Henia Bryer | The Unique Plight of Female Survivors | Women’s History Month | USC Shoah Foundation

[@Canuckmom128]

Mrs. Bryer, your erudite and articulate testimony of your life, during those horrific years, is deeply moving and disturbing, and should be shown to Grade 7 Students everywhere. I will forever be astounded by Survivors, who were forced to endure trauma upon trauma, and to do it while cold, starving, beaten, and often infested with lice. I am so glad that you went on to marry and raise a family - you and your husband look like Matinee Idols in your beautiful Wedding Photo, and as a mature woman you are incredibly beautiful. Thank you for sharing your important story - those in positions of power must NEVER FORGET how fascists were allowed to destroy the leading democracy in Europe, and turn it into a killing machine. “Those who do not learn from History are doomed to repeat it”. Blessings to you and your family.

[@garryreed7086]

What a beautiful lady.

[@linrogers4326]

You say everything I was thinking. An amazing woman and story of survival.

[@johnbuckle5937]

Voters in the US must take note of fascists and vote blue for democracy sake and peace.

[@ellenwheat3608]

Dear Henia Bryer, Thank you so much for sharing your story. Your strength and courage are so inspiring.

[@claudiaperfetti7694]

What a wonderful testimony. What an incredible woman. She's so accomplished, so many languages, so poised . Such beautiful English. Thank you for this.

[@plannerjoy]

She is such a well-spoken and polite woman. The way she tells her story with a matter-of-fact tone reminds me of my grandmother's storytelling about her time in a Ukrainian ghetto. My grandmother was only six when her family was rounded up, yet she remembers every detail as if it happened yesterday.

[@sherrymeadows8758]

Would love to hear your story about her life if you care to share any of it. Thank you. Thank God for all the survivors !

[@ellenwheat3608]

Thank you again Mr Spielberg! This foundation may be your most significant work. My deep appreciation and interest. I started experiencing these survivors accounts during Covid lockdown, and ive found them to be important to me. Im an 82-year-old grandmother and few things beyond family mean anything to me now. I feel transported by the transcendence and power of these survivors heroic stories. And i recommend them to everyone. I get impatient with how folks tend to turn away from this content. Recognition of the Holocaust and its relevance today in these scary times is crucial.

[@suzanncruikshank6442]

I agree 100% ! Years ago, I bought every book about those evil times to educate myself !!! Why weren't we taught this in schools??? Never, ever forget😢

[@ellenwheat3608]

@@suzanncruikshank6442 Exactly!

[@linak7155]

@@suzanncruikshank6442 education about these horrific events is important. Sadly, it seems as if history repeats itself. The human heart is evil n deceitful above all things. God help us! The Jewish ppl have suffered yet anothersinister attack and many are blinded to this evil❣️❣️

[@eunicestone6532]

I used to work at a bank with an old polish lady and every Friday she would eat an entire smoked fish for lunch. All that was left was the bones. And the stories she would tell. She was a Holocaust survivor. She proudly wore her tattoo. Bless her. She taught this young hillbilly girl so many lessons.

[@mariereilly2084]

I would love to hear what she shared with you! Do you know how rare and important what you know now is? Incredible.

[@douglundquist4260]

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[@taliabraver]

You should write a book

[@tartaninka]

​@@taliabraverThey should write a book.. 🎉

[@mr.frandy7692]

what kind of fish

[@mariannesnead6919]

So grateful she survived and thrived in spite of all the horrific circumstances that befell her what an inspiration of courage

[@virtuousmountainwoman]

To endure and see such cruelty must have been more than one could imagine. Human resilience against evil is profound. We pray this type of cruelty never happens again.

[@mountaingirl6479]

Very well done, she presented everything clearly . Very tragic and traumatic- but with victory that she survived and now has a loving family and 4 grandchildren. So glad this testimony is preserved!! Thank you!!

[@wendyhannaford7696]

A Very Intelligent Articulate Beautiful Woman, one of the best to share her account of what happened to her and her family during this horrific time .

[@thecatcameback3921]

Total love & respect for this wonderful STRONG Smart Lady. Very glad you survived & may God bless you with all things good.

[@sandraromano1327]

Such a dear beautiful soul! How anyone survived these horrors and could remain so lovely and intelligent is a miracle. These testimonials break my heart but so necessary to listen to.

[@sherrymeadows8758]

Amen!

[@cblg959]

Yes, unfortunately many survivors had lifelong debilitating emotional suffering from the trauma.

[@mayapolak8190]

Hard to comprehend both the horror and evil but also the strength, the courage and the fate in those decidings moment that meant survival... Thank you for sharing Mrs Byrer. What an inspiration and a hero of life. So very very sad. May their souls rest in peace and may they be cherished in the journey of souls forever. Amen.

[@lisaderenard4467]

Very well done, the interviewer did a great job interviewing this survivor. I have watched a few of these and this was the best one by far. Mrs. Bryer is very well spoken strong, feminine woman. Thank you for sharing your story. I used to live next door to a a very nice Holocaust survivor in Michigan USA, she was a Ukranian jew, she had a tattoo on her arm also.

[@amarindadutoit2559]

Thank you mrs Bryer. So glad you are in South Africa in Bloemfontein. Greetings from Rustenburg....SA. You are a shining light

[@davidrutter9786]

Another gracious lady who survived a horrific unimaginable period in human history. She tells her stories with such vivid memories. We have to admire that she & other survivors were able to put these experiences behind them & live fairly normal lives. Bless this woman & all the others that gave their stories over to posterity. Never forget. Never again. Amen

[@sherrymeadows8758]

Totally agree

[@josiedickson6959]

Dear Mrs Bryer, A heartfelt thanks for telling of your experience. God bless you all .

[@mn4169]

How do live with such memories? They answer ... you just do. And in 2024, the world still not stop hating them. So brave, so sweet, my heart feels heavy listening to her story of survival.

[@jl3319]

What a dignified and eloquent lady. Really glad you survived. You are amazingly strong and an inspiration. God bless you.

[@joansmith3492]

I'm very thankful Henia is able to tell her story. It is important to the world and I am glad it is preserved. I am impressed with the strength of her soul that comes through as she talks about her life. She only broke a little talking about her older brother giving up his coat.

[@teemarie5478]

I give the interviewer a A+ 🤩 even though it’s heart wrenching the things that happened. She was able to tell it in such a way it made it much easier to hear. The interviewer did an amazing job of letting her tell the story. I wish he’d do all the interviews.

[@nanettefabrefan4171]

I just googled this lady and I think as of last year she was still alive and living in Cape Town.. Still a beautiful woman ...I’m amazed at the resilience of this woman ..Ian’s her for sharing her experience .

[@jamesb.9155]

Nice! So now she is 98 years old.

[@verabolton]

I'm glad her husband spoke at the end, his words are extremely important. Thank you for sharing this story with all of us

[@linmorell1813]

A stunning looking woman, and suc a calm recollection of such horrendous events.

[@thefiedlerfamilync]

What a beautiful family - God bless them.

[@m5sunflower665]

Thank You Mrs. Breyer for your story and you are very brave. Your story is extremely important. Thank You Steven Spielberg for your courage and leadership for all to hear these stories. Never Forget, and Never is now. 🙏🇮🇱❤️🇮🇱

[@spiritwomanwarrior4211]

Wow! Excellent. I'm so glad I had a chance to listen to her testimony. I learned quite a bit. May the world never allow this to happen again.

[@williamsibree4286]

What distinguishes these Sho'ah accounts is that they are very factual and forensic. They avoid emotion and concentrate on facts. I am Roman Catholic but own my debt to Judaism.

[@tiasara5967]

My heart broke when she lost her dog. Such a crushing omen for all. What a horrid world that these ruinous things have to happen.

[@fuensantacampillogomez3288]

Thank you very much for your testimony, future generations will be able to hear the cruelty of those people who believed themselves superior to other humans. Going through such dramatic experiences as a child must have been a real hell. For all the children who didn't let them grow up.

[@susie5254]

Re: 1:42:15 We children of Survivors were affected whether our parents spoke to us or not because THEY were affected, and that affected us even though we didn't know WHY their attitudes toward various things were the way they were. I never even heard the word "Holocaust" until I was in sixth grade when a friend of mine told me about it. (PS, I hope I spelled "affected" correctly for the context ; ) ).

[@billpaterson4133]

Hi Susie, well said and observed. I have watched many testifies with wonderful post war stories and I'm so impressed how 'normal' many survivors were able to raise their families. I have also heard their children praise both parents for the way they were raised whether knowing or not knowing. G-d has certainly showered His blessings on these wonderful survivors. 😊

[@tamararutland-mills9530]

I am hearing this same thing from many children of survivors. YOU have also suffered so much. God bless you, and may your own suffering draw you closer to Hashem.

[@tiffcat1100]

You got affected right 👏🏼

[@annegreenwood3624]

i can’t even imagine her poor brother just because of his disability he was murdered such a strong lady sharing a horrific part of history sad to think the weak the pregnant or elderly where put to death

[@claddaghclare22]

This woman is so inspiring. Should be a film. Powerful.

[@susanannjordan]

What a lovely lady. Thank you for sharing your story with all of us!

[@apeluenesi9861]

I am so impressed with her story bless your heart

[@juliebriz1703]

What a lovely lady and beautiful family. So interesting, sad and happy - so glad she survived the horrors...

[@RosaBorg]

Thank you for sharing your story Mrs. Bryer. We must never forget.

[@paulspencervideo]

What a remarkable story of survival and sacrifice told by this gracious lady. I must think about her story whenever I become depressed about missing a TV programme or the shop not having my favourite food on the shelf. How lucky am I to have been born after this dreadful time in history. Love and best wishes to you and your family Mrs. B.

[@dwanyamorris9939]

Glad to have known her and her family!! I always think about how a piece of bread was the best bday gift!! Maurice I love you

[@bobbiestrella8160]

I could listen to Mrs Bryer speak all day! She's very articulate, and seems unafraid to reveal the horrific details of what she experienced during the war. Even after all of this, she comes across as very soft-spoken and gentle.

[@stephaniesnape6787]

Thank you for your testimony Henia.

[@joansmith9658]

God saved her life so many times; truly miracles.

[@richardknowles4200]

An amazing story - really makes you appreciate the lifestyles we have these days.

[@marylong1633]

Wonderful lady ❤

[@michswags]

Interesting interview style..not the same old thing..thankyou

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[@MaryPinkHair]

Amazing how ordinary life can be and how interesting.... as long as we don't lose our sense of gratitude. wow

[@gretchenzwicker338]

Now, at the end, I am in tears. Thank You for this story❤

[@CoralQuintyne]

I listen to these Holocaust accounts because their therapeutic effects are more valuable than gold. Whatever traumatic events that occurred in my life pale in comparison with what these dear individuals endured at the hands of people who were admired, envied, and called "cultured.". As a person of African ancestry, slavery was horrendous, and I hope the Jewish people, those of them who are compassionate, will understand what our people endured for hundreds of years.

[@gretchenzwicker338]

What a wonderful lady, such a strong girl! A story of strength and hope, so inspirational and moving❤

[@wilcaroll1410]

Well done ❤

[@jamesb.9155]

Even in 1995 some of these people were still relatively young. Now it's different. You add nearly 30 years to 70 and so few are still with us.

[@marionmarcetic7287]

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[@catlaw1997]

What an incredible life and survival story. 💔

[@Harald-ms3re]

Jahveh bless you and your family, Mrs. Henia Bryer! You remind me of me der Viennese neighbour, Gerda Louise Jackson born Goltz from Reichenberg we met often almost day spending time together. Sie fled with one brother to Cape Town, before she and her daughter Annette returned with hudband Georg Simbrunner to Vienna. Mrs. Jackson also knew the jewish painter in Bloemfontein who invited us when I was AT his house in 1968 with the choir boys. Mrs. Jackson held intensif contact to her relatives and many jewish persons sie knew about. So you help me to understand her feeling involved by jewish people in her mind.

[@dmariegreene]

Thank you for your strength. I pray this never EVER happens again.

[@ricdavid7476]

Amazing testimonies

[@BarbaraHicks-r5d]

I want to thank this dear sweet lady for her open and honest recount of her awful, tragic and heart rending experiences. If she is no longer with us, then my respects to her family and friends (should they still be alive after such atrocities). I watch "Schindlers List" and "The Boy in Striped Pyjamas" on occasion and they break my heart. Not as badly as this lady's account though. I openly weep at the injustice and horror of it all. x😢

[@linak7155]

At almost 70 Henia was a beautiful woman who along with millions of other ppl suffered through great atrocities. If she lived she would be nearly 100 years old. ❤

[@Not-px7vd]

Very informative interview. Peace.

[@Anonymouscpa2]

This video particularly was taken in mid 90s. For Jewish South Africans who fled from Europe amidst holocaust - I wonder if their children and grandchildren end up relocating again in 2000’s and onwards to other countries like Canada and Australia. Interesting thing about ashkenazi Jewish people is that sometimes by generation they grow up in different countries and speak different native languages like Yiddish, Polish and English.

[@blindpew69]

By my reckoning she speaks Polish, German, French, English and Hebrew. A remarkable woman in so many ways.

[@JustMillysOpinion]

Pity this girl doing this interview didn’t listen more carefully often asking things that this lady had already explained. Several times this interviewer did this. Henia explains the snow was red with peoples blood as they were shot during that notorious death March that we have all heard about, a few minutes later this girl says What was the weather like. She also says where was your mother when it was explained she was left behind & liberated by the Russians. Needs to pay attention & listen more. She did it several times, just plain rude. How these people survived I’ll never know & there is no doubt that they probably lived with PTSD without it ever being diagnosed & I don’t doubt their children also suffered in many ways.

[@joellenjohnson4038]

BEAUTIFUL HER VOICE WILL GO ON THANK YOU

[@JimmyDoggy-b1c]

I did work with polish ladies in Canada . Some speak fluent English some not . According to me They are nice people of course I visited Poland in Soviet Union times . Lots of Jewish people I know first time while I was living in Toronto some time I talk to them . Even though my background Ceylon Tamils . & stand with Israel 🇮🇱

[@ricordiamoinsieme6247]

❤thank you so much from Rome😢

[@Eve_Y]

This was filmed on my 6th birthday 😮

[@mrLB978]

Very impressive, thank you mrs Bryer!

[@davidstoddard9160]

I am always curious as to how so many pictures of before the war survived ,

[@shareebee2158]

God, I'm so very sorry this all happened :( Words are not enough. :(

[@shainazion4073]

My family was from the Radom Geburnia (province), not the town of Radom.

[@michaellamb2249]

Never Forget.

[@jannforde9553]

Thank you. X

[@maryblushes7189]

Luck does not exist. God's Providence is in reality what they call "luck" God had work for you. You are a witness, important work.

[@marciamcgrail5889]

Why leave this poor woman to talk for a 2hour interview without a break or even a drink for her drying throat? Not kind. She is amazing: we don't know how blessed we are to have not had to experience the horrors she has.

[@annahollander111]

Maybe she had breaks but they were cut from the film. I do suppose so

[@cay820]

They take breaks. These interviews are done in their homes. When her dog started to bark they cut for a break. You can tell by her hair being slightly different.

[@theresecroteau8724]

There were breaks taken. I could tell from the filming stopping and starting again.

[@Nina_Olivia]

You can clearly see this lovely lady was given a break around the time the dog started barking. It’s obvious because upon her return, it’s clear she had touched up her lipstick.

[@AnnDroid877]

I’ve always wondered if any women who were forced to work in the brothels managed to survive. Edit: How gratifying that she got to march in the parade for the anniversary of the Israeli state.

[@kimlee1416]

I don't understand why other countries didn't go to their aid of these people quicker.

[@aaronobryan4295]

She seems like a very lovely lady…

[@eunicestone6532]

God bless you darlings.

[@lauferrari6998]

I hope she's alive now, she wluld be 98

[@donnadees1971]

Kudos, the lord be with you…

[@conservativemovement]

❤❤❤

[@debbyherrmann1665]

🙏🙏🙏

[@slumerville]

Wars are terrible. Why do we start so many of them?

[@Vacherie.de.vacherie]

After all she went through with the war, she turned to the tortionary side :(

[@Drae_Dirt]

I feel somewhat bad about the first portion of what im going to say. Compared to many other testimonies ive never seen one where someone had so much luck. I would guess and say it was most likely due to being deported out of the ghetto late and two her “aryan“ looks. Even in an older age she’s beautiful.

[@janetblanc7658]

She had a horrific experience; she is just so calm in telling her story.. it must have been hell on earth.

[@jumperontheline]

All of the survivors of the camps obviously were very lucky compared to the millions of people who were murdered in them. It's actually the last part of your comment that I find the most disturbing: 'aryan looks' equals beauty ...

[@tiffcat1100]

@@jumperonthelineIt’s probably harder to survive with horrendous memories & nightmares than oblivion. No one said aryan looks = beauty; it means non-Jewish in that context thus a tad less likely to be a candidate for persecution

[@livmaritids4629]

This interviewer was rude and disrespectful to this beautiful and brave women .♥️You need to get more mature and respecful people to interview such beautiful and strong woman with such strong stories .I loved the Jewish women ♥️🇮🇱but shame on the women who interview her ☹️

[@emanuelaturco4633]

the audio is very poor in all the Holocaust stories I am forced to change channel

[@tiffcat1100]

Foolish bot!

[@markrosenzweig-k3c]

beautiful

[@tiffcat1100]

💜❤️💜

[@gonefishing167]

🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

[@adh1997]

1:37:43 ❤❤❤

[@lisasolo3133]

She speaks so dispassionately. I wonder at it. So removed from these horrible stories as if she didn't fully internalize it though she must of.

[@tiffcat1100]

It’s an innate graciousness

[@tammydow6112]

Thank you Mr Spielberg???...really?

[@annanagura506]

Sorry for what u all went thru Jehovah will remove all tradegies from ur minds,Revelation 21:4

[@ИринаКим-ъ5ч]

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[@1lapmagic]

I swear these Holocaust survivors look younger and younger

[@jessicasinclair9208]

This video was recorded 25-30 years ago! If she’s still alive (she was as of last year), Henia is now 98 years old.

[@michswags]

Gratitude seems to be a wonderful youth serum!!

[@janetblanc7658]

She was born in 1925 so if still alive would now be 98. These videos were made some time ago.

[@leahnewyork]

​​@@jessicasinclair9208 I would think twice about dignifying such a comment with a response. Holocaust testimony comments are, sadly, rife with off-topic spam, deniers' micro provocations, and remarks that don't quite fall to the level of reportable but nonetheless seem inappropriate. That said, I salute your good will.

[@leahnewyork]

​​@@janetblanc7658 ​(repeating what I wrote tagging another person who responded to this comment): I would think twice about dignifying such a comment with a response. Holocaust testimony comments are, sadly, rife with off-topic spam, deniers' micro provocations, and remarks that don't quite fall to the level of reportable but nonetheless seem inappropriate. That said, I salute your good will.

[@kathleenmeyers1815]

ALL THE BIRDS CHIRPING LOUDLY IN THE BACKGROUND IS ANNOYING...

[@kathyknight2374]

😊bee gees

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