Holocaust survivor recalls the lie that saved his life

A Holocaust survivor recounts the story behind how quick thinking made the difference between life and death for him.
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[@brendawolnerman9546]

He is my great grandfather so I can say this story is actually true and he is still alive and healthy❤️

[@hrhtreeoflife4815]

❤

[@bk-pk4wv]

What a story and wonderful man. We need to hear these stories and pass them on. Remember the holocaust and teach the facts to the young. hope he is still around and hope his family cherishes him.

[@gingerpietka8426]

God bless him.

[@blu9645]

Cap

[@unndunn1]

God bless him and your whole family.

[@ellamaraio1016]

My great grandma was put in the Aushwitz concentration camps, she survived, she was 14, when me, my brother and my mom used to go to Israel every summer(we go like once every two years now cuz her fam lives there) when we went in like 2012, that was the last time we saw her, she was 112, she was very healthy, just old, we found out she died when we were in Disney in the beginning of the year when I was in first grade. I miss her. She used to tell me and my brother the stories that she had from the camps, she risked her life to saw a friends she met there, and she lived. I hope and pray that she watches over me and keeps me safe, I can’t wait till I get to see her again.

[@sarahkovner7581]

You are lying. If she was 14 in 1940 she would be 86 in 2012.

[@brendabooker1488]

😇😇😇 May He hold you in His heart. And may every day be a blessing for you and your family.

[@petermemez1983]

@@sarahkovner7581 shut up

[@air2091]

Sarah Kovner she clearly just made a typo, and why 1940?

[@k.c.r.5974]

Many survivors... interesting how so many could have survived something that was supposedly designed to kill them? Also...many who were listed as dead or missing were actually alive under different names. Many families unnecessarily ripped apart and separated. The montel Williams show is the greatest example of this. The evils of Zionism and the terrorist state of Israel know no limits.

[@amandaallen9460]

I have had the great honor to meet 3 Auschwitz survivors...the last of which just passed away in November 2019. Thank you Dr. Susan Spatz for telling your story to my German History Through Literature and Film class while at UNC Charlotte during the spring 2012 semester. #NeverForget

[@RJ-em1dg]

Respect to all of them ❤

[@kaylacote5376]

Awwww ❤️❤️❤️ What an incredible, wise and courageous man. God bless him 💕

[@coreywilliams9372]

God bless you sir you have suffered so much may your god bless you x

[@avafurgelele2310]

Adults: "Never lie!" Me:"HA yeah right it can save my life!"

[@logan758]

Ava Furgelele but we don't live in 1940

[@kidgrunge9607]

Logan exactly!

[@1001011011010]

Ava Furgelele Sometimes it's better to die in truth rather than live a lie.

[@patrickstar7428]

Only in certain situations. It could send you to prison.

[@lindsey9197]

Get a life

[@janjbowman]

I am so sorry for your loss. May GOD heal your heart and dry all tears. Thank you so much for sharing your story.

[@chairio6212]

in "Night" by Elie Wiesel, he does the same thing

[@David-ci1vn]

`@Edgar Allan Foe lying.

[@slimjim1042]

Jewy minds think alike.....xD

[@sahraahmed5757]

Chairio in class we are reading that’s book

[@memedreams8558]

Elie Wiesel said the same thing about his age, only he was actually 15

[@ronhat-nx6yq]

For just a moment, put aside your prejudices and forget all the stories you have heard. Instead, listen carefully to what this person is saying. Listen very carefully and think about what he is saying.

[@kimbradley9595]

Ty u serviced we will never Forget

[@itsshay616]

i remember when lies saved me from getting my ass kicked :'(

[@catherinebarnes5459]

How dare anyone give this video a thumbs down? Have some respect, please.

[@iminsanepleasehelp5357]

No

[@air2091]

ImInsanePleaseHelp why not?

[@brendawolnerman9546]

ImInsanePleaseHelp he’s my great grandfather please don’t disrespect him

[@nal5350]

@@brendawolnerman9546 You reap what you sow.

[@lindac3129]

Thank you for sharing God Bless You

[@88darrenr]

Lets take a trip down memory lane, Only this time we Will include the pain 🔥

[@giacataldo]

I got to meet this man today what a great man

[@brendawolnerman9546]

He lives in Iowa (he’s my great grandfather)

[@nicolehegarty4749]

I wish I could meet him

[@carolynhostage2evil804]

God bless you

[@sickofish4554]

WHY WOULD YOU DISLIKE THIS???

[@novomundo4337]

If I don´t say 18 I would go to crematory ??? Germans were all christians.

[@karenboromeo5752]

Lack of compassion .

[@brendawolnerman9546]

Karen boromeo HE IS 90 for gods sake

[@Kitchissime]

"... It was real in my mind."

[@iloveglitter149]

Wow you're stupid

[@piehound]

Yeah man that's tough. "Forgive but don't forget." Lotsa luck with that.

[@DoloresJNurss]

What a powerful final message! And not forgetting is essential to forgiving. I look at Germans today, who unflinchingly look at their past, denounce those sins, and resolve to do better now, and how much more confident and free they are than certain Americans today who want to pretend that everything cruel and bigoted in our past never happened or doesn't matter, and how fearful and fragile they are, drained by the fight to deny what deep down they know is true.

[@elizahernandez7957]

My neighbor, Angelo, who was from Argentina, lied about his age as well. He was 14 but said he was 19. I asked how he got away with that and he said he looked older than his age. I saw pictures of him and well damn he did look older than 14.

[@memedreams8558]

I'm 13, and my moms side of the family is Polish

[@angelaheron2002]

God bless you sir, and yes forgive but don't forget.

[@KrystyneY]

God bless him.

[@annberrios9759]

lovely man

[@christianhoffmann8607]

@@rabbivonshekelstein5644 says the neckbeard lmao

[@forkenstein]

@@christianhoffmann8607 whatd they say?

[@brendawolnerman9546]

He’s my great grandfather so that’s where I get it from lol

[@PMoney-sk7kb]

13years old, 5 foot 5. I'm 18. Seems legit

[@ayyluuna]

Pmoney 1243 they saw so many people, they probably didn't care

[@guu3002]

the average male height in the 40's was 5'7 or something too so he could just pass as short

[@hailey9574]

Who had the nerve to dislike this!?

[@derekvongutmann2991]

Me

[@BrilliantHandle]

@@derekvongutmann2991post your real face and not the CSAM your jerk to.

[@bubbles6883]

Yeah, I know what you mean

[@frozenrogue8970]

Keep on talking to anyone who would listen

[@hughjardon5693]

A leg end

[@XciteEsports]

Rip

[@brendawolnerman9546]

He’s my great grandfather (he didn’t die yet)

[@MariaHernandez-lw5th]

😥

[@bryanfletcher2104]

Mangela one scary bastard

[@HR-wd6cw]

It's interesting the number of stories I see and hear about people who lied about their age, and with all that the camps did in terms of record keeping (which supposedly was very detailed) this seemed to be an easy way for some people to simply lie about their age without any real verification. You would expect that either after selection or before selection your age would be verified some how... There's a similar story about a girl who was 13 but lied about her age and profession (saying she was 18 and a portrait painter).

[@semsemeini7905]

My mother could not forgive because after Reunification in 1992 the German Government robbed her again for the 3rd time of her apartment building in Berlin. They behaved exacty like Nazi germany. The German Government "forgot."

[@wtfdoichangemynameto187]

♥︎

[@picturesqueponies]

joshdunwithurshiz I-/

[@charlesmartella]

Just hearing the name Mengele sounds scary

[@maryschaefer1618]

50 years

[@hamstersplural4334]

Is this Ellie Wiesel? Cause this sounds a lot like Night but it doesn't look like Ellie.

[@KrystyneY]

It's not Elie. Many thousands have similar horrifying stories

[@IasonIsrael]

I remember Don Carson once talking about the implications of Jesus claiming to forgive people's sins in the context of a Jew who, when asked by a Nazi for forgiveness for what he did to his people, wondered how he could forgive what was done to others, many of whom were dead. Only the offended party can forgive, but God is the party most offended in any sin.

[@S62bhas]

Corrie Ten Boom Forgive The SS Guards from Ravensbruck Wonderful Testimony Amen

[@heldhostageplshelp]

And yet Jesus forgave the jews who had him crucified and made a sacrifice for all the worlds sins so that everyone could be forgiven and set for salvation. Don Carson is a televangelical idiot.

[@madelyn4947]

You should never kill someone just because of their religion. 😔

[@AS-bq7sc]

Madelyn isn't that what the Jews (Israelis) are now doing to Palestinian Muslims?

[@madelyn4947]

Asena Sakir​, if you say so. 😔

[@theniceanimation6697]

Asena Sakir no

[@air2091]

A S no, we aren’t killing them, and also Palestinians are both Christians and muslims

[@amgforever8678]

@@air2091 you denied the suffer of thousands of palestinians?!!!!!!!

[@syd_elite_dancerbfflgd640]

Wow

[@felohs5]

Bruh this guy looks like Danny DeVito

[@trashman2091]

You called?

[@rachelgarcia605]

Maybe he doesn't look like Danny DeVito, but he sure knows how to act and pull at people's heartstrings.

[@suckmydickfingermycrack3639]

Night Elie Wiesel

[@ramialwan2507]

NIEN!!

[@donaldclapper4699]

dacia and romania history part 15 and 16 look it up

[@forkenstein]

what?

[@mentyjamir7968]

I abhor the nazis.

[@stillahoodbaby]

so ur telling my u had a 18 year old mans voice at 13?

[@g.t.3186]

There's a 12 year old kid at my school bus that sounds exacly like an adult. It depends on the person.

[@brendabooker1488]

I had a man's voice all my life. And I'm a girl - well a woman ,now , but y' all would not know that , just hearing me speak. Anyhow, screw you.

[@nesaakofficial9621]

I'm trying my best to say this in the most respectful way but I don't quite understand him, is there anyone that can clarify the story, just kinda summarize it please I'm very interested.

[@lilynicholson9841]

He lied about his age and worked in the camp so he wouldn't go to the crematorium and all of his family died.

[@brendawolnerman9546]

Also he lied that he was 18 and the numbers on his arm actually added up to 18

[@Whitingbolt]

"Jew? Nope, haven't seen any. "

[@lex5440]

Now he supports doing the same thing to the Palestinian People...

[@hackchewspit1956]

it all sounds quite decent.. " if you want to work come with us"

[@slothgamingunited3459]

Hack Chew Spit it wasn't decent at all

[@hackchewspit1956]

Sloth Gaming United ; yeah? whys that then?

[@slothgamingunited3459]

Hack Chew Spit bruh do u realize how stupid what u said is I know people who went to one they wake up and usually the person beside them would be dead if u lied u would be what they called Sunday's entertainment and hang u and but ur naked dead body in piles of others I'm sure they didn't just go up and kindly say hey wanna work just come with us and sit down for tea it's basically die or come to camp

[@slothgamingunited3459]

Hack Chew Spit yeah I'm going to believe what really happened why would thousands of survivors lie about that did they all shake hands and say don't tell anyone the truth ur an uneducated person

[@hackchewspit1956]

Sloth Gaming United good for you. keep living your sheltered/ brainwashed life

[@adysonbrandon8699]

1000th comment! This is so cool

[@linnazhu3083]

I apologize for not being to understand accents, but can anyone explain to me about the video. Like how did his lie save his life again? I swear I watched the entire video, I just don't the ability to interpret accents.

[@benjaminmefford8255]

Linna Zhu- He lied about his age he was 13 but said he was 18.If he said he was 13 he would have been killed

[@ziziscorsese9475]

Linna Zhu I despise accents. I got ridiculed for five years for my Accent, but learned from all the nasty people who mocked and laughed, to get rid of it, it required work, constant vigilance and wanting to be better understood by my fellow human beings, but most people with an accent, choose the easy route, they stay with their own, and of course, the country that is supposed to be advanced, isn’t, because most of the population are babbling in their own their native tongues. Assimilation ???? What is that they don’t say.

[@brendawolnerman9546]

And I’m the end the numbers on his arm added up to 18

[@lindseygreenwood3997]

The video has subtitle option, put them on if you can not understand 😪

[@heldhostageplshelp]

Translation: WAAAAAAAAH WAAAAAAAAAAAH

[@JfkJames]

It's magneto

[@TG93Handle]

Glad it's on the Internet, much longer and he might not have been able to recall much at all.

[@brendawolnerman9546]

Actually he is still alive and heathy(he’s my great grandfather)

[@koshermcshekelstein2052]

🤑

[@air2091]

Ok weirdo

[@BrilliantHandle]

Follow your leader.

[@stephencarmickle]

Demonetized

[@suren2313]

Oy vey that’s sad

[@BrilliantHandle]

Follow your leader.

[@robertlock5501]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 real in the mind again?

[@Showtube887]

I CANT UNDERSTAND HALF THE THINGS HE IS SAYING

[@svenondabeat1133]

damn, i wish this was in english

[@leekenyon8705]

I don't believe you.

[@mdhaneef9274]

What a bad communicator he is

[@newshound2521]

Learn Polish then and have him speak.