The Jew who survived Auschwitz because a Nazi guard fell in love with her - Helena Citrónová

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Helena Citrónová, one of 4 children of Jewish parents, was born on the 26 August 1922 in Humenné, then part of Czechoslovakia. Her father was a cantor and because Helena liked not only to sing but also dance, her older brother joked that one day he would take her to Prague to exercise her talent. In 1934, Helena’s sister Róžika together with her husband emigrated to Palestine. However, because he could not find work there, in 1939 the two decided to return to Czechoslovakia together with their daughter though the Jews in Palestine had warned them by saying: "What? Are you crazy?! There's a war brewing.” By the time the family realized their mistake, it was too late.
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@gabrielle3205
@gabrielle3205 4 ай бұрын
3:46 the couple's kiss behind the crowd of people gave me a pang of sadness for the unknown story that had come to them afterwards. May the lovers rest in peace.
@loriijanee
@loriijanee 2 ай бұрын
rest in peace so sorry ops
@Heheishsy289
@Heheishsy289 Ай бұрын
Jesus loves you He is the only way truth and life His loves for you is eternal you can call upon His name and He will answer give Him all your anxieties and burdens Jesus saves God bless you💖😊
@ktmualem
@ktmualem Ай бұрын
It breaks my heart. I hadn't noticed until you mentioned it.😢
@ktmualem
@ktmualem Ай бұрын
​@@Heheishsy289I honestly think your comment is inappropriate and disrespectful even thought you tried to wrap it in a pretty bow of words, especially within the context of the video. Are you really trying to convert people in a video about the holocaust? Do you realize that over 6 million Jews were executed in the holocaust just for the mere fact of being Jewish? Yet, here you are, preaching that Jesus is the "only way truth" and will save you, when jews don't believe Jesus is the messiah or god. Do you see the irony? Not to mention the fact that many other people, not just jews, were murdered in the holocaust, including Christians so believing in Jesus didn't save them (and Nazi Germany was largely Christian.) Please take your religious Bible thumping elsewhere and respect other people's beliefs. Don't tell other people that your religion is the only way, especially in the comment section of a video where millions of people were murdered just because they had a different belief/religion
@retf054ewte3
@retf054ewte3 Ай бұрын
those jews seem to be more free than palestinians today
@Life_Is_Torture0000
@Life_Is_Torture0000 Жыл бұрын
He saved her life, and, no doubt, in the end, she felt obligated to repay the debt. How she actually felt about him in later life is anyone's guess...likely she had strongly mixed feelings.
@francesbernard2445
@francesbernard2445 10 ай бұрын
She did nothing to repay that so called according to you a 'debt'. She only told the truth whenever being asked to. Being genuine, truthful and kind has a kind of power all its own.
@mikeplake6861
@mikeplake6861 9 ай бұрын
I thought the same thing! That she wanted to return the favor..
@SynnJynn
@SynnJynn 8 ай бұрын
Sounds like Stockholm Syndrome
@AllezVous222
@AllezVous222 8 ай бұрын
@SynnJynn That’s not what Stockholm Syndrome is.
@pepelepew1227
@pepelepew1227 7 ай бұрын
i dont think she ever loved the man who risked his life so many times for her. that admission of love is only there to alleviate the impression of ingratitude
@AmethystEyes
@AmethystEyes Жыл бұрын
I wish this was mentioned in the video, but Helena‘s sister was tricked into thinking that her children were alive. She did not know that they were going into the gas chambers. If she had known that they were gas chambers, she would’ve died with them. For months, Helena told her sister that her children were alive once her sister found out that they weren’t, she was completely devastated.
@chickenlover657
@chickenlover657 Жыл бұрын
Maybe, maybe not. One thing is certain tho, Helena had nothing to do with her sister's children's death. She had zero power to prevent it. If the sister had to blame anyone, it should have been herself. Because her stupid decision to return from Jerusalem is THE crucial bad choice that ended in fatality.
@norrishude6177
@norrishude6177 Жыл бұрын
This deserves a mention too. Auschwitz : 4 Million Jews were allegedly gassed, incinerated and bones buried, if this was over 4 years, 2739 were exterminated daily. If this happened over the "Final Solution" years 1943-45 ,then 5.400 were exterminated daily. I have a bridge for sale if you are interested.
@barbaratraininblank4103
@barbaratraininblank4103 Жыл бұрын
neither was Franz really responsible. Children had very little chance of living in Auschwitz, and what could he say, that they had been misplaced from his unit?@@chickenlover657
@marvin2678
@marvin2678 11 ай бұрын
@@chickenlover657how exactly ? am i mssing somethign ?
@chickenlover657
@chickenlover657 11 ай бұрын
@@marvin2678 Huh? What part is not clear to you? Sounds like you didn't watch the video or weren't paying attention.
@peterdragon6367
@peterdragon6367 Жыл бұрын
Even in the worst place on earth at the time, she still had a great smile
@frenzalrhomb6919
@frenzalrhomb6919 Жыл бұрын
There's no denying that the Woman was damn attractive!!
@jmajesty79
@jmajesty79 Жыл бұрын
A very beautiful smile...
@costealucia5357
@costealucia5357 Жыл бұрын
She was not starving, no wonder she could smile...
@Bunnyloveme-n9m
@Bunnyloveme-n9m Жыл бұрын
Because a German loved her . And that was privilege in so many ways
@Thatonlyone678
@Thatonlyone678 11 ай бұрын
She looked majestic ❤
@allegory7638
@allegory7638 Жыл бұрын
Moving back to Czechoslavakia in 1939...That's got to be in the top 10 of worst decisions ever.
@marvin2678
@marvin2678 11 ай бұрын
why ?
@eileengleeson7851
@eileengleeson7851 11 ай бұрын
​@@marvin2678start if the 2nd world war i guess
@locuacidadsindiluir1696
@locuacidadsindiluir1696 11 ай бұрын
¿¿¿¿¡¡¡TOP 10, YOU SAID!!!!?? I´d say TOP 1, ¡hahahaha!
@3rrlia661
@3rrlia661 10 ай бұрын
better than settling in Palestine
@geraldinelafayette1838
@geraldinelafayette1838 10 ай бұрын
Which ultimately killed her sisters two babies. Ohhh I couldn’t imagine the horror. I just would have went with them to be in heaven with them. The instinct to survive in this horrendous world is INSANE. It can cause unimaginable sorrow although.
@Lara-xc1mf
@Lara-xc1mf Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful and nuanced story, which I have never heard before. Thank you so much for your recording of it.
@LittleMew133
@LittleMew133 Ай бұрын
"I was searching for the eyes of a murderer, but I couldnt find them"
@Uhtredrag1080
@Uhtredrag1080 Ай бұрын
A story that also proves Aushwitz was a death camp, which the deniers claim it never was.
@TheDigitalApple
@TheDigitalApple Жыл бұрын
If you ask me, Franz Wunsch was possibly the only war criminal of the Second World War to actually be remorseful of his actions even if it was due to his relationship with Helena.
@MrMickthemonster
@MrMickthemonster Жыл бұрын
A lot of Japanese generals were ashamed at their actions too
@colinwinship1231
@colinwinship1231 Жыл бұрын
Another nazi was Karl Plagge
@Donathon-qx8kq
@Donathon-qx8kq Жыл бұрын
Just remember that a leopard can't change his spots
@christopher9727
@christopher9727 Жыл бұрын
Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
@sassycat6487
@sassycat6487 Жыл бұрын
He was not remorseful tho. He said in a letter to her he wished that Germany would have won lol
@heyfitzpablum
@heyfitzpablum 11 ай бұрын
It is so hard to know what to feel about this story. Helena obviously awakened some sense of decency in this young man. He obviously impacted her as well, or she wouldn't have turned up at his trial. I guess the real story is how war degrades all aspects of humanity, even love. But, something remained. Hopefully they both carried that good part with them to their last days?
@locuacidadsindiluir1696
@locuacidadsindiluir1696 11 ай бұрын
Very WELL PUT.
@sassycat6487
@sassycat6487 10 ай бұрын
He killed some young guys in the camp. He also beat a girl so bad she still had pain until her last days. He was a horrible person.
@mikeplake6861
@mikeplake6861 9 ай бұрын
I love your comment! Well said!!!
@gerganakoleva4137
@gerganakoleva4137 8 ай бұрын
Life is so complicated. I would be happy if a bad person never did a good deed and a good person - a bad one. But sometimes is sooo not black and white. Still I think he should not have been acquitted at the trial.
@chaseseeney6082
@chaseseeney6082 8 ай бұрын
Let's keep in mind many instances Germans were frced to do this it wasn't all them being evil its not that black and white
@philism7829
@philism7829 11 ай бұрын
Humans are made to love each other, nor hate neither kill... Let us keep this in our minds and hearts for ever...
@aqifkopertoni6217
@aqifkopertoni6217 8 ай бұрын
tell this to the jews they are killing a lot without mercy
@PhonoDirect
@PhonoDirect 8 ай бұрын
Humans are evolutionary much better equipped for fight than for a cooperation. Love is mostly just a romantic concept. Sorry.
@nataliemeenakshithegreat7780
@nataliemeenakshithegreat7780 8 ай бұрын
Yes dear but each has a different nature and that is the quintessential truth about the human race humanity is about being human human is about being authentic fait correct etc
@ML-eq6ll
@ML-eq6ll 8 ай бұрын
Being human is complicated. We are a smart animals that was not made, but evolve. We're not perfect, because we never meant to be perfect
@jordancostello3385
@jordancostello3385 7 ай бұрын
This proves my point only the stupid are happy that's why down syndrome are the happiest people they have no idea of there surroundings
@AmethystEyes
@AmethystEyes Жыл бұрын
If anyone wants to know more I highly recommend a documentary called “Love It Was Not”. It has interviews with almost everyone who was there. It’s beautiful too, the way they set up the story.
@barbaratraininblank4103
@barbaratraininblank4103 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful and informative, yes, but with a misleading title. many believe it was mutual.
@itwantsrevenge
@itwantsrevenge 11 ай бұрын
Thank you! I'm gonna check it out.
@barbaratraininblank4103
@barbaratraininblank4103 11 ай бұрын
I've seen the documentary several times and agree with what you said overall. However, the title suggests a certain prejudice on the filmmaker's part, which she eventually conceded. But definitely moving and eye-opening.
@barbaratraininblank4103
@barbaratraininblank4103 11 ай бұрын
By the way, the first shorter documentary by the same filmmaker, "The Most Beautiful Woman," is also worth seeing. And an upcoming documentary called "999" casts light on the first Jewish girls and young women brought to Auschwitz, of which Helena was one.
@successfulperson3304
@successfulperson3304 7 ай бұрын
The title is the German song she sang not the love because that was mutual.
@MissOhio1980
@MissOhio1980 Жыл бұрын
No matter how much I watch about world war II I will never know everything This was a wonderful story, it was a story about human beings
@marilyn6556
@marilyn6556 11 ай бұрын
None of us will, and maybe that’s a good thing. It is hard to realize just how low humanity can fall.
@NK-ht7tx
@NK-ht7tx 7 ай бұрын
They have not learned from the war. Victims have turned into perpetrators. Interesting indeed.
@stefanfreestylez
@stefanfreestylez 2 ай бұрын
Id like to know why the jews were booted out of so many countries...why did everyone dislike them so much?
@stefanfreestylez
@stefanfreestylez 2 ай бұрын
@@NK-ht7txthats antisemitic 😠
@JulieN-v4r
@JulieN-v4r 2 ай бұрын
​@@stefanfreestylezHappens went totalitarian regimes, religios fanatic , envy of prosperity, socialism- Communist! you can see before in History and still today in Africa, middle east, asìa to.
@AnnamariaLeprini
@AnnamariaLeprini 10 ай бұрын
The fact that he risked his life to save her makes me understand that it wasn't selfishness, but love. He was certainly very much in love with her, and I think that in a normal world and without indoctrination he would have been a good person. I think she loved him too, I don't want to romanticize the story, but she herself said she loved him in interviews. But once the war was over it wouldn't have been possible for them to get married (can you imagine their wedding? and family dinners?) So she did the right thing.
@aqifkopertoni6217
@aqifkopertoni6217 8 ай бұрын
he saved her life ,he did much more than she did for him , he was an ss if the other ss members would findout him he could had risk all his family in germany .
@AnnamariaLeprini
@AnnamariaLeprini 8 ай бұрын
​@@aqifkopertoni6217 I think some ss men around him knew this, they just played along. The relationship wasn't that secret, even the other prisoners close to her knew it as you can see from the testimonies
@tomsd8656
@tomsd8656 7 ай бұрын
Indoctrination is like poison to kids' mind. Just imagine you get kids hooked on drug. Indoctrination does the same to them. It's happening in the US now. But parents still have the chance to save their kids from Marxist propagandists. Regrettably, many families avoid "contrversial" topics at home, and many immigrant families couldn't communicate due to language barrier between parents and kids growing up speaking English. It's a national tragedy. But we shall overcome, or die doing so.
@MopMop1234
@MopMop1234 7 ай бұрын
being in love doesnt make someone a good person. the decision they make makes them a good person, he decided to be a nazi guard so he was clearly not a good person.
@yourgirrlll9975
@yourgirrlll9975 7 ай бұрын
You explained it better. You helped me change my perspective.
@danielfernandes711
@danielfernandes711 Жыл бұрын
I would have rather died with my children than stay alive without them
@j0nnyism
@j0nnyism 11 ай бұрын
Easy to say that in the comfort that you will never have to make that choice
@danielfernandes711
@danielfernandes711 11 ай бұрын
@@j0nnyism It's actually an easier decision to make in that situation
@mary-gael7633
@mary-gael7633 10 ай бұрын
Clearly! Me too, I think I'd kill myself. Having my children taken away to die on their own... I couldn't bear it. The worst part of it is letting them alone without me to confort them: this is even worst than death. I think that the people questioning the validity of this claim aren't parents. If they were, they would know.
@dolanddrumpf6344
@dolanddrumpf6344 10 ай бұрын
Absolutely. 😢
@iamlightsunshine6628
@iamlightsunshine6628 10 ай бұрын
@maryannstout7600
@maryannstout7600 3 ай бұрын
This is a beautiful and tragic story. He fell in love with her, both heartfelt and sincere, but also very sad and traumatic. Loving her changed his outlook and he changed how he treated Jewish women . He was kinder. His treatment of the men was still about the same. War is such a horrible experience. Soldiers are expected to hate and kill the enemy. The enemy is whom ever the leaders say they are. And falling in love with the enemy is always taboo. He helped her when she was a prisoner. On the other hand,she testified for him at his trial. They each did what they could for the other. Under the circumstances, I think that’s the best either was able to do. And they each went on with their lives as they should have done.
@bexief31
@bexief31 5 ай бұрын
It infuriates me that there are people who actually believe the Holocaust never happened. To deny this horrific time in history is the ultimate betrayal of the millions who died and suffered at the hands of Hitler and his evil Nazi regime. May we never, ever forget nor deny the evil that hatred causes. Nearly all of the survivors have now passed. It is up to the rest of us to make certain these events are not lost to revisionist history.
@sunlight-sky151
@sunlight-sky151 4 ай бұрын
It's not that it didn't happen, it's the fact that populations the world over suffered much worse but you are only allowed to be sad about the Holocaust. 61 million people perished in World War 2 alone but it's always about the poor Jews. You aren't allowed to talk about the horror of Jewish Marxism inflicted against Europe
@stefanfreestylez
@stefanfreestylez 2 ай бұрын
You should be equally mad about slavs killed in the same camps...or the Chinese killed by Japanese. Funny how just this one group gets the focus when people suffered all over.
@philolson5110
@philolson5110 2 ай бұрын
Are you just as mad over the 7 million Ukrainians starved to death by Stalin in the Holodomor? How about be the 50 million state dissidents systematically exterminated by Mao? If not, ask yourself why those crimes which exceed exceeded the holocaust in scale and scope never get the same levels historical attention?
@thehocean
@thehocean 2 ай бұрын
Those things are horrible tragedies too. I hope no one is saying they aren’t. The unique thing about the Holocaust is that it was a deliberate campaign to exterminate a group based on their ethnicity not for a political or material purposes really but just because of hate- because people got off on it. There have been many wars and revolutions where many have died, and I don’t understand your compulsion to attempt to draw attention away from this specific tragedy. Would you feel at liberty to do that at, say, a slavery memorial, or a Vietnam memorial? And if not, why not? Who are you so compelled to do so here? Does the idea of empathizing with Jewish pain specifically feel threatening to you somehow? You don’t have to answer here (of course), but I ask sincerely in the hope that maybe you’ll reflect on what I’m saying. Thank you so much.
@stefanfreestylez
@stefanfreestylez 2 ай бұрын
@ i think the problem with it is that its been used to end all discussion around that group of people. They have been kicked out of every single european country/state/empire multiple times in the past 500 years. And theres a reason for it....at the core they are evil🤷‍♂️ they literally identify with a satanic symbol (also on their flag) not once mentioned in scripture (talmud or bible). If you want the true picture of who they are simply go here on youtube and search - the romance of a peoples 1933 Chicago worlds fair.
@marcelamrekajova5088
@marcelamrekajova5088 10 ай бұрын
Huge appreciation for the narrator who researched the correct pronunciation of all Slovak names a cities and tried to mimic it as closely as he could ❤ Usually, the pronunciation is so bad that I cannot even guess what it is supposed to be.
@lynnkayee1015
@lynnkayee1015 4 ай бұрын
To be fair, I've heard and tried to mimic the names of far away places...and they still sound nothing like they're supposed to. Lmao Sometimes I swear the harder I try, the worse it sounds. 😭
@euphorbia1581
@euphorbia1581 2 ай бұрын
AI maybe?
@atsurokihara5525
@atsurokihara5525 Ай бұрын
Pretty sure the narrator is AI lmao.
@enigmaticallis3110
@enigmaticallis3110 Ай бұрын
Off topic, but you have a beautiful name!!! It's the female version of my grandfather's middle name 'Marcel' ☺️☺️
@abfab2517
@abfab2517 Ай бұрын
lmao it is a ai voice !
@robertsanford6786
@robertsanford6786 Жыл бұрын
What a story!!! THIS is one of the best stories to come along in a long time! Keep it up! I subscribed! Good job.
@christina7215
@christina7215 2 ай бұрын
It’s a lie … 😂
@fritula6200
@fritula6200 10 ай бұрын
He saved her life first... after the war she saved his life:
@caitlin6503
@caitlin6503 8 ай бұрын
Such a beautiful and accurate way of putting it.
@jamiulislam9945
@jamiulislam9945 7 ай бұрын
Do u know the story between Mahmur Darwich and Rita ?? Mahmud was Palestinian poet, Rita was a Jewish girl of Israel...
@Oumii.020
@Oumii.020 3 ай бұрын
nah she snitched on him at the end so
@Tgogators
@Tgogators 3 ай бұрын
If any aspiring authors or screenwriters (like me) are reading this, this can be the theme of a narrative on them.. There's a free idea for you. Run with it! (just thank me in your speech one day)
@saakshishetty7786
@saakshishetty7786 2 ай бұрын
​@@jamiulislam9945 so?
@Nisa.nisa3944
@Nisa.nisa3944 Ай бұрын
There is a similar story of a Palestinian poet known as Mahmoud Darwish, who fell inlove with an Israeli woman named Rita. She ended up betraying him and joined the Israeli air force, against his land and people. She was his muse when it came to love poems. "Out of my ignorance, I called you a homeland and I forgot that homelands are taken away." -Mahmoud Darwish
@annabeans0311
@annabeans0311 28 күн бұрын
Except it wasn’t his land, was it? Nope. Oh and there is a Palestinian state. It’s called JORDAN
@Nisa.nisa3944
@Nisa.nisa3944 28 күн бұрын
@@annabeans0311 Yes, it was his land actually. This happens with every land that has been colonized istg. The Israelis of today are those from different countries like Poland, Germany etc. Who have been kicked out from an infamous Austrian man, so Britain, who had taken over Palestine at that time, told them to go there and live, cause obviously Britain is soooo generous... The jews you say are authentic and own the land, are actually mostly Europeans and whites that converted to Judaism, or have like the smallest percentage of connection to the Jews of the past. The real Jews, those who deserve to live in Palestine, are those who call themselves Palestinian Jews, and accept equality in all religions to live in one land, instead of massacring everyone, colonizing, committing war crimes, and giving a bad name to the religion. I love Judaism/jews, I despise zionists. Palestine wouldn't be a graveyard if the Israelis weren't there.
@newname5205
@newname5205 22 күн бұрын
@@annabeans0311Interesting 🤔 where was Jesus born?
@IYIDania
@IYIDania 17 күн бұрын
nah crazy this woman was in the holocaust THEN married a zionist and moved to shitsrael??? as if they aren't doing the same thing to Palestinians?!?!
@ALFIJAHRAHMAN
@ALFIJAHRAHMAN 15 күн бұрын
@@annabeans0311what nonsense are you even spewing?
@Swellington_
@Swellington_ Жыл бұрын
Theirs a documentary on this on Tubi and it’s one of the most extraordinary and strange stories I’ve ever heard from the war or anytime actually, and her sister held it against her over her “saving” her but not her daughter,just an unimaginable position to be in,absolutely heartbreaking
@christopher9727
@christopher9727 Жыл бұрын
Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
@sassycat6487
@sassycat6487 Жыл бұрын
I think saving her sister was selfish. She had to spend the rest of her life in agony and grief over losing her two children including an infant.
@chickenlover657
@chickenlover657 Жыл бұрын
@@sassycat6487 Nothing selfish about it and I have no clue how such silly idea could come into your mind. If anyone was selfish it was her sister who blamed her for not saving her children, even tho she obviously couldn't have done anything about it. The death of any child is of course the most tragic thing, but she had no say in the matter. It was not her fault in any way.
@cgee6867
@cgee6867 Жыл бұрын
Thanks...I love Tubi....will look it up,
@MagdalenaIsaiah431
@MagdalenaIsaiah431 Жыл бұрын
​@@chickenlover657💯💯 agreed! I lived with an older Israeli lady for a while in my student days and she told me of the heartbreaking story of her Mother whose first husband and a son were murdered in those Nazi extermination camps. She said even though her Mother immigrated to Israel met and married another loving man, the father of this lady and her brother the Mother never got over her grief and depression over the loss of her first family😭 She told me her mother was almost never happy her whole life that she could remember and later died still in her grief😢 Not hard to understand considering the unimaginable trauma of living through such utterly senseless suffering 😭🙏💙🙏✝️✝️✝️
@ThouSwell-zx3fd
@ThouSwell-zx3fd Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful woman Helena was.
@dorothyblair6741
@dorothyblair6741 Жыл бұрын
Stunning
@aida8356
@aida8356 7 ай бұрын
he was handsome too
@Tgogators
@Tgogators 3 ай бұрын
Yes, I agree. She has a strong Central European look to it (perhaps some Greek influence somewhere in her line). She could her have been a model if circumstances were different.
@linus4693
@linus4693 2 ай бұрын
Pretty privilege
@Smorss2011
@Smorss2011 Ай бұрын
So what?
@Disco-Mike
@Disco-Mike Жыл бұрын
Its crazy she looked so gorgeous in the picture where she smiled wearing the "pijama" in front of Baracks, still good fed. He definitely saved her life and this story was very beautiful. I am German and I always wondered whether something like this happened This story shows love is stronger than hate. I missed such a story.
@Chris-wyt
@Chris-wyt Жыл бұрын
Most were over weight, stop feeling bad. You've been beaten down for to many years. Chin up.
@elligilberg1564
@elligilberg1564 Жыл бұрын
A Romeo and Juliet story
@Disco-Mike
@Disco-Mike Жыл бұрын
@@Chris-wyt Not most... Maybe some... You cant say they were better fed than our soldiers who also didnt had anything. Even the population of Germany starved. Its illogical that all of them were fed like her
@Disco-Mike
@Disco-Mike Жыл бұрын
@@Chris-wyt but yes. It's 80 years ago and the Israelis still use the Holocaust as an excuse for Genocide. We Germans are paying and paying and paying for everyone. We definitely need to chin up.
@expo1706
@expo1706 Жыл бұрын
She was quite plump.
@CableGirl35
@CableGirl35 7 ай бұрын
This story should be made into a movie, if it hasn’t already.
@michelegardens
@michelegardens Ай бұрын
Absolutely ❤❤❤
@3ylit4aa
@3ylit4aa Ай бұрын
there is a documentary called "love it was not" i think
@aoalvidrez
@aoalvidrez 4 ай бұрын
He saved Helena and she saved him in a way. What a touching story.
@ElliotAlderson-cg2qk
@ElliotAlderson-cg2qk 16 күн бұрын
😸 is one hell of a drug
@auroratorres5400
@auroratorres5400 7 ай бұрын
I honestly think she did love him but in that time it would have been hard for people to approve of her being with an ex SS and that is why she never returned any of his letters. I'm sure in the end she did it for love she once had for him and for saving her life. It amazes me that he loved her until his death. He even says it that she changed him the first minute he set eyes on her. A love that could never be. Heartbreaking.
@ChasingRainbows67
@ChasingRainbows67 11 ай бұрын
This made me sad in a way. There are good in people just as there are bad people. They both lived a long life. How hard it must have been, however they both made the best of it and ended up with their own families.❤ RIP to both ❤🙏🇺🇸
@brandip77
@brandip77 Ай бұрын
This story gave me a mix of emotions. One can only imagine the emotional turmoil of this lovely woman.
@sergboxer7785
@sergboxer7785 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@WorldHistoryVideos
@WorldHistoryVideos Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much.
@HeatherReese-q9l
@HeatherReese-q9l 10 ай бұрын
May I ask how did you do the money thing?I've wanted to give money on here and can't figure it out
@Akaneve
@Akaneve 9 ай бұрын
​@user-ck5ux4zm2o it's below the subscribe button with a dollar sign
@WorldHistoryVideos
@WorldHistoryVideos 8 ай бұрын
@@HeatherReese-q9l Thank you. Click on " Thanks " which is below the video next to " share" and there you can send us money. Thank you
@sierraleonediamondexplorat2080
@sierraleonediamondexplorat2080 11 ай бұрын
A lot of bad things happens in wars and its far too easy for us sitting in the comfort of our own homes to judge.
@marvin2678
@marvin2678 11 ай бұрын
yp but still no excuse
@LegumesEtFleurs
@LegumesEtFleurs 10 ай бұрын
As what people say; we will never know unless we are in the same situation.
@laurabernard2094
@laurabernard2094 4 ай бұрын
Evil is Evil PERIOD.
@tytypartridge3135
@tytypartridge3135 3 ай бұрын
You people say this nonsense annoy me yes we can judge because evil is evil.
@mikloridden8276
@mikloridden8276 2 ай бұрын
Nahhh that was awful, everything in that war was even worse than what we know. In the case of Europe German and Russian army were both evil
@jercor45
@jercor45 9 ай бұрын
Thanks
@WorldHistoryVideos
@WorldHistoryVideos 9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much.
@shearwave7885
@shearwave7885 Жыл бұрын
She was very beautiful, and he was a handsome guy. Sad the circumstances….
@heyfitzpablum
@heyfitzpablum Жыл бұрын
Indeed. He had the feelings inside to be a decent person, but it was tainted by his involvement with the SS. War destroys a lot of goodness in people and brings out the worst. Thankfully she and her sister survived.
@Liitebulb
@Liitebulb 9 ай бұрын
So? Good looking people don't fall for other good looking people for their looks
@nangel270
@nangel270 9 ай бұрын
It’s disgusting to worship beauty as the standard for achieving happiness in a relationship.
@niamtxiv
@niamtxiv 9 ай бұрын
Beauty is important ​@@nangel270
@javayna2353
@javayna2353 8 ай бұрын
@@nangel270well ugly people are gross. We don’t have to accept the negligence. They don’t take care of themselves so there’s nothing to be attracted to. They bring it upon their lazy selves and we have every right to reject them. Go to dentist. Eat healthy. Good hygiene and grooming. Smell good. Get an education. Make money. Have something attractive. It’s attainable.
@sarahpiaggio2693
@sarahpiaggio2693 10 ай бұрын
she ended up caring for him, and testified at his trial. But this was not a love relationship in the way that we understand it. It's not as if she had many options, it was allow this man to love and protect you, or you die. Allow this man to protect those around you and at least you'll be able to do some good. I'm not surprised that she avoided him after the war.
@modickens1272
@modickens1272 6 ай бұрын
She probably avoided him after the war because she was afraid she'd give in to temptation. Women love a man in uniform and she probably still remembered him in it. She didn't want to get wet for a criminal but knew it'd happen, so best to avoid it.
@Star-qh5wp
@Star-qh5wp 4 ай бұрын
@@modickens1272I doubt it. Seeing what he was capable of and knowing he was responsible for deaths isn’t a turn on. She was forced to allow it while under the threat of death in the camps
@Courtannica
@Courtannica 3 ай бұрын
​@@modickens1272 yeah..... it's not the uniform. L o l. If you put an un attractive dude in a uniform... he's still unattractive
@SiriuslyVega
@SiriuslyVega 3 ай бұрын
@@Star-qh5wp Did you see that video of the married female prison guard at wentworth prison? she had two kids, went to work and got filmed getting railed by two prisoners. Wonder what their crimes were. My point is - the highest rate of a gender loving violent criminals, its women. It's a whole thing in psychology. Quite vain of you to doubt something off-rip.
@self4341
@self4341 3 ай бұрын
​@@modickens1272 the funniest thing I've read, imagine being this delusional.
@farfaraway4285
@farfaraway4285 11 ай бұрын
Disgusting part of our history. This needs to be taught in schools. Never forget.
@Izzy-oo5rm
@Izzy-oo5rm 10 ай бұрын
It was taught and history is repeating itself today with the oppressed becoming the oppressors
@yaminaamer236
@yaminaamer236 10 ай бұрын
🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
@galsh634
@galsh634 10 ай бұрын
Nope, just dirty Muslims being nazis. They were before WW2, during and after. Just Islam.
@margaretcaponigro1507
@margaretcaponigro1507 10 ай бұрын
That’s the sad part they don’t teach this in schools
@leep7136
@leep7136 10 ай бұрын
​@@yaminaamer236 Wrong video buddy
@dennisjohnsen7297
@dennisjohnsen7297 Жыл бұрын
But what do you think would have happened to her if she had rejected his advances? She saved her life, and more likely the lives of many others.
@galsh634
@galsh634 10 ай бұрын
Exactly, there's no "no".
@jeanade9010
@jeanade9010 4 ай бұрын
It doesn’t sound like he made any advances.
@dennisjohnsen7297
@dennisjohnsen7297 4 ай бұрын
@@jeanade9010 granted, we weren’t there. But think it through…if one is in a death camp and if one manages to survive the initial “live or die” screening, the LAST thing one would want to do is draw attention to one’s self. It’s not like you’re in a bar and if he/she rejects your advances, you can just move on. If SHE were the one to come on to him and he was truly a Nazi, it’s more likely than not that he would have had her shot on the spot. Same thing if she rejected HIS advances. So, just using logic, it’s more likely that HE would have been the one to initiate. Doesn’t mean I’m right, but if I were a betting man, my money would be on him being the initiator. He would have had to use the utmost discretion because even if he was only ACCUSED of having a relationship with an inmate…guard duty career is over and It’s off to the Russian front!
@lynnkayee1015
@lynnkayee1015 4 ай бұрын
You're not wrong though. Before the "love" came, while it was initial attraction alone, rejection from the so-called lesser race would likely have lead to "hate." Hate for her and everyone around her.
@Al-ho1oo
@Al-ho1oo 4 ай бұрын
Thank you, there are a lot of people romanticizing this, they don’t get the circumstances
@b.bernal6151
@b.bernal6151 Жыл бұрын
I’m sure there are a lot more stories like this. Some true love stories, others women and men just trying to survive.
@c.falcon5045
@c.falcon5045 10 күн бұрын
All survival, nothing true love about a group killing off your community.
@dinap3515
@dinap3515 Ай бұрын
I had only ever heard of this briefly in an Auschwitz documentary where Helena was interviewed and mentioned the relationship. Thank you for going more in depth here.
@barbiepr1692
@barbiepr1692 4 ай бұрын
At the end what saved him was his Love for her, that made him feel compassion and empathy toward the Jewish women. He was working for evil, but felt God in his heart. With all my respect Steven Spielberg, I ask you make a movie of this story.
@johnbradbury8610
@johnbradbury8610 3 ай бұрын
what a crock of shit. He still beat other men (I guess you forgot about them) just not the ones he was attracted to. The S.S. members were hand-picked for their loyalty to the NAZI cause. the sky wizard didn't do a damn thing to save anyone
@dwainwilson5080
@dwainwilson5080 2 ай бұрын
Yeah, I'm sure he's reading.
@darlenmontano2917
@darlenmontano2917 Ай бұрын
Not Steven Spielberg, he a creep.
@rahulnair7714
@rahulnair7714 26 күн бұрын
Hurting children is unforgivable! What human mind can even think of doing such a thing???
@angeladoutre59
@angeladoutre59 Жыл бұрын
That was a very sweet story. Thank you for posting it.
@missypuffin8985
@missypuffin8985 Жыл бұрын
She survived. Thats all that matters
@j0nnyism
@j0nnyism 11 ай бұрын
I’m sure the nazi guards felt the same way when their only other option was the eastern front
@markjamison9677
@markjamison9677 8 ай бұрын
@@j0nnyismI would have went to the eastern front some things isn’t worth being a part of .
@YeshuaKingMessiah
@YeshuaKingMessiah 8 ай бұрын
All that matters is being humane Esp when the world has lost its mind The end does not justify the means Ever
@RaychelBowles-m1v
@RaychelBowles-m1v 2 ай бұрын
I love this. Simple and true.
@happybeingmiserable4668
@happybeingmiserable4668 2 ай бұрын
​@@markjamison9677 yeah you say that because you are not faced with that option, imagine inflicting torment on others, or you being forced to march across Russia to Siberia and be in a work Camp where only 500 of thousands of Prisoners survived.
@acerniss
@acerniss 8 ай бұрын
Everything about this story is so incredibly tragic.
@bethpent8851
@bethpent8851 4 ай бұрын
I dont fault Helena doing what she had to do to survive. She was beautiful and she used that attribute to survive.
@j2248
@j2248 10 ай бұрын
This story would make a really powerful movie
@sassycat6487
@sassycat6487 10 ай бұрын
The documentary 'love it was not' was excellent.
@modickens1272
@modickens1272 6 ай бұрын
So did the kathy willets story
@thorbeorn4295
@thorbeorn4295 10 ай бұрын
This story NEEDS a movie! Jesus Christ she was gorgeous.
@robertbickford4149
@robertbickford4149 Жыл бұрын
Love works. Even when the world is at its cruelest. He did bad things, and had to live with it. Maybe this enough punishment. Forgive him, Lord. Amen.
@MagdalenaIsaiah431
@MagdalenaIsaiah431 Жыл бұрын
💯💯 True!!! Not for nothing does The Bible say Love is the greatest of the three Theological Virtues. (1 Corinthians 13:13) And"that it is as strong as death!" (Song of Solomon 8:6) May his soul through the MERCY of GOD rest in PEACE 🌹🌹🌹🙏💙🙏✝️
@enjoying1515
@enjoying1515 11 ай бұрын
No ! Living with the memory of your crimes is not enough! Our God forgives but we are required to suffer the consequences of our crimes.
@ichiban6004
@ichiban6004 11 ай бұрын
Weird watching history slowly repeat itself
@zeroounce8874
@zeroounce8874 Ай бұрын
EXACTLY. SAME PEOPLE TO WHOM THIS HAPPENED NOW DOING TO OTHERS. Learned from the best.
@mm-so2zj
@mm-so2zj Ай бұрын
go on any Israel comment thread and it’s how I assume nazi Germany was in the 1940s… modern day antisemitism is real
@StephenLuke
@StephenLuke Жыл бұрын
RIP Helena Citrónová (1922-2007)
@foreverlovesophie
@foreverlovesophie 11 ай бұрын
Maybe in another time or different situation they may have truly loved each other and had a chance
@Bermuda8
@Bermuda8 10 ай бұрын
​@@foreverlovesophiewhy do u care?
@foreverlovesophie
@foreverlovesophie 10 ай бұрын
⁠oh shut up 😂
@codaalive5076
@codaalive5076 4 ай бұрын
Shame on you.
@gertyrood
@gertyrood 3 ай бұрын
Does her surname translate as lemonstar ! 🤔
@VersusARCH
@VersusARCH 11 ай бұрын
Still a better love story than "Twilight".
@rodneymcdermott5303
@rodneymcdermott5303 10 ай бұрын
To be fair, that’s a mighty low bar set there😂 but yes, you’re correct
@gypsylei777
@gypsylei777 8 ай бұрын
still a better love story than mine
@Slightly_Classy
@Slightly_Classy 8 ай бұрын
💀💀💀
@beckydavis4958
@beckydavis4958 7 ай бұрын
😂
@NK-ht7tx
@NK-ht7tx 7 ай бұрын
Would rather watch twilight. Imagine a Vietnamese women falling in love with an American soldier after having un-alived her family. Once a sadist always a sadist. No women can change a man.
@JOK3R5093
@JOK3R5093 Ай бұрын
This made me so sad. Perhaps in a time without the cruelties of war, he could've been a good man.
@leah6970
@leah6970 7 ай бұрын
imagine the millions of other beautiful Jewish women like Helena who were murdered during the Holocaust. How many horrific tragic stories just like this one. May they all rest in peace.
@itsbaxter2
@itsbaxter2 2 ай бұрын
Right but let's remember the homely as well, all people have value.
@smollilbean
@smollilbean 11 күн бұрын
And remember the less beautiful ones, ugly ones, the men, old people, little kids, the disabled everyone etc
@revanelson8810
@revanelson8810 5 ай бұрын
She never looked at him because she always loved and cared about him when she went testified for him. Even though she denied loving him, they probably suffered from the trauma because of the war. 😩
@alexan8342
@alexan8342 4 ай бұрын
amazing, he saved her life, and she saved his soul, he repented, may they rest in peace
@Onecooltop75
@Onecooltop75 Ай бұрын
May she rest in peace. Despite the good he did for her, he inflicted unspeakable suffering on others. The fact that he saved one prisoner does not excuse his actions on the others
@Jenjen2021
@Jenjen2021 Жыл бұрын
We, humans, are very strange creatures.
@Marlenkaminta
@Marlenkaminta 8 ай бұрын
Calling it 'love affair' is disgusting. This is the survival story of a woman. Man was a raging monster.
@realinus
@realinus 8 ай бұрын
Wrong. Women like men in position of power
@YeshuaKingMessiah
@YeshuaKingMessiah 8 ай бұрын
She says at the trial she was in love
@revanelson8810
@revanelson8810 5 ай бұрын
@marlenkaminta. Come on, some women fall for serial killers like Ted Bundy or Richard Ramirez or some other killer on death row.
@Star-qh5wp
@Star-qh5wp 4 ай бұрын
@@YeshuaKingMessiahit’s pretty easy to say that when you know your life was saved by this man. It’s not possible to really love a man who you had no choice but to allow to entertain you under the threat of death. It’s Stockholm syndrome at best
@Bri-b8z
@Bri-b8z 4 ай бұрын
@@realinusnot in positions of terrible power😅
@katarinasimoncicova4766
@katarinasimoncicova4766 Жыл бұрын
Such a touching story🥲❤️I am from Slovakia
@WorldHistoryVideos
@WorldHistoryVideos 11 ай бұрын
Katarina, dakujeme za Vas komentar. a sme velmi radi, ze sa Vam video pacilo :) Pozdravujeme a dakujeme, ze nas sledujete :)
@ATT-02
@ATT-02 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like in the end, they both saved each other’s lives?
@emi12
@emi12 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video, I'm Slovak but I have never heard about Helena, very strong story
@pkgapp
@pkgapp 26 күн бұрын
I’m Polish and their story and pictures are in prison camp museum in Poland. There was another Nazi who fell in love with Jewish woman but he was horrible to her !!
@tiernanwearen8096
@tiernanwearen8096 9 ай бұрын
Well, if life has taught me anything so far, it's this. You can not control who you fall in love with.
@YeshuaKingMessiah
@YeshuaKingMessiah 8 ай бұрын
That’s ridiculous If u fall in love with a dog U should marry it? If u fall in love right ur reflection U should marry it?
@tiernanwearen8096
@tiernanwearen8096 8 ай бұрын
​​@@YeshuaKingMessiah I'm meant within the bounds of reality. I for one AM NOT OR HAVE EVER BEEN INTO BESTAPHILIA Or Narcissism whatsoever. What I meant I fell in love with a girl who broke my heart but even after all the pain she put me through. Part of me couldn't stop loving her. I never got the chance to marry her though for all intents she was the love of my life
@kchan7512
@kchan7512 29 күн бұрын
If they were torturing her about the existence of a relationship, and the fact that he had to beat her in front of others to save her from the "Angel of Death" tells you exactly what pressures he was under to prove his loyalty to the Nazis to protect his own life too. I learned early in school that not all Germans were Nazi supporters, some people went along out of fear.
@tcramirez1474
@tcramirez1474 29 күн бұрын
Thank you for this story ! Any information from history is greatly appreciated and reminds us of the trials & tribulations many people went through! My heart goes out to all!
@questioneverything8572
@questioneverything8572 2 ай бұрын
She went from loving a Nazi to loving a Zionist.. she sure does have a type 🤣
@topg565
@topg565 Ай бұрын
best comment ever :D
@zeroounce8874
@zeroounce8874 Ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@jeanettejeanette1199
@jeanettejeanette1199 Ай бұрын
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it. A very relevant quote for today. Never forget.
@HSBsoulsurfer
@HSBsoulsurfer Ай бұрын
It just repeated in 2020. We didnt learn anything. 😢
@Adipod47
@Adipod47 6 ай бұрын
You can imagine the kinds of stories that are undiscovered and lost forever.
@DevinSharp300
@DevinSharp300 4 ай бұрын
I feel like they both loved each other but Helena felt like after the war she couldn’t be with him because he reminded her of the trauma she endured around her. Clearly he loved her because he kissed her before leaving and tried to contact her for many years afterwards. Clearly she loved him since she showed up to his trail. I assume she refused to look at him because of the trauma again. But she felt she needed to repay the life debt for not only herself but her sister too. I’m sure he would of saved the kids too if it were possible
@Courtannica
@Courtannica 3 ай бұрын
I don't think it was love.... more like gratitude. Like "you saved my life now let me return the favor."
@mikloridden8276
@mikloridden8276 2 ай бұрын
He still beat his sister… yikes
@DevinSharp300
@DevinSharp300 2 ай бұрын
@@mikloridden8276 I’m not saying it was right. But look at the times. Unfortunately it was considered normal to do that. It’s horribly wrong. That’s why we need to make the future bright and judgement free and not be racist like people before us were. A lot of things in the past were considered normal for that time period. Now we know better. Again, I’m not saying beating her was right by any means. And the holocaust was a horrible tragedy that shouldn’t have ever happened. Too many innocent people died. Too many innocent people tortured.
@mikloridden8276
@mikloridden8276 2 ай бұрын
@@DevinSharp300 Mmm nahh the US had rules. The Germans and Russians treated people worse than animals and used them as pleasure toys. Same with Japan. In a lot of countries even today that stuff is normal. Makes sense why we are always at war with those weirdos.
@Matt92Machine
@Matt92Machine 2 ай бұрын
​@@mikloridden8276 He was in full view of the other Nazi guards. If he didn't, one of the other's probably would have killed her.
@jeanade9010
@jeanade9010 4 ай бұрын
They were the same age. It is sad so many young people were victims of indoctrination. They didn’t even realize what they were doing and when some did, I’m sure the battle inside was hard to bear. I’m glad she survived and lived a good life and it shows her humanity that she went to testify on his behalf. Her poor sister, to lose her children and survive with that terrible grief.
@ivanaramirez6709
@ivanaramirez6709 11 ай бұрын
I heard this story before. I would love to hear his side. I wonder if there is an Interview that was made with him as well but I highly doubt it. They all ran away into hiding.
@YeshuaKingMessiah
@YeshuaKingMessiah 8 ай бұрын
HIS “side”?? What side is that? He was a Nazi in a death camp!
@blackapples4744
@blackapples4744 11 ай бұрын
Helena is very Beautiful. She sort of reminds me of Barbara Streisand. I’m glad she survived. 🕊🙏🏾💛
@sunlight-sky151
@sunlight-sky151 4 ай бұрын
Barbra Streisand and beautiful is physically impossible
@justynah-a3221
@justynah-a3221 Ай бұрын
come on, Helena was waaaaaay more beautiful than Barbra.
@Al-ho1oo
@Al-ho1oo 4 ай бұрын
For anyone calling it love: a murderer cannot know what the meaning of love is. He had killed and beaten both men and women, he was an SS guard, the fact that he treated this girl better doesn’t mean a thing. He treated her better out of selfishness, he wanted her and that’s it. A person capable of feeling love doesn’t have selective empathy. He had empathy only for her and not for the hundreds of people he was actively helping torture and killing
@lisasays7914
@lisasays7914 Ай бұрын
Bingo.
@HSBsoulsurfer
@HSBsoulsurfer Ай бұрын
Having dealt with Narcissist men, this is it. You nailed it.
@JoshuaTrinityWolf-dc4up
@JoshuaTrinityWolf-dc4up 2 ай бұрын
On my father in-law's deathbed in the summer of 1993 he was haunted about his liberation of a camp. A Jewish man begged for a crumb of his chocolate bar due to starvation. My father in-law gave him the whole bar. The prisoner fell to the ground and held up the chocolate bar and cried out in words that my father in-law did not understand. He felt that he had caused so much sorrow to the skinny man in pajamas and it left him confused about the incident for almost 50 years. I explained that spontaneous kindness is something that gave the man hope after all the cruelty and torture's. It was the light of GOD in the prisoners eyes and he would be changed by that act.
@OKEAHKPACA-pd1gl
@OKEAHKPACA-pd1gl 2 ай бұрын
The Jewish man could have died from eating that chocolate bar after being starved.... Many of those prisoners died for being fed too much of food.
@HSBsoulsurfer
@HSBsoulsurfer Ай бұрын
He died from the shock to his system of the chocolate. They had to slowly re-feed them, due to discovering the nature of re-feeding syndrome. Feed them too fast, too richly, and the body goes into shock.
@dianaballiet3661
@dianaballiet3661 22 күн бұрын
I am glad you were able to comfort your dad after he gave the chocolate to the prisoner. It must have been traumatic to your dad to see such a horrible scene. Bless his heart for his compassion.
@ReyOfLight
@ReyOfLight Жыл бұрын
Seeing I'm here super early. I just want to thank you for all the informative videos! But also want to let you know that there's a spam issue on some of your videos where someone starts a thread about being blessed and then it turns into how they invested money. This to me sounds very much like a pyramid scheme or worse, I have reported the thread on at least one previous video, but would really appreciate for everyone's sake if you could just take a look at the comment sections to get rid of those likely spam bots before people fall for it and get scammed
@MrMickthemonster
@MrMickthemonster Жыл бұрын
Chanels with lots of views always get millions of them... they're like weeds they get rid of one and 3 more pop up. Just report comments for all the good it does but there's not much that can be done about it except the application of common sense...
@michelegardens
@michelegardens Ай бұрын
This story is so bittersweet, for underneath we are all human, good and evil, victims and the victimized
@amberanderson528
@amberanderson528 3 күн бұрын
He was a pisces & like pisces he had the caring emotional eyes of one. & was very sympathetic & a brave hero type. It's sad that they never reunited.
@wendybarton5565
@wendybarton5565 10 ай бұрын
This should be a movie!
@jerryglenn7323
@jerryglenn7323 13 күн бұрын
In the madness of war. It brings nothing but pain and sorrow. Nobody wins.
@juliadubin5277
@juliadubin5277 10 ай бұрын
And after everything that my nation had to overcome the world nowadays seems to repeat the same mistakes done in the past- as sad as it is, history repeats itself😢
@Deniseeee84
@Deniseeee84 Ай бұрын
Try being s black person in this nation!
@renskeconnell8038
@renskeconnell8038 Жыл бұрын
Evil and Goodness literally in one body. Why would her sister hold her responsible for her daughter's murder? Thank you for exposing this tragic story.. Many tears to be shed..
@christopher9727
@christopher9727 Жыл бұрын
Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell Come to Jesus Christ today Jesus Christ is only way to heaven Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today Romans 6.23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. John 3:16-21 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. Mark 1.15 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Hebrews 11:6 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Jesus
@besscollins3163
@besscollins3163 Жыл бұрын
The sister was upset that her children died alone. She felt she should have died with them.
@chickenlover657
@chickenlover657 Жыл бұрын
Her sister, like most people, needed someone to blame. Unfairly, as it usually happens. I wonder if she blamed herself too, for making the stupid and fatal decision to come back from Jerusalem. Because in reality, her children died due to that one bad choice.
@lucybarrington4634
@lucybarrington4634 Жыл бұрын
@@chickenlover657 I was thinking the same thing. Holding herself responsible for coming back to the danger of Nazis may have been too much to bear. Easier to blame her sister.
@masogirl2621
@masogirl2621 3 ай бұрын
If you ask me, this is not a love story. Maybe he loved Helena, but she only was trying to survive.
@Betelgue5e
@Betelgue5e Ай бұрын
His love for her was not fuelled by lust nor desire, but the need to serve and protect her. This love affair never stood a chance. Being a Jew is a way of living. He could have converted if he married her, but they will be shunned by her own people. That was heartbreaking. These two were Twin Flames. Destiny brought them back together again with his trial --- but collective hatred and atrocities brought by the war and circumstances, severed their bond, permanently.
@Knh55-u5l
@Knh55-u5l 8 ай бұрын
Helena tells her story about franz on the auschwitz documentary dvd he liked her n he saved her sister but couldnt save her kids but both sisters spoke up for him at his trial, eventually shes liked him but couldnt be realistic between them
@sandilulita
@sandilulita Ай бұрын
This is the reality of choices made under extreme duress. Their story is beautiful and horrendous all at once
@notrealatall196
@notrealatall196 2 ай бұрын
A human's capacity to feel no empathy or mercy for another human is such a shocking trait . Yet we use words like " humane." Imagine how the nazis treated the Jews. The saga continues today in palestine. Faces change... motives change. But human species never ceases to amaze. Lucky for this girl that someone could connect with his inner kindness even a bit
@jak3589
@jak3589 11 ай бұрын
That is an amazing story in such a brutal place.
@n0rmalna
@n0rmalna 7 ай бұрын
It's not brutal place - is brutal nation germans
@irishsakura1
@irishsakura1 Жыл бұрын
This is the second time I have heard this story and I still feel extremely conflicted. It is so rare to see a human side of a Nazi. I’m so interested in their story. I guess this was a real love at first sight. I have so many mixed emotions 🥵
@lindaraterink6451
@lindaraterink6451 Жыл бұрын
Not condoning Nazis. There were humans among them that just lived in a terrible time. They felt they had no choice. It was kill or be killed. Some people do terrible things for their own or their families survival. You can not walk in their shoes until you lived it. Even Jews betrayed their own kind if it could help them. Like the Frank family, who was betrayed by a Jew to save his own.
@lulugoulart5014
@lulugoulart5014 Жыл бұрын
It was all about surviving that horrific time in the history of mankind!
@peterrodby2786
@peterrodby2786 Жыл бұрын
Look up Karl Plagge, Oskar Schindler, Kurt Gerstein, Wm Hosenfeld and you'll find humanitarians amongst monsters.
@fatdaddy1996
@fatdaddy1996 11 ай бұрын
Lindaraterink. What a lot of nonsense! Lots of Germans didn't participate in genocide.
@OKEAHKPACA-pd1gl
@OKEAHKPACA-pd1gl 2 ай бұрын
Why would you be interested in a love story with a Nazi??? And why do you want to see a human side of a Nazi? Nowadays there are too many Nazis in Russia...
@JamesStreet-tp1vb
@JamesStreet-tp1vb 7 ай бұрын
My grandmother was German and lived through WW2. She told me about the German SS and how they would turn in their own mother.
@CarlStJohn-x9w
@CarlStJohn-x9w Жыл бұрын
Strange story in a place of madness.
@alliibee4015
@alliibee4015 11 ай бұрын
I cannot believe the world allowed this to happen
@mlamber7780
@mlamber7780 4 ай бұрын
The world is allowing a lot of evil to happen even today. Put all your faith in Jesus Christ alone. ~ John 3:16
@tytypartridge3135
@tytypartridge3135 3 ай бұрын
Really look at the world around you today evil happening all the time this isn’t some special case. People are still suffering.
@HSBsoulsurfer
@HSBsoulsurfer Ай бұрын
And people allowed it AGAIN, in 2020-- ESPECIALLY GERMANY!!! 😢
@mlamber7780
@mlamber7780 Ай бұрын
@@HSBsoulsurfer Not only Germany. Much evil is being allowed here in the USA as well. The deception is truly beyond words. Check out Matthew 24:4-8. Those are Jesus’ own words spoken approximately 2,000 years ago and yet they sound like something from today’s news headlines. That’s just further proof that Bible prophecy is literally being fulfilled before our very eyes. Trust only in Jesus! No man, no politician from any party can save us. Only Jesus saves! ~ John 3:16
@abodemetto8127
@abodemetto8127 Ай бұрын
I still don't understand how they did nothing 😢
@conceptalfa
@conceptalfa Жыл бұрын
Great and at the same time very sad story!!!👍👍👍
@RobertRencoukas
@RobertRencoukas 4 ай бұрын
This new generation of school kids should be made to study what happened During WW2
@ella35791
@ella35791 Жыл бұрын
L’amour fait des miracles ❤
@Kea-o3k
@Kea-o3k 7 ай бұрын
je suis d'accord avec toi
@PamQuinton
@PamQuinton Ай бұрын
I read this in an article years ago. Never would’ve thought I’d see a video about it.
@DianaSuleiman
@DianaSuleiman 9 ай бұрын
He saved her and her sister, and she saved his life too
@ancaprodan3685
@ancaprodan3685 Ай бұрын
It is shocking how little people learn from their own experience.
@darkPegasista
@darkPegasista Жыл бұрын
One of the saddest irl love stories
@thymekey
@thymekey 3 ай бұрын
truly the wrong time for them to meet. if she truly and only truly wished it...i hope theyre together in another universe.
@TheFinalBathAmber
@TheFinalBathAmber 11 ай бұрын
Excellent story!
@WorldHistoryVideos
@WorldHistoryVideos 11 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@richardbullwood5941
@richardbullwood5941 11 ай бұрын
As long as she didn't hurt anyone else, she had to do what she had to do to survive.
@marvin2678
@marvin2678 11 ай бұрын
what do you meanN?
@ilphi08
@ilphi08 4 ай бұрын
Surprised this isn't a movie yet.
@APPLE2557XD
@APPLE2557XD 3 ай бұрын
@TheLittleLambTalks In schindlers list there is a Jewish womanin a camp that is let to live with the SS commandant because his liking of her
@zmgz4916
@zmgz4916 Ай бұрын
All the actions done in Slowakia mentioned in the first minutes of the video resemble what Israel is doing to Palestinians . Crazy how history repeats itself so similarly.
@TumblinWeeds
@TumblinWeeds Ай бұрын
I’m certain he loved her and truly tried to change for her. I’m not sure if she really loved him. It sounds like showing affection for him was necessary for survival, but how can you love a man who abuses your fellow men? Showing any of her anger would probably result in her death. I bet she had grown to forgive him by the end, seeing how hard he’d tried and how he repented. But even still it was easier for her to never see any part of the camps again, including him. Imagine how hard it would be to move on when you marry a prison guard who reminds you of your sister’s children?
@TheHoodVoice2024
@TheHoodVoice2024 Ай бұрын
She basically traded on her people
@HoodlumMedia
@HoodlumMedia 8 ай бұрын
5:11 where the video SHOULD start. Jeez this is worse than websites that cram another 1000 words of stuff you don't need before you actually get to the info the title says it's about.
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