Holocaust Survivor Margot Friedlander is 101 Years Old | USC Shoah Foundation

In 1998, Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlander shared her testimony with USC Shoah Foundation.
In 2022, 101-year-old Margot continues to educate audiences about the Holocaust, antisemitism, and Holocaust denial.
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[@davidtoulemonde189]

Margot Friedlander just turned 102 YEARS on November 5th , 2023. What a wonderful, kind lady !

[@lkanzenbach]

She is 101 yrs old and went through so much we could learn so much from our elders yet we keep on repeating the same mistakes.

[@shannonobrien9922]

R u watching same interview as me? I heard her say she 76- where did u get 101????

[@Mike-01234]

@@shannonobrien9922 This video interview was recorded May 19th 1998 as shown 0:10 into the video she was 76 years old in 1998.

[@shannonobrien9922]

@@Mike-01234 yes- I'm aware- my hearing works just fine

[@bellaadamowicz8380]

@@shannonobrien9922 The interview is recorded in 1998 she is 101 now

[@bellaadamowicz8380]

@@shannonobrien9922 so what it that you find it hard to understand

[@janetblanc7658]

I have watched so many Holocaust survivors and without exception they all show such courage, dignity and calm. May this beautiful lady and all the survivors enjoy a peaceful life.

[@carmennricaurte4168]

Pray for the Peace(Shalom) of Jerusalem!🕎🕊🙏♥️

[@sydneyskochko9603]

@@carmennricaurte4168 Qa

[@bogotaangela6908]

sorrow. Only #Sorrow 0:29

[@bogotaangela6908]

Very Very Terriyaki #SoyVey VVV avDa. @ sayville 🚞 3:44 CApers

[@maggieadams8600]

Amen.

[@ctgctg1]

I admire her. She just won an award in Germany in November 2022 for her human rights advocacy work in Germany. Moving back to Germany at aged 88 to work on human rights issues is amazing.❤

[@grannysfamily8804]

You mean she’s still alive? That’s great if she is.

[@gymynycricket1722]

Too little too late

[@peggylanton6384]

Happy Birthday Margot Friedlander! As a daughter of two survivors from Romania, I grew up with many, many survivors and many stories. I fell compelled to listen to as many testimonies as I can. This has been one of the best. I also want to commend the interviewer who asked all the right questions. Because of the questions we have a very detailed picture of Mrs. Friedlander”s life before, during, and after the war. I wish Mrs. Friedlander continued good health. G_d Bless You.

[@hard-truthsbetter-than-swe6543]

Its heartbreaking and such a deep love that her mother could not bear the thought of her 12yo child alone ,so she turned herself in to be with him.

[@farapipsqueek636]

If you see this, happy late birthday. Thank you for sharing your story

[@JoyceDawn100]

This lady named Margot Friedlander was/IS courageous, compassionate, strong & SO MUCH MORE!

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hi how are you doing?

[@BeckyWilson123]

The ring she has is beyond precious as is she. Incredible recall of dates and events. So grateful she shared her story. Never forget.

[@cryptoenthusiast4999]

You dear lady. Thank you for sharing your story with us. Please don’t feel guilty about not staying with your mother. If you had gone with her you probably wouldn’t be alive to share with us your memories of her.

[@marymcdonald3897]

I admire this woman for agreeing to even talk with this interviewer ,about this horrible time, in history...

[@thenanlife1141]

Such a beautiful brave lady . Can t begin to imagine what these wonderful people suffered ❤❤❤❤ May they all find peace in the other side as I’m sure they will , god bless them xxx

[@kellykonrad9273]

What an amazing & very strong lady! I can never compare myself to what she has been through, but in some small ways I think I can identify. I know what it is like to be abandoned and have to fend for yourself at a young age. I also know what it is like to be rejected by family when in desperate need, and they had the means to help but refused. Please don't feel guilty for not going with your Mother. I'm sure your Mother would be very happy to know that you survived & had a good life. 💖

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hello how are you doing?

[@valeriecullins302]

I'm amazed at the details you can recall. I'm thankful your story is documented.

[@Aeriyana123]

May God continue to bless you and your family. Thank you for sharing your story. While stationed in Germany my husband and I went to Poland and toured Auschwitz. I was fortunate enough to be walking with an Army Nurse who was the daughter of two Holocaust survivors and it was an experience to see everything through her eyes. It changed me and how I view the world and my own families history through slavery. What a beautiful spirit you have. Much love.

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hello how are you doing?

[@Aeriyana123]

@@franklinstephen3268 I am not sure if you were speaking to me but I am doing great. I hope you are doing great as well.

[@franklinstephen3268]

@@Aeriyana123 Yes, I’m doing great. It’s nice meeting with you here. Where are you texting from?

[@RD-0101]

​@@franklinstephen3268 Get out of here weird person.

[@NovemberReigne]

God had a special purpose for Margot Friedlander;she has been through so much tragedy in her life. This showed up in my feed after I watched the Anne Frank movie that starred Ben Kingsley as Otto Frank. That movie brought me to tears , it’s sad that Anne and Margot, their mother, Peter and his parents weren’t rescued in time to safety. Happy Belated Birthday Margot and may your days continue being blessed, you are a brave lady indeed❤

[@coralclark5979]

So courageous, so strong, so beautiful!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Julia-uo6jz]

Being German (jewish decent, now catholic…we converted early „enough“.. which saved us…we are from Danzig area always changing religions and nationality there 😂polish-russian and marrying germans…)this lady is the essence of a german woman …that’s how ladies and there living rooms did look in my childhood…it is just heartbreaking..“we“ killed our own people for heavens sake… The flat and everything she describes the ovens included (only Not he maid though 😂) is how we live in Berlin today or just a few years back (not many flats are still heated with ovens..Kachelöfen 😊) not much changed really! Heartbreaking to here..her family might be my neighbors today!! Or might have been my families back than…we share so much …history, experience and culture and still „we“ did what we did..I will never understand

[@linmorell1813]

What an incredible lady. The last hour shows so much compassion.

[@sallysampson628]

Thank you for sharing your story, you’re so brave to do this. My heart goes out to you and everyone who experienced this atrocity. We must never ever forget. xx

[@chrissims3810]

Thank you so much for sharing this horrible part of your life. God bless

[@exdus235]

The interview questions are so thoughtful that the answers to same flesh out such a vivid tapestry of Ms. Margot's life. Great job, and maybe could be used as a template for those interviewing and researching other family histories.

[@dogsmumm]

Wow. What an amazing woman. So grateful for these interviews.

[@christinaann3667]

This is a magnificent interview with tremendous simplicity and, yet, an emotion I will always remember. Thank you for presenting this. It is heart breaking!

[@alsavietto]

Terrible interviewer. At 58:10 she was trying to explain how they tried to migrate to Brazil and was cut. Very upset with the interviewer.

[@suzyjackson5514]

We can learn so much from those who survived the atrocities of war. One thing that this interview has left me is when she said twice " The writing was on the wall". We are seeing things now that is not right and it is changing very fast, what is good is now evil and what is evil is now good! Everyone knows something isn't right. I can see why she survived she is very quick and smart! Hard to believe she is over 100. Beautiful woman. Good interview kept my interests for 3 hours! Jesus is my Savior!!! Christians are being murdered and being tormented and abused right now for there faith. One day evil will no longer exists. Come Lord Jesus come our beautiful Messiah! The Jewish people are God's special people one day he will restore what was taken from them. We are commanded to pray for them and I do.

[@billierowe1481]

Yes amen, I’m sure we will see her in heaven..

[@Watchmewatch5752]

This interview is filmed on May 19 1998, so Margot Friedlander is 76 here… (@2:10 min)

[@theliamay]

She has a very kind face.

[@lyricalaska]

This woman is totally incredible! Her memories are excellent and her description in English is superb! What a treasure she is in many, many ways. I wish I had known her!!!

[@RD-0101]

You can visit her in Berlin. She's 101 years old and she's still alive!

[@capecod50s]

I don't understand why this interviewer comes across as so abrupt and abrasive. This is a gentle, dear lady sharing about a very sensitive topic. In addition given her age you would think she would have drawn a kind and sensitive interviewer who wouldn't fire questions at her so harshly.

[@susanmulvey6311]

That’s what I was thinking! Very bad interviewer!

[@RD-0101]

I agree! This is one of the worst and insensitive interviewers! 👎

[@Digitalmemorytales]

Indeed. The interviewer is awful.

[@valeriecullins302]

Happy 101 Birthday Magot! God Bless you, you are a blessing thank your for sharing your testimony 🙏

[@StephenGrew]

What a lovely soul.

[@valeriecullins302]

I'm. So sorry Margot, that you went though so much heartache. You are such a beautiful soul and woman 💗

[@sheilanixon913]

I was born in 1936 in North Manchester , the heartland of the Jewish community. I went to Sedgley Park Primary School, and Stand Grammar SChool. 75% of my classmates were Jewish. Ten had come to England on the Kindertransport. They were placed in Local Jewish families , by the Rabbi at the Holy Law Synagogue. One boy in my class( Ivor Lever(sohn) showed me a postcard written by his father from Buchenwald . His father survived and came to England and was re-united with his son but the mother did not survive. .Another boy married the only daughter of a Manchester raincoat manufacturer , and the father built them a very large house in Whitefield , which became a Jewish area , after WW2 It was interesting growing up in a mixed Jewish/ Gentile School, but I did get annoyed when we Cof E , and Roman Catholic children had to go school on the days when there were Jewish religious holidays. After WW2, The Holy Law Synagogue built The King David Primary School and High School, which are the best schools in Manchester. Many non- Jewish people send their children to these schools. PS Malcolm Hermann of Hermann and the Hermits was in my sister's class. They made their money in America, and went to live in Scarsdale , NYork.

[@Jacubamustoff]

She is so beautiful. God bless her.

[@connymottram5436]

Ich bin von Frankfurt/Main aber nach dem krieg in 1953 wo Ich auf die welt kam, es tut mier so leid was Ihnen zu kam in Deutschland und wűnsche Ihnen einen alles gute zu Ihrem Geburtstag! Ich bin froh das Sie alles űberlebt haben! Dankeschőn Cornelia

[@brucel10315]

I meet her and she is a great and strong person.

[@naturalcombinations]

Remarkable survivor and interviewer, thank you for sharing your detailed story.

[@OpenSesame33]

What it must have taken to tell this story, to relive it again.

[@truthspirit4433]

Money 💰

[@diegoluna5819]

The interviewer's tone of questioning is cold as ice. My God!

[@janetblanc7658]

I so agree. Really unpleasant to listento.

[@henryworthington8261]

Whenever I have gone through something bad a soft warm searching tone breaks me. That would not have been helpful here. The story needed to have been told and the interviewer has been trained to help the interviewer to do just that.

[@janetblanc7658]

@@henryworthington8261 I think you are right. Judging by the names I believe most of the interviewers are also Jewish so probably understand the pain even more than non-Jewish people.

[@Vikki_G_]

What a remarkable lady. I am in absolute awe of her. Sending you love and light. ❤

[@Christian-rj2yc]

What a fantastic lady! Still going strong after 101 years of age.

[@shannonobrien9922]

She JUST said she 76

[@Christian-rj2yc]

@@shannonobrien9922 Yeah, in 1998.

[@bellaadamowicz8380]

@@Christian-rj2yc she is 101 now , here she is 78 years old

[@RD-0101]

​@@shannonobrien9922 What is your IQ?

[@karo1564]

She was born in 1921. The interview took place in 1998, she said she is 76 now. Today in 2023 she would be 102, but I doubt that she is still alive.

[@Watchmewatch5752]

Good interviewer! The right questions and lots of time and space for meandering through all those intense memories. And thanks to Mrs Friedlander for her impressive testimonial; god bless her heart

[@jeffreyherman9454]

Thank you for posting one of these survivor accounts with AUDIBLE volume levels. Perhaps you've re-engineered this tape's volume level? Anyway, I hope to be able to watch the entire tape, and, again, thank you. These stories are, of course, very moving. This is especially so, given a resurgence of intolerance in today's world. Your diligent work in recording these stories of survival is, I think, very important and praiseworthy. Your work reveals both the worst and the best in humanity. It is "a light in darkness".

[@rescuepetsrule6842]

I bought a used Bose speaker for my laptop to listen to these. Movies are much better, too.

[@jeffreyherman9454]

@@rescuepetsrule6842 THANKS! I actually have THOUGHT of doing that -- done nothing about it, mind you, but, at least, THOUGHT of it! And I too get frustrated with SOME movies -- not ALL, but SOME. (Also the occasional barely audible KZbin clip.) I resort to using captions when available, and I keep grumbling, "What's the MATTER with these people, making a perfectly beautiful film, but not ensuring sufficient volume level?!!!" Nice to encounter a "kindred spirit"!

[@rescuepetsrule6842]

@@jeffreyherman9454 Enjoy and Merry Chrsitmas!

[@jeffreyherman9454]

@@rescuepetsrule6842 I'll join the rescue pets in wishing you a brilliant solstice and a "Bon Hiver!"

[@rescuepetsrule6842]

@@jeffreyherman9454 Thank you and Merry Christmas to you, too!

[@marymarmande8446]

❤ thank you so much for sharing. Such a beautiful lady

[@franklinstephen3268]

Hello how are you doing?

[@marymarmande8446]

@@franklinstephen3268 Thank you happy holidays

[@franklinstephen3268]

@@marymarmande8446 You’re welcome same to you as well. It’s nice meeting with you here. Where are you texting from?

[@fuensantacampillogomez3288]

Tragic moments of humanity. They must never be repeated again! Thank you for your testimony!

[@susiwakeman4271]

What a wonderful and incredible lady, and thank you for the privilege of seeing and hearing your incredible story x may our Lord God bless you and yours always, much love from the UK xx

[@kellybourque5391]

Beautiful lady God Bless you🙏🙏

[@lorry2763]

Thank you for testifying to the horrors you survived. You are a good example of overcoming the past to create a better future. 💗💕

[@staceys6335]

This interviewer is so rude! I can not believe she asked how much money she receives from Germany!

[@cherylmccarthy2932]

I am in awe of Mrs. Friedlander! What a sweet woman despite all that happened to her during the Holocaust. I also want to commend her interviewer, Nancy Fisher. Ms. Fisher is one of the best interviewers I have heard and it’s just wonderful that she was able to help these two survivors to reconnect!

[@englishlady8863]

😲 The interviewer was awful as perusal.

[@janetblanc7658]

Absolutely awful, no charm whatsoever

[@RD-0101]

This is one of the worst and most insensitive interviewers!

[@Digitalmemorytales]

The interviewer was inquisitorial.

[@cherylrochette976]

Absolutely loved this lady! What a memory God bless her. Terrible interviewer though...

[@henryworthington8261]

When I can take the emotion of it I listen to these testimonies- probably in the teens by now. I always enjoy the childhood accounts. One learns a lot about the person from them. I want to say that this interviewer has perfected the simplicity of pertinent questions asked in good sequence without any undue emotion or silliness. She keeps her concentration very well. Margot is a woman of a high standard.

[@rescuepetsrule6842]

I can't believe she managed to survive in Berlin alone for so long, trusting strangers that could easily have 'sold' her to the Gestapo. Most young women would have snapped, especially after her mother was gone. Amazing courage.

[@henryworthington8261]

Her aunt told her she should have joined her mother and brother. What horrible words some people find themselves saying. It seems as though those evil words haunted a courageous good woman. Her mother and brother would have been saying ‘at least Margot is okay’ and it would have given them comfort.

[@rescuepetsrule6842]

@@henryworthington8261 Her Aunt must have been as mean as she was ignorant to say such a thing.

[@tessadrake824]

Lovely lady, thank you for sharing. Very disrespectful for interviewer to ask her how much £ she receives. Shameful.

[@cherylstaples1790]

God bless, I'm so sorry that interviewer asked about your income, how crass!!!

[@cocot3662]

She hesitated to answer the question. I don't blame her. That question about her income was totally out of line. But bravely like this lady was after being tormented for so many years answered.

[@lisaschooley9532]

She’s just adorable. It breaks my heart to hear what they went through. Makes me think twice before I complain. God bless all of the survivors. Never forget. Never again.

[@zuluexmachina2191]

My Mother’s name is Adele ❤ Thank You for sharing when it can’t always be easy.

[@michelleikoma2953]

I feel so sorry for her. Because of the trauma, she has blocked out so many memories, even good ones. 💔

[@hitchheike2]

Thank you for sharing your story. You are an amazing lady. Nancy can you please link to Mr. Adlers interview?

[@laurenj8888]

Margot turned 102 on November 4 2023.

[@sylviaelrod8862]

What a great story of someone’s pain they had endured……..the only thing that I found that sounded sooooo rude was the interviewer’s question of how much money she receives from Germany…….to her I say…..none of your dang business!!!…….let her live. God b with her Always 🙏🏾✌🏾👵🏼

[@henryworthington8261]

Good to pick out the negative, huh!

[@jeans1712]

Thank you so much for sharing your life with us so that we can understand.

[@Sarah-kq3tr]

I wish the interviewer would have asked more follow-up questions to her responses. The questions seem to be just plopped out off a list.

[@vickyiliaens1000]

sounds more like an interrogation

[@RH-of5cr]

Bless this wonderful lady

[@RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS]

Wow. 101! Last of the survivors. I will be sad when there are none left.

[@-berberry]

She looks absolutely incredible for her age. ♡ Bless her soul.

[@4UStevePerry]

This was a very inexperienced interviewer, sorry to be so negative but the Margot was a delight to listen too.

[@ginalowe9103]

When was this interview done, if I may ask?

[@jt8142]

As stated on the paper displayed at the beginning of the video: May 19, 1998

[@Bigmannguyss]

How much do you receive??How rude is this women. Thank u for telling us your story.Beautiful women very kind,hope u had a good life in America.God bless

[@englishlady8863]

I will never understand why these interviewer's have such an aggressive tone. I stopped listening to these testimonies because of this fact.

[@cryptoenthusiast4999]

I hope you meant interviewers.

[@englishlady8863]

Sorry I meant the interviewer.

[@janetblanc7658]

I agree.

[@henryworthington8261]

Soft and sweet tones would not help the interviewee to relate these horrific events, it may even make them breakdown. If I was being interviewed about such things I would want pertinent cool prompting questions to keep me on track. I would not want sympathy.

[@thenanlife1141]

It’s amazing how this lady and other holocaust survivers remember all that happened in this horrific time in Germany ❤❤❤

[@helunanova]

She really looks like a Mäuschen ❤ she is so cute and gentle!

[@thenanlife1141]

Incredible beautiful lady ❤❤❤

[@janetblanc7658]

Why did the poor lady have to spell all the family names? Very hard on her. I suppose in case any of her family are listening and can identify her.

[@letuswalkinthelightofthelo5350]

They are creating a historical “document” in the form of a video, whatever that is called; in case others want to use it in their research or refer to it.

[@jeffreykuhn965]

She is now 103 years old and featured on Vogue Germany cover.

[@MatMat-qi2rd]

It's so shocking to hear they decided to have her nose done simply because they thought she 'looked' too 'jewish'...😢

[@francesmorris3804]

❤❤

[@donnapatacchiola6942]

Interviewer said same intro several times. Ugh

[@ginalowe9103]

Also what is the definition of glimmerin?

[@AB-fp2dq]

God bless 🙌 🙏 you always

[@marycahill546]

These survivor stories are so harrowing -- the terror of those days in Berlin, the terrible loss of her family. I can certainly understand why survivors banded together in New York -- that group became their new family.

[@birdzzzondayflu2489]

I’m from middle America but I can tell by her accent she’s from Berlin

[@karo1564]

I am German, and I can clearly recognize her German accent. But you definitely can't hear that she is from Berlin. She was born in Langen near Frankfurt. Even when she speaks German, she has no Berlin accent.

[@RD-0101]

Her mother would have been so upset to see her coming in the concentration camp and suffer the hunger and disease!! Her mother surely died content that at least one of her kids was not caught and is alive and free!! So Margot should NOT feel guilty because that's how mothers think and her mother would NOT have wanted for Margot to come with her or after her!!! Margot's aunt was not a mother,or she was an abnormal one,if she didn't know that her sister would NOT HAVE WANTED her child to follow her,to come after her into the nazi's hands and to be also deported...in fact,Margot's mom would have wanted for her sister to HELP AND HIDE her child!!!

[@noahmizrahi9834]

I am a holocust surviver by way of these people i would not be here if not for them

[@Lightgoldbridge]

Strong people who stand up are everywhere ❤❤❤❤

[@tottymommy8197]

We should listen very good to hear story .. we are in a Holocaust right now... Just a job .. no need for concentration camps...

[@apriqui5657]

This was great interviewer👍some of this testemonies I cant watch becouse the interviewer ruins it by being rude and interrupting all the time🤬

[@justmeinidaho777]

Correction......FreidLENDER, not FreidLANDER! Just an observation. Interviewer also misspelled it on the paper as well.

[@LoveDemi.XO_]

Why did she ask how much money she received? Thought that was something she could have skipped but I thought she asked good questions otherwise that other holocaust interviewers did not ask.

[@adambrocklehurst4211]

Because this is a document, not entertainment

[@4UStevePerry]

Is this lady still alive? this was done in 1998

[@elenaandronis1420]

Yes, she is still alive. 102 years old now!

[@garycounsell4119]

The interviewer terrible person!!

[@englishlady8863]

Totally agree.

[@danfrancis2707]

Some were turned into sausages.

[@scoobtube5746]

It's a miracle. These Hall of Cost "survivors" keep getting young and younger!

[@Merula-er1xr]

The interview was made in 1998.

[@birgitb.6937]

Horrendous.... In her own words. ... Told by her mother not to come with her... and "they did not think deeply about consequences when they helped others. "... She made it through her strength! This very german Lady! 🤭😉🫠

[@nevadamoonfacevoiceofhuman6672]

God bless you ❤

[@nevadamoonfacevoiceofhuman6672]

Happy🎉Birthday

[@Gunner53-OK]

As sharp as they come - wow!!