Holocaust Survivor Robert "Robbie" Waisman | USC Shoah Foundation

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Komentáře • 84

  • @patsylucas-edwards1259
    @patsylucas-edwards1259 Před 3 lety +27

    I can imagine him as an eleven year old, the same age as my grandson now. I'm so glad he testified to that horrible time in his life. May we never forget...

  • @nancyrichcreek5205
    @nancyrichcreek5205 Před 3 lety +22

    This man is such an inspiration! I hope he has found much happiness in his later life❤️

  • @localman12
    @localman12 Před 11 lety +35

    What an amazing man, thank you for sharing your experience. I'm a grown man and cried my eyes out hearing about your older brother. Thank god you were able to made such a wonderful life and family for yourself.

  • @louisecouture3927
    @louisecouture3927 Před rokem +3

    Mr. Waisman, your testimony is one of the most heartwrenching and touching that I have watched and I’ve watched quite a few. God bless your heart. Your account is of the utmost importance… thank you is not enough. I am holding on tight to the belief that kindness will again save us humans from all madness in the world

  • @lindaroberts2297
    @lindaroberts2297 Před 3 lety +8

    What a very dear man , - what can a person say who listens - Robbie you are very precious .....

  • @priyankakumar2292
    @priyankakumar2292 Před 3 lety +7

    The way he described about his family and experience is simply outstanding 👏😍. One of the most impressive story.

  • @cherylmccarthy2932
    @cherylmccarthy2932 Před 3 lety +7

    Mr. Waiseman’s interview is so moving. I am grateful to this gentleman for sharing testimony with us. I was uncomfortable when the interviewer, Fran Starr, interrupted Mr. Waiseman’s interview repeatedly. Mr. Waiseman, I am sorry that you lost your beloved family. I am so glad you made a happy life after the Holocaust. My thanks to Mr. Waiseman, Ms. Starr, Steven Spielberg, and the USC Shoal Foundation Institute.

  • @Stephanie-ey9yr
    @Stephanie-ey9yr Před 3 lety +12

    This is such an important testimony the interruptions are so unnerving because you could truly listen to his story for 5 hours straight and not notice 5 hours passed..he is very strong person and yet if you didn't know he went through this terrible thing you would never suspect he did given his patience and gently manner

  • @doranconroy5107
    @doranconroy5107 Před 2 lety +3

    Two seperate observations... This mans recounting of HIS experience was one of the most HUMANIZING that I have heard. The reminiscence of various people in his pathway that did the UNEXPECTED and in the middle of such barbarity let a light of compassion show through just was so uplifting. His soft spokeness and ability to let his EMOTIONS show through repeatedly was NOT distracting in any way but so deeply moving as it became obvious that as horrific as what he went through was it did not CRIPPLE HIM and rob him of the ability to FEEL. Thank God for this man and his willingness to so openly share his story with the world.

    • @corrynthiaiam9205
      @corrynthiaiam9205 Před rokem +1

      There is also an interview with Leon Bass. The Black soldier who liberated him. However; towards the end is when he speaks of Mr. Waisman. Leon Bass gives great insight and you become wrapped up in the story. He's such a great speaker it may come off as if he's reading a really great story! Please watch it here on CZcams.

  • @valeriepurves5787
    @valeriepurves5787 Před 4 lety +22

    What a lovely gentle person . How appalling that he should suffer so . One of the most moving testimonies I ve watched

    • @maryreynolds5310
      @maryreynolds5310 Před 3 lety

      Valerie, I agree..I will never forget this man and his story. I’ve watched so many of people’s stories of this time, this has the most heartfelt, moving testimony I’ve watched.

    • @maryreynolds5310
      @maryreynolds5310 Před 3 lety +2

      Valerie, if he is still with us, he would be around 90 yrs old now in 2021. I hope he has lived a wonderful life filled with nothing but love all around him.

  • @yvonnemargo56
    @yvonnemargo56 Před 3 lety +4

    amazing interview - mr.waisman has such courage,compassion, intelligence.i wish him a long healthy life with family and friends.

  • @mikrokupu
    @mikrokupu Před 2 lety +5

    What a touching personal history and important testimony, thank you!

  • @maryreynolds5310
    @maryreynolds5310 Před 3 lety +6

    This is the most touching story of this man and what he went through that I’ve ever heard. It has touched my heart forevermore. Robert is about 90 now…if he is still with us, I would hope he sees this as I give him a hug filled with love. God bless Robert xo Please Robert, don’t be sorry because the love that your dad had and you have towards each other..That feeling will never die! I wish I could hug you so ~

  • @isobelmetcalfe8479
    @isobelmetcalfe8479 Před 3 lety +6

    These interviews are so precious. I am so heartbroken for the horrendous experience you had, Robert, and for many others like you. God bless you and your family. I pray for your nation and the land of Israel. Shalom!

  • @Firebrand636
    @Firebrand636 Před 3 lety +10

    If you are complaining about the video production there is something wrong with you. This was made in the 90s on reel to tape. Reel to reel tapes are only so many minutes long. They had to change tapes and editing was very difficult.

  • @lszubartowicz8596
    @lszubartowicz8596 Před 4 lety +11

    Thanks for your testimony for your humanity

  • @nancya7886
    @nancya7886 Před 27 dny +1

    I really wish he would have told the 10 more things he mentioned at the end. I could have listened to him for much longer. What a heartbreaking story, and for a child to go through this is unimaginable, yet so many did. Good interviewer as well, you just let him talk, thank you. Thank you for sharing!

  • @redalert2834
    @redalert2834 Před 3 lety +6

    Shame on politicians and broadcasters who have collectively failed to provide a platform for survivors of the Holocaust to regularly address the world so that the lessons of history might not be forgotten so quickly.

  • @chrissims3810
    @chrissims3810 Před 3 lety +9

    I’m very grateful for your testimony and I’m so sorry this happened in your life. You are very brave to retell such a horrible situation, again I thank you.

  • @debraberg4513
    @debraberg4513 Před 4 lety +25

    this guy looks 25??? what a blessing from his Hell in Poland. Amazing.

    • @curtisdalrymple42
      @curtisdalrymple42 Před 3 lety +4

      I think this was filmed like 25 years ago,some people just age better than others,and he is definitely one of the people who do.

  • @pamkydes7826
    @pamkydes7826 Před 3 lety +9

    Wonderful testimony; thank you!

  • @wendyhannaford7696
    @wendyhannaford7696 Před 2 lety +2

    Oh, God Bless this man! He is so wonderful, such a testimony, my heart goes out to him. It breaks my heart that these things happened, so shocking! I have spent my life trying to understand how this happened

  • @karenembury6467
    @karenembury6467 Před 3 lety +4

    Such a true gentleman. And a testimony and life story so touching . Thank you .

  • @tinasmith770
    @tinasmith770 Před 3 lety +2

    Such a gentle man to go through such horror in his life. God Bless you "Robbie".Thank You for youre testimony,i am humbled beyond belief...

  • @maryellwood3653
    @maryellwood3653 Před měsícem

    Robbie's such a sweet man, he apologies when he cries. Don't ever apologise for being a great human. So kind, good and strong.His children are his treasure. I just don't know how anyone recovers from this.

  • @shakr1965
    @shakr1965 Před 2 lety +1

    I am so honored to hear your story. U are so strong and I am so sorry for your losses

  • @esmevanzyl7198
    @esmevanzyl7198 Před 9 měsíci +1

    My heart breaks for this man....

  • @teemarie5478
    @teemarie5478 Před 6 měsíci

    Thanks for sharing this story/ nightmare. You can tell he is a amazing man.

  • @babybaby2509
    @babybaby2509 Před 10 měsíci +1

    What a handsome man, so sorry that you went through this 😢

  • @StephenGrew
    @StephenGrew Před 2 lety

    My heart goes out to you Robert and anyone, ever that has experienced such a terrible thing! God bless you wherever you are, here or elsewhere in heaven.

  • @samlesburywaltonparish3496

    Wonderful testimony, wonderful man.

  • @goodkarna
    @goodkarna Před 2 lety +1

    Love this one- out of so many, this is a stand out.

  • @lucy8468
    @lucy8468 Před 2 lety

    I am so sorry for your suffering. I hope you continue to give & receive love from your family & friends. When you left the farm & returned home…that was so precious.

  • @bonnie_gail
    @bonnie_gail Před 3 lety +2

    Life is precious

  • @BlessedFloridaMom
    @BlessedFloridaMom Před 3 lety +1

    Oh the reunion in heaven! When we cross the river

  • @StephenGrew
    @StephenGrew Před 2 lety +1

    Robert has a Creative Soul.......

  • @karenembury6467
    @karenembury6467 Před 3 lety +3

    I truly would like to meet this amazing man . Talk but most of all listen to more from you if possible . How could I find out more to try to do this ?

  • @RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS
    @RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS Před 2 lety +1

    He still looks like "Robbie", I can still see the young boy...

  • @chuckbus
    @chuckbus Před rokem

    I love this man, God Bless him

  • @Aozziegamer99
    @Aozziegamer99 Před 5 měsíci

    The apple episode is perplexing.

  • @StephenGrew
    @StephenGrew Před 2 lety +1

    Dear God! The brutality, the sheer unconscious monsters......

  • @manueladarazsdi9675
    @manueladarazsdi9675 Před 3 lety +4

    Who edited this video? Terrible job

    • @stacyciccone1092
      @stacyciccone1092 Před 2 lety

      It was done in the 90’s! Technology was not like it is currently

  • @Majickcharm
    @Majickcharm Před 2 lety

    Robbie! I hope this does not offend you. As a Christian man I want to thank you for sharing your experience. I am sorry you have lost your family and I am thankful that amazing forgiving souls such as yourself are alive to pass the story on. I cried along yourself as you recounted the loss of your brother. I am sure your father is watching over you mate.I am sure he hovers over your right shoulder keeping you company and giving you guidance.
    Andreas

  • @Here_kitty_kitty1-wg9xd

    Such a shame you folks couldn’t bring quality videotaping with audio to the table - the shrieking alarm at the beginning puts me off all your testimonies.

  • @luisacarrasco6883
    @luisacarrasco6883 Před 3 lety +2

    ME GUSTARIA ENTENDER, PERO .... DEBERÍAN SUBTITULAR AL ESPAÑOL POR FAVOR.

  • @mth469
    @mth469 Před 3 lety +1

    this man has been through hell

  • @StephenGrew
    @StephenGrew Před rokem

    Very sensitive, intelligent bloke.

  • @monicapaleykaufman9058
    @monicapaleykaufman9058 Před 2 lety +1

    He is an amazing man. There is always a spark of humanity.
    The interviewer was awful

  • @mamamaters
    @mamamaters Před 3 lety +4

    God will always bless the Jewish people they are after all the apple of his eye, he has reasons for what has happened one day we will understand :((()

  • @cecilialiebenfelss8827

    Really this man is very nice and human!

  • @tinaloveseddie
    @tinaloveseddie Před 7 lety +3

    The video is not working?? Is there another??

  • @agnesmaloco2818
    @agnesmaloco2818 Před 2 lety +1

    the sound is very low..

  • @ballantine58
    @ballantine58 Před 4 lety +10

    Wtf? The interviewer rudely takes breaks right in the middle of him telling his nightmare. Seems very cold of her. This guy is baring his soul and his experience in this living hell and shes like...we are taking a break now cutting him off. And then she can't even pronounce some of the names of the camps that he had mentioned. And her questions have no compassion.

    • @GoldNava
      @GoldNava Před 3 lety +1

      And there was a phone ringing and water running for a while in the background! So rude!

    • @MrPaultopp
      @MrPaultopp Před 3 lety

      @@GoldNava ohh and what else shall we moan about ?? ........get priorities right ...enjoy life and stop bleating about trivial things

    • @Firebrand636
      @Firebrand636 Před 3 lety +2

      1990s technology I doubt she did it on purpose due to some nefarious reason. If she was so "cold" she wouldn't even be there because she wouldn't care what happened to this beautiful man.

  • @RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS
    @RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS Před 2 lety +1

    Unbeknownst to most people. The majority of the vitamins in a potato are in the peel.

  • @Aozziegamer99
    @Aozziegamer99 Před 5 měsíci

    How horrific.

  • @Tackytiger74
    @Tackytiger74 Před 4 lety +12

    This interviewer is so rude...

    • @bonniehanson1105
      @bonniehanson1105 Před 4 lety +6

      Tackytiger74 ......I also didn’t care for the way she interviewed him

    • @MrPaultopp
      @MrPaultopp Před 3 lety

      Can’t change it , so what’s the point in moaning??

    • @scottsamson
      @scottsamson Před rokem

      She is rude

  • @luisacarrasco6883
    @luisacarrasco6883 Před 3 lety +1

    EN ESPAÑOL PLISSS??????????

  • @StephenGrew
    @StephenGrew Před 2 lety

    I wonder when this was recorded?

  • @doranconroy5107
    @doranconroy5107 Před 2 lety

    My SECOND observation is more practical. In testimony after testimony I notice the PHONE RINGING IN THE BACKGROUND! I don't know it they are still recording any of these but really , it is obvious they have been given a script or outline of Questions to ask each interviewee , can they not also put in there UNPLUG THE PHONES and set Cel Phones on VIBRATE rather than that ringing ringing ringing that no one seems to answer anyway?

  • @JoyP-rw5bc
    @JoyP-rw5bc Před 3 měsíci

    He must have been a likable kid for him to get all these perks He must have been a cutie when he was younger

  • @jasminejones9937
    @jasminejones9937 Před 3 lety +3

    That Female interviewer sounds like the gestapo COLD as ice !! And rude too

  • @sjp4u338
    @sjp4u338 Před 3 lety

    Turn the phone off!!! 🙄

    • @Firebrand636
      @Firebrand636 Před 3 lety +1

      Most people in the 90s didn't think about turning the ringer off their landline phone. If you're focusing on the phone you're the one with a problem.

  • @shivani41
    @shivani41 Před 3 lety +2

    Why let us get several years older waiting for the gentleman to begin? Cut. Start it later, after the guy with the moobs finishes moving chairs around. For crying out loud.

    • @MrPaultopp
      @MrPaultopp Před 3 lety

      Obviously you’ve lost the use of your fingers ....most people would have changed channels...Oh sorry you were only here to have a good old moan ....crack on then !!!

    • @manueladarazsdi9675
      @manueladarazsdi9675 Před 3 lety

      Yup, amateur production

    • @heathermoore-simmons4544
      @heathermoore-simmons4544 Před 2 lety

      It was worth the wait! I am so grateful for this magnificent testimony. Yes, this is a precious human being and the testimony is a treasure.

  • @Aozziegamer99
    @Aozziegamer99 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Unfortunately it did happen again. Israel!

  • @Aozziegamer99
    @Aozziegamer99 Před 5 měsíci

    Very poignant.