Cruel Nazi guard who fell in love with a Jew at Auschwitz - Franz Wunsch

[@maricamicallef9545]

When I went to visit Aushwitz in Poland the sadness I felt was undescribable. The air surrounding the camps is still mourning the event.

[@kamakshikaul]

i too visited it in 2019. it had same of vibes i got from chittaur's fort in india, where women were burnt alive due to islamic invaders. how terrible our world history has been.

[@rayatripathi695]

@@kamakshikaul History has been cruel to the Jews and Hindus both

[@kamakshikaul]

@@rayatripathi695 agree i feel sad for the innocent pagans too

[@paulrichards6894]

on my bucket list to go there.....

[@rossadams451]

I go Each Year 😢, I feel ill, no birds , you can feel the pain, Evilness and hatred 😢

[@Braveheart.22]

I cannot help but cry...for her sister and all those mothers, children , and dads we don't even know who died.

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

We felt the same ... the story with Helena's sister is even more complicated ... we plan to make a video about Helena as well. They all deserve to have their story told ... Thank you for sharing your feelings with us.

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

@@WorldHistoryVideos No one who watches this channel regularly could shed a tear for Franz, but maybe his children and Grandchildren may have. They're the only one's who will, I think.

[@elizabethvallie767]

❤❤❤😢

[@calendarpage]

I thought it was just me. As terrible as all these stories are, this may have been the only one that made me tear up.

[@renee1961]

Prayers for The Innocent Victims, Survivors, and Those That Fought for Them.🥀🥀🥀🥀🙏🙏🙏🙏💔💔💔💔🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

[@nabimiso]

This is not a love story. It's a woman doing what she had to do to survive.

[@catherinecox6275]

And a whole lot of Stockholm Syndrome too, I think.

[@agdoren]

I'm loathe to call it a love story, at least in the traditional sense, but clearly she felt something strong for him. She didn't have to testify at his trial so something motivated her to do that. I think if it was as simple as her surviving the camp she would have left him to his fate rather than testify on his behalf.

[@danarzechula3769]

Yep

[@charlenerathgeb8217]

Amen

[@katesleuth1156]

I thought they would at least meet yrs later. She clearly didn’t want to.

[@davidscamerajourney]

I think it goes to show that had Franz been brought up differently he would not have acted the way he did. It does not excuse his actions, but his relationship with Helena began to open his eyes and change his perceptions.

[@alinac5512]

Really great point. We're all a product of our environment and sometimes I wonder what I would be had fate been a little less kind.

[@janetuss6496]

That's kind of what the movie Jojo Rabbit shows, it's from the perspective of a German boy that is part of the Hitler youth and shows how his views change. Highly recommend the movie if y'all haven't seen it yet, it's Oscar winning. Scarlett Johansson is in it.

[@pariespain]

​@@janetuss6496Ty ill add it to my list :)

[@AmethystEyes]

We don’t know his background though. There are people who still chose to do differently.

[@paulrichards6894]

don't think he is getting a tree planted in Yad Vashem anytime soon.....still a killer who chose that path...many germans chose a different path

[@AsYouuuWiiish]

I can only imagine the complicated, conflicting feelings Helena must have experienced in the camp and afterwards in regards to their relationship. After the war she obviously tried to distance herself from him, but then stepped up when Frank really needed her. She provided the lifeline he needed without romanticizing or glamorizing their relationship for the court. I bet a week did not go by after the war that she didn't think about him. I know something like that would haunt me forever. Thank you for another interesting and informative video!

[@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck]

There are so many lies in these videos

[@ladycplum]

@@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck Such as? You're making an accusation, you better have hard facts to back them up.

[@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck]

@@ladycplum You're damn right I can back them up😎...the question is will youtube allow me to say ANYTHING at all on this!!! Usually they WONT!!!😡🤡 People might have to message me privately. Are you Jewish?

[@heathercontois4501]

​. What lies are you talking about? I haven't seen any.

[@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck]

🙂😎I have many sources that say that Jews were kicked out of MANY countries including Germany for being communists and being corrupt...not because anyone was jealous of them...because no one was!!!😎 Before ww2 Germany and other countries had seen American jews exploit the fact that American South was ravaged by the Civil War and son they went in and exploited the situation by buying farmland or taking farmland through corrtion from Jewish supremacists who just wanted other jews in power🤮🤢 When the Leo Frank situation happened, the adl was formed to collect money from the Government through corrtion and from the people by telling lies🤢

[@semsemeini7905]

My aunt at the University of Vienna's medical school had a Nazi boyfriend. He helped her in 1937 / 1938 telling her when there would be problems. She would then warn her Jewish friends.

[@JudyOpelt]

There were those of good heart .

[@kimmycupreacts]

Dear god, I can't imagine being saved but having my children go to the gas chamber. I'd rather die with my babies. This was such an emotional video. Keep up the amazing work!

[@mary-elizabeth]

I agree but I will bet the sister didn't know they were going to die, or she was physically restrained/hauled away. I remember listening to another survivor who worked in Canada and she said as the Jews came in a lot of people didn't realize it was a gas chamber.

[@kimmycupreacts]

@@josephmarzullo nope

[@heididietrich9800]

​@@josephmarzulloYou are one cold person.

[@r.1.336]

@@josephmarzullorank you mate

[@danarzechula3769]

​@@josephmarzullonasty

[@CultistOfNimrod]

I think Franz Wunsch is a complicated person, I can’t imagine it was easy back then to be a young man in 1930’s-40’s Germany. I think he probably was a good kid at heart but psychology has taught us that even good people to bad things when ordered to by an authority figure.

[@ptolemyglenn79]

Look at you defending the N- Regime

[@TheBooty28]

WWII period was such a sad weird time. It is hard for us in this generation to believe something like this could ever exist. It seems so unreal.

[@monikam9069]

@@TheBooty28 Really, we are living a repeat

[@JanaJ-b2f]

It really wasn't easy. Being a soldier has never been easy.

[@christinaperrigo]

No one is good. Not one. No one seeks after God. The heart is desperately wicked. Jesus Christ living inside of the heart, Can, and Has kept individuals from doing Atrocious actions. ... God Bless You In All Truth and Repentance. - In Christ, Christina

[@irishsakura1]

This was intense. I am speechless. Life is so weird.

[@melissabelton]

Because if this was under different circumstances. Life is not straight forward at all.

[@latarshaevans194]

No it’s humans who make life so weird….But yes this and so many other atrocities are intense and disturbing,😢

[@Dan-xx5jq]

These people just died so recently. My sister's violin teacher was Jewish and I remember he showed my mother the tattoo of his number in the camp. His accent was so strong and I just wasn't interested then. I regret now, I wish I had tried to listen. The war seemed like something in the distance far away when you are kid. It is only when you get old that you realize that life is so short.

[@TheBooty28]

Yes u are mean

[@tricivenola8164]

Write that stuff down, video it, because increasingly there are people much younger than we are who simply do not believe it really happened. You may have been insensitive but at least you know it did. And you were just a kid.

[@hyusuf4280]

​@@TheBooty28Why are you trolling?

[@keeptaiwanfree]

You were just a kid, don't blame yourself too much. It means a lot that you now recognize how important it is.

[@PittManGaming]

@WorldHistory, this was one of the most intense emotional videos I’ve seen you make. I’m so glad Helena survived the war.

[@PittManGaming]

@@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck oh yea? Do tell.

[@essoundsofsilence]

Helenas reaction is called the "Stockholm syndrome" and has nothing to do with love.

[@yyy3194]

She probably hasn't had Stockholm Syndrome as she had rationally shunned him before he saved her sister. She cut him off after the war and did not even try to reciprocate his contacts. She just stepped up when he needed help for his life since he also risked his life several times in the camp just to help her. After he saved her and her sister several times she probably knew it was not just Stockholm syndrome but love, yet the circumstances made her impossible to accept it. In 2005, 2 years prior to her death, she finally admitted that she did love him. All the other campmates of her testified she loved him as well. That is why she shut him out after the war since she knew she loved him despite his crimes back then and it would harm her pride as a jew or be seen as a betrayal to her friends and family.

[@marcoschwarz3763]

I saw an interview with Helena on the BBC some time ago. She said that at some point, after the monster had saved her sister, her feelings changed for the better.

[@kittenlang8641]

Agreed. The speech sounds intentionally accented and unnatural.

[@kimcheezy3433]

She also said that after leaving the camp she fully understood it was never love. How could it be? She simply did what she could to survive. It was a manipulative power dynamic and greatly traumatized her.

[@g-1393]

​@@kimcheezy3433 jews just can't be grateful... Should've killed her there

[@AmethystEyes]

@@kimcheezy3433her last interview said “in the end I loved him, but I had to be realistic”. I did also see the interview where she said it was not love but an infatuation/a fling. I think she was very conflicted.

[@barbaratraininblank4103]

She never called him a monster. She said she loved him

[@kenbagwell8551]

The depravity of man really can't be understated. We ALL need these reminders. Thank you for your work.

[@tod3msn]

The complicated story was told with proper sensitivity to the reality of the matter. It is clearly horrific to engage in these matters but the fact that Wunsch’s story was told means he skirted the outer rim of the crimes and, in the minds of the jurors, was not guilty. Interesting story on the complications of human affection in the most severe of situations.

[@kimcheezy3433]

Not really. At this time in Poland, many of the guards being brought to trial were acquitted because of Poland's statute of limitations. They simply said well it's been too long since the war so they can't be held accountable. It wasn't because of Wunch's personal story at all.

[@joannecarolyn5018]

I've heard about them before, but this video has so much more info. I have mixed feelings about this man. Brainwashed to hate the Jews, yet he could be kind and gentle, even putting his own life on the line. I'm glad they met one last time, and Helena was able to reciprocate his kindness and help. 💔

[@taliabraver]

Hes a demon creep

[@drdonna4915]

At the end of the day, he was a murderer.

[@drdonna4915]

Examples, please.

[@bentonryer]

It was nazi Germany. He was brainwashed from childhood. What could he do? He risked his life as it was. Even Helena recognized that.@@drdonna4915

[@YuRi_PlAYz_YT]

​@@drdonna4915by who

[@loveydovey4566]

I'm a Jewish woman and I have to say i find him attractive 😊

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

I'm a Christian man and say the same for Helena . She was beautiful.

[@heart_towards_home]

"I wouldn't bandage the hand that beats my brothers." Helena was quite the hero! Her bravery is so admirable ❤

[@mariealexander9545]

lve seen the picture of the old women walking with 3 small children heading to the gas chambers many times and l always tear up when l see it those poor little ones, they didn't have a chance just thinking about them makes me cry

[@suze6083]

I believe he loved her and I believe she had feelings for him, too. At least from how this sounds. She had no reason to testify on his behalf…she did, though. In midst of all cruelty there will always be love and empathy; and in some cases it’s difficult to fathom how one can spare and love one whilst torturing others. I have not lived through WWII, thank God! I’ve known and still know ppl who did though and I would never NEVER judge someone’s actions during these times, because we can’t even comprehend what it truly meant. It’s easy to hide behind the Germans, the mother of all evil it seems; however there has been and always will be good ppl in horrible times, no matter what nationality. Not saying Wunsch was good; but he could have been an amazing young man, if had been born in another time. I’d just wish, every country would admit and take responsibility for their actions/atrocities in history like the Germans did and still do.

[@AmethystEyes]

If you watched the movie that came out last year, he asked her to promise to defend him.

[@beverlyparry7353]

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[@amaezyng]

Well said

[@HelinKir-x3w]

Well Said ❤

[@gentlemanjim480]

Absolutely disgusting that he got away with his crimes. The fact that he tell in love with a Jew does not excuse any of his crimes.

[@JR47846]

and what would you have done? people forget what were the consequences of going against the nazis many germans did and end up next to the jews. Tell me what choice did he have? you really think he wouldnt be killed if he was a symphatizer of jews? that his family wouldnt suffer too?

[@Fane-zf6pm]

A good deed save his life!!

[@kimcheezy3433]

Exactly. So many people in the comments are sympathizing with him and giving heart eyes. At the end of the day he was a mass murderer and a prisoner can not consent to a relationship to a guard that has the power to kill her.

[@bellerain381]

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions….. but he didn’t even have that many “good intentions”.

[@JR47846]

@@bellerain381 if a god condenms people with good intentions to hell i dont think thats a benevolent god worth of worship

[@thepub245]

Despite being a criminal and willing participant in the torture and murder of innocent people, there probably were tears shed for Wunsch, after all he had a family who probably could not connect or understand that dark chapter in his life and that flaw in his personality. What I find incredible is that he was acquitted. He may have been entitled to a reduced sentence as punishment. His reasons for helping the woman were selfish on his part.

[@brennathecatlover4360]

I mean it’s Nazi germany u either obey or get killed it’s not like he had the best choices lmao

[@thepub245]

@@brennathecatlover4360 People like him did have options, like volunteering for active front line duty in the Totenkoph division. Plenty of people did decide to disobey and ended up at the mercy of people like Wunsch because of it. Go and learn some history. Laughing my ass off at you.

[@Janellabelle]

I just watched "Unbroken" on Netflix, and that Japan POW guard called The Bird that tortured all the USA POWs was acquitted of all his brutality as well. Of all the Japanese that paid the price for their evil i wonder why this man also escaped his karma. Didnt hurt his father was a high ranking military official. Nepotism at its finest.

[@Janellabelle]

​@@brennathecatlover4360exactly. These people seem to think that when they come around asking families for their young men and women to join the Wermacht, SS, or Hitler Youth you could just say "no thanks" and shut the door and that was just a valid option without getting your own self and entire family loaded into a cattle cart off to the gas chamber for being a traitor to the "Dear Leader"! YEA RIGHT!

[@geewhiz5926]

​​​@@Janellabellethey say knowledge is power and when it comes to both power or knowledge many things will be ignored, just and unjust.

[@yyy3194]

She probably hasn't had Stockholm Syndrome as she had shunned him before he saved her sister. After he saved her and her sister several times she probably knew she grew to love him yet the circumstances made it impossible to accept it. That's why she cut him off after the war and did not even try to reciprocate his contacts. She just stepped up when he needed help for his life since he also risked his life several times in the camp just to help her. In 2005, 2 years prior to her death, she finally admitted that she did love him. All the other campmates of her testified she loved him as well. She knew she loved him despite his crimes back then and it would harm her pride as a jew or be seen as a betrayal to her friends and family.

[@pradyumn2692]

Ngl.. He is strikingly handsome.

[@angelabuck2674]

I agree

[@youngmasterzhi]

I heard of a similar story of a Nazi general having a relationship with a Jewish woman who was studying to be a lawyer. He didn’t know about her identity until much later on in the relationship. Fortunately, he decided not to turn her in, but both implicitly thiught it was best to not mention nor discuss anything about her identity, not even at home.

[@lisannevanderklooster4726]

This is the story of Edith Hahn. There is a book about her remarkable life.

[@eyeswideopen7777]

Why would the Jewish woman have a relationship with Nazi evils

[@dyallanbernardus7845]

TRUE LOVE KNOWS NO RACE,COLOR OR DEMONICK POWER

[@dyallanbernardus7845]

TRUE LOVE KNOWS NO RACE,COLOR OR DEMONICK POWER

[@eyeswideopen7777]

@@dyallanbernardus7845 it shows he has a heart

[@nivek5031]

I wonder how many soldiers and war zone prisoners, still have similar tales to tell? Unforgettable interludes of compassion, pity, mercy, guilt, remorse, sorrow or even sincere love, which lasted for minutes, months or longer, but remain untold. What 'love related' burdens lie buried deep in your heart, soldier? 😑😪

[@kimcheezy3433]

It wasn't love. Helena said herself.

[@nivek5031]

@@kimcheezy3433Hey Kimchi, I think I typed, 'unforgettable interludes of compassion, pity, mercy, guilt, remorse, sorrow or even sincere love'. 🤫

[@Linda-pk3fz]

I has some faint memories of my grandma telling me about one guard who gave her sandals and sometimes like pig fat to eat. Like it was no meat, just the fat. She ate it to survive cause she was desperate, but she was really disgusted by it and told it like it was the worst trauma from auswitch which off course it wasn't, but yeah... I was so young, so didn't really asked any deeper about it, would have been interested to know more about it.. But she never described him as being like mean for giving her pig thought (as Jews don't eat pork), it was what he had access to I guess. But he wasn't some hero either, he was less bad and showed some kind of mercy for her for reasons I don't know.

[@nivek5031]

@@Linda-pk3fz Sincere thanks for that Linda. You take care now, OK? 😊

[@c.c6909]

Search for Gerhard Palitzsch and Katja Singer. It's even more wicked story because he was one of the most brutal and sadistic Auschwitz guards. When his beloved wife died he got moved to Treblinka camp and fell in love in Jewish Prisoner Katja, They had an affair and he was doing everything to save her.

[@christinefougere]

It's awful to think about those photos showing the people on the train and then lined up, you know those children and most of the adults are going to die not long after that photo was taken. It breaks your heart.

[@Ballterra]

Helena probably only survived the camp because of him and because of that years later was able to give evidence on his behalf. There must of been mixed feelings on both sides for many years afterwards.

[@carlosdossantos917]

It's disgusting how people will take slavery, or in this case the holocaust...and somehow romanticize these atrocities with "love stories". Imagine how tough it must have been to have been a woman. "No" was out of the question and "Yes" didn't even matter at all.

[@nigefal]

But she first said no (initial contact) - then said yes (singing a song for him) - then said no as he was cruel to prisoners - then said yes when he saved her sister (passionate kiss when they last met) - then yes with a large dollop of no (testifying at his trial) after ignoring him for decades.

[@holger_p]

That's a report, what has happened. Nothing get's "romanticized" by telling true stories. You want to hide the truth, to pronounce the cruelty more ? That's manipulation !

[@germaineprien7691]

I'm not sure I could visit any of those camps eventhough it was many years ago, their souls must cry out, the energy there must be inexplicably sad, it's important we never forget what happened there and NEVER let it happen again.

[@alechamid235]

These monsters were beyond sick. There are no words to describe how disgusting the SS were. How can anyone do all the things they did to another human being.😢

[@larryrubin1718]

Why are you surprised. You see human behaviour all around you. It is the tribal nature of human beings. They are not us… they are other. Ever hear of the great replacement theory making the rounds of the USA? All part of the same thing.

[@bettyhudson979]

We have these same monsters in the United States today 😢

[@matthewestrada5217]

Sure all the concentration camps while murdering millions happens every day

[@ewaeckert5081]

And Canada

[@crazyangst12]

Like someone said “all it takes is one bad day”

[@MadMax-cg6gh]

He saved her, and she saved him back. It's beautiful

[@foofookachoo1136]

IT IS!!! ❤ 😊

[@essoundsofsilence]

He didn't "save her". He, amongs others, was the reason she was in this horrible situation in the first place. He, amongs others, was the reason that this horrible place even existed.

[@JR47846]

@@essoundsofsilence the nazis came to power in 1933 he was eleven years old, when the war started he was 17 he wasnt even an adult, saying that he was the reason for that place or for the atrocities that happen during wwii just shows you dont understand history

[@essoundsofsilence]

@@JR47846 You mean because of his age he is not responsible for his actions? He was around 20, an adult, when he killed and tortured people. Of course still young and highly manipulated, but still a part of the Nazi crimes. I didn't say that he deserved to be executed for this, I understand the mitigating circumstances. This doesn't change what I said. He, among others, was the reason concentration camps existed, even If his responsibility was not as high as Hitlers himself, still he was part of it. It is a slap in the face of the Holocaust survivors to turn this cruelty into a romantic love story. Which shows the lack of understanding history to a much greater extent.

[@JR47846]

@@essoundsofsilence no i meant that he was a child of eleven when Hitler took power thats why makes no sense blame him. In regards to his actions later in the camp what do you think it would happen if they thought he was a jew symphatiser? Do you really think young men had a choice? Even today soldiers have little options

[@dopeygang6719]

This mass murder will never leave the Germans!

[@tricivenola8164]

Remembering what Hitler's archtiect, Albert Speer, said at his trial for war crimes: (paraphrased) "The democratically-elected leader of my country singled me out, a young architect with little experience, gave me carte blanche to create magnificent monuments to my own country, paid me well and gave me honors. What would you have done?"

[@edwardd9702]

There was a similar story at Sobibor. Paul Groth was a SS killer at Sobibor who fell for a 16 yr old Jewish girl called Ruth.

[@seanodwyer4322]

love thy enermy.

[@edwardd9702]

Groths fellow SS killers waited for Groth to go on leave and then killed Ruth. Sobibor survivors said that Groth became a bit of a broken man after her killing.

[@blacsouljah]

Thanks for telling us how that ended up, because I was wondering.@@edwardd9702

[@mirandapontarelli5485]

So a pedophile?

[@edwardd9702]

Paul Groth Born on 9 February 1922 in Holthausen, Schwein. He served at the T4 institute at Hartheim near Linz, Austria. Groth was posted to the Belzec death camp in January 1942. Christian Wirth transferred Groth to the Sobibor death camp in April 1942, where he supervised the sorting activities in Lager II. He was regarded by the prisoners as one of the worst sadists. However, Groth fell in love with a Jewish girl called Ruth, who was shot in Lager III. Groth was transferred back to the Belzec death camp in December 1942. Groth was in charge of the transport that brought the last Jewish work-brigade from Belzec in May 1943. In 1951 his wife declared that Groth had died in order to claim her widow's pension.

[@marionwest3661]

if you were a German soldier, you had no choice regarding your actions. if you didn’t carry out orders, you were shot. That is not to excuse them, but most people want to survive at any cost. Had the war not occurred, he would have lived the life of a normal young man. Helena was lucky he took a shine to her, and touched his heart. Had they met in other circumstances, their lives might have been entwined forever. It’s sad, but life is.

[@carolynfehr]

Those poor babies who died alone. My God!

[@SyrianaLivilla]

This would be a very interesting movie, but I’m sure Hollywood would ruin it by making it a passionate love story.

[@kassidygean]

If the movie showed him clearly change and help her escape I would watch that. The fact would be though that that's not how it really went so.

[@karenshurley4793]

Some stories are better off staying stories; movies usually ruin what could be an educational experience into a se-ual experience. The guard may have loved her, but would he protect Helena if he was questioned by the other guards.

[@blacsouljah]

You got to walk a fine line between truth and fiction when you make a story like this into a movie; you want to keep it interesting, but at the same time you don't want to wander too far from the truth.@@kassidygean

[@vekuis]

Oh yeah, they should not touch and spoil this.

[@keeptaiwanfree]

If they could make it a movie that clearly shows the horrors of a young man being brainwashed by the nazi regime and being so hateful and then feeling too conflicted when he loved Helena, that may be a good film. I would be afraid Hollywood would ruin it and make it too light-hearted too. It isn't supposed to be a love story, but more like a tragedy.

[@donclowers7666]

I had heard her side in an interview by the BBC, I believe, but it was not as detailed as this. What a story.

[@notimefornonsense722]

Nobody talking about how gorgeous Helena was...in the camp and after she was just beautiful

[@r.1.336]

Yeah that’s why she survived it’s called pretty privilege

[@notimefornonsense722]

@r.1.336 sometimes is a blessing but sometimes is a curse😔 ( beauty)

[@tiernanwearen8096]

Apparently, that's why one of wunsch important superiors turned a blind eye "Such a beautiful girl I can see why"

[@PatriciaRosas-z7g]

Those poor poor people😢 and the children 😭💔

[@MrYomomoto]

💔

[@payeldutta4539]

😢

[@LottaNoise]

No way was this a love story. How could Helena have freely consented Read The Nine Hundred. The story of Wunsch and Helena is covered in detail.

[@lewisner]

I'd heard the bare bones of this story but never knew what a complete bastard he was apart from his love for her.

[@AdZS848]

I lived in Trnava, Slovakia in the 1990s. There were 3 synagogues there in ruins but no Jewish people in that town. 😢

[@Tawadeb]

😢😢

[@AmethystEyes]

To the owner of this channel can you please put an annotation about Helena’s sister? The sister did not know her children were being sent to the gas chamber. And she was lied to. Months later she found out that there was no children’s place where they were sent to and that her children were murdered. Shoshana, her sister broke down after finding out and was suicidal at that point.

[@agneshouessou9765]

😮😢😢😢✝️🛐🙏🌹😢

[@barbaratraininblank4103]

But she didn't commit suicide. I think she suspected what had happened to her children. She survived.

[@AmethystEyes]

@@barbaratraininblank4103I saw an interview with her, she did not suspect at all.

[@Colleen-k9L]

Franz's love for Helena was truly only for her, not her race. He didn't get it.

[@crazyangst12]

Wow.…. Just shocked about how inhumane and how human a man can be at the same time. Where he took pleasure in hurting people, he also showed love. It’s hard to make sense of such bipolar personality. But it exist. Humans are that complicated.

[@dr1609]

It was war.He followed orders

[@LibbySlaughter101]

It wasn't love. It was sexual desire.

[@crazyangst12]

@@dr1609 I understand that but there was an enjoyment in the work and it seemed he had that at first

[@ninjaked1265]

@@LibbySlaughter101except they never had sex 14:09

[@breazfreind402]

@@LibbySlaughter101 he didn't have sex. source: the people within aushwitz .

[@weirdcrunkygremlin1449]

The picture of her smile is haunting and inspiring!!!

[@dougieranger]

What a remarkable story. Love can be found in a hopeless place.

[@kimcheezy3433]

It wasn't love. It was a manipulative power dynamic. How can a prisoner is a murder camp consent to a relationship with a guard who holds the power to kill her? Helena herself said it was never love. She simply had to do what she could to survive.

[@dougieranger]

@@kimcheezy3433 Relax. It’s just a song.

[@starrsmith3810]

This is the furthest thing from love.

[@dougieranger]

@@starrsmith3810 Read the above comment genius. 😂

[@LetMeThink007]

My grandfather survived and the German female guard was involved. My grandmother divorced him, he married the German ex guard. His children (my mother was one of the three), never spoke to him. Frankly, I would have done the same to survive. Simple

[@robineggblue-bp3rq]

The question I have is would Franz have turned out differently if he was raised and lived in a different environment? Quite likely.

[@AmethystEyes]

We don’t know what his background was like.

[@TellySavalas-or5hf]

Hollywood oscar material this story is!

[@rinalore9416]

You know what makes me really angry, they didn't teach us the ugly truth in High School and that's another great shame on humanity!

[@dunique26]

Did you never have to read the Diary of Anne Frank, when in school? We did, it was in elementary when i first heard her name, which sparked my interest so i learned more on my own. Wht sad, is if no real mention of it in school to possibly spark some kids interest, then the future is bleak. They are making kids dumb, in some many way these days. Its really a shame, how far america is behind even some african countries, when it comes to education. Like i said BLEAK!😮

[@noneofurbusiness5223]

I'm prone to depression; have to be careful what I watch

[@renee1961]

Good evening, and as ALWAYS, Thank You for these Important videos.

[@beccamarie9782]

I think Franz and a lot of the nazi soldiers wanted out, but feared death upon them and their love ones if they didn't do what was commanded of them from the higher ups! Helena gave him peace, and kept him sane. He found solace with her. Helena was the reason why he didn't become as bad as the other Nazi's!

[@keeptaiwanfree]

I imagine she brought him peace and happiness, maybe the only happiness he had in his life. Kind of like the stories of a monster and a girl who could cure/save him. But I don't think such a story will ever work out in reality.

[@syntric]

He had a wife and children so yes there were tears shed for Franz Wunsch and he obviously wasn't completely evil, no one is

[@Janellabelle]

Everyone is gray.

[@KorgKapperi]

me too@@Janellabelle

[@mariaschwartz447]

So a cold blooded killer and an adulterer. 🤬

[@kelrogers8480]

No one? I strongly disagree.

[@Janellabelle]

@@kelrogers8480 hitler loved dogs.

[@lolly2222aa]

A story I never heard. Cannot process how anyone survived such horror and had a life.

[@PatriciaRosas-z7g]

Even though he did evil, I'm glad he also did some good under the circumstances. You can see how brainwashed most of them were. He was so handsome too.

[@expo1706]

I think they should've gotten married after the war and had many babies together. He truly loved her.

[@brendalandes1813]

I live in Israel and 21 years ago I met this woman.

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

tell us more about the meeting

[@dirkdiggler5581]

This gave me so much mixed emotions and made me cry uncontrollably and I’m not even sure why.. for the Jews.. for “ love “ to exist in such a place.. even he beating her basically to save her and her sisters life.. all while still being a monster. Brainwashed or not.. this story is I don’t even know

[@annaconway313]

The suffering they must have endured. And the suffering before death. God rest them all😢😢😢😢

[@sac1303]

It still remains difficult to get my head around such unwarranted hatred.

[@renee8437]

Sometimes there are no words. This is one of them. God Bless all that survived that horrific time in our History and I Pray those that didn't are Resting in Eternal Peace!

[@Ericasentertainments]

Kind of sad two young people caught on opposite ends. if it wasn’t for the politics those two might actual have had a love story. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@AbdisalamFarah391]

What humans are capable of is unbelievable.

[@Snartfoodler]

I think she fell in love with the heart she witnessed from him but not him, because who could? How is it love in such a situation? I think she was surviving and appreciated glimmers of humanity when they appeared because that must've been in short supply. A trauma bond cannot really be love, at most it is a repressed display of humanity where none otherwise exists.

[@michaelhoggarth89]

I can't even imagine the heinous torture & murder of these poor people..I visited Auschwitz and what happened to these people I can't comprehend... I learnt about these camps growing up in the late 60/70's but visiting Auswitch blew my mind... It was worse than you can imagine...💔🇬🇧

[@philiph6456]

What is hideous, is that Auschwitz, Treblinka, Majdanek, Sobibor, Chelmno were creations of essentially about 20 men, who conceived, designed and carried out mass murder on a factory level scale. The Soviets were just brutal with their Gulag system and firing squads....which the SS tried to duplicate, but it took its toll on many of the perpetrators (Read the Book-Ordinary Men about the Police unit that was pressed into "special action" in Poland) So the use of a simple pest control fumigant (it is still used in some countries) was designed for mass murder. This is what zealots do.....and I am watching the rise of similar attitudes again...both the Left and the Right. Our only hope is the Grace and Mercy of Christ, who has won the victory and will come for His elect , those who believe in Him.

[@holger_p]

But you have to imagine what people actually see. A prison and a crematorium are not such weired things by itself. You never see anybody dieing, it happens in dark and solitude. Imagine a factory of beef going in, steaks coming out. If people see it, they become vegan. If they not see it, they enjoy the steak.

[@k.d.w2103]

This man was programmed to hate, when he met Helena he felt a pure warmness inside that he never felt before. There is nothing like that first jolt of euphoric love. It's better than any drug in the world.

[@mairiconnell6282]

20 minutes to die is a lifetime. this video makes it sound as no time at all. It's huge.

[@deeppurple883]

Most of the world's public don't know the extent of these camp's. Most would say that the concentration camp Auschwitz is just one camp. There we're actually fifty two thousand concentration camp's set up in WW2 by the Germans. That fact alone shocked me. You get a better understanding of the industrial magnatude of the murder taking place. Convayer belt operation,

[@freespiritable]

Yet we see Jewish people do the exact same thing they went through to another nation. That really puts another perspective in the matter.

[@LLS875]

@@freespiritablewhat are you referring to ?

[@ladybug6887]

@@freespiritable what people Jewish people sent to gas chambers and concentration camps? do you have any evidence or just blurting out...because of statements like yours genocide happens!!! just 'put another perspective' and all good...

[@sympthylost]

@@LLS875Palestine.

[@Giovi111]

@@sympthylostyou are so incorrect it’s embarrassing. Israel is not exterminating Palestinians.

[@lr2ldn]

She was a beautiful woman.

[@fieracarmen4713]

Respect pentru munca ce o depuneți pentru fiecare videoclip!

[@bobthebuilder9553]

Can two people actually find love in a situation so abhorrent as this? The whole idea of an SS man falling in love with a young Jewish woman transcends one's wildest dreams about love and war and the idea that a Jewish woman would have feelings in return is just incredible.

[@hyusuf4280]

This isn't a myth or fairy tale. It actually happened as the video showed and if it's true that she said she loved him, so yes two people obviously can find love in such a situation. How incredible so many people's lives are, even so-called ordinary or regular people's are.

[@keeptaiwanfree]

I think when you are in such a horrible, hell-ish situation, and someone shows you even a bit of kindness (or just decency) you may start to depend on them and feel a sort of connection to them. I don't know if I could ever fall in love with someone like that, but I could imagine hating that person less. And feeling dependent on them.

[@essoundsofsilence]

​​@@keeptaiwanfreewhat you describe is called the "Stockholm syndrome". It's a common psychological reaction and has nothing to do with love

[@starrfaithfull6934]

​@@keeptaiwanfree Wisely spoken.

[@agdoren]

@@keeptaiwanfree Yeah, I think part of it is just that amidst all that horror they were both wanting to feel something good.I'm reluctant to call it love, at least not the way we tend to think of romantic love, but obviously there were some strong feelings there on both sides since she chose to testify at his trial.

[@12wonge]

Not gonna lie, I did shed a tear for Wunsch.

[@balancedactguy]

Sure you did!🙄🙄

[@frankkinley6272]

@@balancedactguy Can you pinpoint the day you became a cynic?

[@balancedactguy]

@@frankkinley6272 Can you pinpoint the day you became a BOT??

[@frankkinley6272]

@@balancedactguy The difference between you & I is that one of our statements is True & the other is not. We both know I am not a Bot! Just like we both know you never denied being a cynic.

[@balancedactguy]

@@frankkinley6272

[@donnym3066]

Last night I was dreaming as I were Wunsch after watching this. It's beautiful and sad in the same time.

[@Joy-TheLazyCatLady]

I imagine his family shed tears for him. I wonder what lies he told them about his part in the war.

[@frankkinley6272]

Joy Your statement reveals much more about yourself than it does the Nazi guard.

[@Joy-TheLazyCatLady]

@@frankkinley6272 what? That I'm a nice person? I feel sympathy for his family. That doesn't mean I feel any sympathy for him. He was as guilty as all the other sadistic Nazis.

[@frankkinley6272]

@@Joy-TheLazyCatLady No I am talking about your accusation of wondeding what lies you believe he told his family. This is the part that reveals more about you then him.

[@Joy-TheLazyCatLady]

@@frankkinley6272 whatever. I guess he could have told them the truth but most people in situations like this don't tell everyone or they minimize it. I don't know what you are reading into my statement nor why you care.

[@frankkinley6272]

@@Joy-TheLazyCatLady Precisely my point, your thinking is that most people lie or downplay their part. And you think this because that's who you are. Don't you see? In other words it is unfair to place the accusation he lied or may have lied on someone you don't even know. You are diminishing his reputation without a shred of evidence this is why I care. And Frankly you should care too.

[@TheMatrixxandRhodesShow]

Ok. I haven't heard of this story, but this should be interesting.

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

It is a very interesting story. Let us know if you liked it

[@irishsakura1]

@@WorldHistoryVideos personally, I loved it. I’m still in shock from my mixed emotions. I honestly don’t have an opinion about it. One thing is for sure is that I want to read more about this. This was the best episode ever made!

[@TheMatrixxandRhodesShow]

@WorldHistoryVideos I was hoping he had changed his ways, but he didn't, but he was still in love with the Jewish lady and she was in love with him. That was complicated.

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

@@TheMatrixxandRhodesShow very complicated story ... but thanks God that Helena and her sister survived ...

[@triciajohansen7124]

A film was created on this story.

[@CindyTownsend-t1z]

He kept her alive. And she saved his life. Only they know if it was love.

[@barbaratraininblank4103]

it's a cheap shot to say no one cried for him.And that's after you gave a fairly objective presentation of their relationship. He had a family who cried for him, and even Helena and her sister's children heard good about him. And one of Helena's fellow inmates after the trial said that he was Helena's first love, and she probably thought of him -- even if unconsciously -- her whole life.

[@Ananenina]

This could be a movie. What a story!

[@carolaticli4195]

What a story, I know it since years. There is also a movie about Helena and Franz's story.

[@dreapress1227]

I’m sure tears were shed for him. He did have a family after all.

[@MrsToooSweet292]

Just a suggestion...slow down the voice over, have more feeling in what you're reporting, also, let the photos stay up longer, especially if they have writing on them

[@Braveheart.22]

Sometimes one must speak fast and without emotion to get through the task of telling such horrors.

[@MotherMeece]

Yes! I often have to back up the video to take moment to digest what was said or to look at the pictures with captions.

[@Wodenson]

I love the history and details in these videos but I have really bad adhd, i would love it if i could slow down videos by 90-80 percent so i can absorb the words and listen more carefully, i miss so much when people talk too fast. but i suppose you cant please everyone, im just glad we have these videos in the first place, it helps if you pause on the text.

[@j1st633]

Agree

[@bazilisk1]

I watch all at 2x speed without an issue. If you are slow you can decrease play speed

[@hannahs3560]

Guys there’s a book about this. It’s called the girl in the striped dress by Ellie Midwood, it’s a very interesting read. I do recommend it

[@mj6962]

The Bible says that “hell has increased its border.” And I’m sure the borders increased significantly again, as each Nazi died as well.

[@margaretlumley1648]

There is a gut-wrenching 1974 movie, starring Charlotte Rampling and Dirk Bogarde, called The Night Porter. I am reminded of this movie, as I hear about this story 😢

[@tytn9978]

I have said this before, and I will repeat it: I dislike your parting line for each of these segments. Yes, there were horrible folk who did horribly unspeakable things to fellow human beings. But your closing line echoes the very real totalitarian mind-set that you seek to reveal in an educational way. Nazis viewed the world in simplistic black-and-white divisions. Your statement that no tears were shed reflects the very black-and-white attitude you are trying to educate us about, and thus you overlook the reality that every person is loved by at least someone, and that this someone will shed tears! Your description of historical facts is excellent. Your closing statement is unnecessary.

[@jacksonreilly3441]

Agreed.I have been tweaking the narrator's beard over this issue for more than a year. It is just his little "party piece". Sort of like Fred Flintstone's "Yabba-dabba-dooo'. I used to find his NO TEARS SHED" nonsense supercilious and annoying but now see it as quite humorous. Pure comedy gold!!! Have your crying towel ready!

[@annanowa-matsu]

My Grandmother was from the Krakow region. She told me that when they had to move and go during the WWII and after it was only walls of dead bodies all around! Sadly to say the empathy words from many of you are only empty words for decades!

[@firebyrd437]

There were tears shed for him, he had a family who loved him

[@WendiintoancientHistory]

Of all of the cruelty and pure evil done to these poor people, what they did to the children...beating them before murdering them...omg. it's too much to even hear it. "It is better that a millstone be hung about your neck and ye drown in the depths of the sea, than ye offend the least of my little ones." Their offenders are paying the price.

[@MM-yi9zn]

So much for their purity. Pure evil.

[@lela8081]

Poor Rozika if i was here i would rather die then live without my children.Imagine the pain that women live every day.Poor people and children:((((

[@AmethystEyes]

She didn’t know that they were killed until much later. She was tricked.

[@lela8081]

@@AmethystEyes i know..its even worst what a teribble life:(

[@zapot66]

War is hell so it's said. To love another as opposite as this story is tragic. I wonder how many such stories there are. We are born with the ability to love, unfortunately circumstances will push a person to become conflicted by situation of the moment.

[@renee1961]

Thanks!

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Hi Renee, I hope you are well and thank you so much again. We greatly appreciate your support.

[@mariansokolik336]

nearly ubelievable, Im from Slovakia, only God and life of those who lived through can judge. Thank You🙏

[@kb1996]

Could it be for her no more than Stockholm syndrome which is a coping mechanism to a captive or abusive situation? People develop positive feelings toward their captors or abusers over time because doing so will make their plight better?

[@kevinhensley4643]

She was very beautiful, amazing history

[@donaldoehl7690]

This is about the most bizarre and twisted story you have yet presented.