Liberator Leo Hymas Testimony | USC Shoah Foundation

[@masonhymas6621]

Rest in peace, Grandpa. 2/2/1927 9/8/2016 Never forget.

[@legoracer18]

Sorry for your loss man. Got my Patriarchal Blessing from him, he really was a great and kind man.

[@2519-w6x]

Such a special man! God Bless This Family!

[@janaeT2024]

Awww, he's your granddad? He seems so sweet. So sad to be losing these WW2 vets at such a rapid pace. They're a treasure.

[@eurobubble7068]

hey, did your grandfather or someone else in your family figure out which camp it really was, as it certainly wasnt buchenwald as he states in this video.

[@minnesotalakes2062]

Mason Hymas -- A true gentleman and hero.

[@djpanda255]

I am so blessed to have watched the testimony of Leo Hymas. It feels that the world does not make men like this anymore. A TRUE American Patriot & believer. God bless him & his precious wife. Rest in Peace.

[@helendurow8211]

The Most detailed, Most humble story of an Amazing man. Taught me to love and respect his beliefs too. ❤

[@dylannoll193]

Rest In Peace. Love you grandpa He was always so inspiring to me.

[@tamaramorton8812]

He is such a compelling story teller. I see from the comments that he has passed. I'm thankful for his service and that he recorded his experiences so that I can listen and learn from them.

[@pamelacorbett8774]

Remarkable interview, this gentleman speaks so well, so naturally and has important things to tell us. Admirable in every way.

[@jenniferjanes1589]

What a brave man. I’m glad he married a woman who could understand and help him. A beautiful family.

[@kaycox5555]

Amazing how this older (wonderful) generation, as a whole, were kinder, smarter, more ethical, and much, much more humble, all at the same time than is this new generation. This man's story is amazing. Appreciate him sharing. Thank you sir.

[@louispb6387]

That generation murdered a generation of my family and other's. The Americans, The British were just as bas as the Nazi's and Soviet across Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Your statement is BS.

[@thesimulation9651]

What a truly gentle man, I feel privileged to have heard his testimony

[@JasonNewkirkArt]

just found out about Patriarch Hymas death, great to watch this to learn more about him as a person. I hold my blessing in high regard from this man. RIP Bro Hymas

[@doreendaykin6693]

Gratitude, honour & respect to this gentleman for his service & for sharing his story. 🙏🙏💕

[@gyorgyakos9618]

This is the fourth "Liberator" (capital "L"!) testimony I saw, but certinly the most moving. I was also "touched deeply"! God bless Leo Hymas and all other Liberators!

[@dawnitalutz1953]

such a good person. We need more people like him.

[@successfulperson3304]

What a handsome and wonderful man. Thank you sir

[@johndavidfulton263]

What a wonderful man. He has told his truth and is story. If only very person in the world had the dignity of this man. RIP

[@lcj8206]

Thank you for sharing your story. God bless you!

[@mikellla26]

God bless you sir. Your heart is in the right place.

[@trouts4444]

Thank you, Leo.

[@rintintin8624]

Thank you Leo.

[@Paul5520]

Incredible. Thank you Sir & god bless America!

[@lisaherrling6880]

A member of the Greatest Generation!

[@robbie_]

What a lovely man. Very interesting story.

[@SD-co9xe]

This sweet man brought me to tears.

[@AmyK-jw5bu]

Such a brave, honorable man. Thankful for his service!

[@nilgiridreaming]

His mother prayed for him all through the war. He came home unharmed. WOW! Somebody up there was listening to this good woman.

[@mbuck253]

He definitely didn’t come home unharmed. No one that saw what he saw or did came back unharmed.

[@southerncross86]

What a nice family, nice farm life, devoted to their religion, hard workers, educated, clean. An example to community. That was a great generation.

[@rondasuzette7611]

True Hero🌹🌟Love and respect from Oregon💚

[@charlesparrish2831]

God bless this hero and RIP;Greatest generation America’s ever had!🙏👍🇺🇸

[@lszubartowicz8596]

Thank for your father and grandfather testimony

[@titasantiniE]

Gentle man. Boy, he’s mother, talk about stoic. Wonderful man. Thank you!

[@mariekatherine5238]

My father also lost his best friend from early childhood. Marty was killed in his first 10 minutes of combat in Korea. They were not together because they were in separate combat stations on USS St. Paul.

[@jackies56tbird]

What a humble man. What a wonderful storyteller. God Bless him and his family. My husband's aunt is a Mormon. I understand

[@lynnrogersma79]

He was a wonderful hero, greatest generation ever, like my father Avery Rogers, 1924 - 2011, who went on to direct the US Geological Survey in the west. He too helped Holocaust victims in his employ in the Alaskan Region, though my father was based in Menlo Park. . So caring and courageous, this good honest humble man interviewed here.

[@marilyntape9050]

Germany’s shame that can never be erased 😧🇦🇺

[@paperchain1239]

God Bless this guy.

[@lorrettacrowley5922]

Oh my gosh, please let him speak without constant interruption!

[@Trenton.D]

This isn't story time for the emotional entertainment of the listener. It's a formal interview to document what was witnessed and experienced with CLARITY!

[@mbuck253]

Thankfully she wasn’t the worst with regards to interrupting, but the times she did it was jarring. The constant asking “what was their name?” was too much. At times, sure ask away. But don’t do it AFTER he said he wouldn’t divulge the persons name.

[@tinaloveseddie]

Powerful interview! I wish the lady who was interviewing him would sit still and stop interrupting him at the most compelling moments in his testimony. There was so much horrifying shock and tragedy that he witnessed... the one thing that broke him was his own mother.

[@lydiax55]

my thoughts exactly, he was telling his story well, then be interrupted.

[@barbaraoshea7701]

Hero

[@karenlasslett5731]

This happens in all of the Shoah Foundation interviews. But there is a reason for it. These interviews are actually done in a legal deposition format. They did them so they could be used in trials, in case the people had passed at the time of the trial. It's kind of annoying when you hear it, but once you know why it's not so bad.

[@genataylor460]

It is a shame he had lived with the worry he would be thought a coward for not murdering those prisoners. If he had spoken up, he would have learned, rather than being a coward, by refusing to murder POWs, he kept from being a war criminal. Bless his heart. I have friends who fought during Vietnam who also refused to commit war crimes. There are people who retain their human decency even in combat.

[@carolancarey992]

thank you, for sharing your experience. So soul shattering

[@Julie-gm8fz]

1:36:13 - how they made the people in the nearby city go and bury the dead. All I can think is "GOOD FOR THEM!" They can say they weren't Nazi's but they can't claim they didn't know what was happening there. Man's inhumanity to man can truly be sickening.

[@agnesi8690]

Very powerful.

[@marilyntape9050]

Beautiful grandchildren 😃💜🇦🇺

[@mariekatherine5238]

It would not have been morally wrong to shoot them because they were combatants, in uniform. Although they’d surrendered, they were not yet in a POW lock-up, and there was no one to guard them. They constituted an immediate danger even unarmed. It was just to have you court-martialed for disobedience to a command under fire, HOWEVER, you’d vowed obedience to a Commander Whose Authority outranked your earthly commander. By allowing him to be taken out, God ruled on the matter and saw that justice was done before man’s imperfect judgement could be imposed. Heaven ruled in your favor and of that of the two Germans. His judgements are perfect. No need to feel guilty, rather, thankful. Hopefully, your commander was ready to meet His Maker as well.

[@tdtvegas]

Wow, got to see the world!

[@Andrea-pm3dy]

💔❤💔❤❤❤

[@Belairdrive]

i find the interviewer very distracting. she makes so much noise, scratching, shifting, lips smacking, sniffing, that i'm basically unable to listen to the testimony, although leo is a very compelling story teller.

[@hiboudeluxe]

yeah and the way she kept interrupting him when he was telling a story was annoying. let the dude tell it, man.

[@Trenton.D]

@@hiboudeluxe It’s not story time. It’s an interview for the sole purpose of recording witnessed and experienced testimony for posterity with CLARITY.

[@michelleriggle9958]

An amazing man indeed 👏

[@tdtvegas]

Leo Hymas passed in 2016.

[@jobethk588]

Interview protocol: sfi.usc.edu/collecting

[@susanborkenhagen58]

I am not a fan of his mother. That made me cry too.

[@laurenbacall3847]

All Quiet on the Western Front starred Lew Ayres, not Randolph Scott. Easy mistake.

[@bostaurus1]

1:06 he says he was ordered to shoot surrendered boy and man

[@hankochai]

Talk about salt of the earth!

[@larriveeman]

in war you do what you have to, its easy to monday morning quarterback if you weren't there

[@marilyntape9050]

Good looking young man 😃💜🇦🇺

[@johnforeman634]

I hate that he was placed in a position to kill two surrendered men in cold blood. My god, he wasn’t a coward!! I get that it’s war but, I’m pretty sure that’s a contravention of the articles of war.

[@jdrex6473]

SHE INTERUPTS WAY TOO MUCH.

[@michaelrwhelan2669]

So annoying!!