"All My Mothers" -The Story of Yehudith Kleinman
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- Yehudith Kleinman was born in Venice in 1939; her mother and grandmother moved to Milan shortly thereafter. In January 1944, she was taken to a convent for safety, where she was hidden and raised as a Christian.
After the war, Yehudith had to make a fateful choice - to remain at the convent, or to immigrate to Israel as a Jew. She spent several months in a children's home in Selvino, in northern Italy.
Yehudith grew up in Israel, joined the IDF and became a teacher. She has lived much of her adult life in Kfar Saba, and is the mother of two children.
Link - www.yadvashem.org/education
The belly button story made me cry. Her Christian friends lied to protect her, and it’s easily the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard. Bawling over here. 😭 Thank you for your courage and incredible story
The fact that she could tell by her Mother’s expression not to choose her and to follow through with it at her young age is incredible. Her Mother’s effort to save her daughters life breaks my heart. She knew she would never see her again. This is a Mother’s love.
A child being separated from their mother is one of the worst, if not THE worst, form of human suffering.
Mother superiority . She was a perfect human being during hard times of people .
Thank-you Yehudith for your courage to tell your story.
Your mother would be so proud of you! Your courage is phenomenal. You are a blessing.
I was moved to tears with your story. I know your mother and grandmother are with God. Please continue sharing with each generation so that this is never forgotten.
lest we forget. children pay the heaviest price of war! may we all work together for peace.
One question....the Nazi officer who allowed Yehudith to go with her Christian neighbor had to have known that she was Jewish because her mother and grandmother was Jewish....so why did he let her go? I'm glad he did!
I cannot begin to understand the level of heartache and pain families felt, being torn apart, never knowing what happened to each of them, hearing the awful stories and then the stories that brought them to realise they had been killed in a concentration camp. The sheer agony in such frightening times must have been overwhelming. I often think how badly they were treated and its heartbreaking
I worry deeply about the people who deny this every happened. We are living in scary times because there is an uprising of fascism in DC, and we must NOT let history repeat itself. Blessings to this lady. I am so very sorry for what she experienced.
I'm balling I don't understand how people can be so evil and heartless. I swear these horrific stories kill me, so sad! I'm so sorry for you
I was born the same year as Yehudith, but here in the states. I remember that time very well,
but people now don't understand. Many refuse to believe what happened... it is unthinkable
for them. We took refugees into our home to help them, some had no mother, but a dad to
take care of them, as they adjusted, hoping for a safer life. Sadly, 'hatred' is still alive on this
earth, and evil still wants to hurt and maim the ones they target. May God protect His chosen people, and us who have chosen Him as their Savior. Pray especially for His chosen, Isreal !
This is just soo horrifying and tragic to listen to even today, approximately 73 years and three generations later.. Can't even begin to imagine how emotionally and physically exhausting it would have been for those who did and didn't perish. May all their brave souls rest forever in the peace that they never achieved, even during the last of their breaths.
Anyone in this day who calls anyone else a “Nazi” should have to watch this video and other survivor stories. This woman is a hero and praise God she is here to tell us her story so history is not repeated. God bless her! Thank you for sharing your story and pain. God is with you! 🇺🇸❤️🇮🇱
Can't believe this little girl had to choose between her mother, and then Mother Superior years later. Such a sad story.
Wow! What an amazing story. Yehudit is such a strong woman and her mother was so strong in letting her go. Heartbreaking.
My heart breaks for her and her mother they were so close 💔you'll see each other in heaven 😞
What a wonderful Mother superior. She loved her and told little yehudith that "Jesus was protecting her.. Always"... So much love and compassion. Praise the Lord
a part of your story brought up a memory of missing my mother.im irish and both my parents went to england for work.after a few weeks i used to look down the lane expecting to see her walking up the hill ,coming back to me,it hurt.your story was so sad it brought a lump to my throat.i have been to bergen many times and visited belsen twice .i was 17 at the time in the forces im 70 now .the visit to the camp had a profound effect on me and i still ponder why how humans can do such things.i feel ashamed of being a human sometimes.keep the world informed over and over again to teach all new generations of what happened to your people.
I am Venezuelan and live in Venezuela, I have always had great respect for the Jewish people, the levels of evil we now live in Venezuela, saving the distances, bring us closer to the suffering that you experienced during the Second World War, these documentaries are really touching, god bless you
Very heartbreaking story. I couldn't help but laugh regarding the belly button. You were a beautiful and smart little girl and coped so well during those confusing times. It really was a miracle that you were saved and went on to have a beautiful family of your own.
Wow! And what of all the problems and fighting we all had as children can compare to the tragedy of a 5 year old watching her mother being taken away and then being walked out of that building in the hands of strangers? Can any of us imagine what it must feel like to a small child, to one of our own children, to come home from school one day to her mother and a few hours later be alone in the world? There but for the grace of God...
How absolutely devastating to all the children of that brutal world and to all the children surviving in the ravages of war today in so many corners of the world as we sit in front of our flat screen TV’s with a plate of food that these children, our children, have never even seen in their short lifetimes! May the Lord keep them safe and never let another child suffer such anguish again!
May the Lord bless you & all of the survivors, always. RIP to your Mother & Grandmother.
Much more respect to the convent staffs... Salute...
So sad. Her mother looks so kind. Tragic.
Thank you Mrs. Kleinman for sharing your story with us. Illuminating the human condition is the best way to learn. I am so sorry for your loss and pain.
Many chindren were saved thanks to christian nuns and priests, who risked their lives in doing so. One of my fatherś best firends Rene Bleiberg, was made pass as a christian boy un a french catholic school and saved. He came to Venezuela after the war, and lived here until he died.
I got a teary eyed of this story...so, love your mom always while she is still here on earth.
Very interesting and really moving story of a child's survival, which was saved by Christians and the Catholic Nuns for no other reason or material reward than the God's love and goodness of non-Jewish people.
I love the belly button story. So funny! The older girl knew but needed to convince her, because she was to young to understand her danger. I wonder how many Jewish children lived in convents. Not so many, perhaps.
Thank you for sharing your story. The love of your mom, your grandma, and the mother superior protected you and blessed you to survive and blossom.
An exceptional story Yehudith of detail,inner strength and miracles,May you know only joy.
How sad! I am sure your children love you dearly and you are an excellent mother.
Such difficult decisions to be made at that age and to see your mother and grandmother disappear before your eyes....There is no hell....It was and is Right Here on Earth... Your journey beautifully told .Thank you Yehudith.... I.m originally from England and my mothers maiden name Freedman....I often think what may have been had Britain been invaded... Greetings now from Australia....
I am so very much touched by this woman testimony as I am with most others...Thank you Yad Vashem for existing to perpetuate those. Here in the province of Quebec, Canada where I live, they do not teach enough about the Holocaust in school at least not in French speaking establishments. I questionned my daughter about it and her knowledge of it is minimal, very minimal. I am trying to compensate and certainly will introduce her to this site. Thank you very much to you and to those who accepted to share their memories with us.
Heartbreaking it is impossible to imagine your agony and confusion at such a young age. God bless the nuns and all those non jews who kept the goodness of mankind alive. Thank god we have yisrael a strong proud thriving country such cruelty and humiliation will never happen to us again
I am almost totally speechless hearing your story. Thank you for sharing it. I hope it helps us all remember. I have tears.
Wow! I was moved to tears by your story!
Remember all this started with name calling....Be Kind Always.
You are a brave and peaceful soul. Thank you so very much for telling your recollection of what happened.
Thank you Yehudith, for being so brave in telling us about your life!!!
I love this sweet Lady she deserves many many more years of happiness. I am sad about her mommy😭😭😭😭
Wow her mother knew as much as it broke her heart that she had to look at her daughter strangely and hope her daughter was intuitive enough to know not to pick her as mama because that would mean her baby dies too. Her mom knew what that camp was all about.
God bless you..so sorry you had to go through this heinous experience.... I so feel your pain on losing your beloved Mother.....a mother's love is unconditional and her memory will stay in your heart forever... until we are reunited again in God's loving arms. X
Thank you for this. It brings tears to my eyes. Hold the good, the love, the kindness, the beauty.... Yehudith bless you and your family forever and ever and know your Mom is fine and well.
Such a brave woman!.....thank hou for Sharing your story ......my heart goes out to all the victem's .... that there soul may have found peace...❤
God bless you and keep you safe x
Such a important work to share and conserve that and so much other histories. That shouldn't be ever forgotten. Such a strong child and woman, that no words are ever will have the power to describe that.
remarkable little girl. the horrors inflicted upon such a young child predicated on simple hate.
These stories are priceless for us to know so that every time we hear discrimination against someone, we stop it then and there before it comes to a stage where it becomes a horrific legit law from some government body that's so inhuman. The holocaust and slavery are the two worst lessons from history.
So necessary to watch and learn from the courageous survivors . This can happen again .
Very sad that she needed to choose between her mother or family friend ? when the mother new she was going to the death camp and she would never see her daughter again must of been horrible.
I'm glad someone like my comet . that poor little girl having to leave her mum like that and never ever seeing her again .
bless this woman shalom
That was a wonderful and worthwhile story.
Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
Thank you for sharing your story, you are brave!
The girls were trying to keep her safe. So wonderful.
Powerful. Brought tears to my eyes 😢
I can't stop crying.
So beautiful and sad at the same time...Wonderful way of sharing, wonderful way of reaching the world, wonderful risk love of many in the midst of such unrelenting hatred. Light of God shines!
What a sad poignant account - bless you and those whose efforts to let you grow up and have children of your own......I wish you peace, ma'am.
World War II breaks my heart forever as I'm watching this I can't stop myself😭 how could the human being doing this kind tragic to humans I'm very very very sorry😭😭 God bless a Holy Land all Jewish people around the world peace🙏🇮🇱🙏🇮🇱🙏🇮🇱❤ from 🇦🇱
Moved me to tears.
What a beautiful little girl!
So horrifically sad. Europe looked quite beautiful in the early to mid 1930s...so sad
Thank you for sharing your story with the world!
I was very glad to hear this story involving a benevolent Nunnery. I have heard many terrible stories pertaining to the behaviour of the Vatican and the clergy during that humanity-forsaken war.
I love how you is telling your personal life thanks very much xxx
😭... I am watching stories after Stories about this . Innocent men and women being punished for nothing.
a powerful story that touched my heart....
The whole world should see this.
You are a blessing. Thank you for sharing. God bless you.
Thank you for sharing your story.
Beautiful story. ..lovely lady
Her mom was so lovely women. I was crying for her. too sad.
How sad experience you had.?Maybe the mere thought that you will soon see your mother was enough for you to have the strength of living the Lord was with you.Thanks God for saving the innocent child.
God blesses you and family
Thanks to Christian nun and to God be the glory.
Yehudith, I. Wish you and family best of everything you wish for,,, Don't forget there is Retribution for the Good and the bad
And most of today's (2018) children panic when they misplace their cell phones.
Thank you for sharing your story🙏
twice in her life she had to choose.the time came also with the mother superior.I wonder Yehudith did you see mother superior again?
Such a interesting story en feel so sad to heard ur story....
This is a very sad story about this little girl who was very close to her mother......but a rather happy ending ......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m very sorry Rest In Peace 😭 I love you all
what a beautiful account--what bravery from Yehudith.
God bless u....❤
This story made me cry :(, especially when she hugged mother superior and mother superior gave her the cross that she was wearing.
Such a pain to go through I’m crying
Heart wrench story 😢
I cried so much 😭
This is so effing depressing, like, what the fuck is WRONG WITH PEOPLE???? I've read history books on interwar and Nazi Germany and I *still* don't get it. Like, how could you even THINK to do something like that???? What goes through someone's head????
Bless the neighbor lady for rescuing her, bless the nuns, even maybe the Nazi soldier who gave her a way out, but that poor girl, her poor mother, her poor grandmother. Why??? Just WHY???
I think your daughter (in her teenage picture) looks like your Mother.....I see her kind face in your daughter’s face! Much Love! May God’s Precious Mercy, Love and Blessings be upon you ALWAYS! Jesus still loves you! Your Christian Friend Who Loves Jews Much 🕊💕🙏✝️✡️🙋♀️💕
God bless the woman who saved her☺☺
thanks for this story
Heartbreaking.
Heartbreaking! Religion, should never be, A TOOL!
grazie❣️
Mother Superior risked her own life to protect Yehudith.
An inspiring story told by an inspirational woman
But there's no such thing as a good Nazi. He may have saved Yehuditha, but he acted brutally to her mother and grandmother זצ״ל