Holocaust Survivor Judy Lachman | “The World Was Just Too Cruel for Me” | USC Shoah Foundation

[@Jlach97]

This is my grandma who I’m named after❤

[@alecdusseau6218]

I hope you feel blessed to be apart of such a strong and remarkable bloodline

[@alecdusseau6218]

God bless her

[@cocoann7681]

❤❤

[@scarlettbutler2873]

I feel blessed to hear your grandmother’s testimony. ❤

[@beckygay9115]

How blessed you are to have such a remarkable Grandma. She was so kind & generous in the midst of such terrible hardship! I think G-d must have had His hand on her to keep her alive. I pray G-d’s sweetest blessings over you!!

[@Aeriyana123]

She did a phenomenal job telling her story especially while battling illness. She was fierce, courageous and strong. To endure what she did yet able to continue her family’s line is amazing and a blessing. Thank you for sharing much love and prayers for the family. Rest in heavenly peace.

[@ingridwatsup9671]

Mrs Lachman died two years later in May 1997 at the age of 72. What a strong and remarkable woman.

[@zxy78267]

My dad died from kidney failure. It's a really difficult illness with so many side effects. We lost my sister unexpectedly, and his heart was just broken. He died less than a year later. I really enjoyed this interview. She was crafty and fearless to survive the way she did.

[@schelliegris7481]

Still so young, at 72. The toll the war took on their health.

[@Rebecca-Pithion]

❤

[@lynnparrish1335]

How sad! And she looked so well at the time of the interview. Cause of death????

[@Adri-gp2us]

indeed she looked so well, what a pity@@lynnparrish1335

[@jl3319]

What a lovely and honourable lady. This testimony is very humbling. So nice to see the pain in her eyes fade in the latter part of the video when she talks of her family. The world is privileged that you gave it more children and may your beautiful soul rest In peace.

[@kimhutchins2347]

Watched that whole thing. My goodness. What a strong, beautiful woman. She endured so much loss, terror and heartache. Rest in Peace Judy ♥️

[@jetellez107]

My grandma was born in the same year, March 1924, in Michoacán. 😢 She didn't had a easy life, but the Lady Judy, was incredible. Rest in peace both.

[@rosalindd1386]

RIP Mrs Lachman ! I am so sorry for all of the suffering & atrocities the Jewish children & people had to endure ! I thank you for sharing your story with the world ! We must never forget ! God Bless You All !

[@cloversheartbeat]

Such a special strong girl,formed into a warrior to stay alive after so much horror and pain around this whole Deeds named Holocaust,I watch a lot of these,I have no connection to anyoneyet Im pulled to hear stories,but it gives me hope,it gives me a reason to not ever feel sorry for myself as well.I am so pleased to meet Judy and Al who supported her special ways of life lived after the end of the terror. her story..amazing,tragic,almost unbeleivable but I know it is,,has had much wonderful in it now too,I wish her and all her family love from a stranger here in Australia and bless you all so much X

[@firstaozlastaoz8212]

I learned so much. Her dem 2:53:16 eanor at times reveals the awful memories she carries. Her memory is a blessing. May Her family & all who watch this continue to tell her story. After such atrocities she has such a kind, noble spirit. Hard work, education, family, love, caring for others. These character traits born of great suffering produced so much good in the world. Rest in peace Mrs. Lachman.

[@fl3522]

She survived due to an innate sense of evil; her instincts told her when the Nazis were manipulating them and she had the confidence to go in another direction. Her children, grand-children, must be so very proud of this amazing woman. RIP Mrs. Lachman, thank you for your testimony.

[@writingservices5849]

What a blessing to have this wonderful courageous woman telling her story

[@adrianapalomo6401]

Thank you so much for this interview. The person doing the interview did such an amazing job.

[@HarukoD]

Omg the last holiday she spent with her dad ... cannot stop sobbing. What a sad but beautiful story.

[@Lynn-er9yx]

RIP Judy Lachman. What an amazing woman and lovely family.

[@natlyfranks6856]

What a BEAUTIFUL LADY!! So grateful for everything in her life Very proud grandmother - Such a lovely person

[@cindyhalpern3187]

I could tell she was ill. She had jaundice. She worked very hard to tell her story. I thank her very much.

[@keithcitizen4855]

her husband out lived her ?

[@RD-0101]

This is her natural dark skin colour.

[@laviadellacabala970]

You had jaundice, she didn't

[@drusillagabbott8710]

She clearly prepared so thoroughly for this interview.

[@schelliegris7481]

Her eyes are white, so I think if she was unwell, it was something else. I have to imagine the effect of disease, lack of sleep, lack of nutrients, constant fear...

[@miriam2137]

What a sharp mind, after so many interruption she continues her relate.

[@Trailwalker55]

Thanks so much for telling your story with so much detail..you are wonderful. We must never forget.

[@wendyhannaford7696]

What a beautiful lovely, courageous woman, God bless her! I am very thankful to hear her tell her story, even if so many years have passed, her story is still touching many people's Hearts 💕

[@johnforeman634]

My god. At the end when she showed those pictures that she held on to! Unbelievable.

[@melaniepayne8932]

Guts n glory. Would love to meet this brave woman!!!

[@whisperingpoet4352]

We can learn so much from this.

[@sharynallan7483]

What a wonderful woman, thank you for sharing your story.

[@EmyGrant]

You are livng in a sky like a gold star JUDY 🌼🍀🥀 Thank you for sharing yours brave moments! 💐

[@dixiehowe852]

Thank you for sharing your story it is so important.

[@youngbirdoldtree25]

Great capture of stories from the 90s...her story is certainly inspiring

[@CarolinaPetronellaOttolina]

What a beautiful life did share us on earth...so honest and pure telling important pieces all should hear. What a legacy also and most important how we all could live in peace growing food not bombs.

[@annmariedelarosa9755]

I loved hearing her story but I hated it because it is so sad, but she survived

[@anningram9311]

Brave dear lady. May her family enjoy their lives...

[@katkramer3310]

She gave this testimony one year. And one month before my birth. This video is only 28 years old. It was not long ago. 😢so recent in our history.

[@moirapettifr7127]

This is one of the most inspiring, brave and beautiful women I have ever seen. Her story is so sad, but she was so brave and strong. God bless her.

[@henryworthington8261]

Wow. Wonderful testimony from a sick woman. She is extremely courageous and quick-witted, able to be a good friend and all these and luck helped her. Oh to be born German and have this terrible legacy, and Ukrainians and Poles also behaved vilely. I am sure the British have had their ‘day’ too of shameful behaviour, but at this time in history we do not have such a terrible burden. I remember Rolf Mengele recounting challenging his father’s war record and could see his pain. So if one makes the wrong decisions it hurts one own descendants too. Humans should behave humanely always - but we won’t. At least not without a strong allegiance to God and the 10 Commandments as this lady so rightly says.

[@leahhiller8674]

What a so special woman.beautiful inside and outside.may hashem bring true nechama-consolation to her family.may her memory live on.from leah kalichman of new jersey usa.

[@miriam2137]

I my self have kidney illness. Sorry to heard that. So beautiful people.

[@Author_I]

Her story was so incredible

[@Jerseyboondocks]

For all the people complaining that the interviewer asked too many times the spelling of everything- My God didn't you even think of why she has to do that!? Unbelievable. It only took me less than 10 seconds to realize why.

[@kathleenboyd3985]

Amazing storey about her survival, life and her family. Well told. God Bless her and the family. Peace and love to all

[@teemarie5478]

💔🙏🏼❤️ thanks for telling your story.

[@dsremingto]

This was a wonderful testament to the strength of the human spirit despite the cruelty of man. Her story gave me a new appreciation of the Holocaust in such detail and in the strength of resisters.

[@joannepetty9704]

I agree about the spelling bee. Enough already! Well, I’m so thankful I got to hear her testimony because I become much more thankful for every little thing we enjoy. Very thankful to hear her speak of her Messiah who definitely is coming back in the perfect time. I believe He came, but He was a suffering Messiah then and not recognized. Could His people have suffered what He Himself suffered at the hands of sinful men? Hated, humiliated, stripped of everything He had coming to this earth, His body beaten, torn up, pierced with nails. I believe He knew their agony and they knew His. 2:53:15

[@gonefishing167]

Wonderful woman, the courage these people showed is remarkable. Bless her snd her family 🙏🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

[@rescuepetsrule6842]

Amazing! Mrs. Lachman's strength, attitude and Heart saved her from a horrible death, but it's a shame she had to go through Hell on Earth to live. Her family is unselfish and caring also. Satan probably has Hitler strapped to a chair, forced to watch the survivors throughout eternity. :) P.S.- GET a speaker- cheap computer speakers won't cut it.

[@biddiemutter3481]

This is several years old, so the equipment used was most likely the best available.

[@anamartinez-uq2gg]

What a smart lady, very wise and very positive all the time very selfless I wish to meet her the people around her where fortunate

[@juliebriz1703]

What a lovely lady and thank you for telling us your story.

[@thomashiggins1466]

May her memory be a blessing.

[@MM-yi9zn]

What kind of people mass murder women & children & men? Most horrific crime in all of history.

[@RD-0101]

Brainwashed indoctrinated psychos do such evil things!

[@lkj7296]

Human beings, human beings that are afraid to defy authority, human beings that are sadistic, human beings that covet. This will happen again and it will be across all races, it's coming down the pike.

[@peggybreaux8973]

Our world is headed to NWO. the world did not learn. Sad , Through fasting and prayer, one can stop wars, one can suspend the laws of nature."

[@GdHr-oz5ph]

Incredible woman ❤. I only wish the interviewers in these wouldn't interrupt to ask the spellings of names. Just seems disruptive.

[@biddiemutter3481]

It's difficult to listen to but important for history

[@GdHr-oz5ph]

@@biddiemutter3481 Could have been done after the interview.

[@lkj7296]

@@GdHr-oz5ph Excellent point.

[@penelopecreighton-ward1856]

Worse was when she started yawning 2/3rds of the way through!

[@tomsparks6099]

I don't understand why the interviewers are miked, but the guests are not.

[@lynnparrish1335]

Oh dear, just heard her say she was on dialysis. What a lovely woman!

[@Spio101]

God bless the descendants; He will multiply you greatly and your tribes will surely be victorious as you await the coming of your great messiah, Yeshua. Amen.

[@David-g1p-v8k]

Interesting to hear her views but there are others, 2.25 she speaks her father being part of cartel, in other words a monopoetetive, free market, trade by one ethnic grouply, of the sale of factories for ten towns. She doesn't SAY that the factories were those of ethnic Poles but the running of any kind of anti-competitive, anti-free market, trading operation by one ethnic group of a much larger national ethnic group may well engender some animosity, this definitely happened in farm products and farmers decided that enough was enough, they formed a cooperative and cut out the middle man who was positioned "better than average", those middlemen kicked up one heck of fuss.

[@raycortopassi4030]

Another bad interviewer. Shows no sensitivity, more concerned about the spelling than anything else.

[@elisaschulman2356]

People keep complaining about the spelling of things but it is ever so important for documentation.

[@Jerseyboondocks]

Why didn't you think of that? They have to get the spelling right? Because this is an important historical record and that they can know exactly the people and places of her story for history?! She's an actual real holocaust survivor that has been dead for almost 30 years now. There's hardly any left if any

[@Jerseyboondocks]

Actually it's the opposite of what you commented. She's a wonderful interviewer. She did exactly what she should have for historical records. I am completely baffled by so many comments complaining that the interviewer asked to spell everything out, My God didn't anyone think of why??! Well some people did. Thank goodness they understand

[@saskiawells9472]

What sweets so clever so glad she survived to tell her story

[@Lee-m2z6r]

What is with this “interviewer”? Asking her to spell everything like it’s a spelling bee. It’s infuriating

[@carlainfanta7155]

You are absolutely right and the interviewer also yawns several times!! What a lack of respect.

[@NewEngland721]

It is necessary, an historical account, a ‘testimony’

[@kimfromnc_2.0]

This is an oral history. It follows a specific protocol which includes asking to spell things.

[@jameskennedy7906]

Its for documentation purposes. A lot of holocaust survivors are simply unaccounted for records wise due to the nazis destroying documentation at the end of the war. For some of them, theres practically no records of them even exsisting until after the war.

[@Jerseyboondocks]

Do you realize she's one of the last survivors and they have her on tape? Of course they're going to ask her the spelling of everything for historical purposes. Later on they can find out exactly the names of all the places and people she spelled out. I'm surprised you didn't think of that

[@joellenjohnson4038]

A Wonderful Woman her story will live on thank God for her

[@michaelhartmcgough4418]

understood.. brave Ones spell ❤❤rtc.

[@cocoann7681]

RIP and thank you

[@christinasachin8684]

It is so good that the storiesof the amazing survivors of the Holocost are now on the internet because of the genocidal attack of 10/7. The rage of Hamas supporters reminds me that we are only a few steps away from this type of horror today.

[@biddiemutter3481]

Does anyone know whether the diary written on toilet paper was published?

[@zxy78267]

I think she said it was, but I'm not sure.

[@joannepetty9704]

Peace to Jerusalem!!!! 2:53:15

[@bridgetttubbs9959]

I stand with Israel. God Bless all ! Amazing story!!! Amazing woman!!! We will not forget !

[@patriciacabrera3101]

This was an annoying interviewer...focused only in the spelling😮

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

She’s trying to document clearly so these things will be recorded and never forgotten

[@virginiaboone9503]

You must have stopped listening before the interview got going. The only spelling was at the very beginning and this is true of all of the Shoah interviews. The purpose of the introduction is to get the backgrounds of the survivors documented.

[@Raven24444]

They are doing that for historical documentation

[@britlew5933]

I liked her, she was very gentle and asked the right questions.

[@BrigetteBarker]

Country borders change, town names change or are different in other languages/cultures, names get misspelled during immigration etc. The spelling is for clarification.

[@jameskennedy721]

shocking narrative , told in a matter of fact way .

[@Astrid-jt8cd]

God bless and love you beautiful lady. I used to think they have talked about this too much until i saw the picture of the dead bodies of jewis people piled on the ground like trash bmy gid lets never stop talking about thus horror.ehay a totally evil regime the nazis errr

[@ruthojen]

I kissed the screen

[@miriam2137]

Hod wanted alll his people go back to their land. Fight for it, live it love it . All where to happy any where else, no minding their heritage promise land. Forgive my writing or spelling.

[@rescuepetsrule6842]

No problem with your writing or spelling- your good thought is clear :) .

[@LynnRank]

Oh my, my husband, Who was born in Germany 1945 poor baby,....probably an incest child. They were polish, I understand...loved this man beat...but he was sick mentally, I helped him.. Hans Helmut Brusdylins...was his german name..

[@jmckendrick165]

What?

[@alexanderhoffmann8368]

Bitte lesen : Professor Gerard Menuhin "Wahrheit sagen , Teufel jagen" .

[@sigrunwestrus68]

All this spelling is killing. Why? Just stupide!

[@Anonymous-wh4ez]

It is to have accurate records.

[@almaconnor9171]

Shalom Israel

[@almaconnor9171]

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[@estideri4536]

🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

[@QuintTheSharker]

Mhmm. Sure.

[@ryanweaver962]

So awful

[@ryanweaver962]

And so strong