From tortured victim to killer of the Nazis - Chaim Engel & his great escape from Sobibor

Chaim Engel - Brutal Revenge of Hero of Great Escape from Sobibor - Holocaust - Sobibor Uprising. Chaim Engel was born on the 10th of January 1916 in Brudzew, Poland.
The second world war began on the 1st of September, 1939, only 2 weeks before Chaim’s tour of duty in Polish compulsory army service was scheduled to end.
The German occupation of Poland was exceptionally brutal.
When in March 1940 all Jewish prisoners of war were returned to Poland, Chaim Engel was one of them. He then got a job at a farm near Lublin.
It is estimated that the Germans killed between 1.8 and 1.9 million non-Jewish Polish civilians during World War II. In addition, the Germans murdered at least 3 million Jewish citizens of Poland.
In November 1942 Chaim Engel was sent so Sobibor.
About 250,000 victims were murdered in this killing center.
When Chaim’s transport arrived in Sobibor, the German ordered him to step out of the column. 18 or 20 people from the entire transport were picked out. Chaim’s brother was not chosen.
Partly because of his good health, Chaim was assigned to sort through clothing of the doomed prisoners.
The systematic deportation of Dutch Jews to the death camps started in the summer of 1942. In April 1943 Selma Wijnberg arrived in Sobibor. She would become Chaim’s girlfriend.
The next day the Sobibor prisoners found all their clothes full of blood. Chaim found a note in a pocket which said:
In September 1943 twenty Jewish Red Army prisoners of war, the soldiers who had the necessary expertise to pull off an escape, arrived at Sobibor on a transport from the Minsk Ghetto and were selected for labor.
One of them, Alexander Pechersky, would become a leader of the revolt which began late in the afternoon on the 14th of October 1943.
The first to kill was Johann Niemann.
One of the targets was Rudolf Beckmann who was to be killed by 2 inmates, but in the last minute one of them got scared and did not want to go.
Chaim Engel, knowing that there was no turning back because too many Germans were dead, volunteered to kill Beckmann in his office
Chaim and a kapo named Pozyczki went to the administration building where they found Beckmann behind his desk. While Pozyczki restrained Beckmann, Engel stabbed their overseer with a bread knife and with every stab Chaim cried, "This is for my father, for my brother, and for all the Jews you killed." Beckmann tried to fight back causing Engel's knife to slip, cutting his own hand and covering him with blood. But this did not stop him. When Beckmann was dead, the two, not having enough time to better hide his body, pushed Beckmann under the desk and took his rifle. When Chaim came out, Selma, his Dutch Jewish girlfriend, was there and cleaned his face which was covered with Beckmann’s blood and put something on his wound.
In total 11 SS officers were killed by the rebels.
Chaos then took over; prisoners had to escape by climbing over the barbed wire fences or running out the main gate through a mine field under heavy machine gun fire.
Some stepped on mines. Some gave up and didn't run at all. Chaim Engel belonged to those who did. He grabbed his girlfriend Selma and ran to the main gate. They made it outside and ran into the woods. After running the whole night, they made it only 6 kilometers from the camp.
One day in June 1944, starving, frightened and infested with lice, they approached a farmhouse and asked the farmer if he would be willing to hide them.
The farmer dressed Selma as an old lady and put Chaim on a wagon, covered with branches, and drove them to his brother who was living about 10 kilometres away in a better, more isolated location. They lived for 9 months in a hayloft of a barn, without being able to go outside and always scared that they might be found or turned over to the police.
They were liberated by Red Army on the 23rd of July 1944.
They emigrated to the Netherlands, then to Israel in 1951 and then to the USA in 1957 where Chaim started his own business and became a jeweller.
Until the end of their lives, Chaim and Selma remained in contact with the Poles who had saved their lives and kept helping them financially as much as they could.
There were many tears shed for Chaim and Selma Engel.
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[@vomeronasal]

Thank you. Despite recent trends, we must never forget our brutal, abhorrent history.

[@Hokefi]

Sadly history repeats itself

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@Harmonikaklange]

“Recent trends” are exactly what should worry us all!

[@14Aymara]

I can't find the exact words to express my admiration to those unsung heroes. I'm pretty sure there were many more, whose names we'll never know. May they all rest in peace. I'm sure many people, just like myself, shed tears for them.Thank you for this video. Shalom. 🌹🌟 ✡ 🌟🌹

[@Yorkie2]

14 amara.. absolutely

[@zdenkamankova5110]

One of brave men was my beloved uncle Josef Duda c.b.e.

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@lindaschiller7670]

so important that the world does not forget. thank you Chaim and Selma.

[@deloisphillips831]

All these years later just still breaks my heart. How can humanity be so inhumane

[@Gwaithmir]

I wept when I watched this. I will never fully understand how people could hate the Jews so much that they wanted to kill them all.

[@George-vf7ss]

It's human nature.

[@arcade-eyes3682]

its sheeple standing for nothing and falling for everything this is the natural result of rejecting individual responsibility

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@VG-rj8pn]

Greed and evil like biden

[@williamkz]

Deeply moving. So humbling hear about such courage and tenacity.

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@janetprice85]

My Mom gave me Ann Frank's Diary to read as a girl. It was very moving and so sad that all her potential ended at the camp but that her story and spirit lived on to inspire others. My Dad was a B24 pilot in WW2 and he flew into parts of Europe at night to drop not bombs but supplies to the resistence and personnel and money against the Nazis. It was at night with just torch light sometimes and short runways in the north over fjords. No radar either just road maps.All were heros.

[@cliveedwards2958]

I just read your comment and was thinking how terrifying your father's air missions must have been..especially landing, as you could never be sure that it wasnt the enemy signaling you in..you must be so proud of your dad.

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@arts5980]

You should be proud of your father.

[@ramonandrajo6348]

@@arts5980 Ha!

[@bbooher9663]

Janet, bless your dad and all our Military. I'm truly grateful for their service and sacrifices.

[@maryoneill7045]

Never to be forgotten, brave people.

[@stevenslaney5924]

Obvious we have forgotten, Ukraine with over 2 million dead in world war 2 in the area

[@14Aymara]

@@stevenslaney5924 - No wonder, humans will never learn.

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@14Aymara]

@@ramonandrajo6348 - Wrong. People you call silly sheep are just good-hearted humans , and they cry for the right reason. Muy desagradable e innecesario el final de tu comentario. Pone al descubierto tu naturaleza, nada agradable por cierto.

[@charliemunk2947]

@@stevenslaney5924 People know about that too. Not sure why people always say this.

[@Yorkie2]

Bless their bravery. This is heart wrenching.

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@DaeVids]

As a Pole, I’m glad that quit common thing among average citizens as me and my peers is there’s no signs of any collaboration or cooperation with Germans in life’s of our ancestors. And despite the fact now we’re being blamed for holocaust, the truth is that only in occupied Poland there was death penalty for helping Jews and in the same country there was the highest number of those who sacrificed whole families to save Jewish lifes. God bless Yous

[@GlendaMasterson]

I love Poland and would love to go back before I get to old. Wonderful country. I have read many books about your country.

[@robertevans8010]

You did not mention that the Camp Guards were Ukrainians Latvians and Lithuanians. They were brutal in the extreme and John Demjaniuk was one of them, I came across a man in Italy in the 70's who was also a Guard at Sobibor and later at Mauthausen he had never been Charged, but had been freed by the American forces in Linz and worked for them, he was able to give them much information which led to many arrests but he was given a pardon. He was Ukrainian. One of the many thousands of SS Guards who survived the War, I hope that there is a hell for the vile Bastards.

[@libertyforall5764]

I'll check it out.

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@ruthietaylor8756]

They volunteered to kill!

[@Soyuz2578]

I'll share one of my personal experiences with you. I live in Australia (lived here since I was 12 originally from Armenia) and when I was in high school we were living in Melbourne and every morning as I would walk out the front to go to school there would be this elderly gentleman who was next door and he was always out in the garden and my younger brother (who was 10 at the time) often kicked his football into next door's yard and when we would go over to get the ball the elderly gentleman would give us sweets and offer us soft drinks, then about 2 wks before we move house, old Konrad had the AFP show up on his doorstep with an international warrant for his arrest.... He was Konrad Kalejs, a guard at a concentration camp during WW2.

[@ruthietaylor8756]

Never forgive and never forget! Evil beyond!

[@glennhecker4422]

VERY appropriate that this hero was named "Engel" (the German word for "angel") given his status of an Avenging Angel. Brave soul, rest in loving peace.

[@GlendaMasterson]

Very true!

[@bulouvusonawalowalo1711]

We must remember those that were murdered by the German Army. All children, women and men. We must not turn a blind eye. Thank you for the video.

[@raymonramkhewan3218]

We must also remember Palestinian children woman and men that are murdered by The Jewish people you're Jewish people's are not better than The Germans ☠️☠️

[@shahrulamar5358]

Now Germany is eliminated from 2022 World Cup. ⚽⚽⚽

[@claudiosikler9493]

SS ... Not German Army (Wehrmacht)

[@leobell8032]

These two bring a whole new meaning to the term, "tough guys."

[@jhavajoe3792]

In that incredible darkness and evil, this man survived and lived so he could tell the world what happened. New generations should know.

[@PittManGaming]

That’s the kind of love story that moves a man to tears. Thank you @WorldHistory.

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

We felt the same way ...

[@g-pawmikey5508]

If this history doesn't sicken one to think of these horrors inflicted on others, then one has no humanity.

[@heavystarch100]

A tragedy we still haven't learned from. My whole life I always wanted a love like these two shared. 😔

[@keibon11]

The day that we forget what happened is the day that we lose our humanity once again.

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@ruthietaylor8756]

And never forgive

[@aevans-jl9ym]

As someone who grew up surrounded by Nazi memorabilia and parents who praised AH's achievements. I was absolutely sickened and shocked to find out how irredeemable evil they actually were. No matter how you paint it. Their murder of women, children and babies is beyond belief and inexcusable.

[@aevans-jl9ym]

@@ramonandrajo6348 Where is the falsehood?

[@ruthietaylor8756]

@@aevans-jl9ym spot on! Bless you

[@daskritterhaus5491]

the rule in a fight to the death is, obviously, never give up. if you are going to lose anyway, TAKE AS MANY OF THEM WITH YOU AS YOU CAN. it will be remembered forever. and inspiring others to do likewise.

[@tormarquis]

We always look at these stories, wondering why , with such overwhelming majorities, the unarmed don't rise up and rebel? You just have to look at every POW camp that were under Nazi and Japanese occupation, knowing that ,even trained fighter prisoners were weakened so much with starvation and disease, that they know longer had the strength and will to fight their captors.

[@scottwalker6897]

the Jews Who fled to the forest and became partisans had a better chance for survival as well.

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@petertownend7777]

Bravest of the brave.. respect to everyone 🙏🙏

[@ramonandrajo6348]

@@petertownend7777 Shut up, sheeeeep. XD

[@susancoyle640]

These stories need to be told!!! NEVER stop telling them.

[@jayo3074]

I'm tired of it

[@freethinker1378]

All surviving victims of the Holocaust are hero’s. Those who’s selflessness is still spoken of today, like Chaim, are the angels on earth who lived amongst the hero’s.

[@yesyoureright]

No the ones whom fought and died for them are hero's. Amongst those were Indian's, Muslims foreigner's. Whom got no fkn recognition they did the most dangerous jobs only to be ignored in history.

[@freethinker1378]

@@yesyoureright so when I stated ALL SURVIVING VICTIMS, you assumed I meant the Jewish victims only? This is why one should never assume. I specifically left out any reference to Jews because I am well aware of the multiple nationalities/religions that also perished in the Holocaust. Hitler’s theories of eugenics were never about Jews only. Anyone - no matter what they believe or where they come from - that managed to survive the conditions in the concentration camps most certainly are hero’s. Just like those that fought to save them.

[@nealsausen4651]

@@yesyoureright : they were BOTH Heroes yeah?!

[@allthatjazz-7]

A survivor who acted out of desperation, when already there was no hope! No. The real heroes were the allied and American soldiers. Who signed up to go to war and risked everything!. And remember, knew nothing about the jews and the concentration camps.

[@allthatjazz-7]

​@@yesyoureright Correct

[@bakabaka6565]

Great couple! And the biggest revenge is the beautiful family they have created

[@nicholasdavies6264]

Superb courage, and that feeling of revenge must have been very satisfying! One absolute HERO !

[@TM-yn4iu]

Excellent video/clips and narrative that support the facts you provide. Much appreciated!

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

thank you

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

This dude is so fvcking hardcore. Rest in Heaven, Chaim. You truly were a hero.

[@thinkinoutloud.1]

All the years of my life I have never gotten used to hearing this stuff. Never been desensitized by it as it is repeated over again. It's always mayhem and terror, like the first time heard. Even today people are being starved, torchered and murdered by deviant people and policies for some unjust reason which we can't do anything about.

[@jasonhutter7534]

It will continue, too. Violence is in out DNA. It's been with us since we were apes.

[@joshyabraham54]

I had the pleasure to talk to Thomas Blatt and his email before he died is my precious possession. Love from Kerala, India 🇮🇳❤

[@simonsmith1974]

That must've been one amazing experience

[@markcanon7326]

Guardian Angels of all times, no word can be express to gratify these couple. They were Godsent for the other victims and they did an anointed job up to their last being. My respect and gratitude.❤❤❤❤

[@josephinepeery6938]

I am now a subscriber to your channel. I thought I'd subscribed before but for so me reason it hadn't registered, I suppose. Horrors committed by these beast should not be allowed to ever happen again. No-one is superior to another although that will never be fully accepted by many, sadly. Thank you for your informative channel.

[@ridethecurve55]

Every time I watch these footage of the cattle cars with all the people in them moving out, I become stricken with grief that most never knew their fate was very near and they would be no more for the world. How sad I feel, so stories like this fill me with pride for the courage of the few who resisted and took revenge. I pray for them all. May their souls be with God.

[@zackcantrell9689]

I know that feeling.

[@kennygottlieb3628]

Read the book about the escape from sobibor it made me chill i would wish All jews have fought back instead of letting Them selves killed like sheeps.

[@motolover5697]

@@marianalewaja6119 Where can we read about it? Sources, please!

[@maya8627]

@@marianalewaja6119 So,you come here to spread lies and hate? For shame.

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@Ruckduck72]

Łódź where my family in Poland is from a terribly sad history

[@thomasweatherford5125]

I weep at every one of these stories. So important to keep them fresh in everyone’s minds as to never forget.

[@oddsteinardybvad-raneng]

What more can I say that has not been said before about these atrocities? Let us never ever forget! May God bless all who died during this awful time of earth's history.

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@laankebygg3685]

@@ramonandrajo6348 So you are a Nazi! May you rot in Hell.

[@ramonandrajo6348]

@@laankebygg3685 Nazi?

[@dianevernon8201]

Pity God didn't step in before this happened. Late again

[@ramonandrajo6348]

@@dianevernon8201 Like in the case of USA and related?

[@pauldaniel9199]

Thank you for creating this channel. These stories need to be heard, especially by younger generations.

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Paul, thank you so much

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@GlendaMasterson]

Never forget!

[@quaver1239]

I am 80 now, and the knowledge of what the vicious, ignorant Germans, French, Ukrainians, Poles, Hungarians and the rest of Europe did to my people has never left me, not even for a day. I thank the Israelis for Yad Vashem, and I thank all the rest of those who, by keeping this knowledge alive, are trying to ensure that it will not happen again.

[@robertwisniewski9059]

I really admire Jews... They are true survivers... Tough inteligent people... During the WW2 Germans killed 6mln Polish citizens (2mln of them were Jews)... There was a death penalty for saving the Jews in occupied Poland ruled by Germans... Polish underground state (or resistent movement if you like) has had 300.000 active members (vounteers) who risk their and their families lives back in the day... Everyone who let the Jews to the Germans could have been persecuted by the underground court and the penalty for that kind of activity was death... There were special squads of Polish Home Army soldiers to execute the justice... There is no other nation which has as many "Righteous Among the Nations" in Yad Vashem as Poles have... Tens thousands of Poles were killed after the WW2 by Soviets (NKWD)... Who was in charge of "NKWD" in Poland back then ? Don't you know ? These are facts sir... Don't ignore them...

[@quaver1239]

@@robertwisniewski9059 : You have all your numbers wrong. Suggest you do some reading by honest Christian authors instead of spouting inaccuracies. As for all the Polish Righteous Among the Nations: This is because there were more Jewish people in Poland than anywhere else - but per capita in Poland there were very few who genuinely helped Jews. Post-war, when some of the few survivors tried to return to their own homes in Poland, what did the Poles do? Attacked them, and kept all the Jewish belongings they (the Poles) had stolen. Then, until 1948 there were Polish massacres of Jews. “Jew Hunts” they called them. Read a book (there are many) about the Kielce massacre. And so, by the end of 1948 there were scarcely any Jews left in your country. How happy you were! All this information is in German, Russian and Polish archives, in which only TRUTH is recorded. The Germans, especially, know ecactly how many Jews in Poland were murdered, and if you search the archives you will find ALL your numbers are inaccurate. Your English usage is a good indication of your poor education. If you cannot write, you have not read.

[@laurakuhn8743]

I have read many books of WW II, and many books detailing Sobibor. Thank you for this

[@anniefannycharles9951]

Can you imagine having this man as your grandfather?! He's unbelievable. What a life. RIP

[@Hartley_Hare]

Firstly, thank you so much for this channel. Secondly, I'm in awe of the story you tell here. The absolute bestiality of the Holocaust is well-documented, but the bravery of the people in Sobibor and the people who hid them inspires awe and a profound sense that, even in the darkest hours for humanity, there is some good.

[@tonymcdonnly6492]

The movie Escape from Sobibor is an accurate depiction of this story. If you can, rent this movie or que it up on KZbin. I strongly recommend it. To witness the testimony of an actual survivor of this camp is priceless. Chaim and his wife Selma, and other survivors, defeated the Nazis who enslaved and murdered them even if not every prisoner survived. The world must never forget.

[@AlanTFitch]

I willt try to

[@andymorfitis]

Watched it, learnt from it.. Much love to all my Jewish friends🇮🇱

[@tonymcdonnly6492]

@@AlanTFitch 👍

[@tonymcdonnly6492]

@@andymorfitis 👍

[@14rnr]

Courageous people, they must never be forgotten.

[@14rnr]

I see the unoriginal people have been copying what I said....Sheepole

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@14rnr]

Not interested in your opinion so why would I care what you wrote... you are nothing, a non entity and will never matter

[@ceemac5656]

There are no words I can express, we will remember you. God bless their families forever. Amen. ❤🤎❤🙏🏾

[@alicemendez7423]

This story and the way it was told and shown is one of the best I've seen in a very long time! The story is heartbreaking and joyful!

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Thank you

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@RamagsKitchen]

It moved me to tears yet gave me the courage to fight & survive!

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@joypatrick6802]

This really breaks my heart. Man to man is so unjust, wicked and evil....and the perpetrators of these atrocities WILL PAY....

[@scheusselmensch5713]

A very sad story until they got to the bit about killing Nazis. Gives me a warm fuzzy feeling listening to that recounting.

[@dickmckenna9447]

Me too 😊

[@virginiacook2724]

Never Forget!!

[@angela-bb9ud]

Anyone who might be reading my post will most likely not agree with me! However, if we are honest with ourselves one would have to agree… the Germans of that time period should be held responsible! You mi get ask why! I have yet to find a video that shows a German with a sad crying face …. They all seem to enjoy and approve the pain inflicted on these least! I hope they all burn in hell.

[@alexanderrubino932]

💯% I have placed a comment elsewhere, .... Thanx for your bravery, came to the very same conclusion quite a few years ago.

[@deniseroe5891]

And we call ourselves humans? JFK. Glad they made it out to share their story. So many people that fought in WWII and the camp survives are getting up in years. My dad was in the US Army Corps and would be 100 in January. We’re loosing their part of our history.

[@randallrigney420]

Tell your father thank you, and that is amazing he will be 100. 🇺🇲

[@leewarry8641]

I cannot comprehend how Germany could be allowed to build all there war plains & tanks .why didnt the whole world watch them after ww1 .

[@dickmckenna9447]

Bingo

[@dennishumphries5610]

Heart breaking stories,beyond belief what our fellow human beings can stoop to,

[@ramonandrajo6348]

The Hellstorm documentary tell the facts about WWII better than USA and Isra-hell, but it's still a heck of a lot better than NBC's crap documentaries; cry as much as you want, silly sheep, XD

[@nealsausen4651]

They’re not my fellows and they’re not human beings!

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

Living well is always the best revenge.

[@marapeters9144]

Beautiful story but tragic 😢

[@solvingpolitics3172]

Amazing story! They really overcame evil.

[@penney304]

So many died, so few lived. Chiang Engel's story should be made into a movie, he is a true hero.

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Very true!

[@carolynellis387]

There's a general film about Sobibor.. I don't know what it's called but it was a good film telling the story of the dire circumstances prisoners faced

[@samrodian919]

Rest in Peace Chaim and Selma

[@TanukiOfficial]

Civilians outside the camp: "We didn't know" Common sense: "But, didn't you smell it? Didn't you hear all of the gun fire and see no one leaving?"

[@richardmonson8657]

Incredible story.

[@Ozzywozzy]

That is crazy. My grandfather was liberated at Lodz so I wonder if he ever met these people. Besides concentration camps, Poland itself was changed afterwards.

[@mirelapasca1411]

it feels good, that in so much pain, burning tears, after hearing the horible things that had happened, you can get some joy tears, from one's happy ending

[@meirabarenholtz5524]

It’s not really a happy ending

[@allanramusiewicz996]

@@meirabarenholtz5524 You can say THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN….

[@joan5856]

I have met survivors and nothing angers me me more than people trying to deny the Holocast. Those who carried out the murders and appeared contented with their actions. I hope they are in the hottest part of hell with constant pictures of their evil passing before them.

[@KC-UT4rmAZ]

Loved this episode. Some great amazing stories out of this war. Along with the horror.

[@imsocuteimsorich4952]

Fair play to him ,he had the rage and anger to kill those German officers without hesitation or remorse,and through it all survived to tell his story,I no god forgives him,I'd say if he could have he would have helped others like him but some where to afraid to take the chance if it was me I would have, known it was either stay there and die or try to excape known you could be shot but god was on his side like most others who survived while war was still happening,,rest in peace to those who died by the command of an insanity man, amen to them 🌷🌷🌷🌷🐦☀️🌈💖👪👫💏🌷

[@ryanhorow4590]

Great Content thankyou for your Information and knowlèage kevin

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Thank you

[@resnonverba137]

God bless them and all that suffered under the Nazis.

[@edwinsalau150]

Thank you for posting this, so people may not forget! So people may not deny this occurred! May this couple rest in peace! The lives taken in the death camps, boggles the mind.

[@Joy-TheLazyCatLady]

RIP Chain and Selma. 😢💔🕊

[@deirdregahansuttle5698]

Fantastic video. Thank you. Horrific Germans

[@tonybase7887]

I’ve never seen this my mother came from Polish Jews only my Great Granfather Grandmother got to England same for my Great Gran Parents from Germany my mother served with Free Polish Airforce brother served with Popsikies private army and helped bring a lot of Nazi to the tribunal’s for war crimes I can never ever forgive or forget what was done and I pray that this is never forgotten or is aloud to happen again.

[@lapensulo4684]

Great ztory,.moved me to tears of respect

[@hanikaram3351]

too bad The Soviets did not annihilate the German Nazis and all German that was sympathizer

[@avimae4225]

Take a good look around.... history is repeating itself......

[@stnz908]

"What are you doing with that ax?" He got his answer.

[@Wise-Lady-La-Aura]

Chaim Engel and his wife, Selma lived to tell the world about the brutal and crude murders of thousands and thousands of innocent people and children. I have read about the start of the rebellion in Sobibor. The brave barber who was able to start the revolution in Sobibor against the Nazis by having the man with the ax finally strike back at the most sadist of the guards. To see the glory of the prisoners of Sobibor running for their lives would have been one of the greatest testament to the power of the human mind against evil. I loved looking at the farmer and his wife who helped Chaim and Selma hide until the end of the war. We must always present these true stories in the raw form that state them best for future generations. It could happen again one day. Humans are inhumane to other humans when given the chance. Thank you for this. It is such a meaningful video that will break your heart, scare you and eventually this is a beautiful ending to a very horrifying and true story. Thank you.

[@rotrautmellin7543]

THANK YOU for this precious documantation !!! I was born in 1941 and I never heard/read or saw sooo many Details about what the Germans did to alone to Poland . Splitting it up etc. !!! I will spread this video !

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Thank you so much. Keep watching us :)

[@danielcurtis1434]

I hope such bravery will live on!!! We really really need it!!!

[@eldaveo9356]

I'm from the bottom of the world in New Zealand. My grandfather on one side and great grandfather on the other both fought in world war one in Europe as teenagers. We will never forget.

[@elizabethnjoki6186]

I wonder why the world does not take lessons from world war 11 . The suffering & killings is just so heartbreaking . Rest in peace to all innocent souls 🙏 killed by people who are guided by greed and hatred 🙏

[@nashvillain171]

The movie Escape from Sobibor tells the story in the same way as this documentary.

[@michaeljackiewicz5637]

Wow, what a journey

[@kevinquist]

your videos mean a lot to me. you do a great job with them.

[@vivianballestero7615]

Thank you for this presentation.

[@liamwinchesterchasten2229]

May their memories be blessings

[@757575436]

The inner strengths of those who fought back against the nazi fanatics ,the birth of modern Israel and the oath taken of never again.

[@reneedennis2011]

I didn't know about him. Thank you for telling us his story.

[@dreamlanddiaries628]

What a legend how is there never made a movie about this story

[@andyjay9346]

Wow, what a brilliant wonderful couple. Absolutely amazing! ❤👍

[@Jimmie567]

Truly a gripping period of their struggle to live as human beings,,a reminder it can happen once more from this couple,,,rip both

[@Miguel53de]

It breaks my mind and my heart that anyone was willing and able to participate in this mass murder. And I will never understand how one can deny the existence of the concentration camps and the murder of millions of Jews and other people.

[@georgebrown8312]

I feel the very same way, Miguel53de. It is hard to understand how anyone can be so "obtuse" as to deny the reality of what happened in those concentration camps and death camps.

[@georgebrown8312]

By obtuse, I mean dense in the head, stupid in their thinking, etc.

[@davidrussell4104]

Good for him & the few others who could or would fight back. This is the best argument for the right to bear arms. Disarmed citizens are sitting ducks for their enemies. I have also read about the Bielski brothers, who saved thousands of people.

[@willh5847]

Wondering if these two people's story has ever been made into a movie. Stories of hope and survival against the worst of humanity are important ones to tell.

[@ruthietaylor8756]

God sees everything and forgets nothing

[@angela-bb9ud]

NEVER NEVER TO FORGET

[@faithfuljohn9836]

A true hero.

[@angela-bb9ud]

I am running the risk of stereotyping … but, one doesn’t get stereotyped … one stereotypes ones self! Germans are cold … hard hearted people!

[@alexanderrubino932]

💯% Two World Wars, (if I'm not mistaken they can take "credit" for the 30 year war too) The Horrors of a Martin Luther, a German monk, the horrors of the Reformation, his book "The Jews and Their Lies" a Blueprint for Hitler....

[@deepshikhapandey9170]

What a courage...hats off to him, great respect for ghis couple

[@14rnr]

You have really good footage with you videos, some of it is quite upsetting.

[@WorldHistoryVideos]

Thank you. We try our best with the videos we produce. Glad you can see it.

[@14rnr]

@@WorldHistoryVideos Will you profile anyone from WWI?

[@tjittekamminga5170]

what a shame for the so called civilized western european and american worldl to let this happen!

[@samrodian919]

Are you forgetting that Britain and France declared war on Germany because of their commitment to support the Poles?

[@RK-su4hs]

“ Before you take revenge remember to dig two graves “ Confucius

[@saturn722]

Yet another gripping story of what millions of people were forced to endure just because of their race or ethnicity. What is really scary is that most of the German men who committed these atrocities were just normal people before Hitler came to power. Many had friends, employers, or had spouses of the Jewish faith! In fact Jews had been a substantial part of the German culture for centuries! How could so many German citizens turn a blind eye or even participate in the the Holocaust?

[@johnryan2193]

Any sane Human would give their lives rather than surrender to these animals !