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>> i think of those shoes. you know? my four grandparents, we didnt have anything. nothing was found. they said just horrendous, horrendous situation. its so important, so timely now to remind people who dont know anything about it. >> i think one of the most lessons of the holocaust is that the world always changes, but human nature never does. >> this is a reminder of that. >> yes, a harsh reminder. but we need to be reminded of it anew, every generation. in three days, they sent us out of a...

Crematorium, stench from the humans around you, unwashed, unchanged clothes, excrement and urine sticking to your clothes and your body because you were out allowed from the train once a day. that was the overwhelming scent. the only image i can compare it to is the stockyards in chicago and kansas city where thousands of animals were stockpiled until further disposition. in auschwitz, thousands and thousands of recently arrived enslaved people were stockpiled in these compounds. three tiers of ...

Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was 18 when the Nazis deported her to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1943. Because she could play the cello, she became part of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz – and that saved her life.

Ii. it is just all very, very personal for me. >> and, wolf, i know when it comes to how personal it is for you, what was so special about this is that you are telling the story of that, about being the child of holocaust survivors, about being the grandchild of holocaust victims. and you had a little bit of your dads story in here that i want to share with the viewers this morning. >> would you please tell me your full name? >> david blitzer. >> thats my dad, david blitzer. he survived the holo...

A german name. and it was just, you know, i heard my dad growing up with the yiddish name for auschwitz and it was a town that had a significant jewish population before the war, almost all of them were killed, sadly, during the war. so it just was an emotional experience for me to eyewitness what happened. >> youre a living tribute to your father and to the memory of your grandparents, wolf. thank you so much for doing this and thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >> you know...

His experience, from my moms experience, from their familys experience, and hopefully never watch this happen again. and thats why he -- it was so important. there are so few holocaust survivors who are left these days, sadly, you know, theyre dying. and it is so important to hear what they have to say because they lived through it and they experienced it and as a child of holocaust survivors, you know, i grew up learning about it. i didnt know all the details until i was, you know, fully grown,...

Tonight ill take our viewers inside the holocaust museum as the son of holocaust survivors and the grandson of four holocaust victims who were murdered by the nazis. sharing that history is deeply important to me. at a time when holocaust denial are on the rise, it is vitally important, something my late father taught me. >> now, sir, can we begin? would you please tell me your first name. >> david blitzer. >> he survived the holocaust, met my mother, another survivor, and they got married and c...

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He really wanted everyone to know what had happened. let me run a little clip from the documentary tonight about that exchange that my dad had. his oral history. watch this. >> now, we begin. would you please tell me your full name. >> david, vilter. >> thats my dad. david blitzer. he survived the holocaust. he met my mother, another survivor. they got married and came to america after world war ii. he recorded his very personal, very powerful survival story for future generations. >> im origina...

Coming from, people rely on the same template of charges, whether its covid-19, whether its climate change, whatever it might be, the jews are behind it. it would be laughable if it werent so dangerous. >> reporter: why is there this spike right now? >> theres been a rise in divisiveness in this country generally. were a very convenient scapegoat. >> all my parents wanted to do is protect my sister and i. >> reporter: holocaust survivor ruth steinfeld knows this all too well. >> the holocaust st...