A Visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau - the Death Factory of the Holocaust

[@4700_Dk]

My Jewish Grandfather died in Denmark during the German occupation, my extended Jewish family made it to Sweden. But my Danish Grandmother and father remained in hiding till the British liberation of Copenhagen in May 45. Even Children of Jewish fathers remained in hiding because of the Nuremberg laws. My Danish grandmother had a key ring with keys from her Danish friends who gave her a copy of her their home keys, so she would always have a place to stay if an emergency occurred. She had well over a dozen keys on her key ring. Thank you Denmark. 🇩🇰

[@annakoncz9413]

My Polish grandfather was murdered in Oswiecim. He was not Jew. People think Only Jews were murdered there.

[@luckm8852]

I used to live by the Malmö Synagogue in southern Sweden and read a lot about the people who arrived from Denmark to escape the Nazis. The Danes were very protective of their Jewish brethren and helped them escape or gave them shelter. The flicker of light in the sea of darkness which eventually overcame the latter.

[@DWTravel]

Thank you for sharing your grandmother's story ❤️

[@abrahamlevi3556]

Denmark was under "soft occupation" which was a unique case as the Germans considered the Danes as Aryans that could be relatively easily assimilated. The concept in Holland was supposed to be the same, but plans were derailed during the last phase of the War (after Normandy).

[@newsouthwalesuploads.7509]

My mothers mom sisters all 7 of them were raped buy the red army in germany in 1945 and for day n day n two were shot after 3 to 4 days after being rapped over n over, wat did they do? and there r many many thousands of german ladys mothers n children who met the same fait. Totally confused. sorry.

[@Biggles2666]

I visited a couple of years ago and it was the strangest, saddest experience of my life.

[@DWTravel]

💔

[@Alaskanguyen3456]

I know this is irrelevant, Japanese fascists once created a famine that killed 2 million Vietnamese people. Unfortunately, few young Vietnamese people today know about it.

[@e24news_KE]

will google about this

[@Skywalker.17]

It happened in begal also because of churchil 2-3 million people died in 1943

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

Well deadly famines are forgotten

[@kc0jtl]

I studied history at university and one of the most shocking realizations I had was how atrocious the Japanese were to their occupiers and how little of it is general knowledge. What the Japanese did was every bit as bad as what happened at Auschwitz. Unfortunately, the United States dropped the ball when it came to addressing the atrocities after the war. The Japanese people today believe the US were the aggressors in WWII and they are the victim because of the atomic bomb, reality is quite different.

[@ragnarandersson2866]

1994 In Rwanda, 1 million were killed in 3 months by swords.

[@Pedro-s3f2s]

They don't have money. It doesn't matter.

[@HughJorgan-f6c]

You were there i take it?

[@qwertyazerty2137]

​@@Pedro-s3f2s sad but true, the imperial north does not give a damn about the colonial south... But there were in worse genocides than the Holocaust or Rwanda masacrce in terms of number of people killed. It's just that they happend so long ago, even in anciect times, that nobody remembers them anymore.

[@sforza209]

@@HughJorgan-f6cnaw, he’s too pale.

[@gis4210]

Here in the Philippines, I once held a Holocaust Remembrance Day gallery when I was in college. My professors where skeptic and worried at first knowing I could be met with hostility and ignorance. I even made a diagram of the station of Auschwitz-Birkenau out of popsicles, cut out yellow clothes for those stars of David, pictures of prominent heroes from all across the world (even from the Axis nations) and pictures of atrocities (which is why the university disciplinarian got involved) many more. In the end many where intrigued and even took the time to visit and ask questions about the Shoah, students and professors alike. Some were even surprised that our country played a part and opened its doors when no one else would. Goes to say that it took two President Manuels. One tried to rescue as many as he could, the other recognized and was among first to establish relations with the new State of Israel.

[@DWTravel]

Thank you for your comment and for bringing attention to Holocaust Remembrance Day. ❤️

[@HughJorgan-f6c]

You are very gullible. Just played for a fool.

[@TheBongEntertainer]

Auschwitz was not just the result of those who carried out the atrocities but also of the countless individuals who turned a blind eye to the suffering of their neighbors-simply because they prayed differently, looked different, or held opposing beliefs. It was indifference, as much as hatred, that fueled one of history’s darkest chapters. And looking at today’s world, with division and apathy rising once again, it seems we have failed to truly learn from that unimaginable tragedy. Let’s not forget: silence in the face of injustice is complicity.

[@DWTravel]

Yes, a driving force behind Holocaust memorials is to keep the memory alive, and to make sure something similar can never happen again.

[@andrewdune3490]

Diversity and cultures forced onto incompatible Indigenous peoples Without any consultation is what creates fertile grounds for this kind of thing to possibly happen once again, just as similar camps sprang up in the former Yugoslavia during the Balkens war in the early 1990s, so inshort it all comes down to thick as pigs*it politicians 'like we see today in the UKs Labour Party'who in my opinion are Satanists' and its this lot that masquerade as a democratic party at this yet they lied with a fake manifesto to seize power and now they're bringing in more & more controls on civil liberties it's almost like it's 1933 Berlin and The Enabling Act allover again!

[@abrahamlevi3556]

Anti-Semitism is a European/Christian uncurable disease, and as such there were always parts of the population that were very happy to get rid of the Jews and take over their property. It all had started shortly after Jews arrived in Europe when they were exiled from their homeland in Judea by the Roman Empire. There were progroms, expulsion, mass killing, you name it. The was the expulsion from Spain and Portugal (the most vicious colonial powers in history), and culminated in the industrial extermination factories in Nazi Occupied Europe. This is the ugly face of Europe. This is who they are, and there is no escape out of it.

[@macunion1225]

its no excuse but its hard to stand up to the govt , just look at everyone fold during covid to the govt lies and injustices

You mean the Billionaire Jews in America? Who is turning a blind eye to Gaza today?

[@RadenYohanesGunawan]

Darkest times of human history

[@austinballard6815]

​​@@_Arugula_Salad_ What's so funny?

[@macunion1225]

i fear there are darker times to come

[@richardstall4351]

Great video I'm glad it's open to the public schools from around the world should be shown this place to learn about this I think it would change a lot of them on how awful 😞 life can be

[@Srananroots]

It's stil happening

[@TheASSedoTV]

Thank you for this program, DW. There’s a feature film about one of the legendary figures of Auschwitz’s coming out this year. It’s called Triumph of The Heart and it’s about Father Maximillian Kolbe and his cell mates, and it’s based on his true story. The human resilience and fight for freedom are incredible in it.

[@rogerturner1881]

just unbelievable. How can something like this ever happen...i think it's a horror dream. Thanks Steger. NEVER, NEVER FORGIVE.

[@_Arugula_Salad_]

What, being removed from a country you don't belong, and doing manual labor for once?

[@marciarobertson7618]

​@@_Arugula_Salad_are you kidding me???? The halacost was the most horrifying thing to ever happen in human history. The fact that you're fine with it makes you a part of the problem.

[@macunion1225]

@@_Arugula_Salad_ that was the attitude that started it

[@Polpiv4tifi-j1l]

@@_Arugula_Salad_ Revolting comment

[@DuncYo]

a totally wrong comment!!!!

[@macunion1225]

Can i ask a question someone wiser than me might answer , why didnt the allies give the best half of Germany to the jews as compensation after WW2 ? it may have solved a lot of future problems , after all in some way or another the germans are responsible for both world wars and it wouldnt surprise me to find them part responsible for the 3rd world war

[@andhynaf2774]

Karena mereka hanya memilih Yerusalem bukan tanpa alasan

[@liberty-matrix]

"The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and Russia is not invited, even though it was Russian troops who liberated the camp." ~George Galloway

[@keith8609]

You can blame Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine for that

[@andhynaf2774]

Karena bantuan sekutu peralatan perang yg di gunakan rusia Untuk memasuki Jerman ...coba nonton covoi sekutu pemasukan senjata ke Uni Soviet

[@Robespierre-lI]

Extremely depressing.

[@paddy8888]

This is heart-wrenching to watch, but very necessary. Because, collectively speaking, human beings have yet to learn to love one another.

[@abrahamlevi3556]

Why was my post deleted?

[@StephenCowley001]

Probably because it made sense. Certain words trigger autodelete. Mark Zuckerberg spoke about it recently in reference to Facebook.

[@LuisTeixeira63]

I was there with my 2 sons. I wanted they learn and remember. It's imperative we do not forget.

[@panagiotisvarelas2399]

I remember, even as a child, when I read about World War II in history class and heard stories from my grandfather, who fought against Italian fascism, my mind could not grasp the scale of Nazi brutality. I couldn’t understand how a person-even a fascist, even a Nazi-could cause so much harm on such an unimaginable scale. Over the years, I’ve read, travelled, and met people from different countries, and this question has grown even larger in my mind. The more I travelled, the smaller concepts like homeland, race, religion, and origin felt within me. At the same time, the more I learned and grew, the stronger my need for justice, solidarity, and respect for others-especially the vulnerable-became. After I visited Auschwitz a month ago, the same questions remain. I felt as though this was a movie set, and at any moment, the director would come out and say, "Okay, the filming is over," or, "Alright, folks, it didn’t actually happen like this, we’re exaggerating." But it didn’t happen that way. The museum’s presentation and exhibit were raw. Completely raw and cynical, just like the reality. No filter, no beautification. Raw and cynical, like fascism and Nazism. That day, I didn’t understand how it happened, but I did understand why it happened. Every person who loves life owes it to themselves to understand it and to love life even more through the death of Auschwitz-and to not be afraid. So that "never again" becomes a reality for many centuries, and if it does arise, we are here to win against it as we did back then. Eternal memory.

[@Thomas-lk5cu]

3:59 Serves as a stark reminder that even little kids were imprisoned, experimented on and eventually killed in these camps. Truly horrible.

[@PKblazingsun]

Who liberated it?

[@prasenjitghosh2874]

Great video. So it's important to go against war when we are not affected by war, otherwise it will be too late.

[@Sandor7698]

What a shame that no Russians were invited, while it was the Soviet army (consisting mainly of Russians) were the people that liberated this camp. Very disrespectful action by the Polish authorities.

[@JohnMcGillivray-u4b]

"Never Again" must mean just that.

[@jakegrist64]

We Never Learnt this Lesson Rise of Fascist in United States of American and Media blind eye to the warnings sign

[@AJ-I]

Terrible atrocity! No words to describe what happened to the people. Wonder what they would think about the current situation in the Middle East.

[@DWTravel]

Yes, terrible atrocities. That’s why it’s important to have the memorial.

[@HandleSergio]

​@@DWTravelgreat job at dodging the question ay?

[@RobertHosein]

Shocking that this has actually happened

[@DuncYo]

How could this have gone on so long without major intervention/whistleblowers ...a collective of evil

[@spektrograf]

Thank you for making sure people never forget! 🙏

[@bradleypierce1561]

My paternal German Jewish grandmother escaped Nazi Germany in 1938 for Canada. She lost all of her German family members in the camps. There were at least 17. I am pleased that the German people are facing their history with honesty and integrity. 🇮🇱🇨🇦🇩🇪

[@s-rev1ew]

The saddest irony is that israel is doing the very thing that was done against them on the palestinians with the help and support of the german government

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

The even more bitter irony is that both sides there are Semitic peoples merely divided by a stubborn belief in a mythical being. A hundred years of scientific knowledge has no chance against millennia of superstitious indoctrination. Very sad all round!

[@e24news_KE]

facts and using this video to justify nonsense

[@macunion1225]

its not the same , lets not try to compare the two

[@theoztreecrasher2647]

@ It varies only in scale.

[@sassycat6487]

The Jews never supported a terrorist group like hamas but go off

[@JeffEbe-te2xs]

The town Germany forgets about

[@kazkazimierz1742]

If I were a German I don't think I would want to go there.

[@agnieszkakowalska7564]

Właśnie wielu Niemców przyjeżdża, bo czuje odpowiedzialność za to, by to się nigdy więcej nie powtórzyło.

[@Pedro-s3f2s]

​@@agnieszkakowalska7564 It is happening actually. Double standards...

[@agnieszkakowalska7564]

@@Pedro-s3f2s I don't understand what you mean.

[@DWTravel]

Why is that?

[@sassycat6487]

I imagine it’s like me as a white person visiting a plantation in America. Super uncomfortable but I want to honor the victims by being there and acknowledging what happened

[@ronetteskiestante4064]

I guess DW has seen the movie "A real pain" ..but then again, it's good that DW featured this as well as one of their documentaries. Good docu nonetheless

[@muhammadrehanmubashir1363]

I once went to Krakow, Auschwitz was an hour's bus ride away. But I couldn't muster any courage to go there. It's chilling 😢

[@_Arugula_Salad_]

Doing labor is chilling? lol

[@blueskies386]

No point in it. It was satans' playground, it only glorifies him that hideous place. It can't help anyone. I understand you fully, for not going there.

[@dross2172]

@@_Arugula_Salad_ What happened in that place was not just labour. It was cold hearted murder. That's not something people can just laugh off. The fact that you can says more about you and that's not pretty.

[@DuncYo]

I'm with you - A weekend in Krakow - but couldn't go there

[@mastermind4690]

The bridges in the concentration camp were given to them from the T4 program. The T4 program ended 56 days after Germany surrendered.

[@nic_cage]

Watching this while one is happening right now. We learned nothing.

[@amnont8724]

The true genocide happened on 7.10.2023. Not after that if that's what u are trying to say. Hamas had the intent of committing such a genocide and kill anyone they saw fit. The war can end tomorrow if Hamas releases all hostages and surrenders. And if Israel truly wanted to commit genocide in Gaza then Gaza wouldn't even exist by 8.10.2023.

[@NoWarFools]

Whatever you think of Russia at the moment, to not invite at the very least the russian ambassador is outrageous. As a German I do not stand for that after what russia sacrificed in the war against us. Arguably way more then any other nation.

[@PawełPaweł-f2f]

Polacy też tego nie popierają. Rosja powinna być głównym honorowym gościem!

[@sylvievinck5811]

Only in years 1960 we saw à quick movies on the Shoah at school we were 15years old never Had heard about this horror here in Belgium😮😢😮

[@danhunts2012]

Does it have a gift shop

[@kiatupato182]

I love watching the JW witness testimony took. The horrific inhumane they were treated. Can we humans not learn from the atrocities from the past?

[@beachbikerun]

The Russians save the world from these terrible crimes.

[@streetsarecold]

ukrainians too-red army was multinational

[@beachbikerun]

@streetsarecold The Ukrainians were part of the SS they killed 200,000 Polish. Learn your history.

[@sassycat6487]

With American money and supplies

[@rosyjsko-ukrainskitroll87]

Did they save the world from Stalin and his crimes?

[@underscorejojo]

13:50 You can feel it.

[@nic_cage]

Congrats to ISR for entering the small list of countries like Germany 1936. They couldn't have done it without the European and American's Govs. Congratulations 👏👏👏

[@bakulumv7197]

Glory to Red Soviet Army for Liberation and Freedom!

[@Elisa林]

So sad😢

[@DWTravel]

A heartbreaking memorial 💔

[@danielvanr.8681]

There have been countless other genocides in the world since 1945, and which rarely get any mention. How long are a certain group of people going to milk this particular one?

[@Pedro-s3f2s]

This is the only one that matters

[@giorgilabadze1]

exactly... 💯

[@paulsz6194]

@danielIvanr.8681 : How many other atrocities resulted in targeting a single race of people , with the intention to exterminate them by the millions? You are free to encourage governments, or even contribute your own funds towards a memorial that any group of victims you feel are deserving…Am I wrong here?

[@Pedro-s3f2s]

@@paulsz6194 Are you proud of wasting taxes on silly things?

[@nic_cage]

"It's the biggest" No it's not. "It's the worst". No it's not. "It's the longest". No it's not. They also forget everyone else in this video. Gypsies, people with handicaps, political prisoners, etc. One group controls the narrative, guess who they are 🎩

[@blueskies386]

I can't understand why New Zealand and a few other countries, invited Germans to live there after the war! Im in NZ my father and uncle fought the Nazis..it doesnt make sense!! Dad had snuck into the army but because he was stone deaf (a loud explosion caused it,) and could only lip-read, was soon found out and rejected, but my uncle Jim as a 17 y o was taken pow by the Germans.

[@macunion1225]

it depended on the germans , the japanese also came to NZ and settled and integrated

[@sassycat6487]

Lots of Germans also moved here to America including Von Braun who is considered the father of NASA. The thing is the majority of us are from German descent so we felt a deep connection with them even after the war.

[@kazkazimierz1742]

I knew prisoner no 88 who survived five years there.

[@sassycat6487]

Wow so he was on the first transport. I bet he had stories for days

[@shischkebab9827]

The biggest genocide was of the Slavs. At least 26 million Slavs died in this war. And Russia has its own Auschwitz - it's the entire northwest, it's just that there are no museums there and people preferred to live on. My grandmother's father and brother never returned from the war and their bodies have never been found, no one knows where they lie, in what soil. And she sat in a cellar as a child and ate rotten potatoes during the occupation of Pskov. On my mother's side, her grandfather and grandmother worked in a military hospital in Belarus, which burned down during the war. No one survived. And no one has ever compensated my family. So stop talking only about the genocide of the Jews. The Jews have already been repaid in full. And the Russians got nothing, and even paid the US for their military aid. Now the US tells everyone that they won the Second World War. It was my Great-grandfather who WON, who liberated all of Europe and reached Berlin. Not US!

[@sassycat6487]

I know a lot of Russians and from what I’ve heard a lot of the country has still suffered for a long time after the war ended. The thing is Russia is not very relevant in America so we don’t hear much about the history. Jewish Americans and German Americans as well are very prevalent so I think that’s why it’s something talked about a lot to this day about the horrible history there

[@shischkebab9827]

That's true. Marketing and promotion of political ideas. And it's true that Russia hasn't recovered yet. Psychologically, it's still affecting the minds and mental health of families because people were surviving, not living.

[@EA00000]

For me what is hard to understand haw such educated nation like Germany can do something like this inhuman ? Also people of Germany that time they knew what going on and support the Nazi party ! When one time I visited Germany I did ask old man about the war ? You knew what going on and all about concentration camps ? He answer every German knew but keep silent and believe in victory !

[@nenadtonikj7034]

Sadly, but you are already forgetting... 80 years after the liberation of this camp the grandchildren of the liberators, the Red Army, are not invited to the celebration. What a shame...!!!

[@lumberjaxx3335]

Because they left a similar fascist and deadly era in the eastern countries for the following 45 years. No Red Army is ever welcome in Poland. First, admit to the cruelties you did to our people, apologize and install reperations

[@nathanielkharkongor7929]

would you post something on the holdomor holocaust of ukranians?

[@bakulumv7197]

Glory and Thanks to Red Soviet Army for Liberation and Freedom! We will never forget till we alive!

[@hellmutgumz1462]

History is written by the guilty in this case.

[@johntillotson4254]

No, not all germans wanted this. Get real.

[@jeromefitzroy]

Soon this would be America.

[@omarommtti6814]

How about the same happened now ?!!

[@paulsz6194]

Where did it happen? In your backyard?

[@Tanatos975]

Спасибо за репортаж! 🙏🏼

[@kc0jtl]

Germany should think long and hard before lifting a finger to criticize another country after this. Somehow I don't think they get the message.

[@Srananroots]

Jammer dat de travel opmerkingen verwijderd

[@fredyoman]

Now Israel doing same to Palestine.. where is the sympathy ?

[@JeffEbe-te2xs]

That’s a lie

[@macunion1225]

its not the same , Israel is not the aggressor

[@sassycat6487]

How is supporting Hamas working out for y’all?

[@anandparmeswaran6681]

Don't speak on Topics u don't know better for you

[@filibertocaceresbetancur-yn7mq]

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[@hellmutgumz1462]

Israel does it. What’s the problem?

[@giorgilabadze1]

💯

[@davidlogan4329]

vile comment

[@paulsz6194]

What does Israel do ?? I think you’re doing it now! What do you do with yourself ,@Helmutgumz1462?

[@paulsz6194]

@Helmutgumz1462, what were your ancestors doing during WW2? You are probably guilty by association….

[@GG-un7hj]

Israel responds in a War to the biggest murder since the Holocaust, over 1,200 murdered, and you can’t see the difference between that and Auschwitz ?

[@abdirizakmuseibrahim513]

Liberation from who to who?

[@paulsz6194]

I see you have a problem with comprehension…. You need to go back to school….😢

[@GG-un7hj]

Liberation from Hamas

[@nic_cage]

​@@GG-un7hjCongrats to you and ISR for entering the small list of countries like Germany 1936. They couldn't have done it without "people" like you. Congratulations 👏👏👏

[@HandleSergio]

Terrible. But history repeats itself so it's no use to remember.

[@DWTravel]

A driving force of such memorials is to keep the memory alive and prevent such things happening again.

[@sylvievinck5811]

True big mistake of french président

[@Good.justice]

🤲may we never forget so that we do not do this evil to others

[@GG-un7hj]

As weird as it is to say, one of the biggest reasons Germans have been welcomed with open arms back into the Civilized Western World, is because of their Honesty in dealing with their past. While this wasn’t true in post war Germany, it certainly has been for at least a full Generation now. Now there probably needs to be a Balance between acknowledging History that Really Happened, like this, but not defining Germany exclusively by The Holocaust. I envision something like the Berlin Holocaust Memorial with a new Bridge to a Future. Instead of leading to nowhere, as obviously was the Memorial Creator’s intent, there could be a new addition to the maze that leads to a Brighter Future coming out of this REAL abyss. Maybe it’s something Israel & Germany could develop together.

[@Robespierre-lI]

To be frank, Germans are ahead of you on this. No offense intended.

[@Pedro-s3f2s]

Germany is a colony. The "civilized world" destroyed germany and it is still doing it.

[@sven_86]

I for one am grateful for the efforts Germany has made on this. Other countries have found it impossible in comparison to confront the worst depravities their authorities and societies inflicted upon innocent human beings.

[@Pedro-s3f2s]

@@sven_86 like destroying Nord Stream...is that an effort?

[@sassycat6487]

That’s not true. America literally took over West Germany and put in a kangaroo government to do our bidding. Germany was “welcomed back” because they were being completely run by us. Even now one of our biggest military bases is there so we still have a stronghold.

[@edvardseglitis7128]

numbers dont add up🤣🤣

[@sassycat6487]

I’m sure nothing adds up when you are off your meds

[@edvardseglitis7128]

@@sassycat6487 sure jew.

[@sven_86]

I always promise myself I wont cry when I watch anything about the holocaust. But I fail each time at some point. Is there any feeling beyond anger, any feeling beyond sadness and any feeling beyond horror? I feel something like that each time. No words exist to describe these things. I am thankful for the brave souls that worked together and sacrificed so much, to bring about an end to this evil madness. Somehow I feel I can say so much more, it is a subject I have studied closely to near obsession level for many long years in my life.... but I find it harder and harder with time to confront this topic like I used to.

[@SergioLeon-e2e]

After the genocide in Gaza I am not interested. Unfortunately they did not learn the lesson.

[@jasonj3818]

get over it