Jewish Survivor Gloria Lyon Testimony Part 1 | USC Shoah Foundation 

I’ve seen several of these survivor testimonies, and I’m amazed at how incredibly well these survivors ultimately turned out. They are all so well spoken, so eloquent, so elegant, friendly, approachable, and warm. It is amazing how resilient humans are!

Thank you to the producers for interviewing this resilient woman.

I am so glad the survivors are making these videos, we must never forget. She is such a delight

I love hearing all their stories prior to their being victims. They all had beautiful fairytale lives. They all were very well educated. Extremely hardworking and had their own businesses. Beautiful homes with big families that had harmless traditions. They all had handmade clothes and shoes that sounded so beautiful for their time. No matter how many testimonies I listened to. It still fascinates me as to how quickly the Nazi’s reduced each family of their life. I can’t wrap my minds around how a person could do this to anyone.. even their worst enemies. This lady is so sweet I can’t imagine how she coped with the loss of everything and everyone she had. There will never be a good enough excuse for this to have happened

Wow, she is incredibly poised and gracious. What a beautiful lady. I am inspired to know people can survive such horror with such grace and wisdom.

This is one of the most eloquent and clear speakers. She knows how to communicate her experiences. ♡♡♡

It astounds me that the survivors of these or any such atrocities can find it possible to trust and love again. Amazing

How is this not shown in every free country on earth in school?? She is astonishingly articulate and detail- orientated while being engaging and mesmerizing.

i was blessed to work with Gloria at a Bank in S.F. I never heard her full story. I'm so impressed with our God who kept her thru such a trial.

I have watched so many testimonies and Gloria’s is one of the best if not the best, I have seen. She is so sweet and explained things so well. Just heartbreaking what all she and millions of others endured. Thank you Gloria for opening your life and sharing your ❤️ you are much appreciated.

How are these people so strong? Amazing people,..

What a lovely lady. She gave such an articulate testimony. Thank you, Gloria for sharing your moving testimony. God bless

Such a beautiful lady Thank you for sharing your Testimony I was so moved I have been watching many of the testimonies from many if the survivors and it hurts my heart what humans do to their fellow man... Although i only heard about the holocaust around 1970's i was in my twenties Our schools did not teach us this history..i am in Australia and now retired and spend a few hours each night watching many of the testimonies .. Sending love and light to you ❤🇦🇺

What I noticed other than her beautiful, somewhat, cheerful voice, is the fact she credited her mother for the strength that her mother had. She said when she was separated from her mother, she no longer has strength and became confused and doubted the existence of God, yet the first chance she had, she jumped off the truck and went back to the camp. Then further, continued working unbelievably hard jobs as slave labor enduring severe beatings. She doesn't even realize her strength. I believe her love of human beings during inhumane treatment is what saved her. Bless you and thank you for sharing your strength and courage for us to learn from. You are a true inspiration to us all. God blessed you through your trials and tribulations. Now you bless us with your story. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!❣️

This woman is such an amazing person. Her family raised a strong woman. Most of the Jewish woman I have watched speak multiple languages so well. I am so sorry for these horrible times in their lives and for those who were murdered. I am happy that her story along with many others are being put out there to never be forgotten.

Gloria Lyon, you are an amazing women. Your story and the way you relayed was extraordinary, you truly painted a picture. Thank you for the details and cohesiveness of your account.

she is so melodic when she speaks

What a beautiful lady and she sang so nice but I wonder what she sang… I want to say thank you for sharing your story… I’ve been listening and had tears in my eyes… RIP to all the people who died and god bless you Gloria for telling the world what you went though so very bad…

Thank you for the immense privilege of listening to your testimony. I will never forget.

Beautiful woman. May her soul fly free forever. Thank you for your living testimony.

To Gloria's children and grandchildren.. your mum granny was an amazing human being. What love you all must of felt from her. I watched her interview, such bravery.

I’m always amazed by these survivors. Many have learned many different languages. Amazing that they can even talk about the horror.

a huge hug to her soul...

,Gloria is most articulate. Her testimony is extremely touching and she presented it in a most powerful way. Thank you Gloria for your presentation. God bless you.

I also had the pleasure of staying with the Lyons in SF in 1996. Gloria is the first and only holocaust survivor that I have ever met. I found her testimony very moving. I am so glad that I found this on youtube . No youtube in 1996, so once I left SF I couldn't listen again. Tonight I wondered if she would be on youtube and info was also on Wikipedia. Gloria your testimony changed me and I so respected your honesty and openness and willingness to share your experience with my family. Michele de Villiers de Souza from South Africa

She has a lovely singing voice. She is so delightful! Her descriptions of everything make me feel I am with them there.

What an engaging woman. I watch many of these testimonies and am struck over and over by charming and intelligent these survivors are. They have remarkable memories and a rich appreciation for the gift of life.

Well spoken with exceptional English. She's so detailed yet I'm interested in even more. So glad she shared her story for everyone and everyone in the future. One of the best SHOA testimonies I've seen.

I think it is wonderful that theses are talked about. These people are very brave in telling their stories. As long as you can please keep them coming. God bless you all.

Beautiful Person God Bless you I’am So Happy you survived, your a Beautiful Person and a loving soul❤️❤️🙏🙏🌹🌹🇨🇦

This woman is truly beautiful. She had a wonderful life.

extraordinary woman and extraordinary testimony

She has a Disney princess voice or could've been on radio or t.v., beautiful lady, very articulate, such a pleasure to listen to her memories.

An exceptionally interesting and well told testimopny (among many exeptional testimonies). Beutilfully said in eloquent English (intervened with Hungarian songs!): Gloria not only told her story in all details but spent much time and energy on researching the circumstances of her slave labor and the perpetrators after the war. (SS guards, Continental Gummiwerke, Dora Mittelbau etc.). Thank you Gloria. Thanks also to the Shoah Foundation and the interviewer, who was excetionally compassionate and helpful in this case. Watch the other parts also! (Szívből köszönöm Önnek, Glória!)

Awesome woman. Great historian! So sad what these poor people had to endure.

Thank you for singing. 💛

This remarkable and articulate lady was born in Barehovo (Czechoslovakia/Hungary) the very same market town that was home to the late Hugo Gyrn. Hugo Gryn survived the Shoah and went onto become a notable rabbi and radio broadcaster in the UK.

Very intelligent, articulate woman.

Sweet lady, enjoyed the music she included!

These people are very important to listen to because too many young people today have no idea what it's like to really feel like a victim in circumstances that are out of your hands. It humbles us too. I thank these people and how they survived in terrible circumstances

What a beautiful and articulate lady! She reminds me of the Slovak Soprano Lucia Popp.

I had the pleasure of staying at the Bed and Breakfast run by her and her husband, Karl, with my partner and kids a couple years ago. She truly is a beautiful soul! Love that lady.:-) A great couple. BTW, her husband Karl, a lawyer, was one of the people responsible for saving the SF Cable cars.

What an impressive woman!

Incredible survivors, liked her lager song. She has a wonderful qualities of leadership. By the way she spoke like dignified people's of that time of USA.

Love you and your family . So grateful for your telling of your experience xxxxxxx

This dear sweet woman, Gloria Lyon, is so pretty, so intelligent & so well-spoken. After part 2, I will probably at some point watch both parts again, & will definitely share this video.

She would be 91 today wow

This woman was able to taste food without the sense of smell??? It's physically impossible to to do that. Our taste buds are linked with our nose. What a miracle!!! God had her back! That's for sure!! 🙂❤👍

The part about the gypsies with a bonus! I can almost see them singing and dancing.

The lost book of Timothy says to pray with our hearts and not our voices. Say your prayers as if you already believe what your praying for. I believe this woman has this in her heart and this kept her alive. God led her to the light because she never second guessed his love his truth.

She is so lovely X

How did she and others get through such an ordeal? Some incredible histories and such survives .

Very sweet lady. Enjoyed listening to her

What a charming, dear lady. I feel so badly that these horrors occurred and I can't imagine the terrible suffering she endured. She gave such a detailed description and I was surprised at the information she related about the gypsies. It was a pleasure to hear her relate her story although it was heartbreaking, too.

Amazing strong brave beautiful woman. An inspiration to us all. Thank you for sharing your story.

Beautiful voice n singing♡♡♡

My heart completely broke and is still broken when i watched this I can't even begin to imagine how horrific and life shattering this was for everyone that witnessed and experienced this I feel so angry and heartbroken 😡😭

Gloria is so lovely. She really tell this story so beautifully. The reporter doesn’t sound nice at all. I wish this story was done with different reporter.

You have such a beautiful sweet soul. Thank you for sharing. Love and blessings always. Till we get heaven ❤….

She’s really lovely x

Wow, what an incredible woman.

I love each and everyone of you!

God bless this beautiful lady 🥺🫶

Please tell us why we are being told that the interviews are in English when it is obvious?

Riveting testimony and so eloquently told.

Such a sweet lady

Richard called it a war crime. Richard's a Vietnam Vet (1970-1972), was an Army Ranger & Paratrooper, and worked for the National Guard for 8 years after returning from Vietnam because he couldn't get a job on account of people who committed war crimes in Vietnam and they assumed every single soldier did it, Whereas, OTOH, "people who returned from WWII (after committing the most disgusting & vile war crimes you ever saw) were given parades and flag-waving ceremonies that seem ridiculous considering what some of them did. The massacre at Dachau, that wasn't uncovered until 30 years later & was unnecessary bc the enemy had laid down their weapons, is an example of a war crime." But he's referring to the other witness testimony I tried to watch & became too horrified to continue,. She saw a 10 y.o CITIZEN get shot by a "soldier" of their BULLYING Army because the boy "took too long" to step off the sidewalk. I'm still too upset 5 weeks later, and I still can't return to her testimony. They shot CIVILIANS & didn't even care. Richard said "that's a war crime & there's no way to make it into anything else." But I don't know if the "enemy" followed any Geneva Convention rules. Richard also thinks the Geneva Rules are silly, or not realistic to expect that in the middle of mortal combat, people will "see fit to follow civilized rules. War is not civilized, it's the polar opposite of anything human." He thinks nature is cruel by accident. War is uncivilized by design.

Extremely interesting lady

Wonderful, articulate testimony. The interviewer was good. She just stayed out of the way. Cant get over the number of harsh interrupting interviewers. Some so indelicate That I would like to personally shake them until their teeth rattled.

The Vienna born SS "Aufseherin" Hermine Braunschweig, whom Gloria mentiones (known to inmates as "Stomping Mare") was sentenced to 3 years (!) in prison by Austrian court in 1947 and reliesed in 1950. She susequently married an American and became a US citizen! Simon Wiesenthal hunted her down in the 1960s. She was extradited to Germany and sentenced to life prison in 1981. She was eventualy reliesed due to illnes in 1996 and died in 1999, aged 79 at Bochum. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermine_Braunsteiner)

Never forget!!!!

I'm not sure why so many of these interviewers push these lovely ladies to sing songs they really don't want to sing. I've seen this strange occurrence in more than a few interviews.

she sings nice.

Bravo

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War is Insanity. However sometimes necessary, especially against the vile Nazis!!!

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I cannot understand how Hitler & his SS officers could treat anyone with such cruelty how that poor woman endured such beatings I don't know, but God must of been watching & I know it must have pained God to see her endure this treatment. But besides all the labor they did & they were lucky to get food & drink in those concentration camps. It's utterly disgusting how they were treated they were human beings & in my view no body deserves to be treated like they are nothing & put on the heap. ! ☹very sad

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Lovely lady

Lord.

I find it disgusting how Germany was rewarded for WWII by us. What kind of lesson did that give? Never Again? Ever Again is more like it, as has been shown by subsequent events. No country has ever been punished for Genocide. Not Turkey. Not Germany. Not Cambodia. Not Rwanda,n Not Serbia. Not Syria. Not even Iraq really.

The young cellist who fainted mentiend in Gloria's testimony might have been Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--ibZyQA0HUo.html)

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what I have watched out of this holocausts survivors, all most all doesn't look like their ages. They look younger than their ages both men and women.

God bless het. I'll bet her family didn't get any of their land back from those NATO nations. .

This woman is amazing but this interviewer is horrible and rude

She looks beautiful. And younger li'e a bit Asian

Greek Catholic church hahahaaaha

why no word about the civilians watching this torture? Doers she not realize what she looked like then? a living skeleton. What were these well fed Germans thinking? And they had plenty of food. I can't stand these survivors with no anger. It's not human. No more human than the perpetrators.

Strays of the subject and loses the plot.but interesting.

Mm..

What a rude interviewer! Let her tell her story!

Such a sweet lady but her constant um, um, um got n my mpnerves!