From the archives: Auschwitz’s atrocities
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Published 2020-01-24
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All Comments (21)
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I wasn't around then but my heart still aches for these people. Those that died, watched their family die and were left alone I cry.
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This video is so sad. Many of these survivors are no longer alive today. My father was one of them. So sad. I visited Auschwitz for the first time just the other day. The experience was extremely powerful and emotional. I cried hard and often. May their memories be for a blessing.
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This woman is phenomenal - what an absolute hero. What a beautiful beautiful soul.
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When the allies liberated Dacheu, General Eisenhower insisted that photographic evidence was produced because, “Years from now someone is going to say that this never happened.”. Ike was a prophet.
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Thank you CBS/60 Minutes for posting this incredibly moving segment. Hopefully others you've done over the decades will be posted here.
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The incredible Morley Safer. You are missed sir. Great interview.
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Fania Fenelon (1918 - 1983) was a very brave French resistance fighter, a very talented musician and singer who barely survived her death camp experiences to perform and tell her story of the Holocaust here.
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Videos like this historic piece are why there’s YouTube. This atrocity should never be forgotten.
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I cried through the whole thing. I'm so glad that this magnificent, lovely woman survived.
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Morley Safer (1931-2016), the longest-serving reporter on 60 Minutes, was Jewish himself. I do not recall having seem him so deeply affected in any other segment. Thank you for doing this, Morley. We miss you, sir. [Safer died in 2016, just eight days after announcing his retirement from 60 Minutes, following 46 seasons with the show. Four days prior to his death, CBS aired a special 60 Minutes episode covering Safer's 61-year journalism career.]
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This is one of the saddest places I've ever been to. Seeing the children's shoes, people's belongings, and all of the human hair was too much to bear. Absolutely heartbreaking to look at the bunks, chambers, and death wall. I could only imagine the fear and horror the people there must have felt. So so sad.
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I can't even imagine being separated from my child or having my entire family murdered...even after liberation those that survived committed suicide at alarming rates. They survived..but were left with no family, no jobs and no money. Pure evil was committed to these poor people and still affects their ancestors today.
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As much as this is almost too difficult to watch, I do admire the beauty of this segment. The editors respecting the silence—just the sounds of the beautiful piano against the backdrop of horror. You don’t find this subtlety today’s network news. It’s just talking heads on top of loud music and quick camera changes.
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What an incredibly brave woman. As a British person I was moved to tears when I heard that recording of her playing the piano
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What a pity that humanity hasn't learnt anything from history and continue to repeat the mistakes and atrocities from the past. So sad!
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I wonder how many young people today know, really know, about this dark part of history. These programs should be shown in schools so it would never be forgotten. If we do forget and, therefore, don't learn from history, it is bound to be repeated in one way or another. When I was in the second grade of grade school, we had a special history hour with a Jewish lady, who survided Auschwitz and Treblinka. Till this day, I remember her shocking, unbelievable, horrific story of survival.
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“Only when I dream, It’s always in me, but I do not suffer”. That may be the strongest human We have ever seen. Wow.
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When some says this never happened it hurts my soul that someone so ignorant is allowed to live a good life.
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This is a place I must visit, as morbid as that may sound to some, it’s out of respect. My daughter attended with her high school and she said the piles of shoes were the things that made her stunned and broke the emotions she’d held in so well until that point. It’s just horrifying that “people” were capable of committing such atrocities upon other human beings. I just wish there was more coverage from this lady, she’s so beautifully spoken and despite her experience her spirit shines SO bright!
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Sad she died just 5 years after this aired in 1978 at age 65. She was an amazing woman, I really can't even imagine how she was able to live some kind of "normal" life after her liberation. Now in the year 2022 I wonder just how many Holocaust survivors are still alive. Can't be very many. #NeverForget#
