"I'm Gonna Cry, Aren't I?": Richard Kind Discovers an Ancestor Who Survived a Nazi Holocaust Camp

[@rosevale3218]

The people who hid the Jewish population at risk to their own lives deserve our gratitude and so much more. They had true compassion for their at risk neighbors and friends. I would hope to be such a friend in a similar situation. Bless all who risk themselves for their fellow human beings.

[@HairyBottom]

Can’t call Jewish a population. Jewish isn’t a race, it’s a religion.

[@SteeltownAllie]

@@HairyBottom That's what you took from the OP's lovely words?

[@phanties]

Never forget the USS Liberty and the men who died that day.

[@dennis_duran]

I have an ancestor that hid Jews in the circus - always proud of that

[@HairyBottom]

@joebidenistrash No, it’s not. Even Muslims know that Jewish isn’t a race. I’ll quote a Muslim who immigrated to Europe. “We need to get people seeing Muslim as a race, like the Jews did.”

[@THT01]

My last home care patient was a survivor. He died at 100 years and 59 days. I was with him the moment he died. I opened a window to let his soul escape.

[@krissyXdelux]

That's very kind of you. Thank you for sharing.

[@danielbwest]

Very beautiful. May his soul rest in peace

[@squirrelcovers6340]

😭

[@jodiemcbrodie4997]

May his memory be a blessing ✡️ ❤

[@Nigelsmom2136]

❤

[@windiramsey4425]

I had a high school science teacher who was in a camp. One day I noticed a tattoo on her arm. I asked and she covered it. After class she asked me to stay and told me how she was in the camp. I hugged her and never asked her anything ever again. She was the best person ever

[@iorn9814]

You never asked your high school teacher a question ever again ?

[@chordsofgratitude2073]

My grandfather had a tattoo on his arm also. I had no idea what is was and very childlike asked if was in gang in his youth 😂. He looked surprised, laughed for a second, then his demeanor changed and he became very emotional and said he was a Holocaust survivor..... he's now buried in a Jewish Cemetery for rabbis and their family members only

[@SlyAceZeta]

One year in high school, my English class took a day trip to a nearby Holocaust museum run by a survivor of the camps. He showed us his tattoo, a prisoner number, and after going through his story he said that when computers and cell phones came about and he needed a password, he couldn't think of one until he said to himself: "Idiot, it's on your arm!" That made us all laugh, it was a much-needed joke to lighten the mood. He was a good man, and that trip still lives in my head over a decade later. I think everyone needs to hear at least one survivor's story and visit at least one museum. It's a vitally important part of human history.

[@darrelcampbell3677]

I was so privileged to write for this wonderful comedic and dramatic actor in the beginnings of his TV career. Richard has a big heart of gold and is a joy to know. dc

[@greenrandall143]

What did u write for him? Was it on a show?

[@darrelcampbell3677]

CAROL & COMPANY NBC Comedy

[@samanthawylie893]

He's always seemed lovely and genuine. God bless him.

[@greenrandall143]

@@darrelcampbell3677 i googled it and it looks really good! Do u know where I can watch it? Also if u don’t mind me asking how many episodes did u write? (Not doubting you just curious)

[@vitus6302]

Did you write also write the letter in this video?

[@msreen269]

My grandmother survived the camps in 1944 and struggled mentally her entire life only to eventually give up and commit suicide in 1983. The best woman I have ever known. RIP Baba.

[@jillian7636]

Rest easy Baba

[@wobber999]

I cannot Imagine the Immense loss you felt at the time and you do now

[@wobber999]

@@fantstic16 Hey you simpleton try saying that to her face If you dare, I doubt you would

[@_Sarby1]

​@@fantstic16 your comment shows truly what a pos you are. You have no concept of what she witnessed or endured

[@susansuzen1644]

So very sad reading your story .... Bet your beloved Baba is your special guardian angel

[@davidreading1016]

My wife worked for Richard's father, Sam Kind, at his jewelry store in Princeton, NJ. Richard gave a beautiful eulogy upon his father's passing. It was one of the most inspirational and emotional speeches I have ever witnessed. He's a chip off the old block. Sam always told my wife how proud he was of Richard. A great family.

[@hensonlaura]

How lovely, you related that. Beautiful.

[@bluecatky]

Richard Kind is a great actor. I would like to see him in more things.

[@lennarthagen3638]

No he's not

[@nightmares8213]

@@lennarthagen3638 true. He’s an amazing actor

[@ZidaneDaMan10]

@@lennarthagen3638 haha enjoy this ratio bozo 🤡

[@wargamesmaster]

I honestly only know him for his role in Spin City, any recommandations?

[@jamesbittle469]

@@wargamesmaster He's in East New York currently.

[@jillian7636]

My husband had a lifelong friend who’s parents were childhood survivors of Auschwitz. His dad had a detailed photo book of the area where he lived before they were taken and a few precious family pictures he got when he visited Germany as an adult. His wife was never the same after the camp and understandably hoarded food and other things her whole life. I never got to meet her but his dad spent a weekend with us on vacation years ago and gave us a harrowing account of his childhood in the camp. It was a humbling experience.

[@kbanghart]

All succeeding generations after that, really have no idea the depth of what those people all experienced. It's no wonder so many had PTSD and could not talk about it.

[@mattsapero1896]

@@kbanghart Sadly, it turns out that the children of Holocaust survivors, born after the war, can carry the parent’s suffering through epigenetics. It’s shocking to consider.

[@kbanghart]

@@mattsapero1896 so true

[@05bastille]

​@@mattsapero1896 Also a lot of passed down trauma. My great grandparents fled in 38', losing both their families completely, and they had a lot of fear of being found as Jewish so when they would practice Judaism, they would do it in secret, even when living on the other side of the Atlantic. Due to that my grandpa grew up very removed from religion all together and has a very dismissive look on God and all that. My uncle therefore too was completely estranged from religion, only my parent felt a connection and got closer to Judaism, which is nice considering my great great grandfather was apparently a very religious man, not sure if a Rabbi, but a studious guy.

[@felixthecat2786]

A lot of Polish people were in a bad position and it always surprises and humbles me to know that some of them risked their lives and the lives of their families to help their neighbor when they didn't have to.

[@UncleAl3]

In the " Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations" there are more Polish names than any other. Bless all those of many nations that helped.

[@christineputman4850]

And they are again for the Ukrainian people Bless them

[@nadavabudi]

Unfortunately the polish were (and probably still low key are) one of the most antisemitics. God bless that wonderful family that stood up 🙏

[@howardtennenhouse7849]

Not many or enough Poles helped their neighbours.They were rabid ant-Semites who not only took possession of Jewish homes but prevented the few returning survivors from reclaiming their homes

[@sunshinenday3439]

A lot of times who we deem as "poor" actually are the most rich in perspective. They know what life should be about.

[@joememphis1571]

I had a neighbor who survived Dachau as he lost his mother, nine sisters and both sets of grandparents. He passed away at age 84 in 2021. His five sons continue the practice of speaking at schools around the world to call out antisemitism anywhere in public.

[@StephanieFlynn-y3i]

@joememphis 1571 God bless you and yours.

[@hensonlaura]

Heart like a lion, to go on after that. Amazing.

[@jtk6533]

I cried my whole way through this! to think that this happened in our lifetime is near unbelievable. We have family that were mutilated and destroyed in the holocaust, we have family that were part of the Nazis and we have family that hid and protected many Jewish families. This is part of all of our history. May this never happen again!

[@rudyrosales2211]

Plpppp

[@nerthus4685]

The holocaust was nothing compared to Stalins purges, Mao's purges, Pol Pot's purges and you never even hear about them. Ask why is that.

[@stevemelancon6207]

​@@nerthus4685 Correct sir

[@cynthiabustamante2884]

​@@nerthus4685 Injustice on another is never nothing.

[@Crossword131]

Me too. Mascara all over the place.

[@nikiedmonds6236]

Part of me hates to read or watch anything about slavery, the Holocaust or any type of great human suffering because they're just so unimaginably horrific and tremendously sad...however, it is so very important to continue to tell these stories and never allow them to be erased or trivialized in any way...we all owe our ancestors so much respect

[@Gri03]

If we don't teach about the atrocities of holocaust and slavery then these new generations will never know and will have no sense of empathy and therefore won't be able to prevent something like that from happening again.

[@sgtmian]

i like to read about it because i want to know what to look out for should it ever happen again in my lifetime, i want to understand how something like they could happen and also i like to focus on the survival aspect of it, how much a person can go through and still go on, how the will to live can be so strong facing the worst of humanity, what people will risk to save another. because it did show the worst in people, but also the best.

[@ComradeKoopa]

Just wait until you hear about the stuff happening presently on account of imperialism.

[@strategygaming5830]

What about the atrocities happening in China right now? It’s real easy to pretend it’s not happening like everyone who wasn’t Targeted in ww2

[@SaveState1]

Not to make you feel bad or anything, but right now slavery and genocide are still happening

[@eldarblog]

"Sure, it's your people. It's my people, right". Such a powerful statement between these to men. I am the great grandson of people who committed these atrocities. Dealt with family members of deniers and coming up with every excuse you can imagine. I spent the last thirty years trying to figure out how to deal with such guilt. When I look at myself and think "it's my people" the only reaction I can have is to look away in shame. My people and the stains on our hands.

[@kwkw5711]

Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.

[@King_Cobain]

My Jewish great grandparents fled to America to escape and while the atrocities committed were absolutely horrific, that guilt is not yours. Just know that we do not choose our family like we do not choose our race we are born into, but know it’s our actions that are important. I hope one day you can be relieved of such guilt you feel, as you did not commit any of those heinous acts. All we can do is to learn about these events so it shall never happen again and be good to one another.

[@beneathawell]

Nah bruh. You should not feel shame if you're standing up for what is right. You didn't personally commit those atrocities so you shouldn't feel guilt for what your ancestors did.

[@eldarblog]

@@King_Cobain Thanks for the comment, far more empathic and compassionate then one would need to be. I think one of the biggest problems is that even though the guilt isn't mine personally. Culture is history. How do you stand up and say I am proud of my people when your history, and let's not forget this is pretty recent when you look at it through a historical lens, every German flag and every national celebration just seems wrong. I live near Chicago and it has aways astounded me how if you visit with a Polish person in the Polish community they are so proud of being Polish. From the food, songs and customs. Same when you look at peoples from Mexico, Ireland, Italy, France, UK they are all so proud to be who they are. I look at that approach to culture and I know I could never be the same. Every line of any possible cultural pride is stopped by the war, the holocaust and our kins reckless disregard of all empathy and humanity. Our culture is scared by these events and in my mind will never go away.

[@eldarblog]

@@beneathawell I would like to think that my approach and viewpoints on collective guilt and cultural responsibility puts me in a category of standing up for what's right, however I don't think I would necessarily think about it in that way. Overall I think the problem is not that they really are ancestors, it is far to recent to be called that. They are our kin. My mother and father's grandpa. Not exactly to far removed there. I look in the mirror I see his jaw in my jaw, his eyes in my eyes, the hairline, the nose. Look at the video do you see how Richard Kind reacts to learning about the survival and the struggles of his kin. You can't outrun who are and where you come from. His pain in those moments even for a relative so far from him, that is on us. That is the legacy we have inherited, perhaps not directly our fault but our responsibility all the same.

[@denniswilliams6726]

I am not Jewish but every tale I hear of this very dark, inhuman period in our history makes my heart hurt. I cannot fathom the depth of grief people must feel losing their loved ones at the hands of an evil this vile. And I only hurt more because I don't believe we learned from this evil period. That worries me that we are doomed to repeat it.

[@justonejlking]

😂😂😂😂

[@miramonoban6999]

The Jewish are doing the same to Palestinians and everyone just watch.

[@brianfriberg4917]

you will be relieved then to know that its all just a lie to scam war reparations from Germany

[@ts-900]

That's why I'll never vote Democrat.

[@brianfriberg4917]

@@ts-900 dems and gop are both evil communist parties

[@Cometstarlight]

Just the selflessness that farmer family (and many others like them) had to hide their Jewish friends/strangers is incredible. That’s love for your fellow man.

[@carlalussini]

Millions of people, including myself, we see his face and smile warmly, and remember his name because it's so fitting with his vibe, his soul. To come to learn this is only possible because, almost a century ago, a family was kind. How poetic.

[@cloudstrife206]

I cried thinking about those brave people who hid him. There is goodness in this world .

[@nunooliveira1628]

If any Iwaniuk descendant finds this video - thank you for giving us faith in humanity

[@EattheApple666]

Loved Richard on my tv for years.

[@sheepishmenorah]

The fact that antisemitism is so prevalent in America today really breaks my heart. Its only been 80 years since the Holocaust which may seem like a long time but for most Gen-Zers that’s our grandparents age. Disgusting that people can still carry so much hate in their hearts. I really hope things change

[@torreseze69]

I never meet a nice jew they always money hungry snakes backstab you in a heart beat and if it ain’t they way it’s the Highway but saying that I wouldn’t want them killed but some stereotypes are for a reason just saying

[@thegameranch5935]

@@torreseze69 it is true that many jews in the past worked or owned banks, but not the because of what you think

[@TheRepublic4]

❤ Keep the energy up, we may need it in the decades to come. Also hope you don’t receive too much hate (I saw 2 site-muted comments and those usually come from people who respond with bigotry or severe language)

[@torreseze69]

@@TheRepublic4 hey as a Hispanic male a lot of stereotypes are facts it’s not being racist it’s just that I don’t get offended by them looool not a sensitive person 😭

[@TheRepublic4]

@@torreseze69 I didn’t say anything about stereotypes. No need to cry

[@Slywulf86]

Anyone that risks the life of them selves and loved ones, So they can protect the life of another from what they know is wrong. I don't think we have words for how awe-inspiring that truly is. Thank all of you for showing humanity that, Even in the darkest times, Some can and will still see the humanity in others, No matter the differences between you. I wish I could say that we learned our lesson as a species...

[@radicaladz]

Richard Kind is a character actor I know mostly from his work in children's films, particularly Pixar, and so seeing the sadness on his face as he and Henry talk so eloquently about this tragic and barbaric crime against humanity and history, and the heartwarming and human side that occurred in spite of the odds, is a very powerful experience. I don't usually follow these kinds of genealogy shows, but this convinced me to subscribe. There is value in learning from this, and we should always aim to remember the worst mistakes of human history or risk repeating them over and over.

[@debbiedugay8574]

I have been a fan of this show since it's debut. I can't say enough about how excellent it is but there is one other thing I would like to praise. Thank you for having enough respect for people to go to the trouble of learning the proper pronunciations of the people and places you discuss. When I watch other programs and even the news, there does not seem to be much effort in this respect. So thank you.

[@Jnor116]

Met Richard in 1999 when he gave a commencement speech at my sisters high school graduation at his Alma Matter Pennsbury High school. He was very nice to have taken the time to speak to a 13 year old fan who loved the show spin city.

[@Peter-oh3hc]

The greatness and cruelty of humanity. He seems to be such a kind hearted soul

[@kinyobisan]

I would have to look for members of this heroic, rescuing family. My need to express gratitude & to make sure their family members know this story would be immense. Great story!

[@debbiehanson9201]

I would want to make sure their names are included in the Righteous Among the Nations as Yad Vashem. Anyone who did what that family did, whether to save one Jewish person or one hundred, faced the same peril in doing so and deserves to have their courage commemorated.

[@smannlymann]

To be fair Richard, I think we are all going to cry ❤

[@dessy76]

I doubt that.

[@pengyzin8668]

I can't cry cause this guy always makes me laugh on curb

[@Transforsen]

So interesting that sometimes humanity can be truly evil but other times show unconditional kindness.

[@marciahibbler7698]

You did not cry alone sir. ❤

[@YungKaioken]

Truly inspiring to hear how they managed to get through times tougher than any of us have had to go through.

[@ericbrett3095]

The only people, in my ex-wife's family, to survive is her father and his parents. They made it out of Austria just before the Nazis took over. All the other people in their family were murdered during the Holocaust. This awful event has special meaning to me.

[@lizvlx]

Have they reclaimed their Austrian citizenship?

[@dessy76]

Cool story bro.

[@TheBizzle1984]

We don't hear enough about those who resisted the nazis. There were many resistance movements and they all deserve recognition.

[@Mjao519]

Theres a book in swedish about it, translated "Not like lambs to slaughter" by Kenneth Hermele

[@ekanang7550]

I am German, and my grief about our past, what we did do you all, has not ended and will never end, and shall not end.

[@lilibetp]

I met him in a restaurant in NYC once and was thrilled.

[@dessy76]

Why, what did he do?

[@lilibetp]

@@dessy76number 1, I'm a fan. 2, He was very nice. He started making faces with my friend's baby, then talking to us while he was waiting for a table.

[@patriciajrs46]

I wasn't there, nor were any of my relatives. However, these accounts always make me cry. He's right, it was the greatest inhumanity to man by man. So shameful so much of our history. That also shows the capacity and depth of what people can do for each other.

[@CharlotteIssyvoo]

Like so many American Jewish families, my family believed that we had lost no-one in the Holocaust. But then I did our genealogy. So far, through just one grandparent's line, I have found 75 relatives who were murdered in the Holocaust. I can now say, without any doubt whatsoever, that *every* Ashkenazi American Jewish family lost relatives in the Holocaust.

[@perosoygoyito]

"Everything is right about that story" ... Amen.

[@Heylookitsstev]

In the darkest of times shines the brightest of lights

[@k.h.walker2378]

Fear 😭 is contagious but so is courage 💪

[@edschultheis9537]

We had a neighbor who was a older farmer. We also had a family farm and would do the harvest for this neighbor, as his farm equipment was old and not in good repair. One day, Dad, my brother, and I visited their home to arrange the details of the harvest. I was about 10 years old at the time. I had never met his wife before, because she was rather reclusive and was never seen around town. It turns out that she was Jewish and was rescued from one of the concentration camps after the American military freed the camp. She showed me the numbered tattoo on her forearm that the Nazis gave her as a young woman. That was haunting, and it made quite an impression on 10-year-old me.

[@elisa7881]

May their memory be a blessing.

[@Catseye189]

Dynamic between host and guest is amazing

[@RhymesWithCarbon]

I have Polish relatives/ancestors and while we don't have any direct confirmation any of them died at the hands of the Nazis, it's virtually impossible NOT to be descended from Polish Jews who perished in camps.

[@francisdotso8594]

It's always amazing how many people survived these death camps. And even more amazing when you hear all the tales of people surviving more than one camp of death. Truly unbelievable.

[@Procedurallydegeneratedjohn]

It is very unbelievable 🤣 look how the J media inflated covid numbers. They definitely did that to the H numbers.

[@JoshSweetvale]

Just as long as you know that for every survivor, dozens died.

[@dessy76]

You said it, truly unbelievable.

[@geuxber3588]

Truly unbelievable.

[@JoshSweetvale]

@@dessy76 I have upvotes, you two do not.

[@Sash-Vintage]

Being German this is an important message by putting names,messages & faces to a horrible part of our history.Let’s never forget, always remember & learn . The past can teach us the future

[@TheShakenBacon420]

Im crying, what a story, what a hero and Richard discovered the family he thought he didnt have ❤❤❤❤

[@deweytrumble8460]

THE STORIES WE HEAR. WE ARE SO LUCKY. THIS GENERATION HAS NO IDEA WHAT OUR FORFATHERS AND FAMILIES ENDURED TO GIVE THIS GENERATION THE Easy life they enjoy yet condemn at every turn.

[@DanHammersViewOnThings]

Funny you should say that. I met a 88 year old man, who told me that times weren't as tough as they are now even when Norway ( I'm Norwegian ) was occupied by the Germans, during WW2. Who knows what he ment. What a strange old man. Oh well! Back to enjoying my perception of being a free human being I guess! ..

[@lindabb7064]

@@DanHammersViewOnThings I guess he wasn't a Jew... It's a typical egocentric perception thinking because you had it well, so humanity had it too. It's like those privileged people saying the fifties were great: it wasn't for most of the planet.

[@bdavis7801]

👏 👏 👏

[@DanHammersViewOnThings]

"If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands!" * CLAP CLAP *

[@srhfitzpatrick]

We can recognize and appreciate the struggles overcome by those before us and continue to see that more work needs to be done.

[@joycejohnson7164]

Love Mr. Kind. I think he is really KIND. How sad for him to discover this information but important.

[@MissouriGuerrilla]

This guy is so genuine he should be in more acting roles.

[@seaninness334]

Richard mentions that he consoled himself that he never knew any of his family had perished in the holocaust or 9/11. As to the latter, I had consoled myself in a similar way until I ran into a college friend and found out a former roommate of mine had died at the world trade center. May we all be more like the farmer that saved his relative.

[@jydeinden]

to know that even in the darkest part of our history there was some kind of love, and help for some lucky ones.. That warms my heart. What that family did was very dangerous, and for sure putting their life in huge huge danger.

[@NevinRiley]

I was just trying to remember this guy's name because his voice stuck in my head the first time I heard it! This is an amazing story

[@marjane4344]

The brave and selfless souls who rescued and hid many over those horrific years are indeed angels. My father in law Joachim survived the camps. My heart breaks at the huge loss of life at the hands of monsters. May G~d help us all that no repeat ever happen again.

[@ReligionOfSacrifice]

Imagine finding out you had a family member who braved writing 20 times of people who were lost in his family and those he knew and he's related to you. That he would brave to write of those who died is great in two ways. Treblinka slew 600,000 humans in 16 months and then the German tried to eliminate all record and evidence of their crimes. Your family member risked writing of the crime twenty times. The second great thing is he had children. I'd want to meet those children so bad, just to know they exist because he was brave enough to struggle through all that. Amazing. But then I'd want to meet that Polish family as well. Imagine finding out you have relatives you can meet because these people risked it all to save him. How could you not want to meet those descendants just once. I just found out my mother who is 100% German came from a region that is now in Poland and so this last year I read "Poland" by James Michener. I'd be so excited to even try to meet some Polish people who did something so brave after reading such a book of the bravery of general Polish people it would be so much fun to meet the real brave ones.

[@robertriteman3227]

I have seen a number of interviews with him in the past and he used to also attend as a guest on Bill Maher's original ' Politically Incorrect" . It was patently obvious that he was a thoughtful incisive compassionate person. I am the son of a Holocaust survivor . My father was the only person in his immediate family to survive. He was fairly well known for his advocacy not just with respect to the Holocaust but also for speaking out to gather support for the victims of other genocides such as Rawanda

[@sxt4447]

This show is so important. When Richard said “I always felt it…” it really speaks to how these sorts of traumas continue to haunt us. We carry these memories in our DNA. Our ancestors are calling out to us to heal these wounds.

[@toakasi6425]

May you find peace and strength Chief Kia kaha you got this beautiful and heart warming tribute 💖💯

[@judit1783]

What a great story!!

[@kk_queen6693]

What a beautiful story ❤

[@wytube2009]

Really like Richard Kind, he is so positive. Henry, this is a wonderful channel!

[@jasonmfshow]

My family origin is German, and I happened to be born there because my dad was stationed there at the time. I've always read everything I could get my hands on about the holocaust. Dachau was the first one I read about, and it just moved me. The atrocities were endless, but they need to be remembered.

[@TheFacrecords]

Love you, Mr. Kind- you’re the greatest!

[@dessy76]

No he's not.

[@JohnnyRocker2162]

This guy always reminds me of Grandad in the original Munsters, the way he speaks and expression.

[@DJ_Dutchess]

😳 He always reminded me of someone and I could never piece it together. That's who it was ! 🧛‍♂️😂👏

[@jessepowell1891]

The shoah will haunt us for all ages now and to come. Peace be upon the victims and survivors.

[@shakeyshaky]

So many survivors. So many many survivors.

[@karinaxxx2313]

It is written in Polish. He actually said that the family sent their daughter Walentyna, to the ghetto with food to help them survive in there. When they learned that the ghetto will be "closed " this family helped him escape the ghetto. So it wasn't a randomly found family. They were real heroes as anyone helping Jewish people was punished by death - including the whole families.

[@truerthanyouknow9456]

What a powerful sentiment to acknowledge connection to the atrocities of man… because we are man. Regardless of race or nationality. This is us. I love this actor for sharing that.

[@kalevipoeg6916]

This would be a very short episode of it were me. "Do you think you had any relatives in Europe during WWII?" Me: "Yeah, my grandparents and great grandparents. I grew up with them in my life. I grew up with their first hand accounts of the events they went through. I'm an Estonian citizen because my family fled the brutal Soviet occupation of our country. I was literally born because WWII forced the family into fleeing which is how my Grandparents met, which is how I was born in the end." My grandmother remembered seeing the jews behind the fences when our family fled to Germany during the war - the stars on their arms, the striped uniforms they wore, and asking her parents, who I've met in my younger years, what they'd done wrong - they replied nothing at all, which to a girl of her age was confusing - who gets locked up for doing nothing wrong? That's just the way it was. You didn't dare talk any more about it than that - so that conversation was hushed quickly - because if you were caught denouncing the doings of the nazis, terrible things happened to you and your family, too. My family had to choose between being deported from their own country to be worked to death in siberian gulags and fleeing to germany to see such sights as that. East or West. There were no other alternatives. It was not an easy time to be European. Which is why this whole notion of "white people having it easier" was always laughable to me. That I was even born was a miracle given how many times the entire family was nearly murdered during those years, by either the Soviets or the Nazis.

[@toudi_p]

Im from poland and my grandfather ended up in an austrian mine , french got to him at the end and he lived. Grandmother was taken to a city in poland that germans said it was theirs , to build up defences when soviets came. After it was over they came back to their home town and met , and married. My grandfather brother was in mauthausen concentration camp and was liberated by americans . He stayed in germany and died only couple years ago

[@charlottelindsey5662]

Richard Kind is probably the most aptly named actor, maybe even person.

[@deborahkemp7143]

Dr. Gates is the perfect presenter of these shocking facts to folks. So empathetic and sympathetic. My paternal grandmother came over from Sweden in the 20's, my paternal grandfather was French Canadian and went from Quebec to Connecticut where they met. They ended up in Minnesota. I don't know much about my mom's family. Most of the people who could/can tell me are gone. Doubt there is this kind of sadness in my past.

[@sandralindsey6270]

This researcher and his team are amazing….

[@sfjessy1]

I’m always so surprised to see people not know of their relatives Jewish Diaspora. My grandmother and grandfather were in Austrian Camps during the Bolshevik Revolution, cousins, Aunts, Uncles and teachers survived the camps through the Holocaust and it was of great importance to them and our community that they pass their history on so that we knew. Forever I thought this was common practice for survivors so that we would know and not forget. History is so important.

[@MANFREDEBLOCK]

I LOVE THIS GUY AS AN ACTOR!!!! Was he reading and translating Yiddish on the fly? He often plays a kind of goofy character, nice to see him so raw and open. I like him even more now.

[@TheGuerillapatriot]

Very talented man. Wonderful, frightful, everything.

[@merrymary767]

I was adopted and knew nothing of my birth family. Until in 2015 I took a DNA test thru Ancestry and found my heritage. It's humbling to find my ancestors were part of the Massachusetts Bay colony, served in Civil War, commissioner of the Arizona Territory just to name a few. Everyone should find their ancestors because it changes your life.

[@beckypeters5449]

We did my daddy's side we go way back to 1300 England there is a title which Winston Churchill grandson has the title now their family married into our family in the 1700s Princess Diana's family married into our family in the 1500s my daddy's relative came over with Lord Baltimore on a land grant from King James unfortunately during the revolution we were for the wrong side lol and lost the whole state of Maryland and Baltimore we've had family in every war the US has been in sometimes on opposite sides during the revolution and the civil war

[@amyhull754]

I found out similar things, and it's SO exciting, as an adoptee, to find out where my ancestors were and what they were doing--the ones who colonized 400 years ago...and especially the ones who immigrated in the past 150 years! I've got both on both sides.

[@ts-900]

I expected to find lots of hillbillies and the like -- and I did find some of that. But after having a death experience, I kept finding out how much of my ancestry went back to Mary -- over and over again. One way, or another.

[@merrymary767]

@@ts-900 I found my brother and he told me if she had kept me she would have named me Mary. My adopted family named me Mary because it was traditional to have a daughter named Mary. It goes back generations in both families. Some things are meant to be. Merry Be.

[@ts-900]

@@merrymary767 I think it's wonderful that we can do such things today, and I'm glad you found your brother! I told some of my family what I found out -- but I don't think they cared, perhaps they didn't believe me. So my brother gets a DNA test and wonders where all the Jewish DNA came from!

[@davidigleniec2483]

Babcia passed away 2021 Feb 2nd. Born 1920 June 2nd, she was 100 nand 7 months to the day. She went home to see her mother.. she had to wait over 90 years to be with her again. No more misery my Angel.

[@toudi_p]

Babcia is grandmother in polish. So how old would be her mother ? Not saying something is off , but im curious. Or are talking about her grave ?

[@romonaelrod7870]

I hope that this young man tries his hand at making quilts. There is so much potential for art quilts. The men in my family can sew. I feel like it is a skill that everyone can benefit from.

[@JonBogdanove]

Richard Kind is a treasure.

[@kristinj3339]

❤ I've always loved his acting 😢I think, it's good for him to know what happened, and a story worth knowing because it's important.

[@ZiemowitP]

My grandfather's brother was already married during the war. His wife worked for a wealthy Jewish man who just had a daughter at the start of WWII. The man realizing what was coming, paid my grandfather's brother to take his daughter, keep her safe and raise her until the man could come back. My grandfather's brother did just that. A neighbor found out my grandfather's brother was raising a Jewish girl and extorted money from him. The money ran out. My grandfather's brother moved a few times but every time, the man kept on finding them. He turned to the underground army and eventually the man was killed. After the war, the father returned for his daughter and took her to New York. They lost contact but sometime in the 90ies, the daughter found my grandfather's brother and invited him for a visit. On the flight back he passed away and the last thing he did was visit the daughter he helped raise.

[@deebieb7656]

What would have made this, is if they had traced the family that hide his relative

[@santiagoTo]

Andrej & Zinowia Iwaniuk were honored by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among Nations in 1996

[@Nurichiri]

@@santiagoTo I was hoping to see this.

[@debbiehanson9201]

@@santiagoTo Thank you. I'm always grateful to hear about the stories of ordinary people being honored in this way. Whether someone saved one person or one hundred, they risked their life to do so and deserve to be honored for what they did.

[@KJones-qs7ju]

I love these videos. I remember Richard Kind from the Scrubs episodes he was in back in the day.

[@Newton-Reuther]

I love seeing this side of celebrities. It reminds you that they are human.

[@celticwarrior184]

One of my classmates from HS told us in history class how while her eldest Aunt and Uncle were legally "twins" her Aunt has no biological relation to the rest of the family. That's because while her grandpa, a German soldier, was residing in a U.S. POW camp, her grandma delivered her uncle the same time her grandparents' close childhood friends had her Aunt. Aunt's family was Jewish, and they knew it was only a matter of time before they got taken. Her grandma was the one who came up with the idea to pretend that she gave birth to surprise twins, while their friends would claim they suffered a stillbirth. It worked. Sadly, barely a week later, the whole family got taken. Her great-grandparents were able grab some heirlooms and pictures before the house was burned down. Her Aunt was the only one in the family who survived. She said that while her grandparents were always grateful that they were able to save her Aunt, who they loved just as much as their other kids, they could never fully let go of the guilt they felt over not being able to save their best friends.

[@MixxM-ou2pc]

Everything you need to know about our humanity is right here. The cruelty, the compassion, kindness and pure Evil. What a complex species we are. I’ve given up trying to figure it out?

[@michieloudhuis8191]

I love this man so much! Hes awesome

[@colinlawrence3685]

After hearing the end, now, the first scene in Inglorious Basterds makes sense. 💯

[@lb8141]

This made me cry and have faith in humanity. My family was sent to concentration camps. Most did not survive, others did by the grace of God. God bless the families who hid, protected and took care of my people through such a terrible part of our shared history.

[@margplsr3120]

Greetings from Tricity in Poland

[@DETROIT1948]

Thank you for sharing.

[@Lillireify]

My grandma almost lost her life in Treblinka. She was 5 at the time of liquidation of Chęciny Ghetto, lived in a village nearby, next to road leading to train station. She saw long procession of Jews walking while standing next to the fence. Desperate Jewish woman tried to give her her newborn. My grandma tried to give the kid back (she's 5!), the mom refuses, commotion ensues. Nearby German soldier gets angry, and right at the moment he shoved my grandma into the crowd her mom runs out of the house and scream at soldier to give her her kid back. I can't believe how absurd this story is. Those poor pept were driven to Treblinka. My grandma can't recall this story without breaking down every time she tells it.

[@Roman_paladino]

Did she save the baby?

[@garysmith5641]

Its good to hear more about the righteous Polish ,as it was a fearful time for them too

[@Dublin90210]

I made it as far as the story about the barn without crying... but then, in the midst of monsters, there were some really good humans. Waterworks.

[@ZEU9092]

Around 2000 (...), I met Mister Kind in Firenze, on the Ponte-Vecchio ; he was bearded, spending a nice holiday with relatives, and I stood by him, quiet and avoiding to disturb anything ... just smiling inside, thinking of "Spin City" ... 😜

[@ObieR]

Richard mind is a gem

[@ourcreativebeehive]

I would love to go on this show. Both of my parents are very hush-hush on their families and backgrounds. While my mother is Canadian and her mother was born there, I am not sure if her father was or if he arrived as an infant.

[@merylbonderow5993]

The Righteous Gentiles who saved the Jews of Europe should be blessed forever. ❤

[@KingHayabusa384]

One of them was Paul Grüninger, a Swiss police commander from the city of St. Gallen who saved about 3,600 Jewish refugeed by backdating their visad and falsifying other documents to indicate that they had entered Switzerland at a time when legal entry of refugees was still possible. He was severely punished by the Swiss government. He never was able to find a stable job and died in poverty. When he was asked if he would do it again he aswered "Yes". A true hero.

[@veritasverus1276]

I would like to hear how that guy repay their kindness after the war... that would be a good story too. I always think Schindler deserve more financial help for his business after all he had done.

[@weekendpapii]

I'm further informed through this clip of history.

[@FuncleB]

Very likeable actor, Richard.