Jewish Survivor Betty Cohen Testimony | USC Shoah Foundation

This testimony from Holocaust Survivor Betty Cohen is from USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive®, an online portal that allows users to search through and view more than 55,000 video testimonies of survivors and witnesses of genocide.
In September 2019, Betty's portrait will be featured in USC Shoah Foundation/USC Fisher Museum of Art's exhibition “Facing Survival | David Kassan”. Visit fisher.usc.edu/davidkassan for more information.
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[@chenry1279]

What a beautiful soul Betty is! Releasing her adopted nephew was one of her many gracious heroic acts. She was so emotionally stable though avoided certain topics like the separation from loved ones upon arrival at Auschwitz and how she managed without proper shoes through the winter death march. I've never heard a survivor share that a spouse "couldn't stop talking about the Holocaust experience." What a loss Al wasn't recorded. Betty's deeper emotions emerged when her son "went off script". We bless her memory!

[@karinberryman7970]

It's doubtful you'll be able to read this Betty when you were born 1921 (and it's now 2020), but I'm certain your grandchildren were incredibly blessed with you!

[@adrianapop558]

Amazing lady ...soo beautiful nature...God bless her soul and her entire family🤗

[@sherismith4596]

Thank you. Beautiful Betty will not be forgotten, nor will her story ❤️

[@kaycox5555]

Classy lady; riveting and sad testimony. Thank you madam for sharing.

[@samdarnell7151]

A great woman, with a loving heart. Thankyou

[@SelfLoveU]

BEAUTIFUL So sad yet, love to see she has come through. Thank you!!!

[@seemarajderkar3019]

Betty Cohen, you are a lovable, adorable lady !!Your story touched my heart. A nice documentry, but the spoken words were not clearly audible, though the volume was on full. The interviewer should allow the person who is being interviewed, to talk. Constant interruptions from the interviewer, are not at all welcome. Sure, all questions, instructions, etc.are given to the interviewee before hand.

[@MouseMenace]

What is wrong with employers these days, why would you send someone who is clearly ill- coughing, blowing their nose, quite abrupt with their questions too. They are sick and need to go home

[@human151]

I’m happy to know that these horrible experiences are preserved for future people’s.

[@Basey]

Thank you for sharing your story.

[@stilettoczar678]

She is the perkiest survivor I have ever heard.

[@debraberg4513]

Very well composed and honest lady but of course everyone cries at the end- because of their fear of this all being forgotten.

[@francesmorris3797]

Lovedthis beautiful woman.

[@lizprofe6986]

What a lovely lady

[@loonylinda]

lovely lady good interviewer

[@staceygoodwin179]

Full credit to Betty and family...wonderful people...how amazing to have children after the crude attempt at sterilization in the camps, the will to survive is an amazing thing. My wish is the family goes on and that no! we should never ever forget On this date of Dec 11...2019...there is again so much racism and mad patriotic feeling in the world ...megalomania running rife All the best

[@raijahietava1614]

To honour these survivors it would have been more dignified to have these historical interviews professionally done.

[@spottedbutt]

Omg so sad ☹️

[@yooperlooper]

What a horrible interviewer - she coughs right into the microphone !!

[@limoreperetz4577]

The stories of Shoa survivers are of very bad sound quality. You can hardly hear the voices. Too sad. Also the interviewers are very bad.

[@Basey]

Agreed. Every interviewer I've heard interrupts them repeatedly. I wish they would just let them speak.

[@lindyashford7744]

The interviewer intervene with a purpose, the questions help bring out information that is important but might otherwise get missed out. That is because these are not ordinary reminiscences, they are intended as a historical record and to built a picture of what life was like in those times.