I asked my German grandmother at 90 years old about her life story before she died. Part 1

My grandmother lived to be about 94 years old. I took this video asking her questions when she was about 90 years old. She grew up in very harsh Nazi war Germany. Part 1 #grandmother #germany #storytime

[@GurtyVideos]

Please go to my channel if you feel inclined and watch the other 3 parts. There are lots of good questions. ❤

[@Naturlich133]

What a treasure! I loved my grandparents so very much. I lived near them till I was almost 30. I visited them very often and wrote them letters when I was away. I strongly feel them with me even now. They have been gone many years and I so look forward to see them again. Good Bless you. I'm an American living in Germany and was deeply touched by your videos. Bless

[@chrissis.6140]

She seems so sweet...she reminds me sooo much of my beloved grandma (Oma) who sadly already passed 18yrs ago. They even look similar ❤ greetings from Munich, Germany

[@barbaracollins385]

My Mom was from Germany and so I was a German citizen. My Opa, grandfather over here worked on the German railroad. My Oma, grandmother was friends with the Jewish neighbors too. The Nazi's came and took them away. Form that point on Oma would boil eggs and potatoes and wrap them on paper, load them into a basket, and roll them down to the Jewish prisoners working there. My Opa begged her to stop fearing the Nazi"s would fire him and take her to jail. She said no one was dying from hunger if she could help it. I've grown up hearing these stories mu entire life. My Mom married a GI in the US Air Force when I was 2 yrs old. We came to the US and he adooted me. Im now 68 and can still remember all of things her family lived through I admire this young man for listening to his grandma, and mostly for the kindness and consideration of visiting her. I'm sure he will be blessed for honoring his history.

[@GurtyVideos]

Thank you for sharing your story and for taking time to watch this video ❤

[@cherieakckerman3424]

"Teach your children how to work" Yes mamm!!!

[@blackdogslivesmatter1568]

ma'am. I had no idea what mamm was...it took awhile.

[@ms.sherlock]

Often only one grandchild or child will visit their elderly relatives on a regular basis and these are the ones who learn so much, bask in their finite yet irreplaceable love and treasure their company.

[@joniangelsrreal6262]

So true… two daughters too busy haven’t seen them in years …🫶🏼

[@patriciaelliott7032]

. 😅😅.

[@shirleyashanti3031]

That hurt to hear her say that. My mother had Parkinson disease and would cry daily for hours and ask God in prayer why her family didn't visit her. It was truly heartbreaking. They all showed up for her 3-hour funeral. Some are still angry because I inquired about sitting that long for her funeral but not willing to give her an hour visit.

[@ms.sherlock]

@@shirleyashanti3031 the anger is from their guilt. Well earned guilt. Don’t worry about their anger because they would not visit you if you were sick or needed help. They have already displayed their characters - who needs to have people like that around…

[@susannicole3538]

Thank you for sharing her with us. Lovely woman. Fascinating.

[@donnaplumridge9769]

I work in a residential home as a carer, and oh my, to listen to their past histories, is so very fascinating! I used to love to listen to my parents, grandparents, great grandparents and aunts and uncles,of their past as well. I’m glad you took the time to spend with your grandmother, because you will never get that time again. She gave some pretty sound advice as well!

[@littleme3597]

Notice how well she speaks English?

[@dinaingle9762]

It’s a shame. I was brought up in an era when foreigners would come to this country and would speak perfect English in much less than a few years. Now I need a caregiver and the agency would send me people that would be here a few years and we don’t even understand each other.

[@heather77]

Thank you for sharing this, a special lady and great advice! Sounds like your grandmother had a strong courageous mother as well. Your grandmother's advice to spend time with your future children and teach them to work is truly advice the world should take to heart ❤

[@ElizabethLoustalot-jr6os]

This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.❤

[@jennifermiller7813]

I wish I had wrote down all these things with my grandparents. Wonderful young man that you did this.

[@blackdogslivesmatter1568]

I think my grandmother was a druggie...she would sleep in the poppy fields in Bohemia, CZ and tell me about monsters that ate chldren. The monsters lived in the water and were covered with seaweed....and they were humanlike. It was hard to sleep after her bedtime stories.

[@teresepropeck4587]

So reminds me of my mom and her German heritage. ❤️😘💕🙏🏼

[@janetginty1847]

Bless her 🙏

[@edithwright6357]

I’m eating red cabbage as I watch this. I’m German. Enjoying this❤

[@GurtyVideos]

I love that 😊

[@francesblabey3055]

God bless this beautiful lady.❤

[@debedford]

Thankyou so much for sharing this video. She reminds me of my nana who passed away to meet up with Our Lord. This is not the end, we’ll meet again. Your video is so appreciated and I will cherish. They don’t make women like this anymore more, an absolute diamond 💎 to embrace and remember ❤️

[@GurtyVideos]

She really was a rare gem. She was a fighter. Many times we all thought she would die in her 80s and she kept pushing on till 94

[@debedford]

@@GurtyVideos such an inspiration for us all ❤️

[@kathyh4804]

What a great treasure! I’m so glad you were able to ask her questions before she died! All these old people have so many interesting stories and not many take the time to hear them

[@lawriefoster5587]

What a sweet lady your Grandmother is. Bless her!!

[@Argeaux2]

I like red cabbage too.

[@joniangelsrreal6262]

I love this listening to her voice brings me back to my beloved grandma who passed at 94 64 years ago … I miss her to this day at 70 years young …❤️

[@GurtyVideos]

Wow amazing!

[@JLU55]

Imagen; how hard life was back then 😮😢... but she always kept a soft loving heart.❤🙏

[@tomaseire]

Such a lovely German lady.

[@marcusseidel6824]

I like Rouladen mit Klöße too

[@shirleycalcagno6290]

Thank you for posting this real story. It reminds my grandparents and mom. They always read a lot and worked too. I learned to love reading with them and worked at home and with my opa, grandfather in his mechanical workshop. It was fun for me. Thanks for sharing. It was realy sad those days of war and after.

[@elizabethhannah4704]

What an Absolute Treasure to keep Forever. What a truly Amazing woman, with so much to share and pass on. It's typical that one relative only visits their elderly relatives. It's a bad stain on our society IMO.

[@susanford2388]

Doris Day was born Doris Kappelhoff - Her parents were German

[@aliceb.8558]

Thank you for sharing your Grandmother with us Wonderful woman! ❤ Wonderful grandson too!

[@user-vi3jd7mm1k]

This woman looks very, very German.

[@marybethsinn6792]

What a sweet gem she is, so glad you shared a part of her with us❤

[@brt5273]

Great advice to teach kids to read well and appreciate literature. My grandmother taught and encouraged me. One of my earliest memories as a young toddler, i am looking out the front door and she and my grandpa are coming for a visit and she is smiling while carrying a stack of books for me and I am so excited. No matter what your situation, reading is a doorway to infinite worlds and experiences.

[@tiapina7048]

I really like her advice to fathers to find the time in the evening and read to their kids and teach them to read.

[@WickedlyMe328]

What a wonderful lady. If not for my grandpa’s dad leaving his mom, my mom’s parents may have never met. I can remember that grandma telling me in 2011 her cousin was killed in Pearl Harbor. She told me one time and never spoke about it again. I lived with her for 6 months and took care of her, loved each moment. My dad’s parents, my Grandma didn’t like my Grandpa because he was much older than her. They were married for 55 years, my mom’s parents 65. I was 17, 29, 34 & 35 when I lost my grandparents. I cherish the memories I have with them.

[@GurtyVideos]

Thank you for sharing

[@WickedlyMe328]

@@GurtyVideos cherish those moments.

[@Argeaux2]

My mother-in-law says none of her children visit her, but they all do. They get the village staff to record it in her calendar, but then she forgets to look at it. She’s 91 but she doesn’t remember anything about her life. She can’t even remember anything about World War 2, and she lived through it. She went to her grandson’s wedding this year, but couldn’t remember that a day later. It’s a good idea that you recorded this. Thanks for sharing it. ♥️

[@GurtyVideos]

My grandma had her wits all the way to her dying day at 94! Very clear headed.

[@haileeraestout5567]

🤯WOAH I Didnt Know She FORGOT WWII Does She Have Some Sort Of Amnesia????????

[@acommentator4452]

@@haileeraestout5567 your comment shows your ignorance, and is embarrassing to read. look at the incidence of dementia in older people.

[@nikiTricoteuse]

I used to take my mother flowers and, that helped her. Most of the time she would think no-one had visited but, she'd see the flowers and know someone had. She wouldn't really know who brought them but, she absolutely knew that they were for her and that someone who loved her had brought them FOR her. A lot of the time she thought they were from HER mother and from her mother's garden. That was fine too, l was just happy that she knew she had someone who loved her. I don't know if your MIL has dementia but, it's a frightening and lonely time for people who have it.

[@sallylambert7552]

Interesting lady!

[@Julina77]

Ein schöner Gedanke, dass sie jetzt wieder glücklich vereint mit ihrem Hensel ist ❤

[@Sarasapien]

I miss my grandpa 😔❤️ I miss his stories. I miss listening to his favorite music together, and listening to his jokes. I miss him dearly. May your grandma, my grandpa, and everyone else’s grandparents rest in peace ❤

[@lizjones7220]

Such a sweet & wise grandma!!👑🐶💖

[@smcclure77]

What a sweet lady❤️

[@mariekatherine5238]

I visited my elderly relatives and just hung out and talked. I’ve collected all the stories, histories, anecdotes, etc. Now only one person is left, age 99. When she goes, I’ll be the elderly aunt people listen to. I’ve a nephew who’s interested.

[@chillbilly2517]

She's a walking talking history book. I love my elders.

[@nacht_owl]

Your Oma was southern German, wasn't she! I can tell from her accent; the opposite of my oma, who is a northerner

[@GurtyVideos]

She is from Kassel

[@bjornlambers8018]

@@GurtyVideos exactly, well almost, in the middle of Germany

[@ladida8349]

Im Asian, working as an “altenpflege” in Germany. I know many old people and hear a lot of stories from them, they’re very interesting, happiness and sadness sometimes all colide. Many things happened too, today I see them and tomorrow they’re gone… sorry for my bad English. ❤

[@carolilseanne2175]

Rouladen are Beef Olives, my Mother made them a lot when I was a child ❤

[@caspianblue4141]

I am going home to visit for three weeks und ich freue mich riesig auf die Knoedel und Rouladen!

[@martinelille5850]

My German mother who was 10 years older was also very strict. And she married an American in 1955.

[@hiltrudseifert8173]

Hello from Germany ❤️👍

[@carollee6963]

This is the story of my mom and dad.

[@emeliealegonero4043]

So neck is the best Grand kid ❤

[@KASTNERANDREE]

I hope you adopt her dog.

[@GurtyVideos]

My last remaining aunt took her dog on the bed. The other two you see had to be put down.

[@user-kv7uf5ip2t]

Wise words this grandmother has!

[@sabinewerner326]

Ich wünschte sie käme noch einmal nach Hause um Rotkohl , Klöße und Rouladen zu essen.Auch mein Lieblingsessen!

[@rockandroller8352]

❤

[@ajmangbogsdee2398]

An honest story....American and Canadian soldiers did rape a lot of girls /young women in Germany and freed Eutopean countries. Something the German Army did not in occupied western Europe. When complains of rape would come to a German commander , the soldier could be shot on the spot. My father whitnessed that...

[@CrazyCarmenMirada]

Was she raised in Germany? Would be interested to hear her answers about the Holocaust and the war.

[@hattiem.7966]

I've had those potato balls with ham in them in Norway.

[@janegal2729]

Sie kommt definitiv sachsen oder Thüringen sie hat noch immer den sächsichen dialekt in ihrer englichen aussprache vol süß

[@truthbetold9215]

This is more of an interview, why interview your grandmother. Did you not talk to her previously? Was she just left lonely? Something not adding up. Strange. I am in my seventy’s. How don’t you know her favourite food if you were close?

[@GurtyVideos]

How does this not add up? It’s not that deep.. you have no idea my history with my family so why jump to the conclusions? This ain’t a detective case. My grandma was very close to me but I was a CHILD. I was worried about my own life and all that comes with it. I never cared to know these things about my grandma cause I was also struggling with my own personal single mother who could barely feed us. As the family grew older and years went on, everyone stopped visiting my grandma but I was the only one that would consistently go visit. I never knew about these things of her life, hence why I asked her before I moved away for many years.

[@Kyrana4102]

I don't like the hippie hoppy music either❤😂

[@caspianblue4141]

I am willing to bet she's from Bavaria. 😁

[@GurtyVideos]

Kassel

[@EPICFAILKING1]

Shame it took you this long to care about her story, even as a kid I knew it was important to remember there stories and preserve them. They really do appreciate it when the youth, especially family, take an interest in them.

[@GurtyVideos]

I do wish I could go back and ask more questions and learn about her more as I was younger, but I think we get so caught up in our own life.

[@itsjustme4848]

Your grandmother was German and had all these interesting stories, and yet you’ve never been to Germany?

[@GurtyVideos]

Never. But it’s a bucket list thing for sure.

[@michellehughes576]

Snitches that’s what the want

[@72guystrikerandwrestler52]

She was so loyal to her leader ❤️😢

[@acommentator4452]

who was, to what leader ? could you expand please.

[@KC-ni5gw]

What are you insinuating? Want to get sued for slander?

[@72guystrikerandwrestler52]

@@KC-ni5gw whats wrong about what i said

[@GurtyVideos]

@@72guystrikerandwrestler52you are referring to her husband as her leader?

[@chrissis.6140]

What are you talking about? What leader?

[@valeriemarott1923]

Ummmmmmm....how bout "What did you do in the War?"

[@Julina77]

She was a kid (16 when war ended). What do you expect?

[@blackdogslivesmatter1568]

She didnt wear shoes or a coat until she was at least 16 yrs old? So she walking barefoot in the snow with no coat? Something sounds strange.

[@GurtyVideos]

I don’t think you full grasp the history of WW2 Germany.. Her family was very poor. My grandma was raped by soldiers multiple times as a child. They would survive off a loaf of bread daily for the whole family. This is a brief video of some questions, not going into details of everything she went through. It’s not that deep, don’t overthink it ..

[@blackdogslivesmatter1568]

German food is pretty nasty. Its easy to starve in that country but the have some really good pastries...almost as good as Czechia.