This Grandmother’s Terrifying Experience During The Holocaust Reminds People Of How Cruel Nazis Were
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The granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, Katie, decided to share the heartbreaking story of her beloved grandmother on Tumblr. Her grandmother was only 2-years-old when Hitler marched into Poland in 1939. The girl was too little to understand how horribly this political shift would change not only her own fate but also the fate of the whole nation.
Despite the fact that Katie’s grandmother survived one of the most terrifying events in history, she was left traumatized for the rest of her life. “Those horrors did not fade with time,” Katie says. Witnessing the deaths of people she knew and loved, being forced out of her home to live in a concentration camp and suffer under horrible conditions left a painful wound, which was reopened 56 years later when she returned to the gates of the concentration camp. This was the first time Katie heard her grandmother’s horrific story and was inspired to share it with others for a very important reason. Scroll below to learn why!
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The granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, Katie, decided to share the heartbreaking story of her beloved grandmother on Tumblr
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We should learn from history so that it doesn't repeat itself. Sadly a lot of people never learn and so Trump gets elected president. He used the same method like Hitler did: Pick an ethnic group and blame them for everything that's wrong. Promised the poor that he will take care of them. Promised jobs, and a better economy so that everyone gets a better life. And now he is in power he's picking fights with almost every other country in the world. (Russia, Turkye, China, and every European country). That man is a threat to America and to the world.
the flack comes from WW2 and was to decieve the enemy - think it was aluminium strips
So C, you're saying holocaust survivors are simply blinded by hatred? You are a disgusting person. Wow.
C, you're a Trump supporter, still... Do you really think you're in a good position to call anyone else delusional? You're delusional if you can't see what a wannabe dictator is.
C, absolute fucking nonsense. I want this country moving in a positive direction, something it can't do with this moron in office. We're not with the ones siding with Neo-Nazis and grand wizards of the KKK. That's you.
C I said Trump is a wannabe dictator. I didn't say we live in a dictatorship.
I'm sorry. Flak comes from the anti-aircraft guns that the German used .
thr Jewish people have been persecuted from time immemorial - a stateles people - - thank "god" they finally got Israel and Jerusalem back
He even picked a fight with Canada and we are (as I believe it was Trevor Noah who so aptly stated) we are the Ned Flanders of countries.
The HG Wellian War of the worls just goes on and on - all in the name of religeon
I always love the ridiculous comparison between Trump and Hitler because its completely laughable and shows a severe lack of understanding of the complex social and political history that led up to Hitler's rise. Hitler was amazingly intelligent, cunning, calculated and manipulative political figure whose acceptance by the German people was overwhelming majority because of the social/political climate. Trump is a clumsy, bumbling clown who won his seat with the "not a career politician" ticket whom has policies and views more than half of the US population vocally dislikes. The comparison is like that of Einstein to Elmo, yet it serves its purpose of self-righteous virtue signaling for the left leaning crowd.
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Let's see, unemployment is down to a record low. Interest rates are down, manufacturing is up, home ownership is up. Taxes are lower, we have less debt as a nation. Yea, President Trump is doing a terrible job. Who was it who chased a conservative off the stage at Berkeley? Democrats. Who is it who threw fireworks at police and conservatives in Minnesota? Democrats. Who was it who attacked conservatives in Portland? Democrats. Who attempted to assassinate a republican congressman? A democrat.... Democrats are assaulting Republicans around the country. WHO is using Nazi tactics? It's not the Republicans.....
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HOW DARE YOU i have family who survived the holocaust how can you even compare what was happening there trump DOES NOT TARGET ANY SPECIFIC GROUP i am mixed i am european latino i have a black gf and my half brother is jewish my godfather a black muslim call me nazi if you want but most ppl of colour jews muslims asians latino mixed ppl we support trump hes not a nazi this is not comparable and an isnult to the survivors to compare that hillary was responsible for what happened in lybia now there are open slave markets there trump never did anything like that you are a disgrace
ppl here really think trump is like hitler yall are insane keep downvoting me it just proves who are the ones really acting like true fascists but its ok i went to israel and you wont believe the support trump has there maybe cuz he actually cared bout the jewish capital wich obviously makes him a nazi right smh fuck yall
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The comparison of trump to Hitler is literally insane. Hitler killed millions, adlults, children etc. Trump will be out in a few years, as the most hated president probably. The trumpster is ending people out of the country, Hitler killed millions, the comparison is not even close. To compare is to make Hitler seem less evil.
I very much doubt people mean Trump is literal Hitler. What we're saying is... this is how shit starts. By stating one group of people is evil and need to be banned. Like he does with Muslims. Nobody is accusing him of murdering millions. However, as it's been stated, people who survived WWII have made many remarks saying that this is how it felt at the beginning. I don't think anyone truly believes he can do much, just that he is a dangerous idiot and needs to be watched.
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I don't know where you fell and hit your head but you have the wrong President. Obozo the clown set race relations back 30 years. He also started the war on cops with his remark Trayvon Martin and always sticking his nose where it didn't belong. You are a complete f@cktard!
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who is going to take over from Donald Trump - his daughter (very intelligent lady she will become president should he die in office (he is 72) - this family just beggars belief
Diane, this isn't a hereditary monarchy. Ivana doesn't get to be President if Trump dies. It goes to the Vice President (Pence), then House Speaker (Ryan), then through a line of Congressional leaders before working through the Cabinet Secretaries. Not that we want any of those clowns to be President either, but Ivana would be no where near the top of the line.
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Looks pretty hereditary to me - he made his daughter vice president
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I knew it wouldn't be long before a Hitler and trump comment. Listen Trump may be a lot of things. But trump is not,like Hitler he hasn't blamed a race for everything that's wrong, every politician claims to help the poor. Hitler along with a few others were some of the most evil men to ever live.
Herb, nonsense. Trump doesn’t have to very clearly state that he blames a particular race. His reaction to when there were alt right in Charlottesville, he said ‘ both sides’ — as in, clearly he isn’t opposed to the alt-right. The alt-right and Hitler are the same. Hate crimes against minorities and various ethnicities have increased since trump elected himself then became president. He doesn’t have to shoot someone himself to have someone killed; his clear support to the alt-right is enough to have some alt-rights attack others of a different race or ethnicity.
Have you ever heard the Trumpenfuhrer talk about Mexicans? (and before you even try to play the card - the distinction between race and nationality is semantic at best).
trump is not a Hitler - he i a billionaire witha huge go who has managed to get in the whitehouse - along with a limitless supply of money - and a twitter account
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/trump is alot of things but he want to transport harmless hardworking people from any nationality - including easterrn european Jewish seeking sanctuary - to where exactly??
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Hitler oversaw the killing of 6 million plus people. Hitler imprisoned millions more, Hitler invaded numerous countries and systematially destroyed them Trump says and does a few things you don't like and now he is,literally like Hitler? How can you even begin to compare the two? And this is not a defense of trump by any means.
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Buddy I agreee if you know history then you k ow that trump is definitely not hitler
My grandmother lived through WWII, in Amsterdam. As a young girl, she was very nearly taken away by Nazis, who thought she looked 'Jewish' because of her darker complexion and darker hair colour. My Great Grandmother had to march down to their office and insist that she was a 'good catholic girl' to get her free. She was saved. Her best friend and neighbour, however, wasn't so lucky. After those neighbours had been taken away, she never saw them again. Later on, many were starving since the Nazis were blocking all aid to the Dutch citizens. One relative, a single young man, starved himself to death giving all of his food coupons to his brother who had 5 children. My Grandmother herself very nearly starved to death as well. The Nazis held onto Holland with a death grip, and as a result, it was the one of the very last countries to be liberated. So when I see anyone trying to justify hate toward other people for the way they're born, race, etc... it makes my blood boil.
it is so important that the people the nazis tried to 'delete' from history have their voices forever heard, not just on a 50th, 100th or 200th anniversary, but always, what happened to her Grandma happened to so many innocent people in so many ways. So many of these had stories that will never be told, but the ones that survived had and have the power to change and save the lives of many more to come. I've just finished reading The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, I would strongly recommend this to anyone who has an interest in this sort of thing. Also the book Maus by Art Spiegelman.
You just cannot read or see the things that happened from Natzi Germany without being overcome by emotion - and all they stuff that happened throughout the rest of Europe that had a Jewish population - is almost unbearable - but we have to bear it to ensure it cannot be repeated
We should learn from history so that it doesn't repeat itself. Sadly a lot of people never learn and so Trump gets elected president. He used the same method like Hitler did: Pick an ethnic group and blame them for everything that's wrong. Promised the poor that he will take care of them. Promised jobs, and a better economy so that everyone gets a better life. And now he is in power he's picking fights with almost every other country in the world. (Russia, Turkye, China, and every European country). That man is a threat to America and to the world.
the flack comes from WW2 and was to decieve the enemy - think it was aluminium strips
So C, you're saying holocaust survivors are simply blinded by hatred? You are a disgusting person. Wow.
C, you're a Trump supporter, still... Do you really think you're in a good position to call anyone else delusional? You're delusional if you can't see what a wannabe dictator is.
C, absolute fucking nonsense. I want this country moving in a positive direction, something it can't do with this moron in office. We're not with the ones siding with Neo-Nazis and grand wizards of the KKK. That's you.
C I said Trump is a wannabe dictator. I didn't say we live in a dictatorship.
I'm sorry. Flak comes from the anti-aircraft guns that the German used .
thr Jewish people have been persecuted from time immemorial - a stateles people - - thank "god" they finally got Israel and Jerusalem back
He even picked a fight with Canada and we are (as I believe it was Trevor Noah who so aptly stated) we are the Ned Flanders of countries.
The HG Wellian War of the worls just goes on and on - all in the name of religeon
I always love the ridiculous comparison between Trump and Hitler because its completely laughable and shows a severe lack of understanding of the complex social and political history that led up to Hitler's rise. Hitler was amazingly intelligent, cunning, calculated and manipulative political figure whose acceptance by the German people was overwhelming majority because of the social/political climate. Trump is a clumsy, bumbling clown who won his seat with the "not a career politician" ticket whom has policies and views more than half of the US population vocally dislikes. The comparison is like that of Einstein to Elmo, yet it serves its purpose of self-righteous virtue signaling for the left leaning crowd.
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Let's see, unemployment is down to a record low. Interest rates are down, manufacturing is up, home ownership is up. Taxes are lower, we have less debt as a nation. Yea, President Trump is doing a terrible job. Who was it who chased a conservative off the stage at Berkeley? Democrats. Who is it who threw fireworks at police and conservatives in Minnesota? Democrats. Who was it who attacked conservatives in Portland? Democrats. Who attempted to assassinate a republican congressman? A democrat.... Democrats are assaulting Republicans around the country. WHO is using Nazi tactics? It's not the Republicans.....
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HOW DARE YOU i have family who survived the holocaust how can you even compare what was happening there trump DOES NOT TARGET ANY SPECIFIC GROUP i am mixed i am european latino i have a black gf and my half brother is jewish my godfather a black muslim call me nazi if you want but most ppl of colour jews muslims asians latino mixed ppl we support trump hes not a nazi this is not comparable and an isnult to the survivors to compare that hillary was responsible for what happened in lybia now there are open slave markets there trump never did anything like that you are a disgrace
ppl here really think trump is like hitler yall are insane keep downvoting me it just proves who are the ones really acting like true fascists but its ok i went to israel and you wont believe the support trump has there maybe cuz he actually cared bout the jewish capital wich obviously makes him a nazi right smh fuck yall
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The comparison of trump to Hitler is literally insane. Hitler killed millions, adlults, children etc. Trump will be out in a few years, as the most hated president probably. The trumpster is ending people out of the country, Hitler killed millions, the comparison is not even close. To compare is to make Hitler seem less evil.
I very much doubt people mean Trump is literal Hitler. What we're saying is... this is how shit starts. By stating one group of people is evil and need to be banned. Like he does with Muslims. Nobody is accusing him of murdering millions. However, as it's been stated, people who survived WWII have made many remarks saying that this is how it felt at the beginning. I don't think anyone truly believes he can do much, just that he is a dangerous idiot and needs to be watched.
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I don't know where you fell and hit your head but you have the wrong President. Obozo the clown set race relations back 30 years. He also started the war on cops with his remark Trayvon Martin and always sticking his nose where it didn't belong. You are a complete f@cktard!
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who is going to take over from Donald Trump - his daughter (very intelligent lady she will become president should he die in office (he is 72) - this family just beggars belief
Diane, this isn't a hereditary monarchy. Ivana doesn't get to be President if Trump dies. It goes to the Vice President (Pence), then House Speaker (Ryan), then through a line of Congressional leaders before working through the Cabinet Secretaries. Not that we want any of those clowns to be President either, but Ivana would be no where near the top of the line.
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Looks pretty hereditary to me - he made his daughter vice president
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I knew it wouldn't be long before a Hitler and trump comment. Listen Trump may be a lot of things. But trump is not,like Hitler he hasn't blamed a race for everything that's wrong, every politician claims to help the poor. Hitler along with a few others were some of the most evil men to ever live.
Herb, nonsense. Trump doesn’t have to very clearly state that he blames a particular race. His reaction to when there were alt right in Charlottesville, he said ‘ both sides’ — as in, clearly he isn’t opposed to the alt-right. The alt-right and Hitler are the same. Hate crimes against minorities and various ethnicities have increased since trump elected himself then became president. He doesn’t have to shoot someone himself to have someone killed; his clear support to the alt-right is enough to have some alt-rights attack others of a different race or ethnicity.
Have you ever heard the Trumpenfuhrer talk about Mexicans? (and before you even try to play the card - the distinction between race and nationality is semantic at best).
trump is not a Hitler - he i a billionaire witha huge go who has managed to get in the whitehouse - along with a limitless supply of money - and a twitter account
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/trump is alot of things but he want to transport harmless hardworking people from any nationality - including easterrn european Jewish seeking sanctuary - to where exactly??
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Hitler oversaw the killing of 6 million plus people. Hitler imprisoned millions more, Hitler invaded numerous countries and systematially destroyed them Trump says and does a few things you don't like and now he is,literally like Hitler? How can you even begin to compare the two? And this is not a defense of trump by any means.
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Buddy I agreee if you know history then you k ow that trump is definitely not hitler
My grandmother lived through WWII, in Amsterdam. As a young girl, she was very nearly taken away by Nazis, who thought she looked 'Jewish' because of her darker complexion and darker hair colour. My Great Grandmother had to march down to their office and insist that she was a 'good catholic girl' to get her free. She was saved. Her best friend and neighbour, however, wasn't so lucky. After those neighbours had been taken away, she never saw them again. Later on, many were starving since the Nazis were blocking all aid to the Dutch citizens. One relative, a single young man, starved himself to death giving all of his food coupons to his brother who had 5 children. My Grandmother herself very nearly starved to death as well. The Nazis held onto Holland with a death grip, and as a result, it was the one of the very last countries to be liberated. So when I see anyone trying to justify hate toward other people for the way they're born, race, etc... it makes my blood boil.
it is so important that the people the nazis tried to 'delete' from history have their voices forever heard, not just on a 50th, 100th or 200th anniversary, but always, what happened to her Grandma happened to so many innocent people in so many ways. So many of these had stories that will never be told, but the ones that survived had and have the power to change and save the lives of many more to come. I've just finished reading The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, I would strongly recommend this to anyone who has an interest in this sort of thing. Also the book Maus by Art Spiegelman.
You just cannot read or see the things that happened from Natzi Germany without being overcome by emotion - and all they stuff that happened throughout the rest of Europe that had a Jewish population - is almost unbearable - but we have to bear it to ensure it cannot be repeated