Walking Through Auschwitz | WARNING: Actual footage of entire camp

[@heidisomers]

My channel is not a history channel. I am just a fitness vlogger who shares my day to day life as well as experiences. I was not expecting this video to get so many views, it was actually my lowest viewed video for awhile. I only documented it because it meant a lot to me personally. I still watch it from time to time for myself and I’m grateful I can do that. I did not monetize this video nor do I make money from it. Photography and videography is allowed throughout the camps (except for the room of hair) but flash photography is not allowed due to it being distracting. I’ve received the most disturbing comments on this video..so much anger and hate….but I’ve also had a lot of you reach out with kindness, love, and share your experiences going there. To those of you who are kind, I appreciate you.🥺❤️ Since uploading this video I’ve also had quite a few teachers reach out and express their appreciation for the video…Since it’s a “vlog style” video, it has helped capture the attention of younger students who will actually listen/watch.🙏

[@miffy2760]

I really appreciate this video. Thank you for sharing your very sombre experience. It is amazing how many young people don't have much of an idea of what happened during the holocaust. Some holocaust survivors are even drawing parallels from what happened then to what is happening in the world now.

[@kaylaskreations4973]

This is a great video going to this place must have been very difficult and how the nazi always said the Jews were because there crime was that they existed it’s absolutely horrible to me this place is a cemetery and needs to be protected to make sure the world never forgets

[@abba-Flammenfresser]

Ahh….reason #173 of why what happened in Dresden was more than justified. Thx you Heidi

[@ThePeteriarchy]

Thank you for putting this up. A lotta folks these days are too keen to ignore history, especially its darker aspects like the Nazi regime's war crimes just because it doesn't give you that feel-good dopamine as other content does. So it's fantastic that you'd make something like this even if it's not your usual type of vlog. Videos like this is just as important as the all the documentaries filmed and books written to make sure humanity doesn't repeat its mistakes.

[@mermer3168]

Thank you for being very thoughtful and considerate and choosing your words in a meaningful manner, as well as the way that you filmed and presented this video. I don't understand how you could have hate comments on this. You have clearly shared your opinion and respectfully approached this in a way that was not demeaning in any way.

[@emmarubenstein9085]

I knew a Auschwitz survivor...and I remember me seeing her tattoo....and we had a Holocaust survivor come and speak to us in high school...it was absolutely heartbreaking...never forget....

[@dovberjoseph4833]

I once had a Auschwitz survivor scream at me for believing in the Messiah. Can't blame her though.

[@nicolelawless3199]

@@dovberjoseph4833 Why? It’s what you believe in and I respect that

[@saint_lunatic]

@@nicolelawless3199 you don't understand the irony here, believing in Messiah and still getting killed by the hands of a human, if there is a Messiah, why not save 6 million-plus jews?

[@ccharmolypi]

@@saint_lunatic this is not the time to doubt religion. Although many people who have survived concentration camps don’t anymore, it’s not our business to judge what anyone does.

[@saint_lunatic]

@@ccharmolypi that's right

[@that_fire_guy]

My grandpa was in a labor camp during WWII, he got lucky and sent to a labor camp rather than a killing camp. My heart goes out to anyone who lost someone In these camps.

[@humblewiz4953]

🌹

[@sigurdvonliebenfels3304]

@TessTickles You're right, the war shouldn't have happened. If only we had a Catholic radio preacher and a famous aviator to tell the American people who were trying to foment a monstrous war in Europe. Why don't they ever add subtitles to the German leader's speeches?

[@joannenoble291]

My grandfather dads father was captured by the germans but do not know where he was taken

[@LiaDumpfbacke]

@@sigurdvonliebenfels3304 Your name is German. So you are a German person? If so good, me as well and I reported your comment to the police. It's illegal to deny the Holocaust. You know very well that Germans had killing camps. You just saw one in this video. And the labor Camps aswell were actually killing camps, to kill was always the main Goal that's why it's called Holocaust.

[@haydenapel8739]

Dang

[@rosykatzCATS]

Thank you for your empathy & respect. Ignore the idiots without brains or hearts comments.

[@rosykatzCATS]

+Sameer Faisal your people chop off baby heads band send your children to blow themselves up band ruin our country.go home!

[@rosykatzCATS]

+Rosy Katz your people chop off baby's heads & send your children to bow themselves up.... go home & shut yourself up on a room alone & do us a favor & blow yourself up!

[@sydneycunningham8337]

+Sameer Faisal she's talking about your race and culture honey. Not your religion 👌🏽

[@lisard7179]

Simply the way you respond proves their point! So much anger and hate.

[@JohnDoe-il9ug]

+Sameer Faisal clearly you have nothing to be proud of. you can be communist and neglect your race and culture but as for us whites we invented nearly everything in our world and conquered more than 80% of the world at one point. we have rich culture, nationalistic views and much to be proud of so i think the only people you will find that think like you are other non-whites. and how are whites worse than arabs?

[@MJ_Smallz]

Thank you for sharing this. So many people will never get to visit. And even worse - so many people are starting to forget this even happened…

[@emmarubenstein9085]

Steven Spielberg went around the world recording every Holocaust survivor that was alive in the 90's ..archiving the stories...it's all on KZbin...and people won't forget..as we have many Holocaust Museums and Schindlers List..

[@dovberjoseph4833]

True. As a religious Jew I can contest. I asked my co-worker if he's heard of the Holocaust and he said 'no'. It was scary to me. I've met a couple of Auschwitz survivors and they wouldn't be able to comprehend such a thing.

[@AlexCass1515]

@@emmarubenstein9085 schindlers list lol. Their are hundreds of movies fiction and no fiction based upon the nazis. From video games to books movies that shows etc. WW2 atrocities aren’t going away anytime soon.

[@emmarubenstein9085]

@@AlexCass1515 ...what is your problem

[@c.9900]

@@emmarubenstein9085 he's simply saying that if you want an account of the holocaust then Schindler's List isn't the main source.

[@leeriches8841]

My great-grandparents and their youngest two children were murdered in Auschwitz. My grandmother was a concentration camp survivor, she was in a satellite camp of Groß-Rosen called Gabersdorf which was in Czechoslovakia. She of course had the tattoo on her arm. She never ever accepted what happened. How could she? Her PTSD was immense and intense. Just a year or so before she passed away, she went to Auschwitz for the first time in her life and lit a candle for our murdered family. I hope she is in a better place now- the world was such an evil place for her and she had such a horrific life for such a beautiful, wonderful woman. She's my absolute hero. On two occasions I have supposed to go to visit Auschwitz but both times dreadfuls things happened to stop me going, very bizarre- it's almost as though I'm never to visit, I personally believe it would f**k me up big time as I already suffer from intergenerational trauma from my grandmothers experiences.

[@AliPlays381]

As a muslim i feel sad and heart broken for jewish people who just killed by mf devil hitler for no reason

[@dovberjoseph4833]

@@AliPlays381 A few months back, at a Sabbath meal, I sat next to a Jew from Germany who left in 1938 to Palestine (Israel) . She left when she was 7 1/2 but she remembers before the war. She next door neighbors who were rabid anti-semites and two boys that were full on Nazis. She said it was very scary and that a whole generation grew up where Jews were consider 'rats'. They often called us 'Shmutzdiker Yuden' - 'Dirty Jew'.

[@sigurdvonliebenfels3304]

No they weren't

[@crc3387]

@@dovberjoseph4833 nothing wrong with that 😂😂😂

[@leeriches8841]

@@sigurdvonliebenfels3304 why would I lie about that? This is literally my family history. I grew up listening to my grandmothers horror stories. I can even send you my grans POW number she had tattooed on her arm and you can check the online records. Can also send you link to my great-grandparents photo online.

[@stephanieclarkson5287]

I would cry the whole time, walking through that camp. beautiful video, done with such respect.

[@trippy777loves80guru]

This just crushes my heart. These poor people. I homeschool my son, who is in 8'th grade, and we just finished a study on Auschwitz. We watched the Netflix series as well as read Corrie tenBoom's book, The Hiding Place. Words cannot express the ache in my heart. Thank you for video taping this. Wow. I wish I could travel there and see for myself. We are so blessed here in America. Truly blessed.

[@historicqueensborough2862]

I am a history teacher in Canada, and I show this video to my history classes every year. My students listen in silence as you describe the camp. Thank you so much for producing this video, and for the compassion and empathy you demonstrate on your journey.

[@heidisomers]

Thank you so much for sharing this. I’ve been reached out by many teachers who say their students actually listen/watch this video and are able to learn about what happened.🙏

[@tonynoboa9448]

I wasn't really sure how I felt of someone vlogging such an infamous place in our hearts and history but you were respectful and kind. I do agree with your notion that you have to keep remenbering these abhorrent times in our history and most young people don't seemed to care now and days. You seemed to have a way of connecting with youth and give an updated perspective to understand the horror that humanity went through and so that we may never forget.

[@immachine1565]

Dont be a vlogging nazi

[@kristenharrison9279]

My grandmother was in a concentration camp. She lost her parent and siblings. My grandfather rescued her!!! She couldn’t ever talk about what she went through.

[@imherwerdio6852]

This was hard and gut-wrenching to watch, but thank you for making this and presenting in a respectful manner. The people denying this ever happened are appalling to me, and I abhor their willful ignorance.

[@marcuscorda9760]

Lol

[@pijo1512]

It's not "wilful ignorance"; I would categorize it as 'malicious ignorance' propagated with the sole intention of achieving the following: 1. get a reaction 2. Bring about hurt and pain 3. Bask in the thrall of their purile peers. The best response to such kind of people is to just slyly smile at them. And tell them to believe whatever they want to believe if it brings pangs of joy to their hearts and their kin because, well, free will and all that entitles them to think/believe what they want to. Whatever else you do, please do not get angry because that is what they want to see. And seeing you in that state is their raison d'etre, so to speak.

[@marcuscorda9760]

🤣🤣🤣

[@imherwerdio6852]

@@marcuscorda9760 yeah, you're just a jerk. Good riddance

[@charlotteex721]

wait hang on. people are denying it happened??

[@KingMias]

i think the hardest part would have been seeing that baby doll!! i can’t imagine a child going through this , breaks my heart

[@EvitaVelerita]

i've been there about 12 years ago, I'm now 24, and still...12 years later...I can't stop crying when I see that entrance "arbeit macht frei"... I have jewish ancestry and that day I felt the part of my family that went "missing" about 1940-43 there. they were there. You are so incredibly...brave and tough to do it by yourself, you can be proud of yourself. Its really hard to go there in the first place, and even harder to be alone. Thank you...for posting it. For keeping the memory alive.

[@amandaallen9460]

In both highschool and college, I was extremely fortunate to have been able to meet and hear the stories of 3 survivors who have sense passed away...#neverforget

[@maxsmith695]

i went to Auschwitz and was frozen in fear.

[@amandaallen9460]

@@maxsmith695 I'm still hoping to get there in person one day

[@manymany4879]

je propaganda

[@believeinpeace]

It’s very painful to watch, you put it together in a very respectful manner. Thank you

[@juliorosario5421]

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[@maxsmith695]

i went to Auschwitz. i was frozen in fear.

[@revisit8480]

@@maxsmith695 Remember the time as a guard, or?

[@maxsmith695]

@@revisit8480 Say what

[@maxsmith695]

I think all films about Auschitz should be shown in libraries only.

[@lauriethompson6069]

No. Matter how many videos I see on this awful place it never fails to make me cry, never forget. Remember the poor souls who suffered this awful place. Utterly soul crushing.

[@juliorosario5421]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXuyh5KZg5J9hpo

[@bnabna1012]

@@Starfox.1993 how about the men tf?

[@PurpleIsGood_Dog]

@@Starfox.1993 Did you forgot that men do infact exist?

[@PurpleIsGood_Dog]

@@Starfox.1993 I do infact know the meaning of ''Especially''.. It just sounded like you dont even care about the men at all.. (what i mean is the men also suffered, so dont attack me).. Kinda sounded like you're looking down at the men..

[@teddy9124]

All through school, this was my favorite thing to learn about...favorite and least favorite I should say. I'm so grateful that you added this into your vlogs, it was a big reminder for me of what went on in those dark times. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us, even though I'm sure it was hard for you.

[@emilky924]

Couldn't have put it better :)

[@Teddingtin]

+christofer MacFistifur cuz they're ugly.

[@lilsos6892]

XDDDD

[@theblytonian3906]

+christofer MacFistifur Research the answer to your question. If you have an IQ of cretin or >, the answer should become apparent.

[@aimeebee2000]

Me too, it's so interesting...I know that may seem wrong to say but it is interesting to wonder how the hell people can think like this, it's horrible

[@stephaniecain7032]

I'm watching this 6yrs after you posted. I just want to say thank you for sharing and bringing these details to light.

[@mcclane8812]

I'm a 47 year old Italian father raising 2 daughters on my own without a single tie to any Jewish heritage and this brought me to tears. Knowing the fear they must've felt. The uncertainty. The poor children my God. The sick mentality to have a sign WORK WILL SET YOU FREE upon entering. Just a gut punch. Thank you for sharing as this can and should never be overlooked. Mussolini, Stalin and Hitler eradicated 10s of millions of people which just staggers my mind. How? Why? Would this ever happen again? Again, your video was informative and macabre but done respectfully.

[@TrentsKnives]

Jews don’t like to work.

[@Dobetter15]

It’s happening now in China they have the same camps for Muslims and in Syria and Palestine

[@revisit8480]

@@Dobetter15 >The j*ws have camps for palestinians Wanna bet you wouldn't bring this to the news?

[@alvarosousa7707]

Acho que foi mais turismo-----mas tudo bem--Auschwitz é preciso sentir e não virar feira. ---enfim

[@szczeradziewczyna9969]

The worst feeling is when you go inside the block, you look at the pictures of people and you see your surname

[@emeliabock7910]

Szczera dziewczyna god I cried when I saw some of my relatives they were brothers rip

[@TTRCrew]

minecraft lol

[@dead2dead256]

What? XD @Lackschuh187

[@guiltywaffles]

Lackschuh187 You are a lie.

[@gurkis35]

FEELING MUH FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELING UGHHHHHHH FEEEEEELS

[@JTAakaShadowWalker]

thank you for the respectful way you filmed and spoke. class act

[@paulinazapart1380]

I grew up in Poland and it’s mandatory for everyone to go visit Auschwitz in 8th grade. That was basically our mandatory field trip for every 8th grader in the country. It’s impossible to explain what you feel while walking through there. You did a great job capturing the camp.

[@benicio1967]

Heidi.... this was so poignant and profound. You truly brought so much empathy and respect to this piece. We’re all seeing this as a chapter that can be repeated far more easily than we could have ever imagined.

[@zackradziewicz5168]

Very inspiration video, handled with such poise and class. Takes a lot of courage to post this. Thanks for sharing your expierence! -your newest subscriber

[@heidisomers]

Thank you Zachery!

[@jonesfowler1887]

honestly id rather be gay. id rather not have her powder puff ruining my clothes.

[@WendyGarza8]

get a life

[@edmsquad]

Indeed love her

[@inpoliteroblox3387]

knife dafuq bitch stfu you grotesque fat fuck

[@msOMGful]

I want to go here so bad. I don't think I could do it without bawling my eyes out though

[@masichasi]

MadMoxxieIsLife me too, but idk who would want to go with me..

[@INTOASECRETLAND]

MadMoxxieIsLife I,d like to go too, but I know the atmosphere would be so heavy that I,d end up over emotional

[@melissamm6200]

I was there in august! Im probably going back next year

[@angelicearthling]

I want to go there too. I just know it would be an incredibly emotional trip.

[@hackchewspit1956]

MadMoxxieIsLife go to disneyland instead. I heard its cheaper !

[@specter3983]

This is way history should never be forgotten

[@masichasi]

saw my last name on one of the suitcases..

[@vincentsaysno1510]

Valeria Krumdieck oh god.

[@ediblepanties]

Valeria Krumdieck i saw my first name. It's in the thumbnail

[@tomasshorvath]

lol

[@QuierraKymbriaxo]

Valeria Krumdieck crazy!

[@angelicearthling]

oh wow.

[@stinkybutt02able]

I watched the boy in the striped pajamas and I cried so hard because I saw how cruel people were treated but that movie didn't even portray half the stuff that actually happened

[@brianrittenberg4454]

How do explain all of the dead bodies that were witnessed by the allied soldiers and generals (such as Eisenhower) who liberated the camps, along with the journalists -- such as Edward R. Murrow -- who photographed the piles of corpses?! Also, how do you explain all of the war crimes trials that took place after the war in which it was proven beyond any reasonable doubt that the crimes in question did in fact occur?! P.S. you are a fucking ignorant paranoid anti-Semitic prick!

[@EdenHilton]

dude my fucking great aunt is a holocaust survivor. she has the number tattoo on her arm and she has stories and so much more shes shared with our family. and shes no actor. and no ones going to lie about being tortured in a concentration camp. especially to their own family. so keep your ignorant opinions to yourself. im all for conspiracy theories but this isnt one of em.

[@theblytonian3906]

+Brian Rittenberg Easily explained. They were work camps. Typicalling typhus was rampant in all of them, in Nordhausen the majority were murdered by allied strategic terror bombing. In Belsen, USAAF fighter planes used the railway wagons for strafing practice enraging the Americans so much, they lined up and mass murdered all the guards when the liberated the camp...or was that Dachau, or both? Just another unpunished American war crime to add to all their other 'get out of jail free' card double standard at Nuremberg hypocrisy. Then, undeniably starvation, ..Germans had no food either due the bombing and invasion, although I believe that unlike German women, KZ women were spared mass rape and murder? Work. Now there's a word understandably offensive to Jews. Apparently the thought of manual labour makes most Jews very sick, and some even die of fright. I can't confirm that with evidence, but that's what Rabbi Glickmann told me. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. I will always try to help.

[@theblytonian3906]

+Eden Shizzle The concept of "survivor" from alleged "death camps" is the conflict of logic conundrum rational people unddrstandably question, especially when the are so many allleged survivors.

[@majskukka3279]

+The Blytonian Why do you believe that theory, but not the official one?

[@ticrific]

I couldn’t watch the full video. This is haunting. Every Holocaust denier and person who makes incredibly insensitive comparisons should go there and see it for themselves

[@tedbarbosa539]

Why go all the way to germany. Go to LA, Philly, youll see some of the same inhumane stuff.

[@maxsmith695]

I went to Auschwitz. I became frozen. It was -30C. Kitty slept in those conditions each night

[@UnknownName-ob4jo]

@@tedbarbosa539 you sound stupid af 🤣

[@Ionabrodie69]

@@tedbarbosa539comments like yours just proves the point above …😡🇬🇧

[@nicholasyong7051]

​@Ted Barbosa you can't compare evil with evil

[@anthonysmith9564]

I visited this place two days ago. Very emotional, mixed feelings of anger, disgust and sadness, but I’m glad they preserved it. It’s one thing to read about it but visiting this place gives you the true perception of what a truly massive machine this was. It’s important to learn from the past as we move into the future.

[@primetime758]

i'm Polish so it makes me feel guilty it happend on my land i live in Canada Toronto to be exact and my Parents wanted to take me there i was 18 and i remember reaching the gates Arbeit Mach Frei ''work sets you free'' i got a shiver and as we walked on i found it harded to breath and to hold my tears back and my parents saw the emotions but i wasn't alone others had tears as well and we i saw everything the gas chambers the clothes the personal belongings the fact little kids died i did cry out loud but the tears just came i couldn't hold back... this is a very very dark time that will live forever

[@anitajolly1326]

Why would you be ashamed that it happened on your land? It happened TO your land! Polish people were not responsible for death of millions of people.

[@lotusbiscoffee]

@@anitajolly1326 survivors guilt is real.. they said guilty, not ashamed.. and we are nobody to tell them how to feel. All we can do is lend an ear

[@heightsofsagarmatha]

Canada committed genocide during the pandemic, with lockdowns which killed thousands of people, it was done by force, a literal genocide, also happened in USA but thankfully many parts of the country were not subject to harsh, murderous lockdowns

[@vernongoodey5096]

I’m from UK visited Auschwitz a few years ago, just to say never feel guilty this happened in Poland it was the Germans that planned and carried out these crimes. Britain is blamed by some for not allowing Jewish people to leave Eastern Europe in the 1930s to settle in what is now Israel. Also have many friends whos Fathers were Polish and came over to Britain in 1940 to fight in the Royal Air Force and helped us defeat the Germans in the Battle Of Britain

[@sophie-uz5rt]

If you've never read Night then you should it's a beautiful and terrifying real life experience of a young Jewish boy

[@zoeygroth8416]

Mandy 1 to torture them, and force their labor

[@zoeygroth8416]

Esoteric Jahanism I just mean like they did labor, not in camps for it

[@ashtonclashes7070]

Soph R im reading it right now im my ENGLISH

[@l0vechords]

its a really good book, i read it in 8th grade and we had to do a project about it

[@FashionByPaige]

I read it. It is really touching. I suggest others read it as well.

[@NatschoNotorious]

thank you for spreading awareness. Us Germans are ashamed for what happened, I can't express how much.

[@heidisomers]

+NatschoNotorious My family is actually part German but our family was already in the US during the holocaust but my boyfriend (Josh) is part Jewish.

[@NatschoNotorious]

That's really interesting! It's horrible what the Germans did under the brainwash of the NS. It's important to not let it happen again in any form. thx for the video.

[@tomerbaruch4402]

+Heidi Somers love from israel

[@NatschoNotorious]

Mona Baishya I do not think that it's her intention to project the role of a victim. I'm sure she's aware who the true victims are.

[@ceznaa3228]

My heart was beating so fast while watching this. Respect for all the people that suffered in these camps.

[@kittenstablecoin]

Mine too.

[@brinamacgibbon9039]

I'm so glad you posted this video, I love learning about history. It was hard to watch and I even teared up some but education on these kinds of things is important. Thank you Heidi!

[@normfreilinger3664]

you go girl , never mind all the haters.

[@heidisomers]

Thank you for the love!

[@CapitanoGUC-gf6el]

What haters ? :o

[@sacc8023]

CapitanoGUC you

[@JustYesntMan]

Noone hates her

[@ashleighwebster8248]

Haley Welsch

[@streetlamp1267]

It's funny how everyone always talks about the atrocities committed by Hitler, yet never do you hear about the millions of Native Americans who were killed in the name of manifest destiny and Christianity, the very ideals which this nation was founded under

[@stephensdygert7600]

Arogon America has had great Christians in its boundries. It wasn't founded on "true biblical christianity. If it was slavery would of been abolished.The founding oligarchs revolutionaries would of never taken up violence against England. And finally we would not be fanatical capitalist. Native americans would of been never murdered. ect. ect. There never would of been a civil war.America has more false religions and cults in its history then any other country in the history of the world.

[@ashtona2404]

Arogon how bout stalin who killed WWWAAYYY more than hitler or the colonist

[@dzieckoblondizgalerianek1901]

If you think about it Hitler did't even kill the people, he just had the name we now all associate with the terrible acts of death commited on people for no reason. In my opinion he was just used, and now everyone blames him, of course rightly so in some aspects, however defineatly not in all. He was just a figure for the public.

[@dzieckoblondizgalerianek1901]

Arogon also i guess it's just the way the SS disrespected people and did all Kinds of cruel things to them.

[@dzieckoblondizgalerianek1901]

Arogon If you think about it Hitler did't even kill the people, he just had the name we now all associate with the terrible acts of death commited on people for no reason. In my opinion he was just used, and now everyone blames him, of course rightly so in some aspects, however defineatly not in all. He was just a figure for the public.

[@leogol6045]

Such a respectful vlog. I'm glad I found it so many years later. Great job and well done. Dziękuję.

[@jassyd.8165]

I'm really sad that a few people in the comments wrote, that every german person is still a nazi or a racist and that germany is still a bad country.

[@jabberwolf7348]

I am jewish, I do not think Germans are Nazis. Most Germans are ashamed of the past and we know and accept this. And almost all Nazis are gone now, a long gone generation. The new German generation are a great and kind people.

[@temio3742]

John Tupponce How about instead of complaining and saying white people make you angry, you do something about it. I don't believe white people are evil, this is coming from someone who isnt white. The problem isn't what you think people are doing, it is that you complain instead of stopping what you don't like.

[@stephensdygert7600]

Jassy D. of course germany is a great country today. Great health care- Solar tech.and produced one of the greatest rock bands of all time, the SCORPIONS.

[@Temptuous2112]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, yet your comment is not an argument. If I were to guess, you are the product of an austerity education?

[@Temptuous2112]

Was the ancestor of anyone who posted in this thread made into a lampshade or a bar of soap?

[@blakepickett1992]

Just got back from Poland and Germany. We also went to Auschwitz and Birkenau. Very impactful and I highly encourage people to do it! You learn a lot about it and how big one of the camps actually is.

[@erikua2010]

Visited the memorial in 2017. Specifically made this my first stop on my first trip to Europe. It was numbing… I don’t think I slept for two days. This video is as hard to watch as the day I was there. Thank you for posting this.

[@littlesofty01]

My father fought in WWII 1944-45 Belgium he told me how horrible it was when he saw the people who suffered

[@sigurdvonliebenfels3304]

Charles Lindbergh will tell you who wanted the war.

[@littlesofty01]

@Sigurd VonLiebenfels WTF? does that have to do with my father? OH NOTHING!

[@sigurdvonliebenfels3304]

@@littlesofty01 Your father would not have had to fight the war, and tens of millions of people would not have been killed if it were not for the schemes and machinations of people like Henry MORGENTHAU, lying rodents like FDR, and warmongering perverts like Winston Churchill (good job on saving Poland from btw). The world leader who wanted war the least is defamed and vilified the most. Don't forget, the Lugenpresse still calls it "the good war".

[@lynux54663]

@@sigurdvonliebenfels3304 What the fuck are you on about?

[@lynux54663]

@@sigurdvonliebenfels3304 are you saying hitler was good ?

[@aaronflores6830]

My condolences to all of those who lost their lives and their friends and family in this terrible war. May you all Rest In Peace.

[@Buffytvgp]

can the US have memorial like these for the native americans?

[@Buffytvgp]

***** yes the native americans

[@southmancanham3275]

+Buffytvgp-Bloons Battles & More! The worst genocide in history😂😂😂😂

[@Buffytvgp]

King Ping yes 70-114 ,million native americans were killed

[@y0uway]

That really doesn't sound like a bad idea but it's hard to record the names of people we don't remember.

[@y0uway]

+King Ping also why the fuck would you laugh about something like that so fucked up.

[@nell4350]

Roses are red Violets are blue The reason you came here starts at 4:32

[@justloveit49]

THE FUNNIEST SHIT EVER thank you :D

[@Britva1971]

Exactly, some people have this over-inflated opinion of themselves and are under the impression that they are somehow funny.

[@nell4350]

WOAH WOAH WHYS EVERYONE ARGUING???

[@justloveit49]

THE FUNNIEST SHIT EVER Ikr you obv didn't mean to offend anyone with your comment...

[@nell4350]

JJ Smith i didn't even know i offended anyone, i was just getting them past the long ass intro

[@richardbartolo2890]

Thank You for spending your time to bring this to Social Media. For some one so young your thoughtful and mature. The more people like you bring this kind of history to the forefront for those who are to young to know, Or those who are just really not aware of this atrocity of history the less chance this history will have to repeat itself.

[@inac.7842]

This is just so horrendous- I’m feeling really down now 😞😞😞😞😞You’re absolutely right in regard to remembering history in order to learn from the past . 👍👍 xxx I deeply respect you for having done this on your own . Must haven been horrible when you probably needed a shoulder to cry on . Bless you xxx

[@garywalter8493]

My son toured Auschwitz a few years back, he said the feelings and eeriness is real........its on my bucket list

[@kailabrooke4844]

Read ur comment

[@pd417]

Many years ago I met an Auschwitz survivor. While speaking with her, I saw the numbers tattooed on her arm and I immediately apologized. She told me not to be sorry. She said the world must never forget what happened, we proceeded to have a long conversation about what happened to her and her family in Auschwitz.

[@RachelG2017]

Thank you Heidi for going and educating the world. You are a woman of valor ❤

[@kathyturner6177]

Heidi thank you for bringing this to us. Just can not believe how people can do these horrible things to others. It makes me sick ti my stomach to see and hear what happened. Just unbelievable, but thank you for your time and sharing what you saw. You didn’t a wonderful job narrating what you saw and learned. Just off the subject wanted to say you are a beautiful young lady. Thank you🙏🏻

[@iainmcclain]

I just recently discovered that I am part Jewish. Though I am greatful that none of my ancestors went through this that I know of, I am thankful that you shared this and am privileged to have seen it.

[@41g28]

How can you be part Jew?

[@iainmcclain]

@@41g28 One side of my family is Jewish while the other is not. Благословите тебе богу.

[@miamarino339]

@@41g28 haveing one side me jewish babe

[@41g28]

@@miamarino339 but Judaism is a religion…

[@darkx6869]

I thought being Jewish was a religion not race… If so you can’t be Jewish just because someone in your family is, it’s like saying you’re Christian because your mom is.

[@happybirthdayniallerwelove2249]

I always think “this is it, now they will stop” but as it is, sometimes people cross all their limits, Nazis proved they were inhumane and monsters. I cried watching this video and it makes me feel horrible of what actually happened there. Nothing can be worst then this. I am studying the Nazi Germany chapter for my history lesson and now each and everything that happened with innocent Europeans haunts me in my dreams. Knowing very well, millions of people were murdered here and for no reason makes me feel angry and unlimited hatred towards all those who participated in it without any regret and shame. I feel sad and upset when I think of all those who had to go through it. There was no Humanity in Hitler’s rule. It was just power and evilness. I still don’t understand the concept of Hitler’s hatred. Everyone have a strong reason of hating someone, cause hate is in itself a very strong word. But his hatred had no reason. It is still not clear to me how the hell he said “they are not worthy of living”, this in its own was horrible. It made feel sad. Hats off to you for video taping everything and showing this to us. Not everyone will have , including me the courage to step in there as everything I read would revolve in my mind like a flashback as if I am living in that time. Even then you explained everything that happened and told your experience. I salute everyone who had to resist the Holocaust. Once again Thankyou.

[@happybirthdayniallerwelove2249]

Aashu what? This doesn’t make sense at all. Hitler didn’t helped India or any other country in any way. He was a psycho who wanted all Jews killed for no valid reason.

[@astr4naut]

This was truly a calamity... It awesome to see people still remembering this tragedy. Great video

[@user-dh3ry6zn2v]

This is where i want to go to pay my respect to all the people who went through those gates ❤️

[@mitchellmagiera6189]

Thank you for sharing! We can't forget our history! This was an awful time and can never be forgotten or repeated. Such a sad place but something to see and pay respects to those who died there.

[@Lily-ld4nw]

Wow. I never really saw how terrible the living was, I always understood this was a horrific event but seeing it makes it a reality check. ❤️

[@karenbellard5729]

I am so proud of you that wasn’t it feel good trip. I grew up in the Oklahoma and the trail of tears is a real thing. You honored all of those people bless your heart

[@galenmerrick]

1920 Tulsa was a real thing. Sort of pre dates the jew experience. What are you thoughts on Tulsa. Or anything that happened in the 1920s, everything before, and all that's happened after?

[@LRAinCA]

The prisoner barracks are so heartbreaking. I can only imagine how cold and uncomfortable they must have been. On top of being starved, abused, and in constant stress, not being able to rest is another level of hell.

[@innovbrain]

Add to it what was worse : Bacteria, rats and parasites everywhere 😢

[@wilburcase3766]

Thank you for sharing this video it is a part of our history we must never let be forgotten. I had the honor of meeting a Holocost survivor a few years ago at a Memorial day service he was the guest speaker. He spent his entire teenage years in the camps, he saw and was forced to do things no one should have to see and do.

[@stefanimcgehee5140]

Heidi you did a great job in the narration of this, thank you

[@sophiafr8485]

I really like, that you didn't put music in the background! It's a form of respect and I appreciate it. Thank you very much for that!

[@SophieProtopoulos]

Mad respect for this video...

[@heidisomers]

+Sophie P. Fitness Thank you Sophie. I know its a bit different than my other videos but...it was a life changing experience and i wanted to share it with everyone else. I know some people might not be able to travel to Poland to see this place for themselves.

[@joaoramos32]

I know nothing about your channel, but the way you're presenting this is very classy. You got my respect. Best of luck

[@jasminesingh5396]

thank you for sharing all this, its so hard to listen to such stuff, to all the young historians, I recommend coming to Poland, Krakow for this experience, it features so much to learn . people forget the small parts in WWII that are dreadful to the people who lived during the period. thank you for presenting this in a respectful manner to other to spread awareness :)

[@elainehardyman4694]

This was done with great respect and reverence. What happened here ahould necer been forgotten. My sister lived in Germany for 3 yrs and visited here. She said it was the hardest thing to see, but she's grateful she did.

[@jessicacrist8038]

I remember hearing about this in history class in high school the pictures still burned in my head. I can't believe what happened to all those innocent people. I'm in my 30es now it still makes me sad. Thank you for sharing your experience ive often wondered what the camp actually looked like.

[@sassyjintheuk]

I commend you Heidi on being so open and courageous to go and learn for yourself. And to report so well to us. It simply must be hell on earth when such evil surfaces, and sadly now. May we all be strong enough to face it and end it. God bless all those caught by such evil and may they suffer no more. May we bear witness and together put an end to such hideous atrocities. 🙏 Amen.

[@kaylawarner3669]

This was hard to watch for me. My great great grandfather got his family, (my great grandma) out of Germany right before Hitler started rounding us up. He went back for their belongings and never returned. We know he must have died at a camp but don't know which one. And to see that clip of the luggage with Our name on it, Goldstein. Just brought me to tears. Thank you for Sharing

[@carinab.1923]

Heidi, I just 'stumbled' over this video, haven't seen any other video from you before. But you did so well! I just started reading a few comments. Some make me sick in my stomach, when people describe what exactly has been done to the prisoners. Others make me sick because they deny the holocaust. However, as a German I grew up feeling guilty for something that has been done long before my parents were born. But in the last years I found a way to deal with all those bad feelings you have just because you are born a German. There is no use in blaming yourself. Feeling sorry for the millions of people that were killed is good because it shows your empathy but it doesn't get us any further. What I can actively do is try to be a 'good person' right now. Offering help when you see someone struggling, elderly people or children, is so easy, but it does make a difference. It makes the world a bit better. I find it hard to overcome everything I have been taught by people as well as media, but I try to see every person as a - person. In the first place we are all human beings. We are also man or woman, Christian, Muslim, Jew, atheist or member of an other religion. We are also living in peace or refugees from war. We are also Germans, Americans, French, British, Italian... you get the idea. We are also different in our skin colour, black, white and so many beautiful different shades of brown. But first of all we are all humans and deserve to be treated that way! 🙂 Sorry, this comment turned out longer than I intended, but if those thoughts just help a single person, it's worth it. So everybody be kind to each other and never get tired of offering help! ✌🎀

[@anthonycontares8660]

As a child growing up in Vacaville California and attending church regularly in the early 1960s there were members of our congregation who were Holocaust concentration camp survivors, many who were prominent members of our community. I learned about the ugly reality's of the Holocaust at an early age because it was being taught in school about the horrors of WWll. I had the honor to meet many military veterans of that war who shared their stories with me of their experiences. My late uncle, "my mom's Elder brother" who was a army medic in WWll towards the end of the war. His unit liberated and assisted in medical treatment and humanitarian aid to the wrongly incarcerated prisoners at Dachau on April 29 1946. Horrors there were just unbelievable. Dachau was the first and longest running camp inside Germany.

[@zainz80]

So sad that we are living the same thing in Syria...

[@lydiacrazy5009]

zain z Poor Syrians. im sorry

[@vividly94]

their intention is to kill and they will I've never heard of any 'Jew' hate until i heard europeans talk about it almost commonly now. Its literally mostly EU people because their parents were most likely attending school during the hitler reign and learning the propaganda that he taught and passing it down to their children.

[@mgrnge]

Vividly I'm Jewish and sometimes even when I say to someone I am, there's occasionally a "ew" or "ha!" Sad how after all that's happened casual racism still exists

[@Niphredyl]

Vividly you sure only europeans do that, jeez?

[@uglylittleduckling3482]

Please don't make this video about Syrians.

[@lindadull2391]

Heidi, thank you for sharing this. I have read a few books about Holocaust survivors, their experience, their survival. What a horrific time in history. How can so many people deny that this ever happened. Genocide still happens. We just have to open our eyes to see how.

[@von-Adler]

Auschwitz has had a visitor years ago that identified one suitcase with name written on it, as the suitcase his father used. Upon arrival all bags and suitcases had to be given up. Suitcases/ bags etc were taken to the Kanada barracks and sorted/stored there.

[@ambreeniram2268]

It's difficult to watch. Imagining what they suffered. It's horrific and inhumane. May their souls rest in peace.

[@yoursmelly5205]

Anne frank was also a very amazing little girl. Her father survived aushcwitz camp.

[@gassyburnham3465]

So did she.

[@Ellieboss]

Gassy Burnham no she didn't she died in tb in Bergen belsen

[@gassyburnham3465]

I know she died in Bergen Belson. I said "so did she" in response to " Her father survived aushcwitz camp." Please re-read. Additionally, her father was a criminal. Do you know that?

[@davidwhite4874]

@ Wkela Rapopada Yes, and he chose to flee with the awful Germans rather than stay and be liberated by the lovely Russians.

[@07j56]

David White they had also done the same in berlin

[@jocelynzahn1896]

Thank you for sharing. Our schools need to be teaching this history.

[@megtoholke825]

Thankyou so much for speaking out and uploading this xx

[@missmiley78]

This was hard to watch very heartbreaking parts of this video made me cry just looking at the peoples belonging was horrible to watch God rest all the people who died here thank you for sharing this it's never easy to visit a place where millions died but it's worth going to the place to see what it most of been like for the people that went there and died there

[@katherinekerbow8344]

I hope everyone knows how much courage this sweet girl has or had....i really don't know if i could have made it through at all... It is so traumatizing to even think about....much less actually be there...

[@LoveServeOvercome]

Thank you so much for sharing this Heidi! I was just bawling watching your video 😭 I live in North Pole, Alaska - practically neighbors with your family 🙏🏻 This is so important for everyone to see

[@naveenjeet6565]

This is amazing work. Even through the phone, I really feel the dread and emotions, that Im sure you felt as well. Incredibly sombering stuff. Thank you so much for this.

[@TheMcKnights.]

As a German this is a mandatory class trip for everyone, I went to two or three camps I think when I was younger. Seeing you vlog this experience with such grace and historic curiosity made me respect you even more so than I already did for your bubbly but honest fitness videos. When you wondered why some rooms were allowed to be seen I thought to myself how we often show the most ugly truths in order to have them be remembered. So they are not so much shown for sensational reasons but to educate and have people grasp the whole disturbing truth and danger that lies within regimes and hateful humans. It is to make you painfully aware what people are capable of and to remind you to stand up for the people that need your help and power. To never make this happen again. Now, at a time where right wing parties are on a rise all over the world I am even more so grateful for someone like you to share this as people will be more receptive to your experience there rather than a finger in the air know it all teacher figure. Thank you again.

[@clovergrass9439]

Judaic indoctrination.

[@StopCensorship-h8j]

You being German has nothing to do with it. Stop pushing this disgusting gulit.

[@karenbellard5729]

It’s hard to face the truth of what else human beings have done to other human beings. the victims deserved your respect and I am proud of you.

[@louebegg3623]

Thank you for sharing. I have never been and not sure I’ll get there so this was a good way to see it. Very respectfully done 🙏

[@jmarie854]

Thank you for hearing this. You are so right. For if we don't educate ourself on history, it will repeat itself. Love your videos.

[@lalalalaokok367]

I can just feel the negativity through the video... it's really heartbreaking what people had gone through 💔

[@juliorosario5421]

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[@jajanicolee]

I've really always wanted to visit but the way my bank account is set up 🙄

[@wpinap]

😂😂

[@katy9569]

You're making a joke from Martin when this isn't a funny video. People died, show some respect.

[@yasmine3989]

lmaoooooooooo

[@jajanicolee]

+Katy Katastrophe girl ain't nobody making a joke, I've always wanted to visit but being a poor us soldier I don't have the money for it. Loosen up your panties child. Atleast I'm not out here like the rest of these people making jokes about Jews. Fix your priorities.

[@nicolerobinson4068]

+jasmine crowley my sentiments exactly 😂😂😂 my bank account is not having that "I wanna travel the world" thing at all

[@ilduce5874]

My late father was one of the American service members who helped liberate these camps. His campaigns were D-Day, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe and the Ardennes (popularly known as the Battle of the Bulge).

[@franlesliefernandez]

Rip to all the people who died, and thank you so much for this video.

[@SebMick-fr2yt]

It is an outrage that there are many who deny that these atrocities occurred, thank you for helping to educate the world about the truth.

[@wandaratcliff3985]

Thank you for Sharing...my uncle was in WWII...i Loved hem so much....he lived to tell me about it... he died @home when i was only 8 in 1976 ...im so thankful that a member of my family helped these people....however for some..we get there a bit. to late..sad for loss on both sides!

[@conniann5450]

Never Forget. So heart breaking. So much respect to everyone. Let’s live in love from now 😢

[@commonsense571]

Amen 🌹

[@gideonamankwah6491]

You are beautiful, humble, fun, kind hearted, smart, and charismatic. I am happy you enjoyed your trip.

[@Snafuski]

PS: 11:20 is a crematorium not a gas chamber). Those who arrived at the camp were always surprised at the smell of "grilled chicken" (as one survivor said) that hung over the camp, at the black sky, glowing red at night, at the bits and pieces that fell from the sky, the roar of the flames that often shot out of the chimneys. The horror of this camp (and the 5 extermination camps) cannot be imagined. But listen to the survivors' narrations, they are chilling. They show how people wer dehumanized. And when I hear anti-vaxers or oafs like Elon Musk comparing a government trying to protect its citizens (all its citizens) to Hitler, and those same anti-everythings running with the extreme rightwingers.... I wonder about our society. Do we need another war? Who will have to be sacrificed to show us that we need to become "reasonable" and caring.

[@cindymichaels548]

I'm jewish and Thanks for making my day it really means a lot to me

[@patricklee6451]

It's awesome, as a young person like yourself will have so many people of the same age to relate and help understand what happened here and to help never forget what happened. I thought as a world we would have learned from the past but in some countries hatred and violence still happens.

[@jlaskier]

I dont normally comment on such a painfull topic,but as the son of a wonderful man who survived Auschwitz i feel compelled to express my admiration for a lady from a different life and almost a different world who has opened her eyes to history.Henry Kissinger once said "the only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history" This history must not be repeated.Thank you from a son who still bears the scars of this darkest time

[@maxsmith695]

Who is Kissigner?

[@HumanSagaVault]

"genocide still happens today" Syria, Palestine, Israel, Ukraine and many more countries getting bombed left and right killing innocent civilians including children. heartbreaking, What a cruel world we have💔😢