Holocaust Survivor Brigitte Altman Testimony | USC Shoah Foundation

This testimony by Jewish survivor, Brigitte Altman, is from USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive and is also featured in Echoes & Reflections: A Multimedia Curriculum on the Holocaust. For more information, visit: www.echoesandreflections.org
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[@dbkyhere9229]

Lovely woman, the most articulate survivor I’ve ever listened to. I wish there would’ve have been more time given to her story. Possibly at her wishes, but nevertheless a wonderful woman, wife and Mom who was able to have the American freedom, and happiness she deserved in spite of her terrible hardships .

[@mserinlannalibrarian6486]

I loved watching her light up when she was talking about meeting and marrying her husband. How wonderful that she found such happiness after the horrors of her early life. I'm sure she was also very pleased to be over the worst of her stories at that point in the testimony. Thank you for continuing to share this project with the world.

[@ocheltree1]

To those wondering why the interviewer always asks for spelling of name, towns, dates etc., I don't know but suspect it is so people searching for any ties or information about their ancestors/friends might make some links like maybe they heard their ancester lived in the same place or mentioned a name they recognized. Possibly, people investigating the historical aspects might cross reference information.

[@sarahwolfe1265]

That's correct. We don't see it here, but the Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive uses keywords for personal names, place names, and concepts like "concentration camp" and "ghetto". It's important to have all spellings correct to link to other survivors' testimonies and scholars' material.

[@gyorgyakos9618]

Listen to her beautiful Englishb and the way she is always trying to find the most adequate expression. Intelligence and warm family upbringing comes through in each of these interviews I have heard so far. A relatively lucky sutrvivor. (i myself am the child of an "escapist" family.)

[@BreaMichelle3]

You are a child of someone who escaped during the war? If you don’t mind me asking, in which country was this? I am always so fascinated by these stories and big respect to your family for enduring the horrors of world war 2. ❤️

[@gyorgyakos9618]

@@BreaMichelle3 My parents emigrated with my (then) 5 year old brother in May 1940 from Hungary (Budapest) to Uruguay. My uncle (later a famous conductor "Pablo Komlós") lived there with his wife since 1938. My parents and my brother came back to Hungary in 1948. I was born a year later. My uncle remained in South America but moved to Brazil. His son (my cousin) was born there. My paternal grandparents were in the Budapest ghetto but survived. My maternal grandmother died one week after the liberation of the ghetto. Greetings from Hungary.

[@laurenanderson7330]

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[@gyorgyakos9618]

Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa!@@laurenanderson7330

[@RD-0101]

@@gyorgyakos9618 Why your parents didn't stay in America and returned to the communist Hungary?

[@ednavita5143]

What an adorable woman. Very touching life and suffering that did not change her lucidity and softness. I learned a lot from you. Thank you for your honesty

[@Pommy1957]

She's a really classy lady.

[@sarahj.8372]

Very deeply touched by all these stories. Her daughter defined her perfectly...from this elegant sad history.

[@lauravazquez285]

God bless her heart ❤️ god “ KEPT HER IN HIS HANDS 🙌 AMEN 🙏 SHE SURVIVED

[@LUVJONZ99]

Thanks for taking the time to explain this to me, I did not want to guess but wanted a formal explanation. Thank.

[@TheAcquibajo]

I agree with you about the revisionists. It is heartbreaking.

[@MR-mv6hd]

I have been in Klaipeda, Lithuania. It is beautiful in the summer, but the water is way too cold.

[@KlaraMoody]

An absolutely wonderful and impressive document told by Mrs. Brigitte Altman . It moved me greatly and I wish to convey my greatest Thank you... From PERTH, in Western Australia.

[@nokumira]

Interestingly, there's a small town in South Africa called Memel. Most Dutch founded towns here are named for their European inspiration. Thank you for your testimony Brigitte.

[@doriasalmon4790]

Good interviewer, allowed the survivor to speak without interruption; glad the survivor managed to escape and make a life for herself; very slow delivery from the survivor, made it difficult to endure

[@janetblanc7658]

I have the same problem. Even though I'm almost 80 I speak quickly and am not very patient I'm ashamed to admit.

[@suzyinstitches273]

Klaipeda Lithuania!! I have relatives there, also in Andriejavas❤️❤️

[@guliver2559]

To the memory of all Ellert family members from Jung Fern Str. 1-2 Memel ,murfed in Holocaust ,we will not forget.

[@gyorgyakos9618]

I would have liked to listen to what the daughter wanted to add! You either have a full testimony or none! This is not a way to treat an interviewer, young or old! Thanks for the story from Brigitte and the other family members. The cone in the photo of her first day at school is called "Tüte", and contains treats to "sweeten" the child's first day at school. (Nice German custom. I spent 3 years in Hamburg as a child and I do remember it.)

[@vo7877]

why no subtitle on any of these video?

[@LisaRichards_123]

None of my relatives that applied could get in. They were all killed, and very few survived. I don’t use my real name in KZbin, because of trolls.

[@LUVJONZ99]

What is the purpose of having persons interviewed, spell their first and last names?

[@sandraobrien8705]

I always skip the spelling segments.

[@wanda520]

They want to be very precise for those in the future who may do genealogy study.

[@binkytube]

It would be nice if they only had them in captions. The vocal spellings can be tedious.

[@cherylstaples1790]

How rude to edit out this wonderfully articulate daughter's final comments about her mother!

[@BreaMichelle3]

I know right :( I think it might have something to do with the tapes, since this was filmed in 1997.

[@joycepurcell1457]

@@BreaMichelle3 S

[@erinlevere6881]

The interviewers accent 👌

[@katyhemsley6846]

Yo,u can SEE the pain 🟣

[@margaretroselle8610]

God’s richest blessings to the Nation of Israel.

[@marekdudek]

naprawde nasze matki nas urodzily a co przeszly nawet nie probuje myslec.

[@fabiesque]

what do you mean?

[@binkytube]

She reminds me of Shelley Winters.

[@empress2529]

Lovely, smart & beautiful woman. Is she the Grandma of Sam Altman - ChatGPT?

[@desertbreeze69]

I’m so glad she was relatively safe however her slow delivery was difficult to endure.

[@manueladarazsdi9675]

Why doesn't she have an accent?

[@swiater1]

The commentator is very low keyed and there is no personality in her speaking, actually boring. The testimony given by Brigitte Altman is very eloquently given.

[@ajarnwordsmith628]

Good gracious! That's the whole point of "interviewing" someone in this situation. You're supposed to focus on the interviewee, Brigitte Altman, not looking for the "personality" of the interviewer or seeking to be entertained by her to relieve your boredom. I don't know if the interviewer is a lawyer or not. Still, her interviewing technique is as good as any top lawyer in court conducting an examination-in-chief or a cross-examination of a witness to elicit testimony. That's what is going on here. Stay alert...

[@gopalreddy4671]

why worry about spelling. Nonsense and waste of time.

[@RositaAHuff]

Where was God....any God...of any Religion? Where was God?

[@sheilahowe8861]

@@iloveglitter149 Many people are misguided about our Creator. They're mislead by their religious leaders.

[@desertbreeze69]

Rosita A. Huff there’s an answer but most don’t want to hear it

[@desertbreeze69]

Sheila Howe are you my sister? YHWH

[@cope9900]

There is no god

[@malindyo]

If you read the Bible and really dug deep you would understand where God was and why this happened and it will happen again 😢💔

[@damonmelendez856]

7:32 such privileged people, ‘before women had to work’. Lmao

[@RW-kp3wr]

I am not sure why, she reminds me of Hillary Clinton, her intonation.

[@jbweld6193]

Oh dear god no... this woman actually has class.

[@manueladarazsdi9675]

I can see what you are saying...

[@alonsosevilla2301]

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