Jewish Survivor Nechama Tec Testimony Part 1 | USC Shoah Foundation

[@oliviaschnepf2994]

Dr. Tec died a few weeks ago, at 8.3.2023. May she rest in Peace and her memory a Blessing

[@salutiesse]

I’m so glad she is still able to smile so beautifully- much love from England xx

[@blondeblythe]

Fascinating testimony! Very well-spoken, intelligent woman! The interviewer does a very good job! She lets the woman tell her story, instead of interrupting her, as I've seen so many of these interviewers do, resulting in a great testimony!

[@rescuepetsrule6842]

For someone had her schooling stopped by the war, Mrs. Tec sure made up for lost time. What a good testimony this is. SALUTE!

[@kimcampbell4835]

7uü

[@trishayamada807]

My kids have had their schooling altered because of the pandemic. I get so tired of hearing how their lives are ruined now because of that. I watch these interviews and these people were children during a war, survived death marches, concentration camps etc, and they went on to make great lives!

[@linrogers4326]

A very remarkable woman. I think she survived because she had a remarkable father. I admire her and her family.

[@cherylmccarthy2932]

Amazing interview! Dr. Tec has such a testimony of survival during the Holocaust. Interviewer Susan Peirez does a wonderful job allowing Dr, Tec to share her testimony without unnecessary interruptions.

[@jeanhenderson1277]

Such a beautiful strong woman I loved hearing how she outwitted so many I could listen to her accent all day thank you for your testimony x

[@Majickcharm]

Thank you so much for your story. I loved your explanation at the end about the personality of the rescuers. Society is so blessed to have you as is every other human being.

[@binkytube]

I absolutely love this woman. I love that she is not religious. What an incredible storyteller! Her laugh is infectious, as well. I could listen to her all day long.

[@carlmorgan8452]

That is the reason I turned off by her

[@stephenfisher3721]

Why do you love that she is not religious?

[@corrinebayraktaroglu5695]

Her testimony and humanity should not be predicated on whether she is religious or not.

[@binkytube]

@@corrinebayraktaroglu5695 Thanks for putting words in my mouth. I never said that.

[@corrinebayraktaroglu5695]

@@binkytube my comment wasn’t directed at you.

[@lornalovell8423]

Such an amazing woman with a wonderful personality and even a sense of humor despite all she’s been through!

[@pattiburkhart4416]

What an amazing testimony. Thank you for sharing

[@harrywilson404]

I would have loved to have so many of these survivors as friends!

[@bradmathieu7131]

Why?

[@bradmathieu7131]

Don't you have any friends?

[@VEERIC]

@@bradmathieu7131 maybe because they are strong unique people with goals and a strength most cannot find within!

[@helenrosetipper3200]

What an amazing cultivated and charming lady...thank god for people like Mrs Tec!!

[@chrissims3810]

Thank you for your testimony.

[@mariekatherine5238]

Love the name Nechama!

[@Tanya19131]

I could listen this lady a whole day.. ..so eloquent , and most of all not judging anybody. Especially interesting is elaboration of her researches about various categories of rescuers. P.S. There is a good movie, Defiance , with D.Craig and L.Schrieber, inspired by one of her books.

[@rescuepetsrule6842]

Defiance told a true story of the Bielski brothers- they didn't need to be inspired by any book. 3 of them lived full lives here and 2 of their wives give their testimony here on YT- well worth a look, especially if you have seen "Defiance."

[@leet.9122]

@@rescuepetsrule6842 The film Defiance IS based on Nechama Tec's book, "Defiance." Edward Zwick, the director, optioned her book and made a film out of it.

[@rescuepetsrule6842]

@@leet.9122 As I said, he didn't need the book IF he had interviewed The Bielskis. He must not have or he wouldn't need a middleman.

[@hamsandscans9711]

Amazing people with amazing heart

[@davidrutter9786]

Dr. Tec was lucky escaped the camps living as a Christian & I have never listened to this type of survivor. A child exposed to such horrors & always being taught to live with hope by her parents shows in her positive outlook. Like so many survivors that took years to tell about their experiences is so important. She is a lady who lived her life to the fullest acquiring a PhD, having a family, writing books, being a professor truly overcoming her childhood. A grand lady. Her story is part of history & thankfully recorded for posterity.

[@tammycope3145]

Thank you so much for sharing your story! I am learning so many things from watching the videos!

[@kathybrady4033]

Such a beautiful existence in Lublin, sniffed out by the Nazis. Peace to you Nechama and family.

[@caroleraison6107]

This story is worth a 🎥

[@StephenGrew]

Wonderfully articulate!

[@13realitytest13]

I'm astonished that there's no reference to (nor any apparent awareness of) a fellow Polish Holocaust survivor who gave a testimonial in this series, Samuel Oliner. Professor Oliner, the same age almost to the month as Professor Tec, also survived - AS A CHILD - by passing as "Aryan" amongst daring non-Jewish Poles. Also, later, both got their PhD in Sociology in the USA eventually specializing in Holocaust related studies, and especially the issue of Rescuers - what distinguished them from non-Jews who did not help (or who even profited by denouncing Jews in hiding). I suspect they interviewed many of the same people. They have so much in common! They devoted their post-War lives to studying determinents of good and evil in this context, and Professor Oliner's, developed with his wife, other ways of trying to apply his findings to enhancing the human capacity for good choices (beginning with how children are raised). By chance, Professor Oliner's testimony followed right on Professor Tec's in my You-Tube line-up (which is random and changes constantly), so this striking similarity was inescapable. Both their differences and similarites are fascinating. As both are still living (Oct. 2019), I hope at least they are aware of and in touch with each other. It stands out in both their life stories that neither was truly forthcoming in divulging their personal histories until some years after the war. I think I'll post his link here and hers on his testimony. It's already odd that neither has more than a handful of comments even though many thousands of are reported to have listened to both. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZWsdIRqicRsmtk

[@ilovefredreika]

Fascinating. The will to live is so strong.

[@drusillagabbott8710]

What a beguiling, witty lady

[@maxinerowe2925]

Information is power

[@andromeda888888]

Outstanding and very detailed testimony. .3:01 one of the statements is wrong. In pre-war Poland there was obligatory elementary school, not a privilage

[@allabiel3340]

12:10-correction: Lubin was never a capitol of Poland

[@RamonaRayTodosSantosBCS]

I'm Orthodox Christian. I'd probably not pass any Catholic test either. Guess the polish Catholics those days forgot Jesus Christ was a Jew.

[@maxinerowe2925]

Brilliantly taught by your parents

[@nunya2954]

THE INTERVIEWER SUCKS. WHAT THE HELL, YOU ALL COULDN'T DO BETTER BY THIS WOMAN THAN THIS ENEPT INTERVIEWER? YOU ALL DID THIS TO MANY OF THESE SURVIVORS..........

[@13realitytest13]

Dr. Tec's research stressing situational influences in major differences in what are usually considered moral choices, reminds me of Phil ZImbardo's more contemporary research in what he calls "situational Evil". That's an offshoot of his (in)famous Prison Experiment at Stanford University in the 70s. I really felt Dr. Tec's is remiss in a scholarly sense for her apparent* failure to adequately stress the difference between Poles (and other non-Jews) remunerated for hiding Jews - whether in relatively small sums or great. Of course, one might say that since the value of the lives they risked were infinite, no mercenery payment can match that risk, but I still think the difference between those rescuers who were incentivized by any measure of wealth needs to be taken into consideration. I asterisk this comment above because it's possible she goes into this in more detail in her books and just skipped over it in the interview. It sure didn't seem to have been factored in, though.

[@mariekatherine5238]

Fly paper! Yes, one can still buy these in the US. I doubt they're made here; probably China.

[@barbaracastelli9695]

She's a story teller. Maybe that's how she dealt with it.

[@marymcintyre3006]

After watching dozens of these testimonies, I notice this woman being preoccupied by 'looks'; a handsome father, mother's family is pretty, favorite teacher is not good looking, soldiers' boots shined and suits cleaned. Not the normal focus of any of the other survivors.

[@barbaraoshea7701]

What happened her sister

[@pamelamiller5996]

If this lady was born in 51 how did she live during ww2

[@katherinedorsey3426]

She was born in 1931.

[@margaretscott3451]

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[@MariaLopez-fu8ww]

I don't trust her.

[@saloosiyanify]

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[@danedame]

Rest in peace, Nechama. May your memory be for blessing. ✡️