A Holocaust Survivor Recalls The Day He Was Liberated
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I have a soft spot for old people, and seeing him cry tugged on my heart strings 💔
Yep.
Same😥
Rose F. Omg me too :(
same💔🥺😭
Lali Con Artist me too
What kind of monster dislikes this??
+Scythe .... your profile pic
AngelFlower Mark of Finnish airforces
+Scythe why do you deny it?
TrollsAreGonnaTroll Well thats your opinion
+Scythe clearly why? Do you think that the pictures, videos, stories, buildings and items are just there? Go visit a camp then you can see actual evidence to prove that it happened. Or just listen in your history class
hi
Just like most that pass you in the street. He’s not special!
@@darrenlowe3445 Nobody is, nobody said he is. Your point?
Wide Awake he’s legendary! You of course wouldn’t even be able to survive one day in this camp 🤦🏻♀️
Ice Heart you don’t know that? Why are you making assumptions?
lj
My point was quite clear.
One wouldn’t know most people’s past that they pass in the street.
Was that clear enough for you?
“We are free” you can’t tell me you didn’t tear up a little
I didn't
It came out of nowhere. I didn’t even tear up until that line
@@alicemiriah Same. Exactly.
Absolutely...
I didn't.
OK WHO'S CHOPPING ONIONS?
Lol
yea they made me cry a little
My mom sorry
im soulless I didnt cried or shed a tear
+Akane Matsuyama same
Haven't watched the full video yet but I know it's gonna be emotional so I got some tissues beforehand
Same👌🏼
same
I hope Buzzfeed release it !
+Niomi me too
same
i'm not crying you're crying
We're all crying
My eyes are just sweaty, don't judge.
|-/
You can cry from being happy
True I am crying (|-/)
Bless that Russian soldier
only 1? u know, over 27 000 000 soviet soldiers died to beat nazis
Trust me, Russians are not heroes. Read about what happened when after IIWW, about Soviet Union, Polish People's Republic and so on. Russians were as bad as Nazis. You must believe me- my grandmother told me all things that Russians done and this is terrible. So before you will glorify someone read about them. Your words cant hurt lot of people that Russians hurt in the past.
+Lew Tołstoj its better that the Soviets weakened the Nazis didnt it? Sure many Soviets are evil. Lets say a U.S troop shot someone in Vietnam. The mother of that Vietnamese person is crying. She just saw her son got shot by this U.S soldier. In the eyes of the mother, the U.S soldier is evil. So yes, people have their opinion. The course of history will definitely be different if it wasnt for the Russians to weaken the Nazis
Anna Nikolaev Save Russia? Yes. Save Europe? No. Definitely not. You have quite amount of genocides done on many nations and what you did with central european countries like Poland just prove it that you were caring only about your own asses.
+Anna Nikolaev listen to me. My grandmother is great women so shut your mouth and don't say anything bad about her!
Nowadays I think that Russia is OK. It has got own problems just like Poland. But in the past they weren't so innocent and crystal clear as you think. (but who was?)
I'm sorry but which three people so far... Disliked this?????
Russian POWs , Aktion T4 survivors , Tzigane
Maka Chigbolu
Do you know what samapudrien is , do you know how many russians pows starved to death in the nzais hands ?
+Béquat Réquat no i didn't I'm a 10 year old
Right now it's 19 people disliked
+Gracie Ames they're the people with no heart
"We are free." I cry everytime.
"Look at his hat, and it was a red star, a *Russian* soldier". Take note Hollywood.
Carolina MosVe different stories of camps on their Liberation day. Some are in movies, some not.
Really, you really want to make the case that Nazi Germany was worse then the Soviet Union ? Have you ever heard of the kulaks ? The Soviet Union seized the land from ukrainian farmers they deemed opressive and killed thousands of them. You know what happened because of that ? 6 million ukrainians died of starvation, things got so bad they started eating themselfs and the goverment had to remind it's citizens that it was wrong to eat their children. During soviet regime they estimate something around 20~80 million deaths happened.
Please, why are you talking about Ukrain only? My grandmother lived in Saratov area (Volga) - have you ever heard about starving in Volga region? They are talking about ukranians only, but this happened in several regions of the country. My grandmother was a child this time and she remembered everyting. 20-80 millions victims? Please, dont be the victim of propaganda yourself. As a Russian i think Stalin repressions were bad, but I can understand why they happend as it was a big price but the result was huge. Soviet Union became the leading country in the world for such a short period of time. Nazis - they are beasts - pure killers. I think there is no sense to explain you what I feel when I even read this word. I would sacrifice myself as did many people from my country to stop them. This camparison between communism and nazis is a dangerous trend, which means for me that nazi can come to power again. I think that mainly not Russians can have such oppinion that you have.
Carolina MosVe b l y a t
Do YOU realise its not completely true? Also its wasnt Stalin? How about Yezhov? Beria? Stop talking aroung if you know nothing about Russian history. You also know nothing about what was our counrty like after The War.
this just pop up on your recommends too in 2019?
Yeah lmao
shut up and enjoy the video
Shut up pls
Yup. Stop telling him to shut up.
Yh
My great grandmother survived the Holocaust. She was one of the strongest, loveliest people I’ve ever met. No matter what happened in her life she didn’t let it dull her light and still loved with all of her heart. She came here to the United States with nothing but the clothes on her back, and when she passed in 2016 she left a HUGE family behind who loved her so much. She left a legacy. We miss you, Omi, Rose Meyer ❤️
God bless her!!! After going through what she went through, I’m sure there wasn’t anything that got to her!! After living in Hell and then Living a normal life. That was a blessing. Bless her and all of your family
Forgive me for saying this but i envy you for having the great grandmother that you did. I'm sure she was stronger than any other person who have or probably will meet. It's incredible how many of the holocaust survivors went on to have a normal life filled with love, family and ambitions. You are very lucky to have the memory of a woman like your great grandmother. I'm sure that nothing that you go through in life will ever put you down because the memory of your great grandma will always inspire to strive on.
@@hrishikeshchanekar9846 🫶
Most did.
God Bless her memory FOREVER.
Seeing an elderly person cry is my weakness oh no 😭
Brooke Houts shut up dog abuser, you have no heart
Wow didn’t know you had a heart
LMFAO SAYS THE PERSON WHO ABUSED HIS DOG
Wait I’m so confused I don’t even know this girl and people are calling her a dog abuser.... can someone please explain to me....
@@xkokiii_m4rz she uploaded an unedited video on accident showing some footage of her beating her dog.
And then youve got people saying
"I am a teenage girl who wears men's 14 size shoes. You think your life is hard?"
like when she said that I was just like um Chile anyways
you cant compare, life in genral was harder then tooday, difficulty in life is very relative to people around yoou
@@oksowhat dude xD it's a quote from a bad movie. Not a real person.
fr
Yeah yeah
Buzzfeed...You could've at least add the name of this survivor in the video or description...
Lucy maybe he didn’t want it shared
His accent seems Dutch...
He maybe didn’t want it shares
Are you entitled to think we should know his name? What if he didn't want it shared? We have the right to privacy and security for a reason you know?
his name is Gene Klein. he's got a few videos on CZcams about his story.
If anyone ever says “The Holocaust didn’t happen.” I’m shoving my phone in their face and I’m gonna play these kind of videos.
l337pwnage you‘re disgusting
@@asdfghjk8876 how are they disgusting?
@@amandanaudin7052 the person i was addressing deleted their comment
@@asdfghjk8876 oh OK sorry
@@asdfghjk8876 what did he say then?
God bless the Russians. Not Stalin. Not the dictators. The Russian soldiers and the Russian people.
BLIIIAAAAT
Oscar Pall- God Bless the 26Million Russian citizens who died during WW2.
Mary Jean Jones Soviets, not necessarily Russians. :) There were many ethnicities and nationalities in the Soviet Union. It’s weird when people say “Russian liberated the camps” or stuff like “Stalin, a Russian dictator...”.
daria naid I actually watched a U.S propaganda film about the USSR from 1945 or 1944 and it said “Rusia” rather than the Soviet Union (although the name USRR was mentioned).
Oscar Pall look up Stalin’s torch order men then tell me Soviet soldiers were hero’s
How anyone survived that hell with their humanity still intact always leaves me feeling very humbled to be able to hear their story. There aren't enough medals in the world to recognise the courage of these remarkable people. May they never know hardship again.
Beautiful comment. Check out Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor and famous psychiatrist (on YT and his book). One of the most incredible stories and a man who has inspired me to survive my own dark night. God bless
Human resiliency is amazing, isn't it.
yeah it really puts into perspective the hardships we tell ourselves we deal with every day. We could all use some perspective from these amazing people.
My great aunt survived the camps. She is one of the most amazing people I have met.
where do the 2.4k people who disliked this live? i just wanna talk....
ah the soyboy wants to fight
@@duceposting1831 stfu
There's still so many effing neo-Nazi's out there. Sounds like 2.4k of them watched this video
Ya unbelievable!! Can’t imagine what this poor guy went through!!! 😢
@Amândio Rocha he Probably supports Mussolini
This guys came to my school and this is an experience he had..it's so sad..
He was waiting in line to go to the camp. He found his brother his aunt his family ect... His aunt has a baby and didn't want her baby to get taken away from her so him and his brother had an idea. There idea was that she can pretend she's breast feeding because they thought they would never take a breast feeding mother away from her baby and stuff. Well when it was her turn they snatched the baby away from her and she cried and screamed and tried running after it. One nazi got the baby and took it and the other was holding the aunt back. She finally got through and took her baby back but the nazi took it back and the other nazi came from behind her and hit her with a gun..she was on the floor and her last words were "let my baby go" in a slight whisper ish kinda voice. She died then and there and the man speaking said he was glad she died so that she wouldn't have seen what they were gonna do to the baby. The nazi threw the baby up in the air..caught it's leg and slammed it against a rock. Sad. Him and his brother watched it all.
WTF THATS TERRIBLE
@@vivi-qt7wl "I don't like you now" is pretty aggressive too, and it's directed at someone in particular. If you're going to insist that others speak only in ways that make you comfortable, you ought to be gracious yourself. If you can't be nice, don't complain about others.
And now I’m crying 😭
So sad😭
euphoria if these people could face this horror in person, we can face imagining it. We owe it to them
i really cried when he said “prison uniform”😕
I don’t like you buzzfeed but I liked this video
BigBrain Spaghetti for what reason do you not like Jews ?
@kiluaza umm...??
@@bigbrainspaghetti270 what's wrong with you
@@bigbrainspaghetti270 that's strong and harsh. You don't like a people as a whole? Why? What have the Jewish people done to you for you to say and feel that?
he's trolling you dumdums
I’m so sorry. God bless you and everyone who went through this. Words aren’t applicable here
Ead
how could you dislike this?
***** That was so WITTY :O
pro-Nazis.
Skeeter and Hamptom You're an idiot, aren't you?
Riverreed Ward how, exactly?
Lindsey Daughtrey 😂😂
Is there a secret organization that just goes and dislikes "undislikable" videos...
The dislike illumati
CZcams has dislike bots
Ikr! How could anyone dislike this??
In Russia we always had meetings with WWII veterans throughout middle and high school every year right before May 9. Those grey-haired very kind and intelligent men and women were telling us about their fears, bravery, and tragedy that they went through fighting against Hitler. There was no such meeting during which I didn't weep and cry my face out. Watching this, I remembered those days and I'm so heartbroken that we are the last generation to hear these heroes: survivors and soldiers.
You should have thanked America for the thousand of tonns in supplies (ammo, airplanes, tanks, weapons, food, clothes etc) sent to Russia. I've never heard a Russian saying thanks for that
@@naveconterosso No, we shouldn't because these materials were for gold, not free.
@@naveconterosso Soviets had to pay for all the supplies provided by allies after the war. And why we should thank America? I haven't seen American writing in the comments that Soviet Union won the war, they always say that U.S. did it along with the Soviet Union. They don't wanna admit that before 1944, Soviet Forces were fighting Germans alone and therefore they are the only winners of the war. It's like enter the class before 10 minutes till the end and then claim that you were in the class all lesson. And I'm pretty sure that without U.S supplies Soviet Union still was going to defeat the nazis. Learn History pal.
@@HopeGrasser "They don't wanna admit that before 1944, Soviet Forces were fighting Germans alone and therefore they are the only winners of the war."
My father, a veteran of North Africa, Sicily, and Italy, would respectfully disagree. He arrived in Algeria in November 1942.
And the British in North Africa would disagree also.
How about the Battle of Britain in 1940? Yes, I know the Soviet Union wasn't in the war until July 1941. Unless you count how Stalin invaded Poland along with Hitler.
Yes, the Soviet people suffered greatly and absorbed the vast majority of deaths in WW2, but don't say they did it alone.
@@remaguireAnd Poland invaded Czechoslovakia with Germany.
Those battles are nothing,the battle of the Dniper had millions more men than North Africa and Italy combined.North Africa and Italy had just hundreds of thousands of men while the eastern front had tens of millions of men fighting
"i made friends with two polish kids" right in the feels :((
Literal chills and tears when he says, "in every language that we know, we yell in, 'we are free'"
When I listen to this man's story, it makes my childhood stories seem like nothing. Thank you to all who made this story and others like it possible here. We can NEVER FORGET what was done to these people.
This breaks my heart so badly... God bless his heart and may he be happy 😭❤️
Wtf are you? Clean yourself up dude damn.
I cried when he said "we are free we are free" omg 💔my heart
I admire his bravery and strong soul. Stay as amazing as you are.
God, when he said "prison uniform" it suddenly just occurred to me how heavy words can be.
Those boys ran and delivered hope to people that may have not tried another day. ❤ They broke their bodies but could not break their spirits.
This is why I love strangers : they all have their own unique stories that you will NEVER never understand, but you can learn from them. They all deserve to have their stories told. EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU, deserves to be remembered and recognized
this made me cry..😭😭 a huge wave of relief washed over me when he explained how he was rescued
Same 😔😢 glad he survived..
That "we are free" got me
You are such an isperation. I plead with all my heart that we won't be here in 50 years talking about another event like this
Free Palestine then
Hearing this as a German makes me very sad.How could something terrible like this happen?Rest in peace to all the victims😐
Your condolences are appreciated
As a fellow German, I completely understand this feeling. It blows my mind that my own country was responsible for this. You almost feel guilty even if you know you're not.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doing" Jeremiah 17:9-10
@@snakebitepellehueIt’s not your fault, maybe your grandparents.
@@hlog3902 My grandparents were both part of the anti-Nazi resistance.
God bless all the men, women, and children who had the tragic fate to live in these terrible prisons.
My grate grandfather was a holocaust survivor he had 2 kids and a wife before the war. They all died other then him. He survived and got remarried and had 2 more kids and one of them is my grandmother. Truly terrible times…
I hate fascism
You're amazing to go through the torture that was forced on you and still think of others when you were free. You are very courageous.
I find this kind of stuff super interesting. This man is so lucky 💚
+Aaron Goldsmith yeah
Aaron Goldsmith yeah i completely agree.
Wow thats amazing! She's definitely a lucky woman.
Paige Popsicles Yes, i was not talking about the video when i said "woman", i was talking to Cavespider4396
+Cavespider4396 you should go on television with that amazing story. It's another miracle!
God bless him and all those poor people for all the horrendous treatment they received.
@ferraro why do you believe that?
I just want to reach through my screen and hug him 😢
It's really disappointing that the Russians don't get the same appreciation for liberating more than the half of Europe from the Germans, as America does. Yeah they replaced it with another regime, but still, in my opinion they still deserve more appreciation than they get
Marjolein Z even though The Soviet Union was the one who liberated them not The United States the Soviets also got to Berlin first.
I'm from Poland and believe me they get as much appreciation in history book as a they deserve right between holodmora and Katyn
Believe me there's a reason why people who they "liberated" consider them as bad (if not worse just because they stick around longer) as Nazi
@@marcinkrz3140 Poles are salty, lmao
History is written by the Victor's. War crimes were committed from the nazis to the soviets to the Americans and British. But the good guys were forgiven. Only problem is after the war the soviets became the enemy, so they had to be vilified. So unfortunately the soviet people get the least recognition despite having the largest contribution. Tis is life.
@@Jafes2011 'Salty lmao'? The USSR murdered and deported millions from all over eastern Europe. Touch some grass.
"Those who couldn't walk... they crawled." Still crying hard.
This man deserves all the love and happiness in the world
His eyes say It all and he is so adorable 🥺❤️
Thank you so much for having the courage to share your story. ❤️
I closed my eyes and felt that anguish dropping from his words .....and the disbelief with joy when he said "we are free"............. Sir May God keep you safe from all bad things. 🍀🍀💌🙏🙏
Thank u so much this video was so emotional I couldn't even imagine the fear that you felt. You are so brave. God bless you
Baby
Seeing him cry.. tugged my heart. I have a soft spot for old people. 😭😭😭😭😭
We think of our daily problems and how bad we think we have it. Imagine what these poor people went through. I go through this mental exercise every day and it really grounds me. It keeps me humble and grateful for everything I have.
Milo The Russian Blue wos
The moment he said: "We are free! We are free!" I got goosebumps and tears in my eyes tbh...
The first line made me think of how I take what I have for granted.
To bad we couldn't put that feeling in a pill cuz we shire need it now.
i cant figure out why people are disliking this, it it is making me sad like why are you hating on this elder person makes no scene.
anti-semitism
seerpou well then keep it to your self this man had a hard life. jeez
@@madilynmeyer3737 im saying people who are disliking this are clearly anti-semites
@@seerpou well not clearly
I don't know why but I just started bawling when he said "and we started running and yelling in every language 'we are free'." It's so crazy to think about the things people have lived through and yet they still manage to come out on top of everything that has happened to them...
I want to give these people a huge hug and everything they love. I wish there was a way to show them their loved ones
Bless this man🙏🙏🙏he has been through so much
I started scream/crying when he was talking about yelling “we’re free” and now I can’t stop.
I love old people so much. Bless his heart. So sad to see him cry :( I have so much respect ❤️
imagine telling this man your problems
I honestly think it'd be therapeutic. He wouldn't act like your problems aren't valid, and he knows what it's like to be hated or abused
Thank you for sharing this the younger Generations really being fought this and they need to see your testimony and others like you. I am so sorry you hated experiences but I'm glad you're a survivor and you're sharing.
What a beautiful story. I don't know you but I thank God for you. I hope that your life has been filled with blessing since the horror that you went through. Thank you again for sharing your story.
God bless him and be with him!!! ❤️🙏❤️
I hope someone gave him a big hug 🥺
This guy is amazing. Thankyou so much for telling your story. 💕💕
Whew, he took me out at the end when he got choked up. God bless him ♥️
Who in their right mind would dislike this video!?!? What a great story! I wish for his sake and all the millions who suffered during the Holocaust did not have to suffer such horrible things. It is very inspirational to hear their stories of survival and strength in the most horrible of times on this Earth. I really hope and pray that future generations do not forget what can happen when radical beliefs and values take hold of a nation.
This is exactly why you should be kind to everyone
Thank you so much for this. This means more than you know
This guy is an absolute unit, much love my guy you’re so strong ❤️
People who disliked accidentally pressed the dislike button cuz their eyes were full of tears
No they are in Australia probably🤔
Sir if your reading this I'm really proud of you and we are grateful you are alive 🙏
TY for this
God bless this man. I'm very thankful he shared his experience. We must all fight to ensure all across the world are free.
God bless you you strong man❤️❤️❤️😢
I just want to hug him now 😢😢
when he started crying i started balling my eyes out... if i could i’d totally give him and everyone who survived a big fat hug :(
Wow! What a story. Thank you sir and God bless you.
This made me cry 💔
This is so emotional... I am fretful for his testimony, humbled by his experience, and ferocious protective of the truth of this. The deniers are the protectors of the perpetrators.
I cried like a baby. You are so brave.
This old guy is adorable. I was cheering him on in my head at the end of his speech as he got a bit choked up. Best wishes to him and his family
I don't believe it.
@@shimmer4771 so?
No one knows your pain sir... you people are so great 😪😪😭😭🙏🙏
Wow a video from BuzzFeed worth watching!
I can't even imagine the horror that these people went through. Videos like this make me feel grateful for everything I have and grateful that my ancestors didn't have to endure this horrific torture because they lived in a neural country. Some of my ancestors joined the British army and the American one. From what I can remember 4 of my family joined these two armies, 2 in each and none of them survived the war.
Bless this guys heart , 😔🙏🏽❤️
If this was made into a Hollywood movie, that Russian soldier would have stars and stripes on his arm.
Amazing how coming from the west (Britain) i rarely ever hear about the heroics of the Russians even though history tells us they suffered the most losses in WW2.
Very true
*cough cough* band of brothers
True they will tell you the US and its allies are mostly responsible for ending WW2. It was infact Soviets
Not only most losses but also they killed & captured the most German soldiers, liberated the most concentration camps.
135 people disliked. Why??
I've seen a couple of those tweets on twitter.
StormFronters, Christian fundamentalists and right-wing reactionary Atheists.
Yep now 308
just read several people were stabbed in sacramento by a neo nazi group ???!? gross.
Jackie 2k now 3 years later
Thank you for sharing.
Sweet man, and all those dear people. I am glad this day came for you.
How tf can u dislike this video???
👎🏻
Omg this is so sad
-it’s not normal for someone to go to sleep next to you and won’t wake up- 😢
Also I almost cried when he started crying
God bless these poor people went through so much xx ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Being german, i was able to listen to a Holocaust survivor earlier this year and i must say, that i am so touched by everything they say and they experienced, i admire their strenght to talk about both, the worst moments and best moments in their life without completely breaking down. listening to him was one oft the most interesting things i Ever witnessed and i am so Glad to be part of the last Generation that is able to hear stuff like this.
Remember stories like this when you're suddenly down about how many likes you got on Instagram.