Holocaust Survivor: Hitler Tried To Kill Me, But ‘I Won, Not Him’ | TODAY

Six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. At 81, Nat Shaffir is one of the youngest survivors, and he knows he is running out of time to tell his story. But he also knows that his grandchildren will keep his voice alive. January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Holocaust Survivor: Hitler Tried To Kill Me, But ‘I Won, Not Him’ | TODAY

[@aprilc85]

i love how he speak its so clear and he sounds young. You are blessed to survive T-T

[@rhinaffrika5825]

April B maybe because he is young

[@air2091]

Rhin Affrika in his soul

[@foreigndolls962]

he looks like he's in his 60's he looks really young for age 81.

[@beastincarnate9896]

You can live long for not being a Copycat just like you steal someone's comment here. 😂

[@johnconlow3336]

It's wonderful how this man now has a happy family after such a traumatizing experience.

[@M676_88]

It's like a crayfish escaping the boiling pot by sacrificing it's limb. It takes a lot of guts to overcome the trauma of being a Holocaust survivor

[@yxungcata1636]

Omg he looks so young

[@pandoria1400]

Angie B Productions ikr!!

[@milkpeach8091]

odd how the holocaust survivors seem to get younger and younger hmmm

[@mogenvonbogel7342]

@@milkpeach8091 funny isn’t it people are beginning to realise

[@yehor_ivanov]

@@mogenvonbogel7342 ??

[@boop5287]

It’s his lifestyle

[@townsendm794]

A wonderful story of survival. I am glad his parents and sisters survived. So me many survivors had nobody left.

[@antoniatejedabarros]

Never forget and never forgive. #WeRemember

[@kylafrazier6796]

"Forgive but don't forget" I think is what u mean👍🏾

[@socialniradnik]

That's what Serbs and Croats say to each other after the war between them that happend in 1991-1995 so yeah..

[@antoniatejedabarros]

​@@omanvictory4011 Stinky antisemite detected! Antisemites and racist: out of our planet, please! #WeRemember

[@erzo8890]

@@antoniatejedabarros people like me dont care about what happened to the jews or gypsies pr whatever nazi did in ww2 cuz none of these matters cuz once u realize god doesnt exist everything we humans used to believe and hold tight were just mere illusions we creates to cope with this life and that we are simply collection of atoms composed just the right amount so we be able to experience life and thats that in other words our self-conscious-emotions-beliefs-reality are illusion and in this life u have there is one rule of nature that govern everything STRONGER EATS THE WEAK !!!!

[@stevenmills6502]

@@erzo8890 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈 That's not always true Sista sledge. 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈

[@kaylahughes1382]

Im so upset that this happened so many lives lost im so glad thay u survived to tell us ur story❤

[@_greenner_]

He is still so healthy

[@instruella]

He was turned over by a priest?! Man, some people claim that they are holy and stuff, if this guy really was holy, he would’ve help them hide!

[@coasterhockygamingboy9549]

Unfortunately not everyone in the Catholic Church actually respects the teachings of Jesus.

[@coasterhockygamingboy9549]

On another point, there is probably a chance the priest did it to save himself, I assume it was the law is Nazi occupied countries to turn in Jews if you see them.

[@jfournerat1274]

@@coasterhockygamingboy9549that is true. Throughout history there has been a long history of antisemitism in the Christian church with even many priests being anti semtic themselves. They claimed to love God and Jesus and their teachings but yet they didn’t follow the golden rule of treating others how you would want to be treated and they actually ignored the irony that Jesus Christ was himself Jewish and therefore they were persecuting Jesus’s own people.

[@sjp4u338]

I’m Catholic and that a priest did that to you is unimaginable. I’m so sorry. 😢

[@bostongirlsandy]

I felt the same way.

[@sre1236]

The Catholic Church has always been evil

[@AdreamlyfeByMichelle]

What is wrong with humanity? This man is still alive after such a travesty... amazing. OMG. I never want to return to this world.

[@nope-nq1wc]

Nat is a fantastic man. I'm glad he lived and is able to talk about it all.

[@arjunnattanmai4405]

He is a liar LOL.

[@clarkperez8755]

I heard the story from my mom... Im so sorry for all your lost..

[@dylanpower1438]

There is another Survivor and she said "you dont resolve anything with violence or hate". One of the best I have ever heard and 100% true but it's sad not many people know that because it seems so simple

[@maggietinsley2516]

Shame on that Priest! Shame on him!

[@jfournerat1274]

He should have been put on trial for his crimes and then sentenced to life imprisonment for what he did to Nat and his family. Unfortunately as far as we know he wasn’t punished for his crimes.

[@AmericasIronman]

Comments don't match the likes.

[@g1anah]

Last One I’ve been on KZbin for 4 years never seen a comment like this

[@RishaadKhan]

Wtf

[@davidobrien8932]

@@malcolmdale There is nothing illegal about having these views. We still have free speech in America

[@cringebot3082]

M W youtube drank to much last night

[@kaylaisnotstudyingtoday1917]

Wtf? How could people dislike this video?! For what reason???

[@demics2728]

Kayla IsNotStudyingToday those are the germans

[@acxify]

They supported hitler

[@watfordbros5440]

@@demics2728 erm that’s how wars start

[@johnr797]

Well my other comment didn't make it through so I'll just say I disliked the video

[@anonymous2494]

No more dislikes anymore

[@theklorg305]

Someone here, in KZbin, asked why we need to remember Holocausts survivors when more soldiers died in world war 2. What a disgusting question. War has happened many times, but genocide of this level is unique in it is the worst death imaginable. Of course we should remember it.

[@nilahprincess433]

Exactly, war is something most people choose to go into, these jews who were victims of the Holocaust are called victims for a reason, they didnt choose to go into these camps to be tortured

[@rosestanley9606]

we rememer so history doesn't repeat itself hope the person who asked that sees this reply

[@mufaronyabereka]

How could a priest do that😭

[@jarroddybsetter7889]

I am assuming he was forced against his will or he will die, but a good priest would die knowing that other people at his church are safe.

[@his.everlasting_love99]

That’s so sad 😢. Idk who has the soul to do that.

[@yehor_ivanov]

the russian occupants and vladimir putin

[@yehor_ivanov]

even more were killed during the Holodomor Baturin's tragedy Executed Resistance The Red Terror Gulags ruscism is even worse

[@sidneyhartman3680]

I’m a Jewish kid and this hits hard

[@svenmilenoz2838]

oy vey

[@aggghgaabk]

Sven Milenoz stop

[@Emet646]

I know this make you haters toward non jew or christian

[@tejas-un5tg]

Germens and hitler were demons

[@lalithashwin5924]

He survived from that cruel person 👍👏🙏🙏🙏🙇🙇🙇

[@roxannemua9350]

What a blessed man to go through such horrors i can only imagine. He is so blessed to live a long happy healthy life and have beautiful children and grandchildren

[@kaylaleave]

He’s sharp and out running wow

[@vaidyasantosh8559]

Sorry to hear the loss of ur family member RIP to all holcaust victim omshanti😥😥😥😥😥😥🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@yyy2588]

An inspiring story of strength. I am sure it cannot be easy to overcome the holocaust. The pictures always shock me to my core. Thank you for sharing your story in such a dignifying and encouraging way.

[@bostongirlsandy]

So proud to see him wearing a "Boston Marathon" short.

[@xena2171]

Thank you for sharing your story. I recently read the book “the boy in the woods”. I pictured myself at 11 years old and thinking how innocent I was as that age. My heart sank. I am so sorry for the horror that was afflicted to all the innocent people during the holocaust. I hope that the world would never forget. I still can’t comprehend why something so horrible could have happened. My prayers are with you all, the survivors and those who didn’t survive.🙏

[@tottalynotari458]

th3 fact that hes still out and able to jog and move around says everything.

[@nicolaselbie5608]

That’s so cute they were all named after someone who sadly was killed in the holocaust

[@gails.newberg2945]

“ CUTE “ IS THE WRONG WORD !! “ LOVING” IS MUCH BETTER ‼️🥺

[@samantha4138]

So a priest turned them in?

[@FaithfulandTrue949]

Yes, narcissistic pretenders infiltrated the church and pulpits, Jesus warned us and exposed hypocrisy calling them a brood of vipers. Hatred of a minority is happening again, news and politicians marginalise "anti-vaxxers" - informed dissent is legal, don't let it develop the same way.

[@bostongirlsandy]

What kind of priest would do such a thing?

[@jfournerat1274]

@@bostongirlsandyprobably one who is deeply anti semtic towards Jewish people.

[@boop5287]

Salut din Romania 🇷🇴 ❤ So glad to see Romanians represented. Amazing story

[@malcolmdale]

My maternal grandmother was born in Iasi but fortunately she, her husband, who was from Belarus, and their two-year-old son , my uncle, had already fled to England, where my mother and three more siblings were born. She later told me they thought they were going to America but they caught the wrong boat!

[@ninabee1333]

I want to give him a hug he’s so strong and brave

[@gamemode.1907]

God blessed him hes a good man and has a good body u gotta know that hes is in his 80's but runs like a 60yr old that shows that kf u do good u get rewarded by god

[@maryweldon5505]

That is so sad what the Jewish people had to go through in the old days that was terrible that their families were killed all people whether they are Jewish or what they are should be accepted in this Society I hope that it never happens again that people of all nationalities all religions get treated fairly I don't think it's right I pray to God every day and thank God every day for what he has given me I thank God everyday and I have nothing against anybody everyone has a right to their religion and to their life I'm sorry to hear that there were so many people persecuted for their religion I hope it reminds us all how precious life is

[@shakeddrori1076]

@@1neAdam12 what is wrong with you

[@selinasalinas7711]

My grandpa said not all germans were nazis #RIP kurtkochel

[@annemytka6507]

I live in Sydney Australia I have watched what you all went through, many videos, the suffering was beyond words can ever say, but I no that in all this they are in paradise with the father in heaven blessings to all gods children blessings to Israel 🇮🇱 love Anne Marie 🙏❤️🙌

[@tottalynotari458]

the fact that a preacher turned them over is eveything

[@elbowtoe84]

Time is with you and soon you will know

[@roberthamilton5600]

Less WE forget! If we forget these crimes against humanity, we do so at our peril! History will repeat itself!

[@kooldude_undertale]

I'm not crying you are

[@Subhuman_Filth]

0:23 he looks like martin scorsese

[@Jo-nb9eb]

A lil bit

[@tanyasky7488]

That little girl was really beautiful

[@gurpreetsidhubobbysidhu399]

Very sad and bad

[@josephbissell8074]

In 1925 Richard Kalergi wrote the multifaceted Pan European Union Plan and the policies he laid out were quietly instituted. His book "Practical Idealism" details the cultural and racial policies that are being followed today. They include importing

[@omnibusman5792]

Cap.

[@Ad-hz3yu]

Love your story ❤ sorry for lost

[@julian-rw1gy]

I am a Romanian and seeing this is very sad to watch

[@craighauser9482]

Romania cooperated with the Nazis and committed many horrific attrocities themselves. I realize this is not all romanians but it doesn't say much for the country

[@boop5287]

@@craighauser9482as did many countries like Germany which your surname comes from. Leaving uneducated comments well that doesn’t say much about you either

[@1976cgcf]

When I think that not too many Holocaust survivors are in the world today, that is something to worry about. Unfortunately, most people have the bad habit of forgetting the past, and that is the main reason to repeat the same mistakes past generations made.

[@ghoulianaa]

1:16 omg is that a baby?

[@idontspeakminecraft1475]

Why u still lives there 😭 my hurt just broke

[@QuintTheSharker]

Mhmm. Sure.

[@ali-vv7pb]

What?

[@QuintTheSharker]

@@ali-vv7pb I have my doubts

[@ali-vv7pb]

Your doubts are pathetic

[@QuintTheSharker]

@@ali-vv7pb ok. Thanks. I’ll keep having them though

[@gtalessio2614]

I'm romanian....

[@rosestanley9606]

how did one man get so powerful as to do what he did to millions of people

[@thegoldenbowl5217]

I'm grateful to have landed on this video...I'm inspired by the whole story...thanks for posting 🙂

[@Sparky12355]

Amazing man

[@christophertsipouras2290]

Orthodox Judaic children are repeatedly told from early youth: “Halacha hi beyoduah she’Eisav soneh l’Yaakov” (“It is a given law: it is known that Esau hates Jacob”). Rabbi Shimon ben Yohai

[@bostongirlsandy]

Who is Esau and who is Jacob this present day?

[@origamivangel]

He's 81? How? Wtf he looks like he's 50 or 40

[@rippingale100]

xGucciTar don't be stupid

[@wieslawbuinowski2434]

@@rippingale100 he's not being stupid?

[@sarathesimmersarathesimmer1300]

heyy I'm Romanian!

[@scpfoundation9132]

Hey Romanian buddy

[@budgiem5733]

This is happening again

[@PIXELSURPRISE]

It really is

[@patriciaburke2401]

Dale Gribble, look at the photographs. Listen to those Jewish people who survived. You want documents? Open your eyes. There are books filled with photographs of these atrocities. Pictures don't lie. Words often do.

[@Rnm-gh6ix]

LMAO who do you think printed all those "pictures"

[@nicks2154]

Ari Shaffir is your grandson!?

[@briang9386]

This is his father u nut

[@nope-nq1wc]

@@briang9386 let's not call people a nut cray

[@briang9386]

@@nope-nq1wc okie dokie yeah 🙄

[@nope-nq1wc]

@@briang9386 yeah I know.

[@realvampire1]

This should of never happens to anyone we are learning about this in school and it’s horrible what the nazis did to Jews and many others

[@alexanderharris1882]

Ari Shaffir is a super famous comedian

[@blackdemins42910]

Does anyone know if he’s alive still 💔😭

[@mikadre121]

Yes , he is

[@blackdemins42910]

@@mikadre121 oh thank goodness 😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@tweetlebugzz]

It is going to happen again. It's already starting.

[@solomonsamson9985]

See, people just didn't say that "History Repeats". Whatever happened was wrong and purely evil but if they're following in the same footsteps, then yes, some day it will all become a pure big mess and thus will start, or shall I say repeat again unless everyone remains calm and keep seeing the atrocities and don't react.

[@rosestanley9606]

how is it already starting

[@LaurieFloodTeacher]

No, it has continued to go on. The United States took many of these Nazi scientists under Operation Paperclip. This evil continues. It must be wiped out.

[@TheProhetess]

My Father escaped from Czechoslovakia, His older brother, Yanosh, was murdered...I only had a photograph of him wearing a suit...

[@Donscottmusic]

As a Christian,I respect and love the Jewish people. They are God's chosen. Abraham,Moses,Jesus (and his apostles) were all Jewish. May God bless this man for his courage and strength.

[@MEyck97]

jews are mocking your religion and subverting your culture!

[@mordecaislicecock1496]

Clara Goeretthie The same God they nailed to a cross right?

[@warriorrace1793]

even if they say mary did sin you will love them ?

[@Parasmunt]

Then one day as a Christian you may serve these chosen people, washing their feet in paradise.

[@Jackie-th4ph]

MEyck97 you do know that the Christians faith evolve from the Jewish faith right

[@emsea7279]

Dudes like a year old in the 40s

[@Ghostedwithdashiii]

Polakiem jestem I to słucham o holocauste za dużo

[@solarsnake]

"The jew fears the samurai" - Zynkyoku Haku

[@5koo440]

are you Japanese

[@watfordbros5440]

Is this some sort of antisemitism?

[@omnibusman5792]

@@watfordbros5440 And.... What if it is?

[@watfordbros5440]

@@omnibusman5792 excuse me

[@omnibusman5792]

@@watfordbros5440 I didn't stutter.

[@-__-7011]

Bruh

[@luzalgarin9518]

Thank you so much for sharing with me an infamous fragment of the Hitler's Nazi horrendous regimen. It must be an odyssey to recount. The crimes and cruelties committed against my sons and daughters, my fathers and mothers, my brothers and sisters hurt me deeply, regardless their ethnicity and nationality. In Isaiah 2: 4, Jehovah God, the Creator and Source of life, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, promises: "He will be judge among the nations and will settle matters in relation to many peoples. They will turn their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. The nations will no longer raise their swords against each other and learn no more to wage war." My immediate neighbors are Jews and I am a Jehovah's Witness. Their hearts are superior than pure gold by far. They are extremely kind. The gentleman takes care of my trash can every Wednesday without my asking him to do so. They are lovely human beings, and they are not in need of the smallest improvement.

[@Lyosha9869]

Not even kissing the mezuzah.

[@n4ssq42]

My teacher is Jewish and I cry in the middle of class bc I feel bad for her

[@svenmilenoz2838]

crybaby

[@josephbissell8074]

Large populations of African, Arab and Asian people to change the ethnic and cultural identity of Western Europe. Kalergi was a hero of the European Union Plan and it quickly was funded by powerful political and banking group. The same group funded and aided reactionary responses leading to war.

[@alexandraasbury9974]

I think they call these idiotic ethnic and cultural identity-changers "globalists". They're wicked.

[@christophertsipouras2290]

"antisemitism is the tool through which the God of Israel preserves his people." Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch

[@rammalammadingdong1]

Christopher Tsipouras "Dingle berries are best picked in the evening, when they might be the most moist" - MLK

[@uptonsinclair8215]

Jesus Christ.

[@perc6900]

This is interesting because im from germany

[@juanindojorgijanad782]

He survived the #Holocaust (#Shoah) during #WW2.

[@Keviin1977]

Great guy. The answer to his question if the youth of today could go through it. No.

[@jasonnoname5787]

In that thumb nail they look so malevolent

[@HeroTeens88]

jerman membayar mahal atas perbuatan yang telah mereka lakukan...... jangan ada lagi hal seperti ini terjadi

[@generalbooger9146]

BamALAma DingDong

[@ishanakhublall2286]

Wow

[@Lenzer50]

Google Tiger Legionnaires who were 4800 East Indians who fought alongside the Germans in German uniform, the Germans had all kinds of different races in their army’s!!!

[@TakashiMitsuya.6008]

🥺🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭😭

[@idk-ik7px]

👍

[@moham6993]

👍

[@solomonsamson9985]

👍

[@mnifai6370]

I’m Romanian :(

[@blakebarber3582]

Ik not crying you are

[@jojofast2475]

looks 60plus

[@andrewjohnston9423]

Conrad Russia won

[@omnibusman5792]

Face the wall commie!

[@TheNeusa666]

That priest was NOT a man of God!

[@fresatx]

Win huh?

[@ButterManisreal]

hola soy zack

[@Daniel-wp8ki]

The 10 dislikes are from the Trump White House administration.

[@Daniel-wp8ki]

J Bridgers No, No, No Is Donald Trump's administration!!

[@Atik-xq3pi]

Ha ha :) Nice. She must be atleast feel like doing it.

[@zbudda]

Daniel L that must be why Trump is moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem?

[@gezzarandom]

I doubt it seeing as he has a Jewish son in law.

[@patriotsforisrael3610]

Am Yisrael Chai! ✡️

[@tehjamerz]

Time will be the judge of that, Jew.

[@browns0587]

Roman 10:1

[@estebanminchala6582]

Mesirve

[@rball585]

im 92