharing such an important interview. The story Gita Katz shares about the horrors of the Holocaust her family experienced is heartbreaking. Families were ripped apart and separated, starved, abused, and murdered, So few survived. I have no words. Ultimately, Gita's story is about the story is about strength, faith, and resilience. Of course, there is much more. Please keep sharing these stories. Although I am not Jewish, I will never forget. Thank you again.
❤️thanks so much Andrea. Gita is one of my favorite people, I wish I could share more of her with you all.
Thank you SO MUCH for this! To a hundred und tzvanzig Gita!
Amen, thanks for commenting my friend 😊
Frieda, this is an amazing interview. I can see your sincere interest and it makes the interview so wholesome. Please, please more of these with from Chasidishe women!! Job well done!!
I so enjoyed meeting Gita and listening to the interview. So interesting! I especially enjoyed hearing her include the Yiddish and most appreciated your subtitles, as my understanding of Yiddish is very limited. I'm now about to watch the interview with her son.
Gita was unsure about the interview when she realized afterwards how much of it she lapsed into Yiddish. Your comment is gold, I will tell her!
Miss Gita, I’ve stood with you in front of the shoes at the Holocaust Museum. I can still smell them in my mind. I also stood in the train car in the corner thinking about being squished with the community. I met a lady in PA with a number on her arm. I was crying and she was comforting me. She gave me her book, and her name slips my mind, but her face is in my heart. 💙
The stories are always heartbreaking, and what’s even more so is thinking of the relatives I lost to the holocaust and whose stories I’ll never know 😢.
Thanks Frieda for this interview with beautiful Gita!
Yes, so sad for every human who died so tragically and no one lived to tell their story.
Thank you SO much, Frieda and Gita, for such an informative video. I learned so much. Gita is such a gift.
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May God continue to bless Gita and her family!!!
I loved this interview! What a charming woman. Her mother’s story echoes mine.
Thank you for introducing us to Gita. And many thanks to her for sharing her story. I once read that “a remembrance” is also a physical action, not just an individual’s mental recall. Your conversation with Gita is a good illustration of what “a remembrance” looks like.
What an amazing story of her mother's survival as well as her father's. What a legacy to leave, the amount of descendants is so neat. My great grandmother left a big legacy like that as well but she wasn't jewish. But I truly admire Gita and her family, god bless her.
I loved that! I love those Jewish stories. Each one of us has a Jewish story.
So well said, we each have a Jewish story!
What a beautiful story. God bless Frieda and this dear women.
Thanks so much for sharing Gita's story with us. You do have a knack interviewing!
Thank you Phyllis. 🌼
Frieda please please interview more survivors! Yu do a wonderful job.
Thanks!
THANK you so much, really appreciate it! 🤗
Absolutely amazing!
Thank you for bringing this amazing story.
Thank you Frieda for sharing their stories with us.
thank you for watching Ronda!
Wonderful interview and visit, Frieda - dimensional and thorough. Gita is, truly, a lovely spirit. Thank you.
Gita and Pearl are very wise women. We should all learn from them and follow their words.
Thank you for this interview. 💕
Thank you Shalvah always
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Gita's story shows how lucky those of us whose families came to America through Ellis Island before WW1 are,we all had loving grandparents who came here as young people and lived their life in freedom.
I loved this and enjoyed hearing Gita speak and tell her story. I was laughing to
crying to laughing. She is a sweet special woman. Thank you for sharing her with us.
My graduating class in Bais Yaakov of 1969 had 22 girls, and 5 of us including me had American parents. The rest had European parents who spoke Yiddish. This was the norm in the 60s. The parents were survivors of the war. But parents never talked of what happened then. It was off-limits. My parents encouraged us to read memoirs by survivors that we got from the library. My grandparents, 3 out of 4, were fortunate to have come to the US well before the Nazi period. Only one grandfather was European, and he came from a shtetl (village) in Ukraine in 1910.
My mother went to Bais Yaakov. So many of our mothers started there, surely some were your classmates.
@@FriedaVizelBrooklyn My Bais Yaakov was in Baltimore, not Brooklyn. We all know each other and many are friends to this day.
What a blessing to hear these stories. The Jewish people are such a blessing!!
This is a video that should be in all schools & showed with all history classes. It is living history & the generation of the survivors & who endured are leaving us. Every genocide, like the Imperial Roman slaughter of Jerusalem & Middle Ages's elimination of Jewish communities, can only be seen in the shadow of the Nazi Holocaust. Industrial & anti-human. Amazing interview.
I Love these long form convos. I’m sure there are many hidden gems in these neighborhoods to interview. Real grit, real life. A beautiful break from the rat race.
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Great video. Such important stories. Thank you.
Thank you 🙏
Wow, amazing story to hear. Thank you so much for sharing ❤
Thank you to Gita for sharing her story ❤ thank you Frieda having a space where these can be shared. May they never be forgotten. I had a smile when Gita said she read Catherine Cookson, this author is from my area of the world. 😊
Sweet, touching stories.
What a wonderful woman. Thanks for sharing this amazing interview.
What a wonderful women and I can relate I came from a large family and felt bad for my Mom and helped her. Amazing story about her family and very strong people whose faith helped them. Thank you Freida. 😊
Awesome story of Gita and her family history,Frieda. Just love you thank you, Frieda ❤