Every one of these testimonies should have 10 times the views it has. Each one could be a movie, except I'm sure Hollywood wouldn't do these stories the justice they deserve. I like hearing them in the survivors' words, without anything added. I salute them all for their bravery in recalling these traumatic events that shaped their lives for the benefit of others. Who would want to spend hours remembering such horrors? They did it because they wanted to help future generations. So listen!
they should get someone to edit this i have a whole studio and i could do it for free just for the jurnalism of it, but you know, these old ngo people are so tech illiterate im suprised they managed to get it from vhs to yt :D would love to give this the work it deserves myself personally tho...
I agree that they need to be heard and I admire these survivors so much. It's mind blowing. Have you watched Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig? Hollywood did make a movie around her experience and asked about it she said they did a good, accurate job. The only thing she said is that she wished they could've included more detail. The movie is 'Schindler's List'. If you haven't watched her testimonials I highly recommend it.l
I love that these testimonials are available. I have watched 50 or so videos. I'm still amazed at the resilience, strength and courage of the Jewish people. God bless and keep them. To know that many survived, and preserved their heritage for future generations is a blessing. I only hope that more people will learn from these testimonials that hatred is a waste of the human spirit no matter your religion or background.
I feel I must leave a comment so that even my one comment will count to support the holocoust survivors. In my opinion there is not one single testimony that is not interesting and I learn soo much from listening. Thank you to no end for coming out and telling your stories although it must be difficult to recollect (the terrible, horrible, inhuman parts of the holocaust). It was very interesting to hear the testimonies also of time before and after the holocaust. May God bless each and every person that survived/...and are still alive.
Such an authentic, moving, intelligent and interesting person. And then you begin to hear about all of these atrocities. The cruelty and pain... the intense suffering. Yet, she remains faithful and strong and is an inspiration to others. What a remarkable human being! God bless her!
I’ve watched so many of these individual stories. Just when I think it couldn’t get any worse, it does. Pure horror. How does a human do these atrocities to another human? ❤️😢🙏
Another extraordinary story of survival. Dear Mina, your courage and commitment to your belief is a beacon to us all. Could any of us these days measure up? Imagine, not eating the bacon on the potatoes! Incredible steadfastness , such fidelity to your belief. I don't know anyone in my circle of humans including myself who would be so faithful. I do hope more people see these testimonies. They are all rivetting and by the far the most worthwhile of anything outside of nature documentaries on television in my neck of the woods. Thank you Mina and god bless...
Len Getz!! What is this interviewing??? She’s a lovely lady talking about the worst nightmares of her life. Have some compassion and understanding and PATIENCE. I know this interview is more than 20 years old but wow, oh wow, a real example of how not to interview people, you can’t just interrupt, ask questions that actually have been answered, use this uninterested tone of voice, mumbling actually. I don’t understand you either most of the times! Absolutely shocking. You interrupted her when she was telling her own story few times and now we will never know.
If you have watched more of these interviews, the interviewers are all like this.....some are worse. This is being done for historical documentation, and that is why the matter-of-factness by the interviewers. Also, she was amazing with her recall, but as anyone would, especially with age and emotion, she sometimes skipped some things, and he was only trying to get a clarification of those to have on the record. She also is hard of hearing; so, sometimes she didn't understand correctly what he was saying. My only request would have been that he spoke up to her. I have watched a lot of these, and they are all like this, I believe for historical documenting purposes, and the interviewees do not seem to mind at all. They just want their story to be told.
We must remember that these Testimonies were also intented as historically valid material, the interviewers were instructed to probe for specific historical details such as the names of towns and family members and dates of events. I am so mesmerized by her account that I barely took notice his interruption detail requests.
thank you for your testimonial, hard as it is to listen to, i make a point of listening to as any as i can. Thank you to the survivors, your strength and faith in each other is admirable, your courage is unbelievable. a simple thank you does not seem to be enough. Thank you Mina so much
Imo, the interviewer should have articulated his words & spoken a small bit louder; yet, a good solid interview. So obvious to me that this beloved survivor named Mina Kalter, had so much to say & all so crucial that at times the interviewer may have not meant to take her off track. All-in-All a beautifully tragic sublimation of a story of survival and love. I took a WW2 class in college & the professor was an American Colonel during WW2. My term paper was on Anne Frank in which I earned an A. And Anne Franks's step-sister is also a survivor in which in interviewed.
When I was little and learned about the Holocaust in 6th grade how it was taught was not really understood of the enormity of human suffering and genocide. I decided to go to the library and got an adult book The Holocaust and read it in its entirety. 40 years later I am still studying this and these movies are so important. I think of all the people who went through this and the ones that did not make it. I never forget. Its possible to happen again and I would not stand by not trying to help another human. If it was me I would hope someone would help. Humans are so "programmable" though I have serious doubts.
One strong lesson is that normally good people cannot be trusted to remain good for ever. Adverse conditions could make them do bad things. It is better for people who have an identify, such as Jewish people, to be self sufficient in their safety. Ideally there should be no identities, but that is virtually impossible to get because of the need to remember one's family history.
akhil999in Good people never change!!There were so many non Jews who helped during the war while risking everything for virtual strangers.Sorry if you are good at heart that never changes.People who did bad things to others always had that in them to do!
Obviously the interviewer is not rude as many of the comments here have said because he’s recording an interview so it won’t happen again. If he was rude he wouldn’t care about the holocaust and wouldn’t be recording her at all. He’s just trying to get the facts properly - I’m sure she and him discussed how this would be done. All of you need to calm down and see both sides.
I like how she kept saying “Pardon me?” Ha. Just let her speak. Loved this interview. You could tell she had such a pure heart, when she was talking about her teacher Hutter who taught religion. I admit I got a lump in my throat too when she talked about him. Poor guy.
Imo, the interviewer should have articulated his words & spoken a small bit louder. So obvious to me that this beloved survivor named Mina Kalter, had so much to say & all so crucial that at times the interviewer may have not meant to take her off track. All-in-All a beautifully tragic sublimation of a story of survival and love. I took a WW2 class in college & the professor was an American Colonel. My term paper was on Anne Frank in which I earned an A.
This wonderful woman has a talent for the most intricate detail. And I'm sure there was so much to tell that she left some things out. How I would love to see this in a novel and in a movie. Even a made for TV movie. My husband and I always look for Holocaust movies to watch and don't find enough. As heartbreaking as her story is, it is told with such incredible recall. Her quick wit saved her many times; for instance, her ability to see some tiny light of hope to escape various circumstances. Jumping in the water after spotting reeds so she wouldn't drown; telling the Russian about the Jewish faith and being a virgin at marriage was so important in such a way that he seemed to respect that. She had integrity and courage that was remarkable. I would love to have known this dear lady.
Take heed, World. THIS is why we survive.The Strength, the Courage, the Clarity of Mind, the Resilience. While they shall rise up against us in every generation, we the Jewish People and our Torah, in the face of Cowardice, Traitors, and Evildoers who seek to destroy us, will always prevail.
Ah, the Story with her little Brother with the golden Heart stealing food for bis poor Friend's Family got lost when the Tape were Changed. What a pity. Nevermind Love the Interviews. They are so Important
HEARTBROKEN STORIES OF YOUR DISTRESSFUL LIFE. HOWEVER YOU SHOWED IMMENSE , UNEXPLAINED HUMAN'S POWER TO COPE RIGHT THROUGHOUT. YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLE BRAVE LADY. " YOUR FAITH IN GOD REMAINED INTACT." YOU HAVE A NICE FAMILY .THANK YOU TO HAVE MADE THIS VIDEO FOR US.DV (I ENJOY MODERN GERMANY )
I believe the interviewer did a great job of letting her talk, but reigning her in to answer questions posed. I listened to all of part one. I have great sympathy for her pain and am very happy she survived. But I could not help but “cringe” when this Jewish refugee complained about living in “black neighborhoods “.
Who wouldn’t complain living in squalor doesn’t matter what color skin you have shut the f up. She’s talking about how everything she ever knew got burned and killed and murdered and slaughtered. And you think you have the right to complain? Shame on you. F O.
I think it might have been more of a practical issue back then? People forget; even During the 50's there was still segregation. Less so in the north but even there; black people still weren't even allowed in a bunch of places, including colleges! and there was violence directed towards their communities. People forget how recent all this crap really was.
donnaeve Even in the mid 1960's in the south and mid eastern states there were restrooms, drinking fountains bars and restaurants saying whites only. It was quite shocking to me at the time as I was from Wisconsin and we did not have that here.
Sad isn't it. I've built up so much respect for these folk but sadly, they probably would extend that same courtesy to black n Brown folk. I blame society and the media.
The interviewer is irritatingly unsympathetic and his manner of asking questions are so annoying. Some of the interviewers on these series were real cringes.
It is sad to hear all that, and even sadder thing is that similar situation is happening right now with Afghan refugees on Belarus/ Polish border. People die and governments do not give a f*k about it...
You are entitled to your opinion - and to focus on technicalities. I praise this fine lady and thank her for the immense privilege of hearing her heartbreaking testimony.
I must say that this guy gives the impression that he is not paying attention sometimes as he asks questions that the lady already talked about for example about her marriage…
Mercedes Martin, I agree it was frustrating, but I've been in similar situations. It is not always easy to interview someone who is so extremely hard-of-hearing.
@@vera_nika2 , Yes Vera, I must agree with you. It's unfortunate that the interviewers aren't able to get these reviews before they've completed the whole interview, isn't it?
Gr8 woman, she is very open from inside out.... this is the first testimony among other testimonies, interviewer is very patient and cooperated with survivor very well. Male interviewers always better than irritating female interviewers.
Interviewer just trying to clarify what she was saying...she often missed the point of his question but to his credit after a few attempts, he would let it go. Since she often didnt answer his clarification question, the listener is sometimes left hanging in frustration, unfortunately. But she and her life is truly!!! amazing.
Her narration seems to be taken directly from a horror movie. But it's all true. It truly happened. Her strength to survive at all costs is incredible. The details about her little brother... her girl friend... how tragic. Thankyou for sharing.
Seriously, Shoah Foundation! No-one expects these survivors to get all the facts correct, but your organisation should know better. A simple correction text on the screen would counter the misinformation. Do the right thing!
The poor report had a hard time; she needed hearing aids badly! He tried his best to give her some direction. She was all over the place. It's hard to understand
The interviewer is not a very good listener! she told him what three times that they were married in Siberia yet he just either was not listening or not accepting the fact that their customs did not permit them to be married without a rabbi!!
And he is asking questions which are not heard by her so she is saying "pardon?" over and over. He should have been more careful of his voice and accent. Anyway thanks to everybody involved for these important and heart touching interviews. :)
I’m going to try to make this very simple. All humans are given the right to exercise free will, Even evil ones. Because without it, We would be robots. Without God, there would be no testimony of this woman.
I have watched many of these interviews, & it makes not one bit of difference if the interviewer is a man or a woman. They do not seem very friendly, in the least. For several of these survivors it is obviously extremely difficult for them to talk about it. When they are in tears and visibly upset, the interviewer does not say I'm so sorry, or reach over to take a hand, or anything. I just want to reach through the screen & give them a hug. I don't care for the interviewers. I wonder if any of them are Jewish. They seem like they are of Christian faiths, or maybe no faith, at all. Not sympathetic.
I am very disappointed in your comment, Patricia. While i agree that this interviewer seems cold at many times, and i don't care for him either, to assume that he is cold because he is "of Christian faiths, or maybe no faith at all" completely discounts the horror that this woman went through. She was subjected to horrible experiences because she was stereotyped, blamed, and hated for her faith as a Jew. To assume that people are unfeeling or uncaring towards this woman, a Jew, because they are Christian, is perpetuating ideas of hate. I am a Christian. I love all people. I feel for this woman. I've watched many of these interviews because i am amazed at their stories of bravery. I feel that the world needs to know these stories so that this never happens again. Shame on you for grouping all Christian people into one box, just like the Nazis did with the Jews.
I think they are supposed to be there as inconspicuously as possible, like interpreters they are there to facilitate and nothing more. Some of the interviewers ask too many questions though.
The purpose of the interviewers is to help facilitate their subject to bring out the story in a way that helps draw a picture of family and community and conditions that otherwise might not happen. These are not just reminiscences of the past, they are more like witness statements, which is why they are called testimonies. Theinterviewerrsvare not cold or unfeeling their role is not to become part of the testimony. They do not have mikes themselves which is why their questions are heard to be much quieter. It is not seemly to keep criticising the interviewers, because without them these testimonies would not exist. They are used to cross reference statements and for study too. The witnesses themselves are aware of all this and it is a bit deal to decide to give testimony, and they will have prepared themselves for the event.
Let's not forget the Russian Holodomors where 30 million Russian Christians were murdered and tortured and the Catholic inquisition of over 50 million murdered and tortured Christians.
How many serian refugees did she take in during the pandemic? If she blames the world for not taking in people right after the great depression then she must have welcomed a lot of refugees into her home to save them from certain death. Just saying that argument is not as simple as people try to make it
You should probably consider sparing this type of comment, especially towards a Holocaust survivor. On top of that, her family took in a dozen of people during the war, right?
How I wish she would explain what all these holidays were and what was used. Know about Passover. Azuka is seems, so what is this? So interesting - must research all these holidays. The questioner doesn't listen well. She has to repeat everything.
She is so beautifully person,I said something bad about Jew and my father smash me in face AND I land on Dore I learn quickly how bad lm ,Thanks To GOD.
Have you ever done any video editing? There are hundreds of thousands of interviews. It is up to researchers and other interested people to extract what sections they want. Abridged versions simply would not be good, they would necessarily remove part of each persons testimony, and all the information is useful.
Every one of these testimonies should have 10 times the views it has. Each one could be a movie, except I'm sure Hollywood wouldn't do these stories the justice they deserve. I like hearing them in the survivors' words, without anything added. I salute them all for their bravery in recalling these traumatic events that shaped their lives for the benefit of others. Who would want to spend hours remembering such horrors? They did it because they wanted to help future generations. So listen!
Well said sir!
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they should get someone to edit this i have a whole studio and i could do it for free just for the jurnalism of it, but you know, these old ngo people are so tech illiterate im suprised they managed to get it from vhs to yt :D would love to give this the work it deserves myself personally tho...
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I agree that they need to be heard and I admire these survivors so much. It's mind blowing. Have you watched Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig? Hollywood did make a movie around her experience and asked about it she said they did a good, accurate job. The only thing she said is that she wished they could've included more detail. The movie is 'Schindler's List'. If you haven't watched her testimonials I highly recommend it.l
I love that these testimonials are available. I have watched 50 or so videos. I'm still amazed at the resilience, strength and courage of the Jewish people. God bless and keep them. To know that many survived, and preserved their heritage for future generations is a blessing. I only hope that more people will learn from these testimonials that hatred is a waste of the human spirit no matter your religion or background.
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Do you have any 'favourites'? This testomny is among mine.
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Said perfectly!
@@martinogner3946 I do👋..so far Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig and Edith Schloss...
Such a humbling privilege to hear your testimony.
I will never forget.
I feel I must leave a comment so that even my one comment will count to support the holocoust survivors. In my opinion there is not one single testimony that is not interesting and I learn soo much from listening. Thank you to no end for coming out and telling your stories although it must be difficult to recollect (the terrible, horrible, inhuman parts of the holocaust). It was very interesting to hear the testimonies also of time before and after the holocaust. May God bless each and every person that survived/...and are still alive.
Amazing woman with an amazing story. What she endured … again and again … boggles the mind. No words.
She talks so fast.... What a memory she has! Thank you for this testimony.
Such an authentic, moving, intelligent and interesting person. And then you begin to hear about all of these atrocities. The cruelty and pain... the intense suffering. Yet, she remains faithful and strong and is an inspiration to others. What a remarkable human being! God bless her!
God Bless this woman and her family!
A man like the baker and others could call themselves "Christian", but they certainly were not in their hearts.
I’ve watched so many of these individual stories. Just when I think it couldn’t get any worse, it does. Pure horror. How does a human do these atrocities to another human? ❤️😢🙏
No fear of God
her home town is mine too! interesting history and thanks God that she make this interview
Good Bless you Mina. Mrs. Kalter passed in 2002 I know she was reunited with her parents
This woman is amazing - what courage - imagine going through all that and signing up for business school as soon as she got a job. Wow.
I like her . She has a great memory .
Another extraordinary story of survival. Dear Mina, your courage and commitment to your belief is a beacon to us all. Could any of us these days measure up? Imagine, not eating the bacon on the potatoes! Incredible steadfastness , such fidelity to your belief. I don't know anyone in my circle of humans including myself who would be so faithful. I do hope more people see these testimonies. They are all rivetting and by the far the most worthwhile of anything outside of nature documentaries on television in my neck of the woods. Thank you Mina and god bless...
Well said. 🙂
My heart goes out to Mina and God will not forget the trauma and heartache that she went through
Yes, such a humbling privilege to hear your story. Words can’t express. You are amazing and god bless you.
Her memory is very good.
@Kafa kafica she eventually did
Len Getz!! What is this interviewing??? She’s a lovely lady talking about the worst nightmares of her life. Have some compassion and understanding and PATIENCE. I know this interview is more than 20 years old but wow, oh wow, a real example of how not to interview people, you can’t just interrupt, ask questions that actually have been answered, use this uninterested tone of voice, mumbling actually. I don’t understand you either most of the times! Absolutely shocking. You interrupted her when she was telling her own story few times and now we will never know.
If you have watched more of these interviews, the interviewers are all like this.....some are worse. This is being done for historical documentation, and that is why the matter-of-factness by the interviewers. Also, she was amazing with her recall, but as anyone would, especially with age and emotion, she sometimes skipped some things, and he was only trying to get a clarification of those to have on the record. She also is hard of hearing; so, sometimes she didn't understand correctly what he was saying. My only request would have been that he spoke up to her. I have watched a lot of these, and they are all like this, I believe for historical documenting purposes, and the interviewees do not seem to mind at all. They just want their story to be told.
We must remember that these Testimonies were also intented as historically valid material, the interviewers were instructed to probe for specific historical details such as the names of towns and family members and dates of events.
I am so mesmerized by her account that I barely took notice his interruption detail requests.
thank you for your testimonial, hard as it is to listen to, i make a point of listening to as any as i can. Thank you to the survivors, your strength and faith in each other is admirable, your courage is unbelievable. a simple thank you does not seem to be enough. Thank you Mina so much
sorry for all the hurt she and million like her went through...
So hard to listen to the inhumane treatment of them!! I cried listening to this beautiful lady! Oh God bless her! 😍
This story is so sad God bless this woman and her family🙏
So so touching. I take in every word and get the chills
No words in our language to describe these people’s agony😢
Astounding life. Thank you Madam....still it's a sad story.
Imo, the interviewer should have articulated his words & spoken a small bit louder; yet, a good solid interview. So obvious to me that this beloved survivor named Mina Kalter, had so much to say & all so crucial that at times the interviewer may have not meant to take her off track. All-in-All a beautifully tragic sublimation of a story of survival and love. I took a WW2 class in college & the professor was an American Colonel during WW2. My term paper was on Anne Frank in which I earned an A. And Anne Franks's step-sister is also a survivor in which in interviewed.
Most interviewers are awful. Listen how uncaring and no compassion shown when these families are crying?
These are so hard to hear...but we must listen
When I was little and learned about the Holocaust in 6th grade how it was taught was not really understood of the enormity of human suffering and genocide. I decided to go to the library and got an adult book The Holocaust and read it in its entirety. 40 years later I am still studying this and these movies are so important. I think of all the people who went through this and the ones that did not make it. I never forget. Its possible to happen again and I would not stand by not trying to help another human. If it was me I would hope someone would help. Humans are so "programmable" though I have serious doubts.
Thank you for your testimony.
I love this lady. May she Rest In Peace and Rest In Power. Amen.
Another wonderful testimony! Thank you so much for sharing.
May God shower his blessings on this dear lady and her family for all eternity. What courage, what a beautiful soul!
One strong lesson is that normally good people cannot be trusted to remain good for ever. Adverse conditions could make them do bad things. It is better for people who have an identify, such as Jewish people, to be self sufficient in their safety. Ideally there should be no identities, but that is virtually impossible to get because of the need to remember one's family history.
akhil999in Good people never change!!There were so many non Jews who helped during the war while risking everything for virtual strangers.Sorry if you are good at heart that never changes.People who did bad things to others always had that in them to do!
Obviously the interviewer is not rude as many of the comments here have said because he’s recording an interview so it won’t happen again. If he was rude he wouldn’t care about the holocaust and wouldn’t be recording her at all. He’s just trying to get the facts properly - I’m sure she and him discussed how this would be done. All of you need to calm down and see both sides.
Unfortunately most interviewers are not trained properly and hundreds of testimonies are with very very low views because of them.
I like how she kept saying “Pardon me?” Ha. Just let her speak. Loved this interview. You could tell she had such a pure heart, when she was talking about her teacher Hutter who taught religion. I admit I got a lump in my throat too when she talked about him. Poor guy.
Imo, the interviewer should have articulated his words & spoken a small bit louder. So obvious to me that this beloved survivor named Mina Kalter, had so much to say & all so crucial that at times the interviewer may have not meant to take her off track. All-in-All a beautifully tragic sublimation of a story of survival and love. I took a WW2 class in college & the professor was an American Colonel. My term paper was on Anne Frank in which I earned an A.
This wonderful woman has a talent for the most intricate detail. And I'm sure there was so much to tell that she left some things out. How I would love to see this in a novel and in a movie. Even a made for TV movie. My husband and I always look for Holocaust movies to watch and don't find enough. As heartbreaking as her story is, it is told with such incredible recall. Her quick wit saved her many times; for instance, her ability to see some tiny light of hope to escape various circumstances. Jumping in the water after spotting reeds so she wouldn't drown; telling the Russian about the Jewish faith and being a virgin at marriage was so important in such a way that he seemed to respect that. She had integrity and courage that was remarkable. I would love to have known this dear lady.
She was one tough cookie. Surviving the German death camps and then the Russian gulag.
Take heed, World. THIS is why we survive.The Strength, the Courage, the Clarity of Mind, the Resilience. While they shall rise up against us in every generation, we the Jewish People and our Torah, in the face of Cowardice, Traitors, and Evildoers who seek to destroy us, will always prevail.
I love her. What a lovely woman.
Ah, the Story with her little Brother with the golden Heart stealing food for bis poor Friend's Family got lost when the Tape were Changed. What a pity. Nevermind Love the Interviews. They are so Important
Dear Lord and My God.
I have no words. Amen and many blessings to this Angels soul. ❤
Thanks for sharing ANGEL❤
HEARTBROKEN STORIES OF YOUR DISTRESSFUL LIFE.
HOWEVER YOU SHOWED IMMENSE , UNEXPLAINED HUMAN'S POWER TO COPE RIGHT THROUGHOUT.
YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLE BRAVE LADY.
" YOUR FAITH IN GOD REMAINED INTACT."
YOU HAVE A NICE FAMILY .THANK YOU TO HAVE MADE THIS VIDEO FOR US.DV
(I ENJOY MODERN GERMANY )
God bless her
I believe the interviewer did a great job of letting her talk, but reigning her in to answer questions posed. I listened to all of part one. I have great sympathy for her pain and am very happy she survived. But I could not help but “cringe” when this Jewish refugee complained about living in “black neighborhoods “.
Same thoughts :((
Who wouldn’t complain living in squalor doesn’t matter what color skin you have shut the f up. She’s talking about how everything she ever knew got burned and killed and murdered and slaughtered. And you think you have the right to complain? Shame on you. F O.
Mina....CONSTANTLY patted herself when talking about helping others? The black neighborhood comment speaks volumes. Cringe
Agreed
Interesting her reference to the 'black neighbourhood' and the importance of leaving . . .youd have thought she'd have learnt something about racism
I think it might have been more of a practical issue back then? People forget; even During the 50's there was still segregation. Less so in the north but even there; black people still weren't even allowed in a bunch of places, including colleges! and there was violence directed towards their communities. People forget how recent all this crap really was.
donnaeve Even in the mid 1960's in the south and mid eastern states there were restrooms, drinking fountains bars and restaurants saying whites only. It was quite shocking to me at the time as I was from Wisconsin and we did not have that here.
You're right. No defense.
Refering to "black neighbourhood" is a matter of a fact. It means no racism on her part. She is a saint!
Sad isn't it. I've built up so much respect for these folk but sadly, they probably would extend that same courtesy to black n Brown folk. I blame society and the media.
I was born the day after this interview.
The interviewer is irritatingly unsympathetic and his manner of asking questions are so annoying. Some of the interviewers on these series were real cringes.
I kept my breathe in so many times till i hear what happend next...
It is sad to hear all that, and even sadder thing is that similar situation is happening right now with Afghan refugees on Belarus/ Polish border. People die and governments do not give a f*k about it...
The US does a awful job educating its children
I'm so proud to be a Jewish ❤️
Why are the people stopped from taking a drink of water. That’s cruel. Everyone of these I watch they’re stopped from taking a drink.
Agree!
I believe I have watched between 75 and 100 of these interviews and have yet to see anyone stopped from drinking water.
I hate the interviewer ....but I am happy she could her story
You are entitled to your opinion - and to focus on technicalities.
I praise this fine lady and thank her for the immense privilege of hearing her heartbreaking testimony.
I must say that this guy gives the impression that he is not paying attention sometimes as he asks questions that the lady already talked about for example about her marriage…
Ugh, speak up interviewer! How many times will this woman have to ask you to repeat yourself?
Mercedes Martin, I agree it was frustrating, but I've been in similar situations. It is not always easy to interview someone who is so extremely hard-of-hearing.
@@kathystark6762 Still his tone and the way he announced the end of a tape was awful
@@vera_nika2 , Yes Vera, I must agree with you. It's unfortunate that the interviewers aren't able to get these reviews before they've completed the whole interview, isn't it?
I LOVE YOUR HISTORY.
Gr8 woman, she is very open from inside out.... this is the first testimony among other testimonies, interviewer is very patient and cooperated with survivor very well. Male interviewers always better than irritating female interviewers.
He seemed annoyed with her to me, because he kept having to repeat his questions cause she couldn’t hear him. Oh well, dude, just let her talk.
Interviewer just trying to clarify what she was saying...she often missed the point of his question but to his credit after a few attempts, he would let it go. Since she often didnt answer his clarification question, the listener is sometimes left hanging in frustration, unfortunately. But she and her life is truly!!! amazing.
Her narration seems to be taken directly from a horror movie. But it's all true. It truly happened. Her strength to survive at all costs is incredible. The details about her little brother... her girl friend... how tragic. Thankyou for sharing.
Bravo
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Seriously, Shoah Foundation! No-one expects these survivors to get all the facts correct, but your organisation should know better. A simple correction text on the screen would counter the misinformation. Do the right thing!
who need action movies when these stories are more strange than any science fiction?
Moon flower. It's hard to find in the USA and Canada
Ugh not that I want to complain but everytime it gets really intense he says “it’s the end of the tape!” 🙈🤷♀️
The poor report had a hard time; she needed hearing aids badly!
He tried his best to give her some direction. She was all over the place. It's hard to understand
We need to never forget the horrors they lived through & that others paid the ultimate price for.
The interviewer is not a very good listener! she told him what three times that they were married in Siberia yet he just either was not listening or not accepting the fact that their customs did not permit them to be married without a rabbi!!
And he is asking questions which are not heard by her so she is saying "pardon?" over and over. He should have been more careful of his voice and accent. Anyway thanks to everybody involved for these important and heart touching interviews. :)
They were married in Poland.....
There is a show of foundation which is videotaping this for everyone forever. the survivors do not do the tech they just do the hard part
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...I am a human...and I have two questions ....where was god...any god...? ...why ....?
I’m going to try to make this very simple. All humans are given the right to exercise free will, Even evil ones. Because without it, We would be robots. Without God, there would be no testimony of this woman.
@@Asneeded it still doesn't answer the question! Were was the Creator with such suffering?
There’s no God, just people believing in Gods.
Lovely lady ❤❤❤
This is why they will NEVER GET MY GUNS AND AMO
The question is who’s « they ».
How could the interviewer expect her to exactly remember matters that happen 50 or so years ago? Nonsensical!
I have watched many of these interviews, & it makes not one bit of difference if the interviewer is a man or a woman. They do not seem very friendly, in the least. For several of these survivors it is obviously extremely difficult for them to talk about it. When they are in tears and visibly upset, the interviewer does not say I'm so sorry, or reach over to take a hand, or anything. I just want to reach through the screen & give them a hug. I don't care for the interviewers. I wonder if any of them are Jewish. They seem like they are of Christian faiths, or maybe no faith, at all. Not sympathetic.
I am very disappointed in your comment, Patricia. While i agree that this interviewer seems cold at many times, and i don't care for him either, to assume that he is cold because he is "of Christian faiths, or maybe no faith at all" completely discounts the horror that this woman went through. She was subjected to horrible experiences because she was stereotyped, blamed, and hated for her faith as a Jew. To assume that people are unfeeling or uncaring towards this woman, a Jew, because they are Christian, is perpetuating ideas of hate. I am a Christian. I love all people. I feel for this woman. I've watched many of these interviews because i am amazed at their stories of bravery. I feel that the world needs to know these stories so that this never happens again. Shame on you for grouping all Christian people into one box, just like the Nazis did with the Jews.
Patricia Getz
I agree😕I think the interviewer sounds very ignorant and uncaring.
I think they are supposed to be there as inconspicuously as possible, like interpreters they are there to facilitate and nothing more. Some of the interviewers ask too many questions though.
Allison Clepper well said Allison
The purpose of the interviewers is to help facilitate their subject to bring out the story in a way that helps draw a picture of family and community and conditions that otherwise might not happen. These are not just reminiscences of the past, they are more like witness statements, which is why they are called testimonies. Theinterviewerrsvare not cold or unfeeling their role is not to become part of the testimony. They do not have mikes themselves which is why their questions are heard to be much quieter. It is not seemly to keep criticising the interviewers, because without them these testimonies would not exist. They are used to cross reference statements and for study too. The witnesses themselves are aware of all this and it is a bit deal to decide to give testimony, and they will have prepared themselves for the event.
This story should be compulsory viewing
Shmelta shmelta let us never forget shmelta!
Who the hell is interviewing this lady? Donald Duck
this is so creepy she is like a twin of my aunt :( even the way she pranounces polish words :(
Let's not forget the Russian Holodomors where 30 million Russian Christians were murdered and tortured and the Catholic inquisition of over 50 million murdered and tortured Christians.
How many serian refugees did she take in during the pandemic? If she blames the world for not taking in people right after the great depression then she must have welcomed a lot of refugees into her home to save them from certain death. Just saying that argument is not as simple as people try to make it
It’s Syrians, and I think you are confusing the war in Syria with the pandemic.
How many did you take in?
You should probably consider sparing this type of comment, especially towards a Holocaust survivor. On top of that, her family took in a dozen of people during the war, right?
Can't hear her.
The interview is rude to her
How I wish she would explain what all these holidays were and what was used. Know about Passover. Azuka is seems, so what is this? So interesting - must research all these holidays. The questioner doesn't listen well. She has to repeat everything.
There is only one Holy Book.
This interviewer is terrible ! So abrupt and rude.
She is so beautifully person,I said something bad about Jew and my father smash me in face AND I land on Dore I learn quickly how bad lm ,Thanks To GOD.
One hour in.....get her a drink!!!
Abridged versions would be useful, as well as indices after every ten minutes or so.
+akhil999in But you can just pause it. I love the length of these interviews.
Have you ever done any video editing? There are hundreds of thousands of interviews. It is up to researchers and other interested people to extract what sections they want. Abridged versions simply would not be good, they would necessarily remove part of each persons testimony, and all the information is useful.
Lovely woman, but it's hard to listen to her lip smacking.
Old folks tend to suffer from dry mouth, often as a side effect from their medications.