Inspiring Stories About People Who Escaped The Holocaust
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Date: 2022-12-29
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Rig
He forgot Polish Army Officer Witold Pilecki who voluntarily got captured and sent to Auschwitz to gain first hand information on the camp and then managed to escape to bring his information to the allies. After escaping he continued to fight the Nazis, and then the Soviet communists who occupied Poland after the war. He was betrayed and turned over to the NKVD. Under torture he did not betray the resistance and was eventually executed by the communists on 25 May 1948 as an enemy of the state. After the fall of communism his reputation has been rehabilitated and now is a national hero in Poland. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta and the Order of the White Eagle (Poland's highest military honor) and promoted to Colonel (Pulkownik. His grave has never been found.
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He forgot Polish Army Officer Witold Pilecki who voluntarily got captured and sent to Auschwitz to gain first hand information on the camp and then managed to escape to bring his information to the allies. After escaping he continued to fight the Nazis, and then the Soviet communists who occupied Poland after the war. He was betrayed and turned over to the NKVD. Under torture he did not betray the resistance and was eventually executed by the communists on 25 May 1948 as an enemy of the state. After the fall of communism his reputation has been rehabilitated and now is a national hero in Poland. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta and the Order of the White Eagle (Poland's highest military honor) and promoted to Colonel (Pulkownik. His grave has never been found.
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Acacia
An interesting vid would be about the Mexico City Olympics & the man behind the black gloves Tommie Smith & John Carlos wore. The man behind it Peter Norman was classed as a disgrace by my home country (Obvs Peter's too) & how he has only recently been given a full apology by my country after he was shunned by his own nation over the ordeal & how he was shunned by the world being called a racist by the world for not supporting both men & was shunned by his country for getting involved & supporting both men. It's a sad story really for a man that did exactly what he thought was right & right for black people in general without a racist bone in his body
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An interesting vid would be about the Mexico City Olympics & the man behind the black gloves Tommie Smith & John Carlos wore. The man behind it Peter Norman was classed as a disgrace by my home country (Obvs Peter's too) & how he has only recently been given a full apology by my country after he was shunned by his own nation over the ordeal & how he was shunned by the world being called a racist by the world for not supporting both men & was shunned by his country for getting involved & supporting both men. It's a sad story really for a man that did exactly what he thought was right & right for black people in general without a racist bone in his body
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Sarah
I nursed a gent with a number tattooed on his arm. Jewish, lovely man, very quite. One day I got the courage to ask him. Is that tattoo what I think it is? He looked up to me Yes it is. Im surprised someone youre age recognised what it is Next I ask I hope you dont mind me talking about it or asking questions. But did you lose anyone. He replied I dont mind sweetheart, but yes, I lost everyone. Tears now forming in both of our eyes. I gave him a huge hug and told him how sorry I was he went through that.
That was 15 years ago and Ive never forgot him
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I nursed a gent with a number tattooed on his arm. Jewish, lovely man, very quite. One day I got the courage to ask him. Is that tattoo what I think it is? He looked up to me Yes it is. Im surprised someone youre age recognised what it is Next I ask I hope you dont mind me talking about it or asking questions. But did you lose anyone. He replied I dont mind sweetheart, but yes, I lost everyone. Tears now forming in both of our eyes. I gave him a huge hug and told him how sorry I was he went through that.
That was 15 years ago and Ive never forgot him
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Nicholas
As a Human, from Earth, I find it deplorable what one human will do, or allow to be done to another human, or even a critter. Humane is a word that indicates a level of respect & treatment towards another life forms. Than may be another person, a critter from earth, or a life from other. treat others are you would like to be treated. It is that simple. Treat your customers as you would like to be treated. If your grandmother was expecting a special package, how should she receive it? Help those you can, respect the delivery & Person.
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As a Human, from Earth, I find it deplorable what one human will do, or allow to be done to another human, or even a critter. Humane is a word that indicates a level of respect & treatment towards another life forms. Than may be another person, a critter from earth, or a life from other. treat others are you would like to be treated. It is that simple. Treat your customers as you would like to be treated. If your grandmother was expecting a special package, how should she receive it? Help those you can, respect the delivery & Person.
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Chris
These stories are amazing and I think humanity is still kind of scared to confront what the holocaust actually was. What it meant to so many people. Nothing in history has been quite like this. The hard thing to swallow is this didn't happen 2000-4000 years ago. This happened less than 1 hundred years ago. If you look at the view count it's decidedly less than any other weird history video sorted from newest to oldest. That says something. And it's a shame, because these are amazing stories.
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These stories are amazing and I think humanity is still kind of scared to confront what the holocaust actually was. What it meant to so many people. Nothing in history has been quite like this. The hard thing to swallow is this didn't happen 2000-4000 years ago. This happened less than 1 hundred years ago. If you look at the view count it's decidedly less than any other weird history video sorted from newest to oldest. That says something. And it's a shame, because these are amazing stories.
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stirgy
A friend of mine his grandfather escaped twice from a camp in Poland. I think it was Soldau. First, as a moment of opportunity came up. He was recaptured then escaped on a corpse truck, then joined the Polish resistance and was recaptured. Apparently he had some skills or knew the right people. He was there until it was liberated. Working the worst kinds of jobs you can imagine. It's really an amazing story about him. He made it to America and reunited with family
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A friend of mine his grandfather escaped twice from a camp in Poland. I think it was Soldau. First, as a moment of opportunity came up. He was recaptured then escaped on a corpse truck, then joined the Polish resistance and was recaptured. Apparently he had some skills or knew the right people. He was there until it was liberated. Working the worst kinds of jobs you can imagine. It's really an amazing story about him. He made it to America and reunited with family
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Anna
In the beginning there was Auschwitz 1 & Auschwitz 2. Later on in 1941 they've renamed Auschwitz 2 to Birkenau. Auschwitz is where Poles where located and Jews in Birkenau. Y'all forgetting that not only Jews lost their lives in Holocaust but many Poles as well along with Gypsies and other minorities. My grand grandpa escaped Auschwitz (idk how tho) but while he was on a run he was hiding in the swamp for a week since Germans were after him.
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In the beginning there was Auschwitz 1 & Auschwitz 2. Later on in 1941 they've renamed Auschwitz 2 to Birkenau. Auschwitz is where Poles where located and Jews in Birkenau. Y'all forgetting that not only Jews lost their lives in Holocaust but many Poles as well along with Gypsies and other minorities. My grand grandpa escaped Auschwitz (idk how tho) but while he was on a run he was hiding in the swamp for a week since Germans were after him.
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Christopher
Im not exactly dumb and I have no idea after listening to this how they used a wet cloth to open up the bars. Can anyone please explain this to me because watching this twice I still had no idea what they did? Did they use the cloth to pull on the bars in order to get more leverage? And did it work better wet because it was less likely to tear? I dont think Ill be able to sleep tonight. Ill be wondering about this the whole time
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Im not exactly dumb and I have no idea after listening to this how they used a wet cloth to open up the bars. Can anyone please explain this to me because watching this twice I still had no idea what they did? Did they use the cloth to pull on the bars in order to get more leverage? And did it work better wet because it was less likely to tear? I dont think Ill be able to sleep tonight. Ill be wondering about this the whole time
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scronx
the Holocaust was indisputably and IS one of the worst plagues ever to hit humanity -- but as an absurd propaganda yarn that's become brutally enforced doctrine throughout much of the ex-white world. For real inspiration look to its real heroes and martyrs like Ernst Zundel, Frank Walus, John Demjanjuk, Robert Faurisson, David Irving and the Institute for Historical Review whose headquarters were firebombed on July 4th 1984.
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the Holocaust was indisputably and IS one of the worst plagues ever to hit humanity -- but as an absurd propaganda yarn that's become brutally enforced doctrine throughout much of the ex-white world. For real inspiration look to its real heroes and martyrs like Ernst Zundel, Frank Walus, John Demjanjuk, Robert Faurisson, David Irving and the Institute for Historical Review whose headquarters were firebombed on July 4th 1984.
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Samantha
I have read countless books about the Holocaust and seen many many many foreign films of the Holocaust, I just watched The Survivor with Ben Foster, he did a really good job and it was done well, I really do when love when there is Yiddish in films, my PopPop tried to keep Yiddish terms alive in our family, a lot of cuss words but anything with Yiddish is deeply cherished in my family!
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I have read countless books about the Holocaust and seen many many many foreign films of the Holocaust, I just watched The Survivor with Ben Foster, he did a really good job and it was done well, I really do when love when there is Yiddish in films, my PopPop tried to keep Yiddish terms alive in our family, a lot of cuss words but anything with Yiddish is deeply cherished in my family!
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Samantha
I have read countless books about the Holocaust and seen many many many foreign films of the Holocaust, I just wanted The Survivor with Ben Foster, he did a really good job and it was done well, I really do when love when there is Yiddish in films, my PopPop tried to keep Yiddish terms alive in our family, a lot of cuss words but anything with Yiddish is deeply cherished in my family!
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I have read countless books about the Holocaust and seen many many many foreign films of the Holocaust, I just wanted The Survivor with Ben Foster, he did a really good job and it was done well, I really do when love when there is Yiddish in films, my PopPop tried to keep Yiddish terms alive in our family, a lot of cuss words but anything with Yiddish is deeply cherished in my family!
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OsightblinderO
Literally only Jewish historians would rank the holocaust in the top 10 worst things to happen to humans in history.
History is chalk full of much, much worse. Like actual genocide that was successful. White pagans suffered way more genocidal purges from the Roman's than an exaggerated group of polish jews.
Research the society for historical accuracy.
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Literally only Jewish historians would rank the holocaust in the top 10 worst things to happen to humans in history.
History is chalk full of much, much worse. Like actual genocide that was successful. White pagans suffered way more genocidal purges from the Roman's than an exaggerated group of polish jews.
Research the society for historical accuracy.
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Miriam
I knew several people who had survived the Holocaust in my Jewish community. Some were still bitter and angry, like the woman who refused to ever again speak Yiddish because of its similarity to German. I also worked for a number of years for a lady who had been in Auschwitz as a teenager. She was probably the kindest, sweetest, lady I knew at the time.
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I knew several people who had survived the Holocaust in my Jewish community. Some were still bitter and angry, like the woman who refused to ever again speak Yiddish because of its similarity to German. I also worked for a number of years for a lady who had been in Auschwitz as a teenager. She was probably the kindest, sweetest, lady I knew at the time.
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amanda
Im lucky to say I have met 2 survivors and heard their stories. They changed my life forever. It helped shape who I am as a person and the beliefs and views I have today. This can never happen again, the holocaust was more than horrific. There are no words to describe the shuddering horror all of those innocent people had to go through.
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Im lucky to say I have met 2 survivors and heard their stories. They changed my life forever. It helped shape who I am as a person and the beliefs and views I have today. This can never happen again, the holocaust was more than horrific. There are no words to describe the shuddering horror all of those innocent people had to go through.
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Clay
I wish there was more material on the numerous other marginalized peoples globally who were murdered and culturally upended during WW2. Horrible, but at least they got an allied-protected state for themselves carved out from others who got completely screwed by the same powers, and capable of no wrong in the media forever right?
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I wish there was more material on the numerous other marginalized peoples globally who were murdered and culturally upended during WW2. Horrible, but at least they got an allied-protected state for themselves carved out from others who got completely screwed by the same powers, and capable of no wrong in the media forever right?
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Marcelle
when the nazis (and their partners) began with the holocaust on jews, the zionists in palestine already have begun with their genocide against the country's population. the zionists cooperated with the nazis and there was (and is) a mutual admiration (see haavara, mildenstein, vorster)
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when the nazis (and their partners) began with the holocaust on jews, the zionists in palestine already have begun with their genocide against the country's population. the zionists cooperated with the nazis and there was (and is) a mutual admiration (see haavara, mildenstein, vorster)
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Lightning
I just want to say this. To anyone that hasnt, read Art Spieglemans, MAUS parts 1 and 2. It gives a very clear view into the horror that this all truly was, and I feel that it was one of the most important things Ive ever read.
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I just want to say this. To anyone that hasnt, read Art Spieglemans, MAUS parts 1 and 2. It gives a very clear view into the horror that this all truly was, and I feel that it was one of the most important things Ive ever read.
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Ruby
Incredible and inspiring, but also tragically rare.
An English Lit prof once told my class to keep in mind that Schindler's List isn't a Holocaust novel. It's a Holocaust survival novel. That stuck with me for many years.
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Incredible and inspiring, but also tragically rare.
An English Lit prof once told my class to keep in mind that Schindler's List isn't a Holocaust novel. It's a Holocaust survival novel. That stuck with me for many years.
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Swamp
As a parent it would be brutal and terrifying to get your kid out of the cattle car, run into the woods, and spend the rest of your life almost every second praying that your child made it and never seeing them again.
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As a parent it would be brutal and terrifying to get your kid out of the cattle car, run into the woods, and spend the rest of your life almost every second praying that your child made it and never seeing them again.
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Chiquita
The government overreach in the last few years has shown us that society really hasn't advanced much since these sad times in WW2. The people must protect themselves and never forget history
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The government overreach in the last few years has shown us that society really hasn't advanced much since these sad times in WW2. The people must protect themselves and never forget history
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