My heart broke for this gentleman. Unfortunately, the interviewer was naive re Jewish history, and displayed a lack of compassion for this man. Bless his heart
Oh she should sit and cry should she? Would that have helped? No she was there to help him, to keep bringing him back to the facts and help him to recount. This was his chance to tell his story. He would not thank her for not being strong enough to do that now would he?
@@henryworthington8261 She shouldn't have hurried him up at the end,when the poor man started to cry.She should have given him more time,she should have said "I'm very sorry for your loss/for what happened to you!", and then she should have asked him gently "Can you continue now?".
The interviewer is cold no compassion for this gentleman, I hope she can read the comments, Thank you to tell your story , strong, courageous men, God bless you 🙏🇦🇺🌻
@@ericahalmai8490 Just because other people think differently doesn’t mean they are necessarily right. Many people are prone to knee-jerk reactions these days. Sometimes it is wise to consider all factors. This man had dreadful things to relate and may very well have needed, or asked, the interviewer to not be too shaken up by them. If she were then he would have her feelings to consider when relating the facts. Many of these survivors do not relate these horrific facts to their children or grandchildren for fear of upsetting them and their lives.
It absolutely breaks my heart because you can tell he is still traumatized😪😭🙏🏼 it makes me so angry that America and many many other countries didn’t give the Jewish people refuge. I will never not believe that our government didn’t know from the beginning what the final solution was for Jewish and Gypsies. These people deserved refuge they were in real danger. I’m so glad that lovely man made the video. I have so much respect for all the people who went through the Holocaust and lost so so much, you can replace homes, you cannot replace family💔
I have to stop after only half an hour. The interviewer made me so anxious, I can't even imagine what this poor man felt. He was obviously uncomfortable, and she didn't make things easier.
As my dad would say that interviewer needs a good kick square in the ass. The way she rushed him at the end and way quite cold througg the interview. This man had a difficult time and did so very well. My heart broke for him.
You Guys! so many of you condemn her.. you have to remember she has an outline to follow herself. And only so much time to video him and any other survivor testimonies.. they "both" are on a time-line (so to speak). whenever a survivor gets silent, trying to Not choke-up, crying, or trail-off.. the interviewer has to get them back-on-track as soon as possible, otherwise there wont be any time left for the survivor to give their parting words... nor for the audiances questions. The video minutes is only so long. So give her a break.
@@helenh493 There should be no time limit for such testimonies,one more tape is not a problem. She hurried him while he was crying,instead of giving him more time and saying "I'm very sorry for your loss/for what happened to you" and then GENTLY saying "Can you continue?". Unforgivable behaviour she had! Shame on her!
This heartless Brunhilde could have worked for the gestapo, Just listen to her voice. She is not an interviewer, she is an interrogator. Scared me to death.
She is so insensitive and cold it makes it painful to listen to her question, I feel so sorry for this lovely gentleman and the icy way of this woman's questioning, sorry but I just can't stand her.
No you are wrong. I have listened to many of these now. She needed to keep him on track. One can feel the hurt more if someone starts to sympathise with one.
@@henryworthington8261 I don't think the commentor meant it that way.. its not patronizing at all. Its more of saying he has and had Every Right to hurt, and shed tears of Loss, tears of painful remembrance, tears of being "the survivor" to Witness for those thousands who couldn't. Remember, back in their time the so-called (real) Men, never showed emotion, like sad tearful emotion. It wasn't Manly. and boys were brought up that way. That "he" could and would show it to all of us strangers, online, is truly showing his raw true (although hurting) Self... is Very Manly! Its Not a Slam of any kind. Its the Opposite.
What a brave man and what a HORRIBLE PERSON to interview him. I’m so so sad he had to sit through this. I’m not a violent person at all but honestly I just want to slap her. I hope she was fired or removed from ever interviewing anyone showing this much pain as Mr Sid. May he RIP.
Most of the young people today don't have any compassion or common sense either one. I think if she would have asked him to tell his own story in his own words it would be a much better interview and most comfortable for him... I really think she wanted it to be on her instead of about him... vanity missed anything that she felt it was important for everybody to know then she could have asked her questions .... I truly think she was trying to do a good job😢
I watched 40 minutes of this interview. I had to stop listening to it because of the interviewer. I couldn't take much more of her. I really wanted to hear his testimony, I just couldn't . The family member should of stopped the interview, I sure would of. I'm surprised he didn't walk out. She belittled him. I have watched many of these interviews and nothing like her. I can't imagine the questions she asked him about the Holocaust. It was so painful to listen to this woman any longer. I hope he found much Peace and Joy in his life.
I agree! The interviewer was brutal!! I did feel so terribly sorry for the lovely man who clearly is still very badly affected by the horrors of the Holocaust. Thank you very much, Sir, for sharing your experiences and I wish you and your family the very, very best for the future. Greetings from New Zealand.
Totally insensitive interviewer. So many irrelevant questions. For this man to finally tell his story and have it made more difficult by this clumsy woman makes me sad. He deserved better.
@@henryworthington8261 Only in your head she did a good job. Almost everyone here is telling you this, but you still think her behaviour was normal and ok. Did you have a rough childhood with your parents? I'm sorry for you, I really am, you seem to lack empathy,compassion and soul.
@@henryworthington8261 You made 40 comments defending the Interviewer dismissive passive aggressive comments you sound like YOU are the interviewer trolling all the comments with likes on how unproffessional the interviewer was.
@@Sad_Bumper_StickerIndeed. This wasn't about the job she did. She should have been barely noticeable and apparently doesn't even have the grace or humility to realize that. Sidney Wald, Holocaust survivor, we heard you. The rest is noise.
I’ve seen many many survivers being interviewd by onprofessional onprepared in sometimes interogating and even traumatising ways. This one I’ve seen more than a view times and hits me again and again as if I see it for the first time. Whith a deep pain in my hart and soul because I can do nothing to comfort and protect this man while he is bravely with integrety trying to tell his hartbreaking story for the first time in his live to somebody and for camera as well.. Give him time and space to remember what he doesn’t want to remember, let him tell and feel and cry.. With compassion and professionality leading him through…
After reading all the comments below I am glad to find out I am not alone on my impression of the interviewer, it is a shame that they do not prepare and learn listening skills, she flows from one question to the other almost like reading a script with no compassion nor empathy, this gentleman is incredibly strong to be speaking about his experiences during the war, his children will be surprised and grateful to learn about their father's early life, too many survivors never speak about their past, terribly sad.
She "is" reading notes or more likely an outline. These types of testimonies are hard enough for both the interviewer and the survivors, to flow through their (early) good years and then to remember the tragic bad years, to reminisce over and over these details, it takes a toll on a person, considering there is only sadness and heartbreak in these memories that their telling. These brave people we call Survivors, they are Surviving every time they tell their story, its hard on them, and its hard for them in their twilight years to keep every detail straight.. being grilled and drilled, and with watching the clock (as the interviewer has a time limit). This interviewer isn't as bad as some have been. But, its hard on both parties to keep the story flowing, in an orderly fashion, and finish on-time. No matter who the interviewer is.
Horrible interviewer/interrogator. She read her list of questions like a robot. This man should have walked away. I could not even finish watching the interview because of this woman 😭
i think that this interviewer never knew hardship lots of people had to start work at 12 years to help the family god bless this poor man not only had he to work at 12 but then all the horror he whent through
@@henryworthington8261 Shame on the interviewer! Unforgivable behaviour to coldly rush a person who's crying, instead of giving him more time,gently saying "I'm very sorry for your loss/for what happened to you" and then GENTLY asking "Can you continue?"!!!!!!!!! And stop defending her! Shame on her and on you!
@@RD-0101 This was a recounting of dreadful events, not a therapy session. For the interviewer to be self-controlled helped him to keep remembering. Do you think your response is gentle and respectful?
If I remember correctly he never told anyone in his family the story he tells in this video. He hasn’t sorted it out for himself, and I’m sure that’s a difficult job for a human who endured concentration camps.
And how do you ‘sort out’ such happenings. I would imagine the best thing is to look forward, but then he lost one of his sons. Life’s hard, and that is really hard on the back of already such massive losses.
I felt very disturbed by this interviewer. Her questions were rapid fire and cold like machine gun bullets! It is a traumatic experience to have lived through such horrific events. Interviewers should be more compassionate!
This man deserved a better interviewer. She skims over everything and she talks down to him as if he's a child. Her affected, baby talk is super annoying.
Oh poor poor you! Do you live in the world or just a make-believe place? She needed to do her job, she had to get a good recount of events for this man. She helped him very much. He thanked her, I say again - he thanked her. He is the important one, not you.
@@henryworthington8261He thanked her only because he was a polite man. She could have given him more time when he cried, say "I'm very sorry! " and then gently ask "Can you continue?". This way,he would have opened more and it would have been a much better interview! Are YOU living in a normal world or you had a hursh childhood with very tough parents?🤔 Because you are wrong in every single comment.
How unsurprising that the trauma and horrors experienced as a teenager still affect this man deeply. Locked away inside him for half a lifetime and he was unsure at the beginning of this interview of how/or if, he could speak. His children will be upset when they learn from the video what their father went through. He has courage somewhere deep in his soul & the world should know what went on during the Holocaust. I sincerely hope that he finds happiness & peace in his later years.
I felt as though the interviewer was applying modern opinions on family size, lifestyle, work/school realities, etc. She seemed astonished that the cbildren all slept together, school wasnt compulsory or that their family perhaps couldnt afford medication. Life was very different then compared to how life is now. The interviewer couldnt hide her judgment of his mother and his family. She should try to hide that in the future.
I am astonished that such living conditions were ‘middle class’ then. We don’t know we are born these days. But there was love in that family, and care and concern. You have the impression that all ran well. I see many families around me who don’t have that.
the interviewer talked more than the survivor. he seemed reluctant to talk without her asking a question so it was excruciating to listen to. It was a bad pairing. It came off as an interrogation. Plus, her constant note taking without remembering things he just said made it worse. this case as in many of these interviewers are asking long complicated word sentences to non native english speakers instead of a simple question. Her manner was also cold and she asked unimportant questions and didnt inquire further on other ones that were important. the fact that these things were not asked or talked about soon after the war is mind boggling but as we come to find in most instances these things are purposefully suppressed by the majority and government suppression. If theyre allowed to tell of their horrible experiences then the rest of the people cant complain or vent on petty things. It appears allied and neutral countries didnt want to receive such huge numbers of the jewish population all at once for economical reasons so its quite possible the major leaders knew of the demise of the jews. For whatever reasons for such horrendous persecution it just seems the world feared them. It always comes to pass after 50 or so years after a major crime and all of the leaders of the time have died and gone, that poking the bear is allowed.
The powerful countries like USA & UK could have worked together to receive all the jews and then send them to other friendly countries. The powerful governments were despicable and surely they knew it all and maybe they even agreed with the nazis. There's a photo of the british Queen and the 2 princesses(one of them future Queen Elizabeth as a child) making a Heil Hitler salute.🤢 And this interviewer could have had a successful career in the Gestapo.
I thought the interviewer was very cold. The poor man needed a break and some water. I wanted to tell her to shut up and let him take a few minutes to calm down. It sounded torturous! She shouldn’t be allowing to interview anymore.😡
I’ve listened to lots of testimony but this interview omg didn’t even ask if this poor man was ok when crying . He lost his family throughout the holocaust breaks my heart 😢No listening skills this interviewer I would have at least listened carefully to him which she didn’t do at all when he was speaking I could go on and on so mad 😡
Though this interviewer was not the best, maybe we could focus on the important and heart-wrenching testimony of the interviewee, especially considering the recording was made in 1996 and that no more interviews are or can be made for obvious reasons.
The interviewer has no interviewing skills whatsoever. She asked too many unnecessary questions instead of allowing that brave man to just speak his account of the atrocities uninterrupted. Whoever introduced her to him is just as horrible as she.
My personal comment on and about Mr. Wald.. This (his) testimony was too hard on him.. in various ways. There are some survivors who have Not, come to terms nor able to "peacefully" leave the past stay in the past, even in their twilight years. Some of these brave survivors had mentioned it in their testimonies, they had tried their best to push their bad and tragic memories aside, and move forward with their lives, but as hard they tried, it haunts them still, even and especially in their twilight years. To tell the truth, we late senior citizens tend to get more sentimental with the aging. Maybe its because we're no longer running after our children anymore, or maybe because we know we're going to leave this earth soon, and meet our ancestors.. the ones who left us too soon. But our memories are more vivid to us in our twilight years. But, this gentleman, and a few others who've I've heard and read testimony of their telling, it was too hard on them. God Bless them for doing so.
Yes as he said in the beginning ‘There was nothing in it for him’. But there was for us, and for his family. They should know and we should know too. The more who know, the more chance of that one person stopping themselves being the perpetrator next time. Trust in Jesus, and make the most of each day in a loving way to those around you.
@@henryworthington8261 Very well said.. and I totally agree. But some of the survivors have such a hard time telling their story to us. They "should", they "must", for obvious reasons. But for some survivors it digs up the past like digging up their lost loved ones graves. Its hard on them, to keep rehashing & reliving the worse time in their lives. Thats all I am saying.
@@henryworthington8261 And if someone trusts in Moses,not in Jesus,and still makes the most of each day in a loving way to those around him, he's not ok,not good enough for you?
@@RD-0101 It’s not good enough for him. I don’t matter. Moses was just a man like the rest of us, it’s not sensible to trust in men. They are not fallible. Jesus was the son of God. God is infallible and rules.
@@henryworthington8261 All your passive aggressive troll comments in this section and here you are PUSHING JESUS TO PEOPLE UNDER A HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS TESTIMONY. Shameful facepalm.
This interviewer didn’t do anything to validate or even acknowledge the retraumatization that was happening right in front of her. I get that she was under a lot of pressure to get his entire testimony but she made it way too obvious that she was getting frustrated and and the fact that he didn’t respond in a way to match her energy shows how strong he really is. I had to turn it off when she blurted out “WHY ARE YOU CRYING”. Beyond disgusting.
If this man did not have PTSD before, he definately had it after this interview. This particular interviewer should have been pulled, and a person with maturity, kindness, empathy, and listening skills, this video should have been done again, this poor soul, non of these qualities applied to this interviewer. Let's hope she never listens to herself. 😮😥
Bless his heart, seems to be very uncomfortable ,he seems to have trouble collecting his memories... it's as if she has to pulling out of him. Same as if he would do better if he was allowed to just tell what he remembers in his own words. He seems to be maybe a little embarrassed because he can't really remember very well, and some events😢
This interviewer is grossly incompetent, unprofessional, and downright rude. On top of all this her lack of intelligence and basic historical knowledge is insufficient for being qualified to conduct this interview. It's actually more like an interrogation. Painful to sit through. As much as I want to hear this man's testimony, I don't think I can make it to the end. I hope this woman has matured after this and is aware of her behavior.
The interviewer seemed to question Mr. Wald more like an interrogator - and she suffered from poor listening skills. How dear man, did you not collapse. And what about those 10,000 Gypsies who were killed to make room for the Jewish prisoners not a word.
Although I agree with some of your opinions regarding the interviewer, she needed to ask questions to help this gentleman remember and open up. I do agree that inquiring about his personality was ridiculous. His eyes seemed so sad😢❤
Terribly rude interviewer - my gosh😢 How did she ever get this to do!!! Its painful to listen to her horiible tone of questioning esp for a man in so much distress about even deciding to be there !!!! Such an interrogation!! He had amazingly terrible experiences and she makes it sound like she doesnt believe him !! My goah this is so terrible!!
I usually try to be understanding and sympathetic towards the interviewer. It’s not an easy job to interview asking these very hard questions from these very old people. There’s sometimes a language barrier as well . I’m sure it’s difficult. But this interviewer has to be the all-time worst. She has no sympathy for this man and continually ask him questions that bring out emotional reaction and she has no feelings for him after he expresses all this emotion. I hope she got into a different line of work and is doing well, but this is clearly not her thing.
Oh no ! I shouldn't have read comments first, but I really want to hear his testimony. Unfortunately alot of the interviewers are too rapid fire with their questions.
The interrogator -she does not deserve to be called interviewer-, is rude and obnoxious. This gentleman was absolutely traumatised, and needed someone more empathetic and of course, capable.
Good for him he could tell and cry. Even if she was so incompetent, may be this interview opened a mental door for him, maybe he gave himself afterwards the permission to recall and to tell, the only way to heal. I hope so.
I know some people have criticized the interviewer, but I thought she did an excellent job. It wasn’t easy to get him to articulate what he could or wanted to remember.
Boo, I think the interviewer is doing a great job. She looks and sounds young, that’s all it is. She sounds cooperative, really. It appears she’s doing all she can to keep it light, under the circumstances. Did a great job so far - I’m halfway thru.
rudest interviewer who wasted his timewith some idiotic questions Please vet these interviewers who are so full of themselves we want to listento him not Miss World
Wenn man das hört hat man keinen Zweifel mehr daran, dass es den Teufel gibt. Wer sich dem Bösen verschreibt, wird sich für seine Taten vor Gott verantworten müssen. Mein Gewissen sagt mir, dass es eine ewig gültige Gerechtigkeit geben wird.
She’s not a bad interviewer, he’s difficult to interview because he doesnt take a question and run with it. Doesn’t k ow ages of family or mom or dads siblings, he doesn’t elaborate . I’m sure it’s difficult but some are easier to interview than others. He’s not easy.
So much loss. Hard, very hard to have so much loss. Strong man, but we are not built for so much loss. So God did not intend it, but man is sinful. Mankind has the potential for great evil.
Absolutely uncalled for. What do people do when they beat somebody up? You don't need to ask that? Shame on you! Why don't you just let him volunteer his information without picking him to death. Leave him some dignity he's not a child!!😡... it's not down to answer questions what they had to do to survive eliminate the enemy and their own concentration camp. Leave it alone..😡... you making him out like he's the the villain. Quit it ...!😡
My statement is at the beginning of the interview( this man has been tortured father Nazis ).... I don't know what he said throughout the interview cuz I'm not watching as of yet( I'm sure he's not telling it all)...😢..i find that's some of the questioning it's very unnecessary and he has a hard time Gathering his memories.... 😢..... according to the way he is finding it hard to address some of the questioning I'm sure the very unimportant to him because of the events that he has suffered in the concentration camp God bless this poor individual I feel sorry for him that he's having to go through what he's going through and this interview😖... what does it matter what he looks like at the age of 9 or 10 years old I'm sure and his mind all the importance is what he's going through in the concentration camp. God bless his heart❤
I somehow think this gentleman has trauma locked deep inside of him. Memory a bit patchy and answers to questions often sketchy, maybe jut too painful to pursue. He lived in a town in Poland in another time frame and both he & his family truly felt the wrath of the occupying Germans. I do think that the young ? female interviewer could have done things differently - how much research had she done before this interview. There seemed to be very little empathy to be honest. If this lovely man is still alive, I wish him well and congratulate him for sticking with it during a painful interview.
Young woman you should be dismissed from your job of interviewing people send message if you don't understand the situation of survival and what they had to do for it. (You're treating him like a child.)......( I'm appalled!!!!!!!!)........ say how stupid your question is what do you do with a loaf of bread when you're starving ? wipe your behind ?👹😤😤😡👹... lady in most certainly don't need a job interviewing people you should be fired on the spot...!!!!!!
After watching so many of these testimonies I think it is because they want to ensure that there is a record of what they witnessed and endured so that we all never forget! I am so grateful that he found the strength to tell his story. God bless him and his family.
Wow Patricia, have you even listened to him? He's said that he never told anyone except his wife about his life. So he is not one of the survivors who has experience in giving her/his testimony or is talking to audiences. It takes a lot of courage to finally decide to talk. One can tell how tough and overwhelming it is for him to remember and relive the horrors he went through. Also, when asked about his personality in the beginning, he states that he is not very outgoing/extrovert. I have great respect for him to go out of his way to give his testimony and maybe one day he'll open up to his family.
The interviewer was more of an INTERROGATOR! Painful to watch after seeing so many compassionate interviewers of other holocaust survivors via the USC Shoah Foundation. 3:03:22 😊
Do you know I hate those people who run over to people and fuss them when they have fallen. It’s embarrassing. How the heck could she hug him in this interview. He and she both had a job to do. They did it, thankfully.
When a person is falling near you, you don't rush to help him? Thank God I'm not your relative,friend,neighbour. You have no compassion for people. We see it in all your comments. I pitty you.
The interviewer spoke to him like he was some criminal she is very heartless didn’t even hug the man why he cried I hope she got a good telling off. I would of told her straight if I was there
Bless you Dear Man. For not only surviving the Holocaust but for surviving this interview. Im so sorry you had to go thru both.
My exact sentiment. Thans, for saying what I too feel for their telling testimony. Bless you, who ever you are. 🙂
Here in 2023 honoring the memory of this brave gentleman. What a misfortune to have had this interviewer. Horrible.
Yes she sounded like teacher asking test questions. Nontrue empathy or respect.
My heart broke for this gentleman.
Unfortunately, the interviewer was naive re Jewish history, and displayed a lack of compassion for this man.
Bless his heart
Oh she should sit and cry should she? Would that have helped? No she was there to help him, to keep bringing him back to the facts and help him to recount. This was his chance to tell his story. He would not thank her for not being strong enough to do that now would he?
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She shouldn't have hurried him up at the end,when the poor man started to cry.She should have given him more time,she should have said "I'm very sorry for your loss/for what happened to you!", and then she should have asked him gently "Can you continue now?".
The abhorrent ignorance and lack of listening skills are disgraceful given what this dear man went through.
You are making the ignorant comment. She was doing her job and she did it with dignity and thoughtfulness.
The interviewer is cold no compassion for this gentleman, I hope she can read the comments, Thank you to tell your story , strong, courageous men, God bless you 🙏🇦🇺🌻
The interviewer is doing her job, keeping composed and guiding him through the events. Don’t be such a wet.
@@henryworthington8261you are wrong, look at the comments ,👿😰 everybody has the same opinion 🇦🇺😀
@@ericahalmai8490 Just because other people think differently doesn’t mean they are necessarily right. Many people are prone to knee-jerk reactions these days. Sometimes it is wise to consider all factors. This man had dreadful things to relate and may very well have needed, or asked, the interviewer to not be too shaken up by them. If she were then he would have her feelings to consider when relating the facts. Many of these survivors do not relate these horrific facts to their children or grandchildren for fear of upsetting them and their lives.
She’s awful, acts like it’s just another interview,
It absolutely breaks my heart because you can tell he is still traumatized😪😭🙏🏼 it makes me so angry that America and many many other countries didn’t give the Jewish people refuge. I will never not believe that our government didn’t know from the beginning what the final solution was for Jewish and Gypsies. These people deserved refuge they were in real danger. I’m so glad that lovely man made the video. I have so much respect for all the people who went through the Holocaust and lost so so much, you can replace homes, you cannot replace family💔
I have to stop after only half an hour. The interviewer made me so anxious, I can't even imagine what this poor man felt. He was obviously uncomfortable, and she didn't make things easier.
As my dad would say that interviewer needs a good kick square in the ass. The way she rushed him at the end and way quite cold througg the interview. This man had a difficult time and did so very well. My heart broke for him.
She repeats everything he says and talks to him like he's a child.
@@binkytube yeah i forgot that part. If someone spoke to my father like that i would lose my mind and snap
You Guys! so many of you condemn her.. you have to remember she has an outline to follow herself. And only so much time to video him and any other survivor testimonies.. they "both" are on a time-line (so to speak). whenever a survivor gets silent, trying to Not choke-up, crying, or trail-off.. the interviewer has to get them back-on-track as soon as possible, otherwise there wont be any time left for the survivor to give their parting words... nor for the audiances questions. The video minutes is only so long. So give her a break.
@helenh493 nope she is cold andheartless
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There should be no time limit for such testimonies,one more tape is not a problem. She hurried him while he was crying,instead of giving him more time and saying "I'm very sorry for your loss/for what happened to you" and then GENTLY saying "Can you continue?".
Unforgivable behaviour she had! Shame on her!
This heartless Brunhilde could have worked for the gestapo, Just listen to her voice. She is not an interviewer, she is an interrogator. Scared me to death.
She's very passive/aggressive.
She is so insensitive and cold it makes it painful to listen to her question, I feel so sorry for this lovely gentleman and the icy way of this woman's questioning, sorry but I just can't stand her.
No you are wrong. I have listened to many of these now. She needed to keep him on track. One can feel the hurt more if someone starts to sympathise with one.
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You are wrong. You can keep a person on track with compassion. You should try it in your life.
So heart braking. It takes a real man to cry. He’s such a beautiful soul♥️
Me too. I just want to hug him, tell him everything would be okay now, he looks like a grandpa. Xxx
‘It takes a real man to cry’. What sort of patronising comment is that?
@@henryworthington8261 I don't think the commentor meant it that way.. its not patronizing at all. Its more of saying he has and had Every Right to hurt, and shed tears of Loss, tears of painful remembrance, tears of being "the survivor" to Witness for those thousands who couldn't. Remember, back in their time the so-called (real) Men, never showed emotion, like sad tearful emotion. It wasn't Manly. and boys were brought up that way. That "he" could and would show it to all of us strangers, online, is truly showing his raw true (although hurting) Self... is Very Manly! Its Not a Slam of any kind. Its the Opposite.
What a brave man and what a HORRIBLE PERSON to interview him. I’m so so sad he had to sit through this. I’m not a violent person at all but honestly I just want to slap her. I hope she was fired or removed from ever interviewing anyone showing this much pain as Mr Sid. May he RIP.
I agree this woman is totally unprofessional. No matter that there is a time limit.... Hope this woman sees all the comments
If I had been this poor man I would have told this hateful woman where she could go. No empathy by her whatsoever. I hope she gets her payback.
Most of the young people today don't have any compassion or common sense either one. I think if she would have asked him to tell his own story in his own words it would be a much better interview and most comfortable for him... I really think she wanted it to be on her instead of about him... vanity missed anything that she felt it was important for everybody to know then she could have asked her questions .... I truly think she was trying to do a good job😢
I Do not think that she was bad
I feel that she helps him to talk
I watched 40 minutes of this interview. I had to stop listening to it because of the interviewer. I couldn't take much more of her. I really wanted to hear his testimony, I just couldn't . The family member should of stopped the interview, I sure would of. I'm surprised he didn't walk out. She belittled him. I have watched many of these interviews and nothing like her. I can't imagine the questions she asked him about the Holocaust. It was so painful to listen to this woman any longer. I hope he found much Peace and Joy in his life.
The end was especially bad.He was crying and she hurried him along, barking out who's this, who's that? It was awful.
I agree! The interviewer was brutal!! I did feel so terribly sorry for the lovely man who clearly is still very badly affected by the horrors of the Holocaust. Thank you very much, Sir, for sharing your experiences and I wish you and your family the very, very best for the future. Greetings from New Zealand.
Totally insensitive interviewer. So many irrelevant questions. For this man to finally tell his story and have it made more difficult by this clumsy woman makes me sad. He deserved better.
Ridiculous comment. She and he did a good job, together.
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Only in your head she did a good job. Almost everyone here is telling you this, but you still think her behaviour was normal and ok. Did you have a rough childhood with your parents? I'm sorry for you, I really am, you seem to lack empathy,compassion and soul.
@@henryworthington8261 You made 40 comments defending the Interviewer dismissive passive aggressive comments you sound like YOU are the interviewer trolling all the comments with likes on how unproffessional the interviewer was.
@@Sad_Bumper_StickerIndeed. This wasn't about the job she did. She should have been barely noticeable and apparently doesn't even have the grace or humility to realize that.
Sidney Wald, Holocaust survivor, we heard you. The rest is noise.
Wow…I hope his soul found rest. So much sadness and pain!!
I’ve seen many many survivers being interviewd by onprofessional onprepared in sometimes interogating and even traumatising ways.
This one I’ve seen more than a view times and hits me again and again as if I see it for the first time.
Whith a deep pain in my hart and soul because
I can do nothing to comfort and protect this man while he is bravely with integrety trying to tell his hartbreaking story for the first time in his live to somebody and for camera as well..
Give him time and space to remember what he doesn’t want to remember, let him tell and feel and cry..
With compassion and professionality leading him through…
After reading all the comments below I am glad to find out I am not alone on my impression of the interviewer, it is a shame that they do not prepare and learn listening skills, she flows from one question to the other almost like reading a script with no compassion nor empathy, this gentleman is incredibly strong to be speaking about his experiences during the war, his children will be surprised and grateful to learn about their father's early life, too many survivors never speak about their past, terribly sad.
She "is" reading notes or more likely an outline. These types of testimonies are hard enough for both the interviewer and the survivors, to flow through their (early) good years and then to remember the tragic bad years, to reminisce over and over these details, it takes a toll on a person, considering there is only sadness and heartbreak in these memories that their telling. These brave people we call Survivors, they are Surviving every time they tell their story, its hard on them, and its hard for them in their twilight years to keep every detail straight.. being grilled and drilled, and with watching the clock (as the interviewer has a time limit). This interviewer isn't as bad as some have been. But, its hard on both parties to keep the story flowing, in an orderly fashion, and finish on-time. No matter who the interviewer is.
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Yes, I agree with the above. Let up on the interviewer. She did a good job for him.
Not the best interviewer I have heard. Some inane questions Repeated questions etc
She is lame
Horrible interviewer/interrogator. She read her list of questions like a robot. This man should have walked away. I could not even finish watching the interview because of this woman 😭
She sounds like she has a lot of personal problems stemming from her passive/aggressive personality shown here.
She needed to help him to relate well. I think he needed that as well. She did well.
i think that this interviewer never knew hardship lots of people had to start work at 12 years to help the family god bless this poor man not only had he to work at 12 but then all the horror he whent through
😢 the interviewer was so cold
And you are so warm? Making such a comment on someone doing their job and concentrating so hard. She got a good interview for him.
@@henryworthington8261No, she didn't. It's only in your head.
How did this interviewer end up with this brave man UGH!
It ended up with a beautiful photo of the happy family he and his wife built up!
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Shame on the interviewer! Unforgivable behaviour to coldly rush a person who's crying, instead of giving him more time,gently saying "I'm very sorry for your loss/for what happened to you" and then GENTLY asking "Can you continue?"!!!!!!!!!
And stop defending her! Shame on her and on you!
@@RD-0101 This was a recounting of dreadful events, not a therapy session. For the interviewer to be self-controlled helped him to keep remembering. Do you think your response is gentle and respectful?
If I remember correctly he never told anyone in his family the story he tells in this video. He hasn’t sorted it out for himself, and I’m sure that’s a difficult job for a human who endured concentration camps.
He says he has shared his story only with his wife
And how do you ‘sort out’ such happenings. I would imagine the best thing is to look forward, but then he lost one of his sons. Life’s hard, and that is really hard on the back of already such massive losses.
I felt very disturbed by this interviewer. Her questions were rapid fire and cold like machine gun bullets! It is a traumatic experience to have lived through such horrific events. Interviewers should be more compassionate!
She practically berates him when he tells her that the barracks men beat a traitor..
She needed to get the facts straight. To help him recount. She was doing her job and she accomplished a good interview for him.
It felt more like an interrogation.
The interviewer is so rude and not compassionate at all sounds like she is introgating him for wrong doing .
She could have had a successul career in the Gestapo.😖
This man deserved a better interviewer. She skims over everything and she talks down to him as if he's a child. Her affected, baby talk is super annoying.
She is awful
This gentleman deserved a better interviewer. I'm surprised he continued the interview. I wouldn't have!
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Agree totally
Bless him 💙wonderful man
An older interviewer would have been better
What an awful woman! I cannot listen to any more of her. Poor man😢
Oh poor poor you! Do you live in the world or just a make-believe place? She needed to do her job, she had to get a good recount of events for this man. She helped him very much. He thanked her, I say again - he thanked her. He is the important one, not you.
@@henryworthington8261He thanked her only because he was a polite man.
She could have given him more time when he cried, say "I'm very sorry! " and then gently ask "Can you continue?". This way,he would have opened more and it would have been a much better interview!
Are YOU living in a normal world or you had a hursh childhood with very tough parents?🤔
Because you are wrong in every single comment.
Wonderful man. Terribly cold interviewer.
How unsurprising that the trauma and horrors experienced as a teenager still affect this man deeply. Locked away inside
him for half a lifetime and he was unsure at the beginning of this interview of how/or if, he could speak. His children will
be upset when they learn from the video what their father went through. He has courage somewhere deep in his soul &
the world should know what went on during the Holocaust. I sincerely hope that he finds happiness & peace in his later
years.
I felt as though the interviewer was applying modern opinions on family size, lifestyle, work/school realities, etc. She seemed astonished that the cbildren all slept together, school wasnt compulsory or that their family perhaps couldnt afford medication. Life was very different then compared to how life is now. The interviewer couldnt hide her judgment of his mother and his family. She should try to hide that in the future.
I am astonished that such living conditions were ‘middle class’ then. We don’t know we are born these days. But there was love in that family, and care and concern. You have the impression that all ran well. I see many families around me who don’t have that.
She is not adept as an interviewer
PS : to my regret I sometimes stop watching an interview because the interviewer is so bad it overrules the surviver…
….so sad….may you be blessed for eternity in heaven…..!
Interviewer sounds more like an interagater
She's very passive/aggressive.
She has to do her job and concentrate, and she did. She did a good job, and so did he because of her help.
How dare she talk to him in this manner and tone. She appears to have insufficient training and next to no compassion. 😢
It must have taken so much courage for this man to talk about his life.
the interviewer talked more than the survivor. he seemed reluctant to talk without her asking a question so it was excruciating to listen to. It was a bad pairing. It came off as an interrogation. Plus, her constant note taking without remembering things he just said made it worse. this case as in many of these interviewers are asking long complicated word sentences to non native english speakers instead of a simple question. Her manner was also cold and she asked unimportant questions and didnt inquire further on other ones that were important. the fact that these things were not asked or talked about soon after the war is mind boggling but as we come to find in most instances these things are purposefully suppressed by the majority and government suppression. If theyre allowed to tell of their horrible experiences then the rest of the people cant complain or vent on petty things. It appears allied and neutral countries didnt want to receive such huge numbers of the jewish population all at once for economical reasons so its quite possible the major leaders knew of the demise of the jews. For whatever reasons for such horrendous persecution it just seems the world feared them. It always comes to pass after 50 or so years after a major crime and all of the leaders of the time have died and gone, that poking the bear is allowed.
The powerful countries like USA & UK could have worked together to receive all the jews and then send them to other friendly countries. The powerful governments were despicable and surely they knew it all and maybe they even agreed with the nazis. There's a photo of the british Queen and the 2 princesses(one of them future Queen Elizabeth as a child) making a Heil Hitler salute.🤢
And this interviewer could have had a successful career in the Gestapo.
Its drives me wild how little the interveiwers actually listen to the person talking and asks the same thing the person just said!
Oh come, come. She was doing her job.
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This poor man 😢had to be interviewed by this heartless woman . Made me mad and sad x
I thought the interviewer was very cold. The poor man needed a break and some water. I wanted to tell her to shut up and let him take a few minutes to calm down. It sounded torturous! She shouldn’t be allowing to interview anymore.😡
Sweet man. My heart hurts.
I’ve listened to lots of testimony but this interview omg didn’t even ask if this poor man was ok when crying . He lost his family throughout the holocaust breaks my heart 😢No listening skills this interviewer I would have at least listened carefully to him which she didn’t do at all when he was speaking I could go on and on so mad 😡
What a wonderful man so sad
He is a wonderful men , may God bless & family 🇦🇺🍀🙏. the interviewer needs to change her job 👿👿🇦🇺
I found it very cruel of the interviewer to repeat about the baby's murder. It was covered previously.
Though this interviewer was not the best, maybe we could focus on the important and heart-wrenching testimony of the interviewee, especially considering the recording was made in 1996 and that no more interviews are or can be made for obvious reasons.
This interview is invaluable. However, it feels like just one more heartless interrogation. 😢
The interviewer has no interviewing skills whatsoever. She asked too many unnecessary questions instead of allowing that brave man to just speak his account of the atrocities uninterrupted. Whoever introduced her to him is just as horrible as she.
I don’t understand why the interviewers ask specific dates, like siblings birthdays, we don’t need there birthdate! Ages are sufficient
It was for documentation for the future
very corageous man❤
IM listening in 2024 What an arrogant ,ignorant interviewer. You can imagine her questioning prisoners!!
The poor man,he was doing a stellar job.
My personal comment on and about Mr. Wald.. This (his) testimony was too hard on him.. in various ways. There are some survivors who have Not, come to terms nor able to "peacefully" leave the past stay in the past, even in their twilight years. Some of these brave survivors had mentioned it in their testimonies, they had tried their best to push their bad and tragic memories aside, and move forward with their lives, but as hard they tried, it haunts them still, even and especially in their twilight years. To tell the truth, we late senior citizens tend to get more sentimental with the aging. Maybe its because we're no longer running after our children anymore, or maybe because we know we're going to leave this earth soon, and meet our ancestors.. the ones who left us too soon. But our memories are more vivid to us in our twilight years. But, this gentleman, and a few others who've I've heard and read testimony of their telling, it was too hard on them. God Bless them for doing so.
Yes as he said in the beginning ‘There was nothing in it for him’. But there was for us, and for his family. They should know and we should know too. The more who know, the more chance of that one person stopping themselves being the perpetrator next time. Trust in Jesus, and make the most of each day in a loving way to those around you.
@@henryworthington8261 Very well said.. and I totally agree. But some of the survivors have such a hard time telling their story to us. They "should", they "must", for obvious reasons. But for some survivors it digs up the past like digging up their lost loved ones graves. Its hard on them, to keep rehashing & reliving the worse time in their lives. Thats all I am saying.
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And if someone trusts in Moses,not in Jesus,and still makes the most of each day in a loving way to those around him, he's not ok,not good enough for you?
@@RD-0101 It’s not good enough for him. I don’t matter. Moses was just a man like the rest of us, it’s not sensible to trust in men. They are not fallible. Jesus was the son of God. God is infallible and rules.
@@henryworthington8261 All your passive aggressive troll comments in this section and here you are PUSHING JESUS TO PEOPLE UNDER A HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS TESTIMONY. Shameful facepalm.
This interviewer didn’t do anything to validate or even acknowledge the retraumatization that was happening right in front of her. I get that she was under a lot of pressure to get his entire testimony but she made it way too obvious that she was getting frustrated and and the fact that he didn’t respond in a way to match her energy shows how strong he really is. I had to turn it off when she blurted out “WHY ARE YOU CRYING”. Beyond disgusting.
If this man did not have PTSD before, he definately had it after this interview. This particular interviewer should have been pulled, and a person with maturity, kindness, empathy, and listening skills, this video should have been done again, this poor soul, non of these qualities applied to this interviewer. Let's hope she never listens to herself. 😮😥
The question about his siblings' personalities was too overwhelming!
Someone higher up should have stepped in.
Bless his heart, seems to be very uncomfortable ,he seems to have trouble collecting his memories... it's as if she has to pulling out of him. Same as if he would do better if he was allowed to just tell what he remembers in his own words. He seems to be maybe a little embarrassed because he can't really remember very well, and some events😢
This interviewer is grossly incompetent, unprofessional, and downright rude.
On top of all this her lack of intelligence and basic historical knowledge is insufficient for being qualified to conduct this interview. It's actually more like an interrogation.
Painful to sit through.
As much as I want to hear this man's testimony, I don't think I can make it to the end. I hope this woman has matured after this and is aware of her behavior.
I would like hear more of his voice, than the interviewing
The interviewer seemed to question Mr. Wald more like an interrogator - and she suffered from poor listening skills. How dear man, did you not collapse. And what about those 10,000 Gypsies who were killed to make room for the Jewish prisoners not a word.
Thou shalt not forget.
Although I agree with some of your opinions regarding the interviewer, she needed to ask questions to help this gentleman remember and open up. I do agree that inquiring about his personality was ridiculous. His eyes seemed so sad😢❤
The volume of his testimony is so low, he is hard to understand. Please correct thank you
Terribly rude interviewer - my gosh😢 How did she ever get this to do!!! Its painful to listen to her horiible tone of questioning esp for a man in so much distress about even deciding to be there !!!! Such an interrogation!! He had amazingly terrible experiences and she makes it sound like she doesnt believe him !! My goah this is so terrible!!
Well, the interviewer was very bad. Someone should have intervened on the Survivor's behalf.
These Survivors deserve our respect and their dignity.
I usually try to be understanding and sympathetic towards the interviewer. It’s not an easy job to interview asking these very hard questions from these very old people. There’s sometimes a language barrier as well . I’m sure it’s difficult. But this interviewer has to be the all-time worst. She has no sympathy for this man and continually ask him questions that bring out emotional reaction and she has no feelings for him after he expresses all this emotion. I hope she got into a different line of work and is doing well, but this is clearly not her thing.
God bless him ,God bless the Jews, God bless Israel❤
After reading the comments could not watch the interview😢
That interviewer is crazy.
Oh no ! I shouldn't have read comments first, but I really want to hear his testimony. Unfortunately alot of the interviewers are too rapid fire with their questions.
The interviewer is the worst. Shame on her
The interviewer was not trained well.
My heart go, s out to this poor man the interviewer very rud she shouldnt be doing this job she shod learn communication skills
The interrogator -she does not deserve to be called interviewer-, is rude and obnoxious. This gentleman was absolutely traumatised, and needed someone more empathetic and of course, capable.
Good for him he could tell and cry. Even if she was so incompetent, may be this interview opened a mental door for him, maybe he gave himself afterwards the permission to recall and to tell, the only way to heal. I hope so.
I know some people have criticized the interviewer, but I thought she did an excellent job.
It wasn’t easy to get him to articulate what he could or wanted to remember.
Inane questions! Repeat questions! Doesn't show any empathy ! Pushes for un necessary descriptions and details !
Boo, I think the interviewer is doing a great job. She looks and sounds young, that’s all it is. She sounds cooperative, really. It appears she’s doing all she can to keep it light, under the circumstances. Did a great job so far - I’m halfway thru.
rudest interviewer who wasted his timewith some idiotic questions Please vet these interviewers who are so full of themselves we want to listento him not Miss World
Volume on 99% of these testimonies only allows for interviewer to be heard clearly... the survivors are so so quiet, can't watch due to this.
I was loud and clear on my iPhone thankfully.
Wenn man das hört hat man keinen Zweifel mehr daran, dass es den Teufel gibt. Wer sich dem Bösen verschreibt, wird sich für seine Taten vor Gott verantworten müssen. Mein Gewissen sagt mir, dass es eine ewig gültige Gerechtigkeit geben wird.
She’s not a bad interviewer, he’s difficult to interview because he doesnt take a question and run with it. Doesn’t k ow ages of family or mom or dads siblings, he doesn’t elaborate . I’m sure it’s difficult but some are easier to interview than others. He’s not easy.
So much loss. Hard, very hard to have so much loss. Strong man, but we are not built for so much loss. So God did not intend it, but man is sinful. Mankind has the potential for great evil.
Absolutely uncalled for. What do people do when they beat somebody up? You don't need to ask that? Shame on you! Why don't you just let him volunteer his information without picking him to death. Leave him some dignity he's not a child!!😡... it's not down to answer questions what they had to do to survive eliminate the enemy and their own concentration camp. Leave it alone..😡... you making him out like he's the the villain. Quit it ...!😡
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My statement is at the beginning of the interview( this man has been tortured father Nazis ).... I don't know what he said throughout the interview cuz I'm not watching as of yet( I'm sure he's not telling it all)...😢..i find that's some of the questioning it's very unnecessary and he has a hard time Gathering his memories.... 😢..... according to the way he is finding it hard to address some of the questioning I'm sure the very unimportant to him because of the events that he has suffered in the concentration camp God bless this poor individual I feel sorry for him that he's having to go through what he's going through and this interview😖... what does it matter what he looks like at the age of 9 or 10 years old I'm sure and his mind all the importance is what he's going through in the concentration camp. God bless his heart❤
I somehow think this gentleman has trauma locked deep inside of him. Memory a bit patchy and answers to questions often
sketchy, maybe jut too painful to pursue. He lived in a town in Poland in another time frame and both he & his family truly felt
the wrath of the occupying Germans. I do think that the young ? female interviewer could have done things differently - how
much research had she done before this interview. There seemed to be very little empathy to be honest. If this lovely man is
still alive, I wish him well and congratulate him for sticking with it during a painful interview.
Young woman you should be dismissed from your job of interviewing people send message if you don't understand the situation of survival and what they had to do for it. (You're treating him like a child.)......( I'm appalled!!!!!!!!)........ say how stupid your question is what do you do with a loaf of bread when you're starving ? wipe your behind ?👹😤😤😡👹... lady in most certainly don't need a job interviewing people you should be fired on the spot...!!!!!!
What a horrible interviewer
Awful interviewer
Why you crying REALLY LADY!!!!
is he still alive?
Wow..why did he do the interview if he didnt want to tell anything?
Time is right
After watching so many of these testimonies I think it is because they want to ensure that there is a record of what they witnessed and endured so that we all never forget! I am so grateful that he found the strength to tell his story. God bless him and his family.
Wow Patricia, have you even listened to him? He's said that he never told anyone except his wife about his life. So he is not one of the survivors who has experience in giving her/his testimony or is talking to audiences. It takes a lot of courage to finally decide to talk.
One can tell how tough and overwhelming it is for him to remember and relive the horrors he went through.
Also, when asked about his personality in the beginning, he states that he is not very outgoing/extrovert.
I have great respect for him to go out of his way to give his testimony and maybe one day he'll open up to his family.
The interviewer was more of an INTERROGATOR! Painful to watch after seeing so many compassionate interviewers of other holocaust survivors via the USC Shoah Foundation. 3:03:22 😊
You can't be serious
Not a good interviewer,e not sympathetic to him she coulf
Don’t get the best from him she did not even know what a pogrom was,, no sheasked stupid question, dtfnf get t o feel what those camps were le
When he told him her son died she had no empathy, not suitable ar aj
When he told him her son died she had no empathy, not suitable ar am
This it’s idwet was shocking No warmth no emparhry, all the time what happened next, Don’t let her inteviewAGAIN!,,
Do you know I hate those people who run over to people and fuss them when they have fallen. It’s embarrassing. How the heck could she hug him in this interview. He and she both had a job to do. They did it, thankfully.
When a person is falling near you, you don't rush to help him? Thank God I'm not your relative,friend,neighbour. You have no compassion for people. We see it in all your comments. I pitty you.
the issue is not about "fussing," it's about competent interviewing skills - age is irrelevant.
This is an interrogation and not an interview. This woman is oblivious.
I felt so bad for this precious man.
The interviewer is totally indifferent, impassionate and cold B... Horrible and ignorant. Poor survivor. He had to survive this bad interviewer ...
The interviewer spoke to him like he was some criminal she is very heartless didn’t even hug the man why he cried I hope she got a good telling off. I would of told her straight if I was there