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This testimony by Jewish survivor, Esther Clifford, is from USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive and is also featured in Echoes & Reflections: A Multimedia Curriculum on the Holocaust. For more information, visit: www.echoesandreflections.org
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@marieb6813 2 года назад

I can listen to her voice all day. So eloquent and lovely.

@r.a.8026 2 года назад

Right?! I’ve listened to this dozens of times because her voice is so soothing

@sjp4u338 Год назад

Yes….such a beautiful lady. 🌷

@teatimetours2551 Год назад

Totally agree!

@nightwish1000 8 месяцев назад

@@r.a.8026 it's her cute hessian accent.

@dab7963 Год назад

She is so kind and beautiful. So refined. She speaks of such horrors so calmly. It's beyond belief.

@SwimKam Год назад

I am so thankful to the Shoah Foundation for curating these Witness and Survivor Testimonies. They are Sacred Texts and the courage to Tell is a powerful Teaching

@thescentman3678 Год назад

It s very important that nothing get s forgotten and that this kind of atrocities NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN! LOVE & PEACE FOR ALL HUMAN BEINGS

@sjp4u338 Год назад

…..and the camps are holy ground 🙏🏼😢🙏🏼

@valerieirvin249 Месяц назад

Having said that then I'm going to assume you see all the similarities happening in America ?? Democrats " sanctuary " cities, trying to force people to open there homes to illegals, closing down businesses- cvd plan-demic, etc.

@Mary-rg4tl 3 года назад

This lady is a LADY! She is/was so beautiful inside and out! Her make up, hair, nails, clothes, jewelry and even the chair she was sitting in all matched. She speaks eloquently and she is soft spoken. I don't believe she realized how brave she was during that horrific time. Rest in peace Dear Sweet Dear 🙏 May God bless your son and his family. If you read this somewhere out in cyberspace, Thank you so very much for your story. 💗

@searchforthetruth9836 3 года назад

I agree with you, Mary, 100%. Thank you for putting in to words what I have been thinking. God bless you.

@gonefishing167 2 года назад

Couldn’t say it better. That was beautiful and, yes, I hope she does read it out in cyberspace. Hopefully reunited with lost loved ones 🙏🙏🙏🙏🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

@blancabulgrin5560 Год назад

The colors you see are fron the 80s n 90s dusty rose n desert soft colors ! She's a wonderful lady !

@janetblanc7658 Год назад

The impression I have from listening to numerous survivors is one of great dignity, humility, decency and of course a high level of education and culture.

@debbiezimmerman2643 Год назад

What a graceful, elegant woman..

@MartyCostello 5 лет назад

What a humble person. I would have loved watching her on the big screen. So sad that all of that creativity and dreams were crushed. Blessings to her and her family. You are a valued person who didn't let that nightmare ruin your life. You are BEAUTIFUL.

@marvinfrancis7599 3 года назад

Such a sweet lady! So glad she married and had a family and substantially overcame her unimaginable trauma.

@bacaworld7095 3 года назад

Lovely and dignified woman. I am so grateful for the survivors.

@BeckBeckGo Год назад

The same. And I’m so glad survivors weren’t JUST those who successfully hid from the Nazis (which many managed to do) because we now have firsthand accounts of things that happened behind the fences. These kinds of atrocities right now happen in DPRK. And the defectors are so valuable as storytellers. They’re scared but they talk.

@jasminejones9937 3 года назад

Esther said she was 14 in 1935 which means she was born in 1921 which means she was 74 when this interview was conducted in 1995 Wow she looked fantastic for her age !!!

@CRMcCue123 2 года назад

She was actually born in 1920 so even older. She does look great!

@gregrak9389 Год назад

WHO CARES?? she said she was born in 1920, quit with the "knit picking," you're just as bad as this interviewer was, making this elegant, classy lady, repeat herself over dates, names, spelling of names, etc.. I'm finding that a lot of these interviewers are putting these fine interviewees through this verbal torture!!

@ingridwatsup9671 Год назад

@@gregrak9389any ounce of positivity in you?

@schelliegris7481 11 месяцев назад

She was born in 1920, as she said.

@schelliegris7481 11 месяцев назад

@gregrak9389 these interviews have a historical purpose.

@hiddengemali8262 5 лет назад

I can not imagine what it was like to be so young , alone ,separated from family and having to make grown up decisions whilst living in threat of your life . Unimaginable anguish and suffering only to find out your family are gone and worse not actually knowing the facts only statistics and horrendous accounts made by others during this time . Love thy neighbour comes to mind , what a safer place this world would be but sadly atrocities continue today . ✊ to this lady telling her incredible journey .

@lakenrosekendall5449 3 года назад

Such a dignified lady

@Yo_mama_wears_combat-boots Год назад

Such a beautiful and articulate woman. I feel so sad that she had to experience inhumanity.

@deecawford 9 месяцев назад

Such a proper lady. Very elegant and classic, just a classic beautiful woman. Wow she has aged very well. She is so well spoken and after such a horrible part of her life, she still seems like a very kind person. Bless you sweet lady. I’m sure she’s probably passed by now 10/2023 but I am extremely grateful for her telling her part of this time in our world. I’m sorry for what humans are capable of.

@davidpaul5338 Год назад

She is so elegant and a credit to humanity.

@helend80d.64 Год назад

What a lovely lovely lady!!!!!! Our little everyday problems look so unimportant when you listen to stories like this!

@kellybourque5391 4 года назад

God Bless you Sweet Beautiful Lady She is Gone to Heaven , she would Be 100 years old today. 🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️🙏🌹

@eddieespinoza4241 3 года назад

When did she passed away

@monatingbjr6636 3 года назад

God Bless her❤️

@eddieespinoza4241 3 года назад

@@monatingbjr6636 yeah God bless her I wonder what she saw

@Gigiroo 3 года назад

What a kind hearted sweet woman... Her soul is so pure. I do hope she had a good life in America.

@skipmullen7047 2 года назад

What a beautiful woman. I thought my life was tough but there is no comparison. Thank you for sharing your experiences.

@ingridwatsup9671 Год назад

July 7th 2016: Esther Clifford Eve dies at the age of 95. What a strong and wonderful lady.

@gonefishing167 2 года назад

What a beautiful lady and I thank her for her testimony. How hard it must have been for her and she did it with such Grace. We must remember , it’s vital for our existence also, that we don’t forget. It did make me smile when she mentioned ‘meals on wheels’ because that’s what I’m having for my dinner tonight. We have meals on wheels on Australia and thrust do a marvellous job. Even though I’m 200 odd k’s from the capital city, it’s still available for many. So, thank you for that. You survived against horrendous odds and you’ve raised a lovely family through whose veins flow the genetics of both yours and your husbands beloved family. If one can call you being a winner - you are. You beat an evil man. He has no family to follow on from him ( perhaps thank goodness) but you do. Blessings up you and your family. Thank youn🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺👵👵

@pattimcquearythomas536 3 года назад

Shes such a beautiful lady inside and out.

@ajkalwaysneedsmoreinfo.576 3 года назад

The sad thing about this episode in human history is that we will repeat it sooner than later...

@gonefishing167 2 года назад

Sadly , yes. As an evolutionary experiment we have been a disaster. Dinosaurs were around for 200 million odd years and we probably wouldn’t even be here without that asteroid. What have we done - kill each other and hate each other. So sad. If we don’t learn we are doomed 👵👵👵🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

@teemarie5478 2 года назад

@@gonefishing167 sadly humans have been doing mass murders for all of time. I really don’t see it ever not being a thing😓 it’s really sad that people can’t accept when others are different!

@teemarie5478 2 года назад

It makes me beyond depressed that in the US they starting to teach CRT Critical Race theory. I fear that will cause terrible destruction in the near future, most whites people despise other races for it & most POC despise white people. I try my best to be good to all people.

@shantakrishnasamy7783 3 года назад

What a beautiful lady. She suffered so much. I too do not understand why some people are capable of killing someone because they were of different faith.

@BlueSpruce60 2 года назад

So amazing what they went through. She is excellent!

@sangeetasanjiv 8 дней назад

Such a wonderful elegant lady and so clear in her communication ...very well expressed and explained what she went through ...

@shawnaallen5978 3 года назад

She was so beautiful ❤️. Thank you for sharing your brave story ❤️. Watched in 2021

@fuensantacampillogomez3288 Год назад

Thank you very much for editing the video with subtitles. An example of overcoming. You have created a beautiful family. Grateful for your effort and tenacity in spreading your testimony!

@aishabenmoussa557 2 года назад

Thank you so much for your testimony.

@karenembury6467 3 года назад

Such True class and beauty. A .generous of spirit . A lovely lady . Bless . May more be like her ....

@alexismello8735 3 года назад

Very nice lady. Thank you for sharing your story.

@cherylstaples1790 3 года назад

She was certainly beautiful enough to have been a movie star, or at least a super model!

@wendyhannaford7696 3 года назад

What a beautiful lovely woman! I really enjoyed listening to her , it must have been very difficult for her, I am thankful she was able to escape and make it out!!

@farahqureshi1974 2 года назад

This is why I always sympathise with refugees as no one wants to leave thier home but they are forced to

@rastim8952 3 года назад

What a wonderful message at the end of this record.

@carlaskillings9055 2 года назад

Beautiful well spoken lady.

@cignoazzurro9403 2 года назад

Ester really touched me. What a beautiful lady inside and out!

@janicemetzger6338 3 года назад

What a beautiful lady. I can't begin to imagine what she went through. Disgraceful, evil human beings!! All I can say.

@BrianJuntunen 3 года назад

She is like my mother was

@noracathrine 2 года назад

Fine lady and so elocuent giving details of all what she remembered. Horrible what she had to live being so young

@robynholliday4794 Год назад

Thank you Esther - you are amazing - resilient lady.

@seanberthiaume8240 3 года назад

How horrible what was done to those HUMAN BEINGS and couldn't even fight back as they were DISARMED so whenever you hear of more gun CONTROL you better think twice!

@seanberthiaume8240 2 года назад

Am here in FREEDOM West Virginia!

@dp6970 3 года назад

She’s lovely 💖

@maureenmckenna5220 Год назад

England after the war was still on rationed food for quite some time. They were smart to come to America. And, New York City was a true melting pot. Esther is a smart, brave woman who suffered greatly. She survived and eventually thrived. Of course, she is correct in that you do not ever fully recover from this kind of trauma. She is a lovely, cultured woman who has let her testimony stand for itself.

@pamelacorbett8774 4 года назад

What’s with the spelling obsession? She even asked the poor lady to spell ‘Leo’!

@rojaabtahisharifzadeh8919 4 года назад

Sometimes it appears that the interviewers don’t even listen as they keep asking the same question :(

@jacquesmunier1199 3 года назад

I totally agree with you. This spelling obsession is rather unpleasant and it gets on my nerves.

@leahmpalzer 3 года назад

They are keeping a record and she is doing her job as an interviewer to keep the interviewee on track. Every interviewee has the same major questions asked and then can elaberate and tell their story. I shouldn't have to say the obvious.

@jt8162 3 года назад

No one made you post anything and that wasn't even a proper answer.

@BreaMichelle3 3 года назад

Omg all these old interviews from the 90s, this interviewer is ALWAYS interrupting and asking for them to spell things. Some of the interviews are much worse than others. This one isn’t nearly as bad as some others I’ve seen with this same interviewer, but still so bad!. I hope someone told the interviewer to stop.

@tearbag 3 года назад

What a beautiful lady. Her husband was a handsome fella, too!

@evelynezachary2675 Год назад

May God continue to bless you

@Majickcharm 2 года назад

I am so sorry you have lost your family.

@bellamoore8247 Год назад

YOU ARE A WONDERFUL INTELLIGENT WOMAN THANK YOU FOR YOUR STORY

@middle-ageaintnothinbutanu4129 2 года назад

The sweetest woman ..she endured so much .Young persons her age could never endure what she did. So much did the black and brown people who were brought to this county to be beasts of burden because of the hatred of their existence for being a different race unlike them.😔

@susanmckenna4506 11 месяцев назад

Such a BEAUTIFUL soul. So tragic what they endured and with such Grace.

@jazmynbrown6820 3 года назад

That's a beautiful woman.

@edwardnewsome7200 2 года назад

Wonderful lady

@susanparker1374 Год назад

Such a fine lady. Bless her

@sjp4u338 3 года назад

A lovely lady 💕💗🌸

@lalaopenshaw7368 Год назад

How each survivor handle's themselves is absolutely amazing. They lived through hell and came out as humbled as ever. And here we are complaining àbout everything,..

@gaillamont9134 2 года назад

I can’t understand how people could be so cruel by choice . Like the man said you don’t have to give up the apartment . He showed compassion . Why are some people born so cruel and others so compassionate .

@patriciacole8773 Год назад

I believe it’s probably because of narcissism. Also it’s a spiritual battle over worship.

@neshama44 Год назад

such a beautiful lady heartreaking

@marekdudek 3 года назад

She is beautyful and very smart.I wish have wife like her.

@ladylibertywdc8324 2 года назад

Pls edit out tone w color bars at start.

@theresaholguin699 3 года назад

Beautiful lady may she rest in place

@sandyhicks2740 2 года назад

I must have missed it somewhere..can anyone tell me how she got papers to travel to Munich and back and to prove that the apartment she was in and signed over to the nazis was hers?

@katyhemsley6846 2 года назад

Your Amazing wow

@1978JonBullock 3 месяца назад

Mrs Esther Clifford interview is a fascinating and horrifying interview. These interviews of the Holocaust survivers is very important for historical research.

@elizaraj3974 3 года назад

💗

@christychristina292 Год назад

Such an elegant and graceful lady. I felt so protective of her watching this, even knowing [obviously] that she survived. That her 'Christian' neighbor asked her if he could be of help when her family was deported and she was in shock, then instead of giving her money took the opportunity to rifle through her apartment and basically loot it says it all.

@ap333ful Год назад

She is right. Family is life.

@MicharlMcGarry-pn1fd Год назад

Elegant lady...

@nataliemeenakshithegreat7780 2 года назад

Mum and dad also are survivors

@deadofthis4315 2 месяца назад

Amazing lady :)

@timheasman2984 4 года назад

Did she ask her to spell Munich ? 😳

@debbabbit9283 3 года назад

I know. It's amazing how many people can't find Africa on a map.

@andanotherthingwithhollypa9775 3 года назад

They ask the person they are interviewing to spell hometowns and names for absolute accuracy in this eyewitness account. The woman interviewing Esther knows how to spell Munich.

@MonicaM444 3 года назад

I think it is for future reference. Many young adults and children do not know this history. I taught my daughter at home about it. It’s very important to have it all on the record for historical purposes. 💜

@gigiderrota8063 2 года назад

Why she keep asking the spelling? Esther pronounce every name very clearly.

@zbigniewsas-jaworski699 3 года назад

Before end of ww1 Poland did not exist for over 100 years. So coming from Warsaw before 1919 meant coming from the russian or german occupation zone.

@juliaturner6658 2 года назад

Thank you- American schools dont teach this geography or history.

@evelynezachary2675 Год назад

I'm so sorry that you're having to deal with this it was horrible 😡

@andreadelafuente4194 3 года назад

I always think how God allowed this to happen. There's nothing wrong with these people. They are like me and you. Just regular people to suffer this way. How can one man have so much power? He was the anti- Crist. To be so young and go through this. Seeing and experiencing the worst in humans beings. Not understanding what was happening and why. So sad.

@jazmynbrown6820 3 года назад

God? Humans did this to each other. Humans are the blame, not God.

@trishayamada807 3 года назад

@@jazmynbrown6820 because god is imaginary.

@jazmynbrown6820 3 года назад

@@trishayamada807 yet and still humans hurt each other

@trishayamada807 3 года назад

@@jazmynbrown6820 it’s human nature. It has nothing to do with magical supernatural beings.

@jazmynbrown6820 3 года назад

@@trishayamada807 you're angry for what? must really hate God

@farahqureshi1974 2 года назад

😥

@466glen Год назад

what is this spelling for?

@heathermariesmith5267 2 месяца назад

They all speak this

@atomicboo3453 3 года назад

Ayy Tone

@millers3888 Год назад

48:28 my god I can’t imagine being a child and hearing some big man barking at me and my mother “your heads will roll like these chickens”. Absolutely terrifying

@christinanemcikmongold9683 2 года назад

I wish someone could determine what happened to her parents and brother.... Don't they have records of when they were deported from the Warsaw ghetto - and where they were transported to? Which camp at least?

@nicholaswarrington9090 2 года назад

They died in the ghetto I found on the internet. They wrote a letter saying they we’re starving and we’re never heard from again.

@tristen7085 Год назад

From my understanding they died in the Warsaw Ghetto and would not have been accounted for on documents. Those deported were documented by the Germans at the camps for some weird reason

@christinephur9130 4 месяца назад

Sound too low!!

@nataliemeenakshithegreat7780 2 года назад

Oh. My god my dad was saved at birth y a prince inouïs en velais in Auvergne cleont ferrant is inn the north maybe it is the same priest my'god

@robertconnolly7265 2 года назад

Imagine such lack of rights these high achieving sucessful people endured! I'm baffled by the overwhelming achievements jewish people are known for yet germans just ignored this fact and threw away a massive asset a growing nation should embrace and encourage ,a smart leader rewards such sucess and urges all to engage in the same format as the results are a huge indication of sucess and progress!hitler was a boob that history will regret forever,his followers are a sad reminder of human ignorence and blind trust

@ladygagafans731165 2 года назад

Remarkable life....inspires us to fight for survivel....survival.... for sharing with us.....why the lord allowed evil ? He ordained it....remember secret things belongs to our father in heaven....we will understand it when we meet him after death.....if you are saved by messiah while alive

@patriciacole8773 Год назад

Yes. Remember the fourth commandment KJV

@rescuepetsrule6842 Год назад

How tragic! Her parents leave Jew-hating Poland to go to Germany for better educations only to have their children kicked out of school. At least they tried moving away from anti-Semitism, only to find they had gone from the kettle directly into the flame. Such a lovely woman has such a horrible childhood, but she seems to have beaten the odds- the best revenge is living well.

@FFGG22E 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the opening feedback blast. My ears really appreciated that. Isn't it weird that the world was so afraid of Germany with their blitzkrieg and technology, and their unlimited capacity for monstrous crime, couldn't manage to kill off a bunch of children during their 'reign of horror'?

@nataliemeenakshithegreat7780 2 года назад

In my Jewish family the ré is a lot of hate

@janetblanc7658 Год назад

It's understandable

@Petal4822 2 года назад

Why didn’t they get out of Germany in 1933-34.

@tristen7085 Год назад

No one realised what was coming. They had a life and businesses..

@eduardomarcelino1980 2 года назад

In the congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses they practice rejecting the blood and body of Christ in the Lord's Supper!

@eduardomarcelino1980 2 года назад

the only problem for Jehovah's Witnesses is not to take as an example what Jesus instituted in their memory, which was to eat and drink the emblems in the Lord's Supper! for it is one baptism and one hope of eternal life. Ephesians 4: 4-6 note 4- There is one body and one spirit, just as you were called in a hope to which you were called; 5- one Lord, one faith and one baptism; 6- God, unique and Father of all, who is above all, and through all and in all.

@tadeuszmierzecki5917 6 лет назад

1912 roku nie było Polski,tylko Rosja carska,a pogromy nie były w Warszawie tylko na wschodzie dawnej Polski (Ukraina) inspirowane przez carat i kozaków.

@karo1564 11 месяцев назад

Your claim isn't correct. There was a Poland in 1912. Please check the map here: commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polska-ww1-nation.png

@karenembury6467 3 года назад

So many male camp survivors were once in America drafted and died in Korea. Wonder how truly random that selection was. During the war in the U.K. was detention or army . But what the Americans did after seems more cold blooded. Shame on all countries that closed their boxer and quotas . Britain really was struggling but America ... bring me your poor hungry ... such cold hypocrites!, America ? Shame on them then and now .

@celestialgoddess4615 2 года назад

Shame on Germany

@sharese81 4 года назад

🤷🏿‍♀️

@alexanderordinary2110 4 года назад

Interesting; these people keep saying that they wanted a better life. Why did they move to europe, when its clear even waaay back the europeans didnt treat them well?? Strange. And many are still living in europe.

@jt8162 3 года назад

People often say they want a better job but remain with the same company and don't try and get hired elsewhere. Fear of change can limit people in many ways. Perhaps too over a long period of time they just got used to it and accepted it as a part of their lives. There were many Jewish people not giving up even after being in one of those nightmare camps for years. So sad.

@alonsosevilla2301 2 года назад

The joyous sword hisologically double because sun fortuitously fail lest a keen cormorant. unsightly, ad thumb

@bonita784 8 лет назад

"My parents called him (Hitler) clown" well.....if this doesn't sound like Trump!

@MultiDonkeyface 7 лет назад

Ivonne V. K. You got that right

@rachelpack4089 7 лет назад

Ivonne V. K. which is mire terrifying. "he said he wouldnt last but he did." just like trump

@jgiza8888 6 лет назад

Sounds like your brain is fried by the Media.

@norml6874 5 лет назад

Tramp Stamp are they comparing or saying some things are reminiscent of these times and maybe we don’t realize how easy it is for things like this to happen

@joycerachaels 4 года назад

@@norml6874 Oh ya cause it's the Democrats trying to take our guns away just like Hitler did. Hitler was a socialist just like the Democrats. Hmmmm But President Trump is the bad guy. Wake up!!!

@bennyblanco6317 Год назад

i don't believe it

@ROYinka Год назад

What part ?

@bennyblanco6317 Год назад

@@ROYinka ALL

@ROYinka Год назад

@@bennyblanco6317 ehm…….. ok

@bennyblanco6317 Год назад

@@ROYinka yeah ok is right.

@teatimetours2551 Год назад

if you dig deeply and listen to many survivors testimonies, read a lot on the subject etc, you wouldn't be able to say that anymore. It would be Nice if it didn't happen, but I'm afraid it's all true :(