Holocaust Survivors: The Secret of How One Family Escaped the Nazi Death Camps

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  • čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
  • In her new novel, first time author Georgia Hunter tells the story of her own family's remarkable survival of the Holocaust. Though the book, titled "We Were The Lucky Ones" is considered historical fiction, it is largely based on the true story of 22 members of the Kurc family; Polish Jews of all ages who managed to evade capture by the Nazis. Hunter sits down with host Paul Schankman for a First Person, One on One discussion of her best selling book which retells a story she only learned years after all but one of the survivors had passed away.
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Komentáře • 74

  • @Luke22022
    @Luke22022 Před 8 dny +7

    What a beautiful interview. The TV series was so wonderfully done, this interview gives us even greater understanding of the courage of this family. Thank you.

  • @timdetmers3240
    @timdetmers3240 Před 11 měsíci +65

    This was a wonderful book and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the holocaust. It is unusual because it is about a family where EVERYONE survives, a very rare story.

  • @Janny3103
    @Janny3103 Před 18 dny +19

    I just finished watching the 8 part series of this story on Hulu. I felt like I was drawn into the story as if I were there, holding my breath at every turn. I didn't even know there was a book. However I will be purchasing it soon. This is definitely a most see.

  • @blancabulgrin5560
    @blancabulgrin5560 Před 10 dny +8

    I still can't believe this happened in my lifetime,thank u i can't wait to read the book....

    • @RUTH-mb4th
      @RUTH-mb4th Před dnem

      And something similar happened October 7th 2023 , with the attack on Israel by hamas terrorists when 1139 people were murdered in one day!!!!!

  • @asucenaleon545
    @asucenaleon545 Před měsícem +32

    I love that she's telling their story. People need to know history because it always repeats itself.

    • @jessie-lou7786
      @jessie-lou7786 Před 21 dnem +2

      Unfortunately it’s repeating its self right now in Palestine ☹️

    • @jsnip6720
      @jsnip6720 Před 20 dny

      @@jessie-lou7786 in Palestine right now a terrorist organization is still holding hostages that it kidnapped after it attacked and slaughtered civilians in Israel. What is happening in Palestine is not the same. The Israelis do not want to injure civilians. But they cannot continually be attacked by Hamas..

    • @SHope-rq1hc
      @SHope-rq1hc Před 17 dny

      @@jessie-lou7786 you have clearly never been to israel/palestine/middle east in general. sharia law is why gaza and the middle east is like this. stop blaming israel for their hateful views on the world. try being harassed and assaulted there and then maybe you will feel less bad for these people who have hate in their hearts.

    • @murtlandjardine8716
      @murtlandjardine8716 Před 15 dny

      HISTORY ALWAYS KEEP REPEATING ITSELF.SAD TO SAY ITS HUMAN BEHAVIOR​@@jessie-lou7786

    • @carolluther1625
      @carolluther1625 Před 14 dny

      ​@@jessie-lou7786Palestine is no way comparable. Sorry. Attacking people at a concert, putting babies in ovens & killing them, raping women, killing people in their homes that had not attacked you initially is not the same. Sorry. Palestinians being used by Hamas government they let them be there.

  • @suzannakoizumi8605
    @suzannakoizumi8605 Před 2 dny

    Thank you. My Catholic Polish family came to the USA in 1862. The family retained the language. When WW2 started (but before USA joined the fighting against Germany) one of my uncles went go Canada to join the British forces against Hitler. Another uncle volunteered to fight with the Polish underground. He had no ID, wore old European clothing, and was secretly flown to Poland. If he were caught by the germans, a death sentence awaited. Somehow they both came home safely. My father had served in WW1 and was too old to rejoin the army.

  • @sweet2angel
    @sweet2angel Před měsícem +31

    And last March 28, 2024, The book comres to life, We have a TV Series, We were the lucky ones. The script, the scenes, the actor awesome, its is elegant, carefully made, you will really feel the emotions, like you are in that situation, its a Master piece. I hope the youth of today will watch the TV series and read the book they will learn a lot, they will value, respect, love and treasure life and the freedom that they have right now.

  • @shondaet
    @shondaet Před 29 dny +6

    What a great backstory. To know it comes from her own family history is amazing.

  • @Rlduncan1
    @Rlduncan1 Před 3 lety +16

    I loved this book 📚 It’s funny how we take freedom for granted. Despite all those scary moments in the book, the family survived at the end. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @aglayapiano
    @aglayapiano Před 17 dny +1

    Thank you very much for sharing your story! My grandmother is. Holocaust survivor. Just watched “We were the lucky ones” and cannot wait to read a book.

  • @marjorienicholson5091
    @marjorienicholson5091 Před 2 dny +1

    Such a remarkable young woman.

  • @Liz920
    @Liz920 Před 21 dnem +3

    I just finished watching the Hulu series 7 episodes deep and hearing the interview of the book hearing her background and story is amazing and it’s sad to know that war in Russia continues

  • @nancygould9478
    @nancygould9478 Před měsícem +3

    It would seem that the more things change, the more things stay the same. Thanks for your book and thanks for sharing this interview about your book💐

  • @reneeochoa1015
    @reneeochoa1015 Před měsícem +5

    I read this book. Awesome read and highly recommend it.

  • @supaflysye
    @supaflysye Před měsícem +5

    Just watched the first 3 episodes on Disney great story and great casting

  • @zariabelle4027
    @zariabelle4027 Před 26 dny +1

    Just bought the book. Glad to have found it.

  • @lisamannmann5559
    @lisamannmann5559 Před měsícem +3

    how wonderful this story is

  • @cbear9263
    @cbear9263 Před 13 dny +10

    It's a wonderful story. Watched it on Hulu and couldn't wait week after week to watch. As a Christian American, I stand with Israel. Never again. 🇺🇲🇮🇱

    • @Kathy-ut9kf
      @Kathy-ut9kf Před 6 dny +2

      Me too❤😊

    • @cacampbell3654
      @cacampbell3654 Před 4 dny

      “NEVER AGAIN”?! Human beings have not yet learned a) how to prevent genocide, and b) how to stop it once it starts.
      I’m tired to the point of disgust of people parroting this empty rhetoric of remembering the past or we will repeat it! We have not learned. Many many people have not even heard of the holocaust of WWII. And there have been many genocidal events since 1945. WAKE UP!

    • @Gabster1990
      @Gabster1990 Před 2 dny

      Ironic how you don't see the same atrocities committed against Palestinian people.

    • @cbear9263
      @cbear9263 Před 2 dny

      @Gabster1990 It's ironic how the Palestinians voted for Hamas. Ironic how those Arabs (who call themselves Palestinians) cheered on the streets of Gaza on Oct 7th. . .I bet they're not cheering now! Maybe they should vote for better leaders next time as they're finding out elections have consequences.

  • @user-ph4pc4mg7z
    @user-ph4pc4mg7z Před 21 dnem +1

    I love this young woman and her story told with detail and pride.
    My Granddaughter and Grandson are 1/4 Jewish. I don't know their personal Jewish history, but I read them books about the Jewish heritage as they are raised as Christians! I was raised Christian but my Irish Father taught us the Jewish heritage of Jesus because it's a part of all of us! No matter what our ancestry! I too am a Holocaust researcher! 💔 to think that my grandchildren could have perished in WWII had they lived in and at another time! ❣️🙏🇺🇲
    God bless Israel!

  • @elizabethgribben4320
    @elizabethgribben4320 Před 23 dny

    Brilliant series

  • @shelbycook5804
    @shelbycook5804 Před 29 dny +1

    I am watching this now. I love it.

  • @reqhskslkwe4480
    @reqhskslkwe4480 Před 8 měsíci +5

    The guy in the middle of family pictures looks like Tom Cruise

  • @robertmcginness4610
    @robertmcginness4610 Před 20 dny +2

    A history of the holicost non survivors, and the atrocities as appropriate must be mandatory teaching in grade school & H. S.

  • @isobellakey9731
    @isobellakey9731 Před 24 dny +3

    I am definitely going to buy this book, hope it is in our country SA, it is just very sad to me it seems like the jews are being persecuted all over again😢

  • @elyjane8316
    @elyjane8316 Před 27 dny +5

    May no-one ever experience this ever again...

  • @anitajadhav5630
    @anitajadhav5630 Před 16 hodinami

    First of all every human should realize that nobody owns anybody. And we have no right to judge or treat people with different colour,religion ,caste differently. Be kind spread Peace.

  • @cacampbell3654
    @cacampbell3654 Před 4 dny

    I am eager to read the book, eager to listen to and watch the rest of the video (stopped watching at 2:44 minutes).
    But despite decades of loving and learning about Israel, despite living and working in Israel for three months in 1972, despite wanting to immigrate from Canada to Israel (and only deciding against it bc even then when I was so young and naive I disagreed with Israel’s expansionist policies that so many Israelis believed justified pushing Palestinians and Arabs from their homes, off their land). It has become hard now for me to see the Israeli flag anywhere in any context. It has become a symbol of the world’s most recent genocide! 😫😞😠

  • @eileenmarzullo1906
    @eileenmarzullo1906 Před 6 dny

    Such an incomprehensible evil time God bless you and your family you truly were the lucky ones may you all remain safe I'm praying and believing Jesus will be returning soon

  • @antonglas7488
    @antonglas7488 Před 22 dny +1

    I`ve known people that are proud they have Jewish ancestry yet prefer not to be practising Jews today and follow the religion of their non Jewish parent.

  • @madeleinejohnston4790
    @madeleinejohnston4790 Před 14 dny

    ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS AND HAVE GREAT MERCY ON YOU AND YOURS ALWAYS, IN THE PRECIOUS NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR, AMEN

  • @Keith-wb2nn
    @Keith-wb2nn Před měsícem +2

    What about the Armenian genocide

    • @storminicole3991
      @storminicole3991 Před 23 dny +6

      She’s telling a story of her own family. She doesn’t have to also mention every other genocide in the world 🙄

  • @Aloneagainofcourse
    @Aloneagainofcourse Před 17 dny

    Never foget. Never forgive

    • @JoyP-rw5bc
      @JoyP-rw5bc Před 5 dny +1

      We're supposed to forgive others There are videos on CZcams of people who said they went to hell because they didn't forget1 story I remember Was of a man who had unforgiveness for his wife And he ended up in hell because of it but then there were people praying for him and then he came back into his body And he told the story to warn others There are other people that have their own stories

  • @sairahkhan2698
    @sairahkhan2698 Před 4 hodinami

    I look forward to reading the book. But the irony of the subject strikes me. Today we are witnessing -- before the eyes of the world -- another horrific genocide, perpetrated by those who have never stopped talking about their terrible victimisation in the Holocaust. Since they are so acutely aware of what bestiality is, they should now stand up and speak for the Palestinians who are being so savagely exterminated. Let's hear their stories.

  • @elizabethsommers7486
    @elizabethsommers7486 Před 27 dny +4

    This is happening now in Palestine

    • @taralohman6492
      @taralohman6492 Před 25 dny +8

      No, it is not

    • @semsemeini7905
      @semsemeini7905 Před 25 dny +2

      No. Historical revisionism.

    • @mrsTraveller64
      @mrsTraveller64 Před 25 dny

      It isn't. The difference is that the Jews did NOTHING to deserve to be murdered by the nazis,their only fault was that they had an incredible mind for business and money,everything they touched turned to gold,and the nazis hated to see a group of people beeing better than them..The Palestinians however
      have become worldfamous for their suicidebombers in Israel, whenever there has been peace,they have destroyed it by bombing busses, cafeterias, streets.. The Israeli HAD to build a wall around Gaza to keep the bombers in ONE place, much easier to control them when you know where they are..And again,on oct7 there was peace in the land and so the Palestinian-supported Hamas attacked Israel and murdered around 1000 and captured about 200. IF Israel will ever let the remaining Gazans stay in Israel after THIS, it will probably be with better fences, electric, because the Gazans can NEVER be trusted again.

    • @shaimamahmood1551
      @shaimamahmood1551 Před 22 dny

      @@taralohman6492 why is it not? Because the victims are Palestinians and Jews this time ??

    • @wendybarton5565
      @wendybarton5565 Před 20 dny +7

      You are believing propaganda and absolute lies! Have you no remembrance of October 7th and what happened to those innocent people and the Palestinians celebrating in the streets with Hamas????

  • @adrianachong9029
    @adrianachong9029 Před 2 měsíci +9

    Free Palestine !!!

    • @xxEmmaxxFabxx
      @xxEmmaxxFabxx Před měsícem

      Where was israel mentioned here????? You’re contributing to hatred not peace.

    • @user-wo1fi6gb7q
      @user-wo1fi6gb7q Před měsícem

      F off, for god sake, with your free palpatine

    • @warager4753
      @warager4753 Před měsícem +2

      So you support a two state solution?

    • @jeffreykuhn965
      @jeffreykuhn965 Před měsícem +18

      Stay in your lane. Inappropriate comment for this venue. This is not how you gain support, this makes you appear caloused and insensitive and turns people off to your cause.

    • @mzk123ify
      @mzk123ify Před měsícem

      You are garbage to post that here.

  • @elapolcyn4376
    @elapolcyn4376 Před měsícem +1

    Today, Israel is word PARIAH

  • @elapolcyn4376
    @elapolcyn4376 Před měsícem +3

    Today the judge open concentration camp for Palestinian people. Shame