Amazing Story: Auschwitz Prisoners in 1944 w/Tattoos 10 Numbers Apart Meet For First Time 6/4/17

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The most amazing story. A Facebook friend's father saw an article in the New York Times with my friend Werner Reich. He said his tattoo was 10 higher than Werner's, which means they were both boys in the same line at Auschwitz.
Werner Reich and Walter Spier are both 89, both born in October, both in Auschwitz in 1944. Their tattoos are 10 numbers apart. They were in the same 3 concentration camps, Terezin, Auschwitz, on the death march and Mauthasen where they were both liberated.

[@ritarosa5965]

He was tattooed by Lale or Leon

[@anneshadas4930]

I also felt like that and year was also 1944 when these two brave people were transferred there.

[@Cashout.justin]

i’m in grade 10 and i’m reading this it’s a great book

[@eatthis6227]

@@Cashout.justin i just finished it(one day)and I'm in love with it. It made me sad but at the same time somehow happy, a nostalgic feeling

[@sarathesimmersarathesimmer1300]

Yes! I thought of that too as a possibility

[@RHYD_]

Probably not. There were other tattooists before Lali and Leon, and these 2 guys had been moved from camp to camp, so they might have been tattooed by someone else.

[@tomkilgannon5503]

That tattooist was Lale Sokolov or his co-worker leon

[@SandiBachom]

Is that the Tattooist of Auschwitz?

[@tomkilgannon5503]

@@SandiBachom yes. I would definitely recommend the book

[@anisasummer]

or perhaps it was the one before him, the french man

[@heino5711]

Best book I've ever read. Haven't cried in over a decade, but that book did it for me. It made me remember my family history, and made me think of my beloved.

[@krisiilieva8317]

@@anisasummer they were moved 1944 not 1942 when Lale isn't the tattooist

[@sami7914]

i couldn’t imagine what they went through. i went to visit the place not too long ago and it hurts me to know that people actually came here and got starved, beaten, abused, tortured, murdered and even more things i just can’t even believe how hard it must be to remember what it was like.

[@sami7914]

Kato Cephas yeah, you should totally visit them. i went to poland for only a few days but the camps were definitely the best part! it sad but very historical.

[@jamiemarie4894]

These men are so brave and strong to be able to open up about this experience. They are true warriors.

[@monkeyspank3005]

A person I used to knows grandpa was a Nazi soldier couple of weeks ago when I still spoke to him he was watching videos of Hitler speak saying that he felt motivated. He told me that Hitler just "wanted to be left alone". Guy was delusional.

[@DemocracyBroadcast]

Fascinating! How did you find this to film it?

[@SandiBachom]

I am friends with Werner and did several short films with him. A Facebook friend said his dad read an article in the NY Times about him, that their numbers were 10 apart! So I got them together, pretty incredible story right?

[@natalieyuni1725]

@@SandiBachom exactly, so meaningful story

[@CME1994]

Incredible story! Really strong men.

[@pfdrtom]

I knew a man who helped liberate Dachau and nothing makes me more mad than to hear someone deny the Holocaust. This man fought from Normandy to the heart of Germany. He lost friends, was scared out of his mind, at times was amazed he lived through the night, and was lucky to live through it. He was my grandpa.

[@CJS-w7b]

I've heard stories from the elders but it's all so vague. all I know is I live in U.S.A. now and am poor, we were free and "wealthy" in Europe before the Nazis. . .

[@shivani8003]

Tatooed by lale or leon💕💕

[@emmelineliajames2177]

My cousin got our POW grandfathers tattoo after he passed away last year- in solidarity and remembrance. Never forget.

[@emmelineliajames2177]

@@wzukr At the Auschwitz E715 prisoner of war camp.

[@nala2839]

What would it feel like to be introduced to another who had survived? There would be an instant unspoken trauma bond. Finally another human being that can feel what you went through and not by you recounting your story. ❤❤

[@tehillarieser8903]

A fascinating story!

[@Dreyno]

Incredible. I remember watching interviews with WWI veterans and not really appreciating how soon they’d all be gone. Now it’s WWII veterans and holocaust survivors. Fantastic seeing these two mensch (hopefully appropriate use of the term) reminiscing with such clear recollection. Even having a laugh.

[@ssherrierable]

I can never watch these videos without feeling so bad about the human race. If Germany didn't lose ww2 our world would be nothing like we know it to be today. Just another reason why I know god is real.

[@N0N4M30]

Man i wish someone would Interview the left elderly gentleman in German since he seems to still speak very fluently and I bet he would have a lot to tell if he is hopefully still alive

[@haileeraestout5567]

Thats AMAZING And Hilarious At The SAME Time Where 2 Guys Were Born In The Same Country Went To TWO DIFFERENT CAMPS Got Almost The SAME Number 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AsiqueIkbalAnsari]

Free Palestine

[@robertferluga3161]

Never again.

[@hinaynihorvath3926]

love to these hero men

[@natalieyuni1725]

You guys really True Warriors

[@1983zil]

unbelievable and feel sorry for what happened to them by vultures :'(

[@YourAashique]

Ask them about history!

[@kenjones7240]

Crazy train lady😂😂😂😂😂

[@issacwhaley5720]

This is so fucked up

[@johndoes2434]

1994 I had a u.s. National Guard Soldier held me down at a party and tattooed me just like that name was Mike Randleman PFC

[@deysecardoso1503]

Tenho profundo respeito pelos judeus. Amo os judeus e oro por eles. Amo.os judeus. Um Abraço do Brasil

[@phoenixwashere6341]

is this fake ?