The Night of Broken Glass through a Survivor's Eyes

On the night of November 9, 1938, nine-year-old Susan Warsinger’s life changed forever. That night the Nazi regime orchestrated a wave of violence against Jews, a deadly turning point in Holocaust history known as Kristallnacht. Susan's neighbors in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, betrayed her family-throwing rocks through her bedroom window and even ripping down a lamppost and ramming it through their front door while a police officer watched. Her father was among 30,000 men arrested simply for being Jewish. Join Holocaust survivor and Museum volunteer Susan Warsinger to learn about her experience and the moment her parents decided to send her away to try to save her.
Speaker
Susan Warsinger, Holocaust Survivor and Volunteer, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Moderator
Dr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

[@PaperMario64]

Thank you for making these videos. They are very important. Mankind doesn’t seem to learn from their mistakes.

[@edwardtowers1259]

Agreed

[@okkk934]

Your right!

[@nicke1903]

And its doomed to repeat it, through the censoring of what is taught in public education it will get worse.

[@spike-4219]

Oh we do, we know how to make it worse and worse with each conflict.

[@died4us590]

I was glad to have found this video, because my grandpa was a medic in wwll, and at the end of the war, he helped liberate a concentration camp called dachou, and what he told me was so awful. My grandpa on my maternal side vowed to kill no one, and he never did, but captured an ss soldier trying to flee the camp, he brought home his luger, swastika, and ss bars. My grandpa held some very horrific thing's in until he had a second heart attack, and told me that i saved his life by being his best friend, as he was mine. Upon driving closer to the camp, they could not figure out what the strange smell was, and then they entered the camp to find bodies laying all over the ground, dead people in box car's. Some of the crematories were working, while other's were not, and contained the half chared remains of people. The thing that bothered him the most, were the survivor's, who were close to death from starvation. They radioed in and had them send everything they had. The soldier's gave them whatever food they had, but for some it was to late. My grandpa made no friend's his whole life, because he also saw soldier's brutalize the enemy after one of their buddies got killed. I promised him that nothing would be added to his headstone after he died showing that he was ever in the war, and nothing is marking in it because i put my foot down. My grandpa told me to do what you have to do instead of what you want to do, and you will be okay. He was sitting on a bucket smoking a cigarette, and was thinking should i finish my work, or get it done. He got up and decided to finish his work, and a young gi took his place, and less than 5 minutes later, they were bombed, and that kid died. Though my grandpa had jewish roots, back to Yosef of Arimathea, he believed in Christ as i do, and i should not be alive many time's over, but G-d has shown me grace and mercy. Thank you for this heart felt telling of what your family endured. aG-d bless.

[@BD-yp3ew]

Thank you for sharing this amazing story.

[@deborahyoung9713]

Thank you so much for making these videos. I am not Jewish but I think it is so important to learn what has happened so that it will never, never happen again.

[@georgebrown8312]

You said that right, Deborah. We owe it to the survivors of that dark era to make sure that events such as the Holocaust never recur.

[@robertafierro5592]

Same with me!

[@edwinalmanza1427]

Too late,now they are doing it back to everyone

[@deborahyoung9713]

@@edwinalmanza1427 I am praying that common sense will prevail.

[@okkk934]

I’m grateful that there are still people like her that are able to share their stories with us. I hope we as humanity will never forget this horrific event in human history. Unfortunately, history has a way of repeating itself. Here we are, in an age where information around the world is so accessible, it’s a click away. In 2021, there are concentration camps. There is prejudice and hate that still rules corners of this earth. This time has to be different. This CANNOT happen again

[@normamimosa5991]

Dr. Edna Friedberg, I have to compliment you on your moderation of this interview, with your impeccable research and knowledge and ability to listen without interfering, allowing Susan Warsinger to tell her story without prompting and leading suggestions. I have watched many testimonies of the holocaust. Some are not well produced. They have young people interviewing the survivors asking really incredibly naive and uninformed questions, detracting from the survivors' stories.

[@lesliegranowski2683]

Thank you so very much for this beautiful testimony and for all of the work that everyone is doing to bring the stories to the world. I’m 64 years old but I remember learning about the holocaust and a Catholic grammar school watching night and fog and since Childhood I’ve been very focused on learning how can this happen and all these years later like most the only Answer is hatred and evil God bless all these beautiful survivors and their families

[@jackies56tbird]

I can't imagine living through that. Thank GOD we have witnesses. They were saved to TEACH the TRUTH

[@maggiebugden9463]

listening Watching "heart breaken" stories.. remembering November 9😥

[@therezabjorklund353]

You were so fortunate to be able to have your whole family safe and reunited in the US. It would be interesting to know how your parents and baby brother were able to escape Nazi Germani. I'm so happy you were able to find each other and get your lives back.😍🙏

[@robertshowler849]

This video is such a great tool for me to show my World History students. Primary resources are always a better source to hear exactly what occurred during this tragic time in history. God bless this woman for her courage and willingness to talk about what really happened.

[@jackies56tbird]

All my Mother's brothers were military in WWII, I have ALWAYS known about the Holocaust. I don't remember it called that then but she told me things I never NOT know about it

[@jackies56tbird]

Susan is such a classy lady. GOD BLESS HER. I have been to the Holocaust Museum in Paris. and the U.S. Holocaust Museum. Sad beyond believe

[@margaretdavis8113]

Thank you. God bless you.

[@anie8148]

What an amazing story. Needs to be a movie or miniseries. Thank you for sharing.

[@anneavram9210]

VERY IMPORTAND FOR ALL PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF THE REALITY

[@deadlyoneable]

So basically this was like a real life “purge” movie.

[@annaz8335]

I think it is more like War of the Worlds, the series. It was on Epix. Every week it was more gruesome.

[@lylarose2696]

This is starting to happen again.

[@LtGregoryStevens]

And who's it coming from? Leftist freaks. The left is the biggest threat to Jewish self determination

[@terencelillis547]

thank you I enjoyed this.

[@jackies56tbird]

How did so many Holocaust survivors get photos of family and themselves? Serious question

[@jenniferfields1084]

Remember they put it in there suitcase and they found them after the war was over.

[@jackies56tbird]

Sad, so sad.

[@joslynandcarltonramsubhag1836]

From the Caribbean

[@normamimosa5991]

So many parallels between 1930s Germany and 2021 Democrat activities, but this is not the place to list them. This story belongs to this beautiful woman, Susan Warsinger. No competing story should fog the lessons we must hear from a witness of those horrific times in 1930s/40s Germany.

[@kileensmith5134]

Then maybe you should not have brought it up.

[@brandonanderson2066]

Facts. They would love to purge their political enemy. Their business, financial situations, and basic rights if they could.

[@silverbreezeRn]

Tfs.

[@drivebye2709]

This is 2024. Why do we still need protected classes?

[@nojbirney]

Although sounds interesting, After 2 minutes I can’t take quality of recording.

[@MrPaultopp]

No patients then , not great sound but there are worse things that happen in this world ......

[@blancabulgrin5560]

I just had to stop when I saw this picture of the children all looking at the statue of liberty I was over come with tears in my eye's . All these children were suppose be dead . Now I understand why the jewish people are so patriotic . No other people has contributed so much to this great nation to the usa then the jewish people, I didn't say it, the history channel said it. everything I'm learning about the horrific fate that awaited the jewish people. For what just because your jewish , ?

[@spike-4219]

Is that Anne Frank, or the survivor?

[@georgebrown8312]

It is Susan Warsinger,a survivor of the Holocaust. Anne Frank died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1944.

[@jenniferfields1084]

@@georgebrown8312 she died around Feb or March 1945

[@jenniferfields1084]

I WISH Anna frank ,Sis and mom had Survived. 😔 😟 🙁 😥