Diane von Furstenberg on How Her Mother’s Life Was Saved in Auschwitz 

When you think things are falling apart they may just be falling into place.

our grandparents knew what actual suffering and survival looked like. and we must never forget. my grandpa escaped on time.

One of my favorite designers, we would have never heard of Diane if she had gone left. What a story she told.

Wow, so true. "...you never know. What you think is the worst that can happen to you can be the best".

This was so moving! I’ll be thinking about this for some time to come. Thanks for sharing.

Hearing how that man saved her life just gave me chills.

Thank you. I will always remember your mother's story.

Never underestimate the capacity of man's inhumanity to man. God help us all.

He saved HER life but he was still evil. It's quite disgusting.

this is so powerful.. whenever i feel like im having a bad day i always think its saving me from something much worse

2:19 thank you Diane for sharing your story. Such a valuable lesson.

He didn’t save her life out of any goodness in his heart. He just saw that she was healthy enough to work for a while before she died. He was still as evil as the rest.

My Parents survived the camps and my best friend of 21 years and my Family were speaking last night he had no idea that it was to the right you lived to left you perished. He wept and said he was so sorry he never knew that is how the selection was made. My Mummy wiped his tears and told him to her his tears where a gift for her Heart. The most wonderful moment in all of this that I had my camera on a tripod filming this beautiful encounter. Australia 11.22pm 11 December 2020

I’ll remember that story always.

what a powerful story.

This made me cry. This makes so much sense to me.

This story just helped me open my eyes.

Amazing lady and has done beautiful things with her life. Class act all the way.

In many cases, the men who were responsible for monitoring the process were members of the camp's medical staff, of which the most well known was Dr Josef Mengele, "The Angel of Death". Theses doctors were responsible for preserving the "adequate" workforce, i.e. young and capable men and women that were fit for work, while the others were murdered in a matter of a few hours. The medical staff also chose specific people (mostly teenagers and children) for what was essentially medical experiments to be made on humans, mostly such that caused horrible suffering and brought about the death of the "patients". However. the terrible irony is that if you were picked by the medical staff you had some chance to survive, while if you went with the majority of people who arrived, you were sent immediately to the gas chambers. The man who took Diane von Furstenberg's mother out of that line was probably personally responsible for the suffering and death of hundreds, but he also saved the lives of many of the people he picked.

Thank you for sharing your mothers story. This was such a great episode

This made me cry.

Powerful and the true. Thank God she was saved.

Many ppl “lived” that worked at The Twin Towers in 2001, because some were late, sick, or stepped out for a coffee or breakfast bagel. Just moments from getting back on an elevator to doom. That’s amazing too. They should contact these ppl and do a story/film on them. Call it, “Seconds away”…

Powerful! God Bless us All!

My parents used to tell me a folk tale that resembled the message of this story about a farmer and his son who broke his leg, but then was able to avoid war. It was a series of chance happenstances of good or bad luck that always yielded unexpected results. What was good became tragic and what was heartbreaking saved their lives. I wonder if it came from something like this. My grandfather’s life was saved because his mother made him late for a resistance meeting to wash his feet. When he came to the meeting place, everyone had been captured.

Powerful Story. As a human being that happens to be African American and Native American mix it saddens me to hear the treatment of the Jews. Natives, Jews and African Americans had it pretty bad. We all just want to be human and love.

Thank you for sharing this segment.

I will never forget that....❤

Such an amazing story.

Wow, powerful and sad story at the same time.

This is such an evil time of history!!! Shame on the world for not doing anything sooner.

true you go through stuff saying it is the worst of my life but at the end it is something wonderful

What an amazing story.

Wow. Just wow

@ 2:41, she looks exactly like my German grandmother. It's eerie.

It would mean the world to be able to listen to the story of my own personal history and lineage. I really wish I could.

That breaks my heart

When I did Diane’s makeup, she told me she was part Greek?? Where’s the ending of the DNA part that they show on this show? It usually shows percentages of DNA origins? The show did not show it long enough or mention those details.

Sometimes it hurts but that being said, it will make you the best person in you.

Insane. Could you even imagine?

Beautiful story

Wow what a story

These stories scare me. I am afraid one day peace won't exist anymore. Poor lady. She must have been so scared

Wow very touching story

A real lesson here😮

I went into Diane Von Furstenburg's store in NYC about 20 years ago. There was no-one to help me at the counter, so I approached a woman adjusting a mannequin. It was Diane herself. She shooed me away. I did not care to talk to her, all I wanted was help when there was no-one else in attendance. She treated me like dirt. I had never been treated like that before. Horrible woman.

Powerful life lesson

Never Forget

She is very sympathic

That man was probably dr. Mengele. He did the selections

That was so intense

Yes but that women - Bless her bless her

The BEST designer ever a graceful woman

WOW

May be greatest life lesson here!

Wow wow wow wow

Good true story .

Wow.

He was probably Dr Mangale who is also called “the angel of death”. He must have thought she was pretty strong and should go to other side and be with the women who were doing hard labor. Most of them did die doing that work with those horrible conditions. It was just luck.

Wow

Did he save her life or was he putting her in the work camp

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It's hard to understand why the Germans were so awful during WW2, but sometimes blessings can come true.

Wow ☀️

There’s something about Diane, I find her and Diana Ross so similar in mannerisms…

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That was God's providence. He has a plan for everyone and is always in control.

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Don’t try venting w this lady

Man in a white coat making selections... could it be possible that it was Dr. Josef Mengele himself that day? That would be so crazy.

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Horrible evil

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They look like twins

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That man did not save her life for a good reason. At 21 she must have looked strong enough for slave labor. People were not only gassed. People were also worked to death. If you were a twin you might be taken by Mengele, and experimented on.

Soo strange watching her sympathetically while knowing she's a bit nasty.

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