Jewish Survivor Lilit Pohlmann Testimony Part 1 | USC Shoah Foundation

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[@shivani41]

Lili Pohlmann really does not mention her own remarkable contributions and accomplishments throughout her lifetime, subsequent to regaining her freedom, as a very actively engaged Holocaust educator. Instead she describes others so vividly that one cannot help but get to know them. She offers brief moments which give only hints about her own courage and unforgettable determination. Lili lived until 2021, when she was 91 years of age. I'm thankful to be able to hear her testimony here.

[@odeb7924]

Very dignified, well spoken woman.

[@RJisBack24]

Such an articulate and elegant lady.

[@quietquitter6103]

Each one of these epic stories I watch I fall in love. They must all be gone by now so I'm profoundly grateful to whomever had the brilliant idea to record them while they still could.

[@virginiaboone8163]

I believe Stephen Spielberg was responsible for the Shoah Foundation interviews.

[@gracerodriguez2145]

Extraordinary story teller! Amazing woman!

[@blossom6235]

Lovely Lili, it was wonderful meeting you.

[@johnforeman634]

This woman is incredible! I don’t know how else to put it. Her ability to relay this unbelievable story! Wow. I could listen to her for days.

[@brendanhynes1252]

There need to be a film of her life so amazing

[@sebastianmelmoth685]

Good heavens! What a tragic, terrifying and remarkable testimony.

[@alicjaverplancken5152]

What a remarkable woman! Amazing story and what a story teller!

[@kikcta]

what an extraordinary woman!

[@p.wesleyburrowsjr6576]

I don't know how they got through all of it. I had to stop the tape 3 times to compose my self. What strong lovely woman.

[@Hundredacredaycare]

What an amazing woman. God bless her

[@kikcta]

god bless her,hermother and grandmother

[@margaretroselle8610]

An amazing testimony! Thank you.

[@trishdaly5761]

God help you with the suffering you have endured. 🙏❤️💖💙

[@doribellan]

She’s amazing and I’m grateful of the people who provided those opportunities for her after the war. This goes to show how much one person can do to help others. The amount of help exponentially grows with time as the better position one has from some help, only improves additional opportunities... but that is now a choice of the receiver.

[@valeriejohnson9523]

What a lovely looking lady So classy and elegant, she reminds me a bit of Elizabeth Taylor when she was around her age. God bless your years.

[@lindawilson5734]

OMG, she does look Ike Elizabeth Taylor.❤

[@gonefishing167]

Didn’t realise it till you said it but you’re right, she does. 🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

[@teresaproano7984]

Thank you for sharing!

[@zulmabontiffe487]

Audio could have been louder. Could not continue watching.

[@kellybourque5391]

God Bless Ms. Lili Pohlmann such a beautiful, remarkable strong women. Love listening to her testimony! Extraordinary Amazing women. Rest in Peace in Heaven🙏🙏

[@englishlady8863]

I noticed she calls her brother the boy instead of brother. He could have been a genius had he lived, so sad.

[@marilyndonald9174]

Such a believable and transparent and spunky lady

[@jsheekey1]

💔

[@BeckBeckGo]

I’m an amateur video editor. I’d like to take these and improve the video quality for you. Fix the volume and remove the gaps between the tapes. That sort of thing. I wouldn’t do it without permission, but you might find it useful.

[@emmawoolf8685]

You couldn’t write it. All the twists and turns are mind blowing

[@RD-0101]

What a pitty,what a mistake that her father has decided to not go to Russia and not trust that nice russian officer who has tried to help!!!🙁 Such a mistake..her whole family could have been saved..including her genius brother!! Sad🙁

[@justnicole7983]

♥️

[@RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS]

I'm German on my mom's side. my great grandmother was a Weber from Heidelberg. 100% German. Dark curly hair. Not blond or blue eyes. I have blue eyes and Auburn hair. There are zillions of Germans who look like me. And of course I was raised wearing braids. So it's not so unusual that she passed as a German. Still anything could have happened! One slip. And they die. The Greek church was probably an Orthodox Church. She's mentioning a metropolitan. They belong to the Orthodox church.

[@sanjacvetnic5826]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Catholic_Church

[@donnalromero4481]

Shiftiest eyes ever did see?

[@BeckBeckGo]

I’m not surprised. Imagine recounting the worst trauma of your life to someone on camera.

[@wanderinggeri8477]

Shifty eyes? Bwhaha. Not at all.

[@fatimaferreira1493]

Not até all.

[@KatarzynaWojciechowska1]

First she says she'd no other names during her life, than after 3,5 hours she admits that she and her mother changed their names for some time shortly after the war, to less jewish ones. Small thing but isn't it strange? To m her story seems to be full of gaps and concealements.

[@mariaeerik1464]

Sounded sus to me as well...alot of it.

[@coreymantell8836]

It’s all entirely true

[@BeckBeckGo]

Have you ever talked to older people? Actually, consider your childhood. How many details do you recall about it? It’s not as detailed a memory as you might think.

[@russelconor8704]

I'm Polish and if anybody wants to know: the word that this boy she was fascinated with in kindergarden told her to say out loud at the table during the family dinner is 'dupa'. It means as* in Polish. 🤣 And it was indeed scandalous in Poland, if a child, especially a girl from a good, middle-class home said such a thing at the table, eating dinner with her family. I admit, this story was hilarious but it is also sad because it shows that Jewish life in the majority was so normal and happy in Poland, before the apocalypse that was World War II or before the 30s really. Because this is when the wave of anti-semitism really started to rise in Europe.

[@gustavomoyano4421]

God bless her family. Specielly that little innocent brother Of hers.