Jewish Survivor Esia Shor Testimony | USC Shoah Foundation

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[@freespeechforall1069]

Thank you, what a very brave Lady. Sharing with us life history that we would never really know. Once again thank you for sharing.

[@elisabethwoudstra3931]

To tell so much suffering is very difficult but it is educational for all of us, I wish you and your family a lot of love and peace, Respect !!!💝

[@lourdesprudencio5647]

Well said....

[@djpanda255]

The bravery of Esia Shor and the partisans is mind blowing. Today, one cannot fathom the hardships and dangers they faced, every moment. It is like a movie. Their courage and ingenuity is unbelievable and fascinating. It is so sad that, through time, we are losing this amazing generation of people. We must pass the legacy on. God bless.

[@christophermattheis1998]

I can't stop listening to these testimonials. I am humbled

[@lourdesprudencio5647]

I am too humbled....

[@rosemaryshores433]

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[@BasilFomeen]

Exactly. Very well said

[@luisga3709]

RIP. May their memories be blessings.

[@kaycox5555]

Brave lady for sharing....one can tell it is not easy relating her memories. I am truly grateful for hers, and all, of these testimonies. God bless and thank you.

[@margaretroselle8610]

This was a most fascinating and moving testimony. Thank you to all involved and greetings from New Zealand.

[@sissydewoody8717]

I watch a lot of these amazing stories God bless these brave beautiful men and women for sharing these stories so important! When my grandaughter is older I will use these videos to teach 💞🙏💞

[@andrearonchetti7662]

I agree with Aviv.....These are very important interviews; they are documents which have to remain when survivors won't be here to tell anymore.

[@MultiDonkeyface]

Andrea Ronchetti yes just like ww2 soldiers we are losing more each day. I wish I had KZbin when I was younger.

[@properlybonafidetv7172]

I liked hearing about her most different experience. I keep hearing about partisans and it’s good to hear how they lived and fought.

[@englishlady8863]

Amazing lady, her mother would so proud of her.

[@SaRo-r8j]

Wow powerful testimony but the interviewer was so annoying interrupting this precious women. May we never forget.

[@tiffanymarks4577]

Why does the interviewer continually interrupt her and talk over her?

[@joanflint7209]

So now I wont listen to this one because of her interruptions..I mean, really?

[@texasgirl3696]

I don’t think the interviewers are trying to be rude. They are trying to keep the historian on track, try to get their story out in an orderly way when there are SO many memories & stories to remember!

[@jsheekey1]

Death of her mother , sisters & brothers 💔 horrific 💔

[@wwayne2318]

Superhero! Precious heart, an honor to know Her

[@anneslow2751]

Very brave courageous and wonderful lady. Such a tragedy that happened. X❤

[@gyorgyakos9618]

That timid smile is intriguing!

[@edtracy351]

It’s so sad this generation of men & women are almost all gone now in 2024. I just hope the future will show & teach the younger generation of the Holocaust & WWII we can not forget what happened or not pass the history down to younger generations. It’s so sad cause already especially here in the United States & the cancel culture & whacky liberals they don’t want any of this in schools anymore. I just hope parents & family members tell there children about this it’s so important because we never want anything like this happen ever again. God Bless all & all the survivors & All the innocent men & women & children that died during the holocaust.

[@mikemueller3552]

I feel like the interviewer is making a cook book instead of a actual testimony

[@BasilFomeen]

That kind of trauma never leaves you. Barely subsides

[@gyorgyakos9618]

There are several testiomonies on (by) the Bielsky partisans. This is one of the best by a very lovable and couragous person! One of these tesimonies is by Lillian Bielsky (kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWGlm5SVq62ci8k) who married one of the Bielsky brothers. She had a daughter born while still in the woods, before the end of the fightings. This might be the childbirth Esia is referring to. (This child miraculously survived, ans is possibly still alive.)

[@3nutria]

I know it is not important but one small correction. Poland was not a homogeous society before the war at all and Jews were not the biggest minority. Poles made up around 70% of the society with Ukrainians making up to 14%. There were also Belarussians, Germans and others.

[@adambrocklehurst4211]

This is agony for her, brave woman.

[@dleechristy]

Sometimes the lack of historical knowledge by the interviewers is painful. (I'm not saying this interviewer is the worst, indeed far from it). Also troubling sometimes is when interviewers lead witnesses too much especially when they don't get the testimony they were expecting or wanting. A better or more nuanced understanding of history (not just "pop" history) would have minimized that.

[@elapaszczynski495]

Poles ,poles ,how about germans who did more damage?

[@margaretchadd7630]

So if u lived in Poland why did u not talk Polish?I don’t understand why.....

[@USCShoahFoundation]

Hi, Margaret! There are many Polish-language testimonies available. Please visit vhaonline.usc.edu, make a new search in "Experience Groups" for "Jewish Survivor", and select Polish as the language. When you get the search results back, click "Video Available" in the upper left-hand corner and it will return 81 full-length testimonies in Polish. Best of luck!

[@helencoven]

I’m watching this now and still quite near the beginning of the testimony and she said she spoke Yiddish and polish.

[@mosca-tse-tse]

Jennifer Blane : you have no clue do you? Do you know what is the official language of Poland? Anyway, from how she pronounces the names of towns and streets I would guess she spoke FLUENT Polish. Those Jews who didn’t speak Polish most probably were Russian Jews. After WW-I the western territory of Russia (the infamous Pale of Settlement) become the Eastern part of Poland.