The Jew who survived Auschwitz because a Nazi guard fell in love with her - Helena Citrónová
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
- Helena Citrónová, one of 4 children of Jewish parents, was born on the 26 August 1922 in Humenné, then part of Czechoslovakia. Her father was a cantor and because Helena liked not only to sing but also dance, her older brother joked that one day he would take her to Prague to exercise her talent. In 1934, Helena’s sister Róžika together with her husband emigrated to Palestine. However, because he could not find work there, in 1939 the two decided to return to Czechoslovakia together with their daughter though the Jews in Palestine had warned them by saying: "What? Are you crazy?! There's a war brewing.” By the time the family realized their mistake, it was too late.
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They should make a movie about this story. Of course not a cheap production but high quality movie.
They showed some of this in Schindler's List
Yes, Schindler’s List.
Also is it just me or does this sound like a fake English accent….
@@HallieSinclair who has a fake English accent?
@@m.m.7183 The narrator.
He saved her life, and, no doubt, in the end, she felt obligated to repay the debt. How she actually felt about him in later life is anyone's guess...likely she had strongly mixed feelings.
She did nothing to repay that so called according to you a 'debt'. She only told the truth whenever being asked to. Being genuine, truthful and kind has a kind of power all its own.
I thought the same thing! That she wanted to return the favor..
Sounds like Stockholm Syndrome
@SynnJynn
That’s not what Stockholm Syndrome is.
i dont think she ever loved the man who risked his life so many times for her. that admission of love is only there to alleviate the impression of ingratitude
Moving back to Czechoslavakia in 1939...That's got to be in the top 10 of worst decisions ever.
why ?
@@marvin2678start if the 2nd world war i guess
¿¿¿¿¡¡¡TOP 10, YOU SAID!!!!??
I´d say TOP 1, ¡hahahaha!
better than settling in Palestine
Which ultimately killed her sisters two babies. Ohhh I couldn’t imagine the horror. I just would have went with them to be in heaven with them. The instinct to survive in this horrendous world is INSANE. It can cause unimaginable sorrow although.
The fact that he risked his life to save her makes me understand that it wasn't selfishness, but love. He was certainly very much in love with her, and I think that in a normal world and without indoctrination he would have been a good person.
I think she loved him too, I don't want to romanticize the story, but she herself said she loved him in interviews. But once the war was over it wouldn't have been possible for them to get married (can you imagine their wedding? and family dinners?) So she did the right thing.
he saved her life ,he did much more than she did for him , he was an ss if the other ss members would findout him he could had risk all his family in germany .
@@aqifkopertoni6217 I think some ss men around him knew this, they just played along. The relationship wasn't that secret, even the other prisoners close to her knew it as you can see from the testimonies
Indoctrination is like poison to kids' mind. Just imagine you get kids hooked on drug. Indoctrination does the same to them. It's happening in the US now. But parents still have the chance to save their kids from Marxist propagandists. Regrettably, many families avoid "contrversial" topics at home, and many immigrant families couldn't communicate due to language barrier between parents and kids growing up speaking English. It's a national tragedy. But we shall overcome, or die doing so.
being in love doesnt make someone a good person. the decision they make makes them a good person, he decided to be a nazi guard so he was clearly not a good person.
You explained it better. You helped me change my perspective.
3:46 the couple's kiss behind the crowd of people gave me a pang of sadness for the unknown story that had come to them afterwards. May the lovers rest in peace.
It is so hard to know what to feel about this story. Helena obviously awakened some sense of decency in this young man. He obviously impacted her as well, or she wouldn't have turned up at his trial. I guess the real story is how war degrades all aspects of humanity, even love. But, something remained. Hopefully they both carried that good part with them to their last days?
Very WELL PUT.
He killed some young guys in the camp. He also beat a girl so bad she still had pain until her last days. He was a horrible person.
I love your comment! Well said!!!
Life is so complicated. I would be happy if a bad person never did a good deed and a good person - a bad one. But sometimes is sooo not black and white. Still I think he should not have been acquitted at the trial.
Let's keep in mind many instances Germans were frced to do this it wasn't all them being evil its not that black and white
If you ask me, Franz Wunsch was possibly the only war criminal of the Second World War to actually be remorseful of his actions even if it was due to his relationship with Helena.
A lot of Japanese generals were ashamed at their actions too
Another nazi was Karl Plagge
Just remember that a leopard can't change his spots
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Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
Come to Jesus Christ today
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Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Romans 6.23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
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He was not remorseful tho. He said in a letter to her he wished that Germany would have won lol
I wish this was mentioned in the video, but Helena‘s sister was tricked into thinking that her children were alive. She did not know that they were going into the gas chambers. If she had known that they were gas chambers, she would’ve died with them. For months, Helena told her sister that her children were alive once her sister found out that they weren’t, she was completely devastated.
Maybe, maybe not. One thing is certain tho, Helena had nothing to do with her sister's children's death. She had zero power to prevent it. If the sister had to blame anyone, it should have been herself. Because her stupid decision to return from Jerusalem is THE crucial bad choice that ended in fatality.
This deserves a mention too. Auschwitz : 4 Million Jews were allegedly gassed, incinerated and bones buried, if this was over 4 years, 2739 were exterminated daily. If this happened over the "Final Solution" years 1943-45 ,then 5.400 were exterminated daily. I have a bridge for sale if you are interested.
neither was Franz really responsible. Children had very little chance of living in Auschwitz, and what could he say, that they had been misplaced from his unit?@@chickenlover657
@@chickenlover657how exactly ? am i mssing somethign ?
@@marvin2678 Huh? What part is not clear to you? Sounds like you didn't watch the video or weren't paying attention.
Even in the worst place on earth at the time, she still had a great smile
There's no denying that the Woman was damn attractive!!
A very beautiful smile...
She was not starving, no wonder she could smile...
Because a German loved her . And that was privilege in so many ways
She looked majestic ❤
What a wonderful and nuanced story, which I have never heard before. Thank you so much for your recording of it.
Humans are made to love each other, nor hate neither kill... Let us keep this in our minds and hearts for ever...
tell this to the jews they are killing a lot without mercy
Humans are evolutionary much better equipped for fight than for a cooperation. Love is mostly just a romantic concept. Sorry.
Yes dear but each has a different nature and that is the quintessential truth about the human race humanity is about being human human is about being authentic fait correct etc
Being human is complicated. We are a smart animals that was not made, but evolve. We're not perfect, because we never meant to be perfect
This proves my point only the stupid are happy that's why down syndrome are the happiest people they have no idea of there surroundings
I would have rather died with my children than stay alive without them
Easy to say that in the comfort that you will never have to make that choice
@@j0nnyism It's actually an easier decision to make in that situation
Clearly! Me too, I think I'd kill myself. Having my children taken away to die on their own... I couldn't bear it. The worst part of it is letting them alone without me to confort them: this is even worst than death. I think that the people questioning the validity of this claim aren't parents. If they were, they would know.
Absolutely. 😢
He saved her life first... after the war she saved his life:
Such a beautiful and accurate way of putting it.
Do u know the story between Mahmur Darwich and Rita ??
Mahmud was Palestinian poet, Rita was a Jewish girl of Israel...
nah she snitched on him at the end so
If any aspiring authors or screenwriters (like me) are reading this, this can be the theme of a narrative on them.. There's a free idea for you. Run with it! (just thank me in your speech one day)
What a beautiful woman Helena was.
Stunning
he was handsome too
Yes, I agree. She has a strong Central European look to it (perhaps some Greek influence somewhere in her line). She could her have been a model if circumstances were different.
Its crazy she looked so gorgeous in the picture where she smiled wearing the "pijama" in front of Baracks, still good fed.
He definitely saved her life and this story was very beautiful. I am German and I always wondered whether something like this happened
This story shows love is stronger than hate. I missed such a story.
Most were over weight, stop feeling bad. You've been beaten down for to many years. Chin up.
A Romeo and Juliet story
@@Chris-wyt Not most... Maybe some... You cant say they were better fed than our soldiers who also didnt had anything. Even the population of Germany starved. Its illogical that all of them were fed like her
@@Chris-wyt but yes. It's 80 years ago and the Israelis still use the Holocaust as an excuse for Genocide. We Germans are paying and paying and paying for everyone. We definitely need to chin up.
She was quite plump.
If anyone wants to know more I highly recommend a documentary called “Love It Was Not”. It has interviews with almost everyone who was there. It’s beautiful too, the way they set up the story.
Beautiful and informative, yes, but with a misleading title. many believe it was mutual.
Thank you! I'm gonna check it out.
I've seen the documentary several times and agree with what you said overall. However, the title suggests a certain prejudice on the filmmaker's part, which she eventually conceded. But definitely moving and eye-opening.
By the way, the first shorter documentary by the same filmmaker, "The Most Beautiful Woman," is also worth seeing. And an upcoming documentary called "999" casts light on the first Jewish girls and young women brought to Auschwitz, of which Helena was one.
The title is the German song she sang not the love because that was mutual.
She was very beautiful, and he was a handsome guy. Sad the circumstances….
Indeed. He had the feelings inside to be a decent person, but it was tainted by his involvement with the SS. War destroys a lot of goodness in people and brings out the worst. Thankfully she and her sister survived.
So? Good looking people don't fall for other good looking people for their looks
It’s disgusting to worship beauty as the standard for achieving happiness in a relationship.
Beauty is important @@nangel270
@@nangel270well ugly people are gross. We don’t have to accept the negligence. They don’t take care of themselves so there’s nothing to be attracted to. They bring it upon their lazy selves and we have every right to reject them. Go to dentist. Eat healthy. Good hygiene and grooming. Smell good. Get an education. Make money. Have something attractive. It’s attainable.
Huge appreciation for the narrator who researched the correct pronunciation of all Slovak names a cities and tried to mimic it as closely as he could ❤
Usually, the pronunciation is so bad that I cannot even guess what it is supposed to be.
To be fair, I've heard and tried to mimic the names of far away places...and they still sound nothing like they're supposed to. Lmao
Sometimes I swear the harder I try, the worse it sounds. 😭
AI maybe?
No matter how much I watch about world war II I will never know everything
This was a wonderful story, it was a story about human beings
None of us will, and maybe that’s a good thing. It is hard to realize just how low humanity can fall.
They have not learned from the war. Victims have turned into perpetrators. Interesting indeed.
This made me sad in a way. There are good in people just as there are bad people. They both lived a long life. How hard it must have been, however they both made the best of it and ended up with their own families.❤
RIP to both ❤🙏🇺🇸
What a story!!! THIS is one of the best stories to come along in a long time! Keep it up! I subscribed! Good job.
RIP
Helena Citrónová
(1922-2007)
Maybe in another time or different situation they may have truly loved each other and had a chance
@@foreverlovesophiewhy do u care?
oh shut up 😂
Shame on you.
Does her surname translate as lemonstar ! 🤔
This story should be made into a movie, if it hasn’t already.
It infuriates me that there are people who actually believe the Holocaust never happened. To deny this horrific time in history is the ultimate betrayal of the millions who died and suffered at the hands of Hitler and his evil Nazi regime. May we never, ever forget nor deny the evil that hatred causes. Nearly all of the survivors have now passed. It is up to the rest of us to make certain these events are not lost to revisionist history.
It's not that it didn't happen, it's the fact that populations the world over suffered much worse but you are only allowed to be sad about the Holocaust.
61 million people perished in World War 2 alone but it's always about the poor Jews.
You aren't allowed to talk about the horror of Jewish Marxism inflicted against Europe
I honestly think she did love him but in that time it would have been hard for people to approve of her being with an ex SS and that is why she never returned any of his letters. I'm sure in the end she did it for love she once had for him and for saving her life. It amazes me that he loved her until his death. He even says it that she changed him the first minute he set eyes on her. A love that could never be. Heartbreaking.
At the end what saved him was his Love for her, that made him feel compassion and empathy toward the Jewish women. He was working for evil, but felt God in his heart. With all my respect Steven Spielberg, I ask you make a movie of this story.
what a crock of shit. He still beat other men (I guess you forgot about them) just not the ones he was attracted to. The S.S. members were hand-picked for their loyalty to the NAZI cause. the sky wizard didn't do a damn thing to save anyone
Yeah, I'm sure he's reading.
A lot of bad things happens in wars and its far too easy for us sitting in the comfort of our own homes to judge.
yp but still no excuse
As what people say; we will never know unless we are in the same situation.
Evil is Evil PERIOD.
You people say this nonsense annoy me yes we can judge because evil is evil.
Nahhh that was awful, everything in that war was even worse than what we know. In the case of Europe German and Russian army were both evil
Theirs a documentary on this on Tubi and it’s one of the most extraordinary and strange stories I’ve ever heard from the war or anytime actually, and her sister held it against her over her “saving” her but not her daughter,just an unimaginable position to be in,absolutely heartbreaking
Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today
Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
Come to Jesus Christ today
Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
Romans 6.23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
I think saving her sister was selfish. She had to spend the rest of her life in agony and grief over losing her two children including an infant.
@@sassycat6487 Nothing selfish about it and I have no clue how such silly idea could come into your mind. If anyone was selfish it was her sister who blamed her for not saving her children, even tho she obviously couldn't have done anything about it. The death of any child is of course the most tragic thing, but she had no say in the matter. It was not her fault in any way.
Thanks...I love Tubi....will look it up,
@@chickenlover657💯💯 agreed! I lived with an older Israeli lady for a while in my student days and she told me of the heartbreaking story of her Mother whose first husband and a son were murdered in those Nazi extermination camps.
She said even though her Mother immigrated to Israel met and married another loving man, the father of this lady and her brother the Mother never got over her grief and depression over the loss of her first family😭
She told me her mother was almost never happy her whole life that she could remember and later died still in her grief😢
Not hard to understand considering the unimaginable trauma of living through such utterly senseless suffering 😭🙏💙🙏✝️✝️✝️
Thank you for this video, I'm Slovak but I have never heard about Helena, very strong story
She survived. Thats all that matters
I’m sure the nazi guards felt the same way when their only other option was the eastern front
@@j0nnyismI would have went to the eastern front some things isn’t worth being a part of .
All that matters is being humane
Esp when the world has lost its mind
The end does not justify the means
Ever
I love this. Simple and true.
@@markjamison9677 yeah you say that because you are not faced with that option, imagine inflicting torment on others, or you being forced to march across Russia to Siberia and be in a work Camp where only 500 of thousands of Prisoners survived.
she ended up caring for him, and testified at his trial. But this was not a love relationship in the way that we understand it. It's not as if she had many options, it was allow this man to love and protect you, or you die. Allow this man to protect those around you and at least you'll be able to do some good. I'm not surprised that she avoided him after the war.
She probably avoided him after the war because she was afraid she'd give in to temptation. Women love a man in uniform and she probably still remembered him in it. She didn't want to get wet for a criminal but knew it'd happen, so best to avoid it.
@@modickens1272I doubt it. Seeing what he was capable of and knowing he was responsible for deaths isn’t a turn on. She was forced to allow it while under the threat of death in the camps
@@modickens1272 yeah..... it's not the uniform. L o l. If you put an un attractive dude in a uniform... he's still unattractive
@@Star-qh5wp Did you see that video of the married female prison guard at wentworth prison? she had two kids, went to work and got filmed getting railed by two prisoners. Wonder what their crimes were.
My point is - the highest rate of a gender loving violent criminals, its women. It's a whole thing in psychology. Quite vain of you to doubt something off-rip.
@@modickens1272 the funniest thing I've read, imagine being this delusional.
Still a better love story than "Twilight".
To be fair, that’s a mighty low bar set there😂 but yes, you’re correct
still a better love story than mine
💀💀💀
😂
Would rather watch twilight. Imagine a Vietnamese women falling in love with an American soldier after having un-alived her family. Once a sadist always a sadist. No women can change a man.
Everything about this story is so incredibly tragic.
That was a very sweet story. Thank you for posting it.
She never looked at him because she always loved and cared about him when she went testified for him. Even though she denied loving him, they probably suffered from the trauma because of the war. 😩
Disgusting part of our history. This needs to be taught in schools. Never forget.
It was taught and history is repeating itself today with the oppressed becoming the oppressors
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Nope, just dirty Muslims being nazis. They were before WW2, during and after. Just Islam.
That’s the sad part they don’t teach this in schools
@@yaminaamer236 Wrong video buddy
He saved Helena and she saved him in a way. What a touching story.
imagine the millions of other beautiful Jewish women like Helena who were murdered during the Holocaust. How many horrific tragic stories just like this one. May they all rest in peace.
Not just beautiful jewish women, also many beautiful gypsie women and many Slavic women. There were more Slavs murdered than jews during the war.
But what do you think would have happened to her if she had rejected his advances? She saved her life, and more likely the lives of many others.
Exactly, there's no "no".
It doesn’t sound like he made any advances.
@@jeanade9010 granted, we weren’t there. But think it through…if one is in a death camp and if one manages to survive the initial “live or die” screening, the LAST thing one would want to do is draw attention to one’s self. It’s not like you’re in a bar and if he/she rejects your advances, you can just move on. If SHE were the one to come on to him and he was truly a Nazi, it’s more likely than not that he would have had her shot on the spot. Same thing if she rejected HIS advances. So, just using logic, it’s more likely that HE would have been the one to initiate. Doesn’t mean I’m right, but if I were a betting man, my money would be on him being the initiator. He would have had to use the utmost discretion because even if he was only ACCUSED of having a relationship with an inmate…guard duty career is over and It’s off to the Russian front!
You're not wrong though. Before the "love" came, while it was initial attraction alone, rejection from the so-called lesser race would likely have lead to "hate." Hate for her and everyone around her.
Thank you, there are a lot of people romanticizing this, they don’t get the circumstances
This story would make a really powerful movie
The documentary 'love it was not' was excellent.
Yes but needs careful casting. And not casting for the sake of using famous Hollywood actors and actresses. Wrong casting ruined many movies
So did the kathy willets story
I’m sure there are a lot more stories like this. Some true love stories, others women and men just trying to survive.
Seeing I'm here super early. I just want to thank you for all the informative videos! But also want to let you know that there's a spam issue on some of your videos where someone starts a thread about being blessed and then it turns into how they invested money. This to me sounds very much like a pyramid scheme or worse, I have reported the thread on at least one previous video, but would really appreciate for everyone's sake if you could just take a look at the comment sections to get rid of those likely spam bots before people fall for it and get scammed
Chanels with lots of views always get millions of them... they're like weeds they get rid of one and 3 more pop up. Just report comments for all the good it does but there's not much that can be done about it except the application of common sense...
I feel like they both loved each other but Helena felt like after the war she couldn’t be with him because he reminded her of the trauma she endured around her. Clearly he loved her because he kissed her before leaving and tried to contact her for many years afterwards. Clearly she loved him since she showed up to his trail. I assume she refused to look at him because of the trauma again. But she felt she needed to repay the life debt for not only herself but her sister too. I’m sure he would of saved the kids too if it were possible
I don't think it was love.... more like gratitude. Like "you saved my life now let me return the favor."
He still beat his sister… yikes
@@mikloridden8276 I’m not saying it was right. But look at the times. Unfortunately it was considered normal to do that. It’s horribly wrong. That’s why we need to make the future bright and judgement free and not be racist like people before us were. A lot of things in the past were considered normal for that time period. Now we know better. Again, I’m not saying beating her was right by any means. And the holocaust was a horrible tragedy that shouldn’t have ever happened. Too many innocent people died. Too many innocent people tortured.
@@DevinSharp300 Mmm nahh the US had rules. The Germans and Russians treated people worse than animals and used them as pleasure toys. Same with Japan. In a lot of countries even today that stuff is normal. Makes sense why we are always at war with those weirdos.
Love works. Even when the world is at its cruelest. He did bad things, and had to live with it. Maybe this enough punishment. Forgive him, Lord. Amen.
💯💯 True!!!
Not for nothing does The Bible say Love is the greatest of the three Theological Virtues. (1 Corinthians 13:13)
And"that it is as strong as death!" (Song of Solomon 8:6)
May his soul through the MERCY of GOD rest in PEACE 🌹🌹🌹🙏💙🙏✝️
No ! Living with the memory of your crimes is not enough! Our God forgives but we are required to suffer the consequences of our crimes.
Weird watching history slowly repeat itself
amazing, he saved her life, and she saved his soul, he repented, may they rest in peace
Such a touching story🥲❤️I am from Slovakia
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Sounds like in the end, they both saved each other’s lives?
Absolutely unusual story. Only love can break the walls even in such a terrible place ❤ ❤ ❤
I think love really touched his heart and changed it for the good
I dont fault Helena doing what she had to do to survive. She was beautiful and she used that attribute to survive.
Helena is very Beautiful. She sort of reminds me of Barbara Streisand. I’m glad she survived. 🕊🙏🏾💛
Barbra Streisand and beautiful is physically impossible
This is the second time I have heard this story and I still feel extremely conflicted. It is so rare to see a human side of a Nazi. I’m so interested in their story. I guess this was a real love at first sight. I have so many mixed emotions 🥵
Not condoning Nazis. There were humans among them that just lived in a terrible time. They felt they had no choice. It was kill or be killed. Some people do terrible things for their own or their families survival. You can not walk in their shoes until you lived it. Even Jews betrayed their own kind if it could help them. Like the Frank family, who was betrayed by a Jew to save his own.
It was all about surviving that horrific time in the history of mankind!
Look up Karl Plagge, Oskar Schindler, Kurt Gerstein, Wm Hosenfeld and you'll find humanitarians amongst monsters.
Lindaraterink. What a lot of nonsense!
Lots of Germans didn't participate in genocide.
These young German guys had no other choice than serving the nazi army. They would had been executed when being refusal. You should watch Roman Polanski’s The Piano. It also shows a nazi officer who saved the life of a jewish man.
It's a touching story...
What amazes me amidst the conflicts we are witnessing nowadays in the middle east is the ingratitude of Israelis. Taking the example of Helena: After Palestine welcomed her with open arms when she first fled there, she paid back by choosing a Zionist husband and live in Israel, a land stolen from Palestinians. Their mere existence means the misery of Palestinians who were kicked out and tortured. The ingratitude! Shame on each and every one of them!
Ikr ? It's so disappointing
Calling it 'love affair' is disgusting. This is the survival story of a woman. Man was a raging monster.
Wrong. Women like men in position of power
She says at the trial she was in love
@marlenkaminta. Come on, some women fall for serial killers like Ted Bundy or Richard Ramirez or some other killer on death row.
@@YeshuaKingMessiahit’s pretty easy to say that when you know your life was saved by this man. It’s not possible to really love a man who you had no choice but to allow to entertain you under the threat of death. It’s Stockholm syndrome at best
@@realinusnot in positions of terrible power😅
This is a beautiful and tragic story. He fell in love with her, both heartfelt and sincere, but also very sad and traumatic. Loving her changed his outlook and he changed how he treated Jewish women . He was kinder. His treatment of the men was still about the same. War is such a horrible experience. Soldiers are expected to hate and kill the enemy. The enemy is whom ever the leaders say they are. And falling in love with the enemy is always taboo. He helped her when she was a prisoner. On the other hand,she testified for him at his trial. They each did what they could for the other. Under the circumstances, I think that’s the best either was able to do. And they each went on with their lives as they should have done.
Evil and Goodness literally in one body.
Why would her sister hold her responsible for her daughter's murder?
Thank you for exposing this tragic story..
Many tears to be shed..
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The sister was upset that her children died alone. She felt she should have died with them.
Her sister, like most people, needed someone to blame. Unfairly, as it usually happens. I wonder if she blamed herself too, for making the stupid and fatal decision to come back from Jerusalem. Because in reality, her children died due to that one bad choice.
@@chickenlover657 I was thinking the same thing. Holding herself responsible for coming back to the danger of Nazis may have been too much to bear. Easier to blame her sister.
We, humans, are very strange creatures.
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Great and at the same time very sad story!!!👍👍👍
Well, if life has taught me anything so far, it's this.
You can not control who you fall in love with.
That’s ridiculous
If u fall in love with a dog
U should marry it?
If u fall in love right ur reflection
U should marry it?
@@YeshuaKingMessiah
I'm meant within the bounds of reality.
I for one AM NOT OR HAVE EVER BEEN INTO BESTAPHILIA
Or Narcissism whatsoever.
What I meant I fell in love with a girl who broke my heart but even after all the pain she put me through. Part of me couldn't stop loving her. I never got the chance to marry her though for all intents she was the love of my life
It's truly something we can never comprehend the power of ❤️
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I heard this story before. I would love to hear his side. I wonder if there is an Interview that was made with him as well but I highly doubt it. They all ran away into hiding.
HIS “side”?? What side is that? He was a Nazi in a death camp!
And after everything that my nation had to overcome the world nowadays seems to repeat the same mistakes done in the past- as sad as it is, history repeats itself😢
Helena tells her story about franz on the auschwitz documentary dvd he liked her n he saved her sister but couldnt save her kids but both sisters spoke up for him at his trial, eventually shes liked him but couldnt be realistic between them
That is an amazing story in such a brutal place.
It's not brutal place - is brutal nation germans
This new generation of school kids should be made to study what happened During WW2
Strange story in a place of madness.
This story NEEDS a movie! Jesus Christ she was gorgeous.
Excellent story!
Thank you!
You cant choose who you fall in love with this story proves that. Its a great shame they couldnt of met in normal circumstances. Its very very sad
They were the same age. It is sad so many young people were victims of indoctrination. They didn’t even realize what they were doing and when some did, I’m sure the battle inside was hard to bear. I’m glad she survived and lived a good life and it shows her humanity that she went to testify on his behalf. Her poor sister, to lose her children and survive with that terrible grief.
This should be a movie!
One of the saddest irl love stories
Because of her she made the news human to him, but it's sad he and so many others were brainwashed to think they never were.
You can imagine the kinds of stories that are undiscovered and lost forever.
For anyone calling it love: a murderer cannot know what the meaning of love is. He had killed and beaten both men and women, he was an SS guard, the fact that he treated this girl better doesn’t mean a thing. He treated her better out of selfishness, he wanted her and that’s it. A person capable of feeling love doesn’t have selective empathy. He had empathy only for her and not for the hundreds of people he was actively helping torture and killing
My grandmother was German and lived through WW2. She told me about the German SS and how they would turn in their own mother.
Incredible story...
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Thank you so much.
God rest her soul.
❤
Quite beautiful. Both of them.
I cannot believe the world allowed this to happen
The world is allowing a lot of evil to happen even today. Put all your faith in Jesus Christ alone.
~ John 3:16
Really look at the world around you today evil happening all the time this isn’t some special case. People are still suffering.
Love the story
Cette histoire d'amour devrait être mis en film au cinéma
He saved her and her sister, and she saved his life too
Very interesting and very moving 😢
We need to study history and not repeat it and also not use it to become the abusers…..
Too late
Wow! What a story. Thank you
As long as she didn't hurt anyone else, she had to do what she had to do to survive.
what do you meanN?
Fascinating.
My great grandpa Joseph Felix was a Jew. He was from Czechoslovakia and he hid the fact. My family didn't find out until the 1980s. His wife Bertha also from Czechoslovakia was Catholic. They immigrated to America in the 1900s and met in this Country.
I know what you mean
Surprised this isn't a movie yet.
I feel like I have seen a movie with this storyline
@@TheLittleLambTalks In schindlers list there is a Jewish womanin a camp that is let to live with the SS commandant because his liking of her
Love really conquers all. If it weren’t for this war they probably wouldn’t of met but also if they did meet they could of lasted
The same thing happened to my grandfather and grandmother. Great to know that my grandparents were not unique in this aspect.
Helena did was she had to do to survive.
Im quite sure the love was one sided.
Years later when Franz tried to contact her she ignored him and during a trial she did admit he was kind to her but also the fact he tortured and hurt other jews so i would only take this with a grain of salt.
She had to ignore him with the circumstances and new life. Even when love feelings were still there it was impossible to go back to him. How to explain as holocaust survivor to your jewish community and family to marry a ss camp soldier?? It would had ruined a lot. Impossible at the time.
In 2004 she had an interview with bbc and admitted she loved him as well. It was however not possible to go back to him and she probably shut him out since she knew being in touch with him would give her the emotions again
Well said.
OMG they never saw each other again until HIS wife reached out! Wow I bet he felt like that girl didn’t love him at all bc he prob thought she would lie for him… this NEEDS to be a movie OMG
There is a 2018 film 'Where hands touch' which may be of interest.
Love this thanks for sharing