My wife ,two polish friends and i were there 2 month's ago. The whole experience reached right down inside me. We should be alot more greatful of what we all have, in this moment in time.
Brian Donaldson - Thanks for taking the time to comment. It’s definitely an experience that puts a lot into perspective. It’s really hard to explain the feeling you get from visiting Auschwitz. It’s emotionally intense and tolling - Thanks for sharing your experience.
I visited Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1973. It was a grey day, but it was spring, and here and there along the fences I saw forsythia blooming. There were no huge crowds, certainly no tour buses. I walked alone and was simply stunned by what I saw. When I left I was nearly shut down, unable to cry, barely able to face what I had witnessed. It took years for me to truly feel the horror and the grief. Now I cry about it easily. And I am crying now. Thank you for your excellent, thoughtful work.
Don't cry just remember that those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it and it's not your fault it's the fault of Hitler and the Nazi's
Very well done and very respectful. There are no words to describe this place and the horrors that took place inside. This is a testament to how horrible human being treated others who did nothing wrong but try to live their lives like everyone else.
I have been there.(in 2007). My grandfather was forced to work in Japan for nothing during Japanese invasion. Very bad memories for family. Yes, I am a Korean. For me, Auschwitz and Nanjing(China) are sad & unforgettable places.
Oh my goodness; you have created something wonderful. Without words but through your excellent filming and beautifully poignant music, you have conveyed the true horror of this place where unspeakable crimes against humanity took place. I went there in 2014, will never, ever forget how I felt and your film reminded of that just now. Thank you very much.
This has to be the best production I have watched about Auschwitz, from @, you never uttered another word, but your film gave us thousands. For such despicable history, your choice of music gave it warmth and comfort, dignity and true respect. Have visited 3 Nazi death camps, two in Germany and Stuttoff in Poland, its very well preserved. Thanks for keeping the dead alive Tom, this film has given them a voice one again.
Thank you for the kind words. As you can imagine, portraying Auschwitz in a video is very challenging task. I appreciate your feedback and I’m glad you think I did it justice with my selection of clips and music.
I have to agree with the previous comment, outstanding job on this video.. not a word uttered but the camera said everything it needed to say. Moved me to tears. May these angels always be remembered, and their souls rest in peace 🙏
The choice to be 'silent' during your video was perfect. It gives the viewer the right and the opportunity to take in the images and feel it in their own heart...ty
Thanks for that mate. Well balanced👌 I was there a few years back and it truly is life changing, I appreciate you letting me revisit this historic place with you.
Go Anywhere Travel Nursing - Thanks guys. I appreciate your comment about the video being balanced. It was definitely challenging to edit - I usually do more talking in my videos, but this place is far more suited for silent reflection. Thanks for watching - I’m glad that this edit allowed you to reflect on your own experience.
Thank you for this video. Just music and no words were the perfect. Lets you take it all in on what happen there. Again thank you. Let us never forget what hate can do.
Thanks for watching, Tracie - I appreciate the comment. Visiting Auschwitz was an emotionally intense experience for me and I'm glad that my video is able to communicate that to the viewers. Let's never the forget the horrors of hate - “The one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again” - George Santayana.
@@TomPapworth I was just hanging with some people and mid-conversation this one guy coldly said ww2 happened so long ago and no one cares anymore. And this guy was born in '64. Only 20 years after this happened. Just disgusting. I wanted to curse him out
This is by far the best video I have ever watched on Auschwitz, for that I thank you. The music and the silence spoke in volumes. The camera and even the expressions on your face gave so much. A truly respectful young man. Unfortunately I am not able to travel, but you brought this to me, thank you. I pray for all those who lost their lives during the horrific years. I pray for the families who are still with us. I send you all peace, love and light Ireland 🇮🇪 ❤
Thank you for a very well filmed and respectful video, I'm going to visit Krakow and Auschwitz in Jan 2020 for 9 days, I want to go to Birkenau in winter because that's when my Grandad was taken there, sadly he never left, I always wanted to visit it but kept putting it off but now at 60 years old it may be my last chance to do so, I think I'll need to take a lot of kleenex with me, Bless you
very sad, i hope to go this year hopefully same as you jim 60 this year in june, my daughter goes to amsterdam she likes the museum about anne frank............
wow, that must been powerful to be there, i know how hard it must have been going there and seeing that. you did a great tribute to those people who had died we will not forget what had happened that day. thank you my friend
I have cried a million tears watching these videos, and I'm certain I cry a million more because for all this pain in my heart for what history did to those innocent people, justice can't be served and things can't be made right for the dead. No person deserves this treatment. Even those that do, I wouldn't wish this upon them.
Great historical video. I appreciate that there was no talking. A visit to Aushwitz should be a somber experience. This place was the epicenter of the worst that humanity and hate had to offer. This place Is hallowed ground , history and most importantly. A warning. As much as I would like to visit. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to make the trip. So I certainly appreciate those that have visited and document their experience. Everyday we loose more survivors and eyewitness’s. With the current political and social environment trends today. This history needs to be carried forward so it never happens again. Everyone has certain biases and left unchecked or worse, organized. This will happen again.
Wow you did a beautiful job here in obviously horrific upsetting times . I’m visiting this year once everything is back to normal . Helpful video with the bus etc . Thanks my friend 👍🇬🇧
I'm supposed to be off to Krakow in January (pandemic allowing) and it's my intention to visit here. I know it won't be a nice experience but it's one that I feel must be done. I was a bit wary about watching this video as I wasn't sure if it would capture the delicacy required for such place but you have managed to get the perfect balance. Wonderful, touching video. Thank you for sharing your nice production. God bless all who lost their lives in such a cruel and inhumane manner and god bless all who were/are affected. They must never be forgotten.
Been thinking about visiting for a while now but this video has made my mind up, probably one of the most respective videos I've watched, well done brother 👌
One day I really wish I can have the freedom to visit other countries, I would really love to see something like this in person. Such a sad part of history.
Before 1910 Germany was a peaceful country and everyone lived a normal life. Then WW1 happened then happened, then in 1933 Germany laws completed changed. The police force no longer served the people, they served under Nazi Party and had instructions to follow. The Police force in Nazi Germany were the ones carrying out the genocides as well.
There is a much darker side to Oswiencim. That no one explores. My parents escaped to Canada in 92 caus they could not handle it. Our family house back in Kielce has a triple basement. It’s how my family got rich. They offered safety to Jews in exchange for their valuables. Once the basements were full they hid the valuables and called the ss to empty the basements (to make room for the next wave of desperate people). I was not born til 82 so what my family did I can not answer for or be responsible for. I am shamed for what not only my family but many did.
It is good that you choose to accept your families history and not denie it. You are not the person that your ancestors were, you should not feel blame or guilt. Live your life in a way you feel is good for yourself and others.
Its unbelievably sad that current generations do not know abt this monumental evil cast against humanity...and the ones that know, do not believe it occurred. This should be taught in every classroom in every country...
Good filming..I was there in 2002 and the overwhelming feeling I had was confusion,I know that my sound weird but it took me an awful long time too come too terms with my visit....
When I stood on the ramp, looking back towards the gatehouse, I did a 360 degrees turn, I was shocked at the size of the complex, and the amount of people that must have been crammed into the camp. Going there certainly diminished my problems into nothingness. Every thing makes you stop and think, the enormity of what the Nazi party did to all those people is breath taking and must never be forgotten. Half my family comes from Vienna, which was annexed in 1938 in the Anschluss. My Grandma hated Hitler and at war’s end stated she was glad her daughter had married a nice English boy and not a Nazi! One story mum told me was that my Oma knew a Jewish family who lived in the neighbourhood. They was home as usual after curfew, early next morning they were gone from their flat. Everything was gone. They never returned, no one ever heard from them again. Heaven knows what they went trough! I liked your film, very informative, thanks for posting.
For me it's the best museum I've visited, no competition. Of course I'm talking about the way the history is presented. It's absolutely unbiased and left for itself to speak. There was soooo much room for manipulation, but there's none of it. By the way, there are two Auschwitz camps: the one with "Arbeit…" is Auschwitz I, and the one with the train and a tower is Auschwitz II. Remember this when you an to visit, because most people run out of energy (and emotional capacity) in the first one.
jazper go - Thanks for watching. I appreciate your feedback about the video. Capturing the experience of Auschwitz via film is challenging - I wanted to create a video that showcased my experience, whilst also being reflective and respectful.
I have never been there, but my father was in the war, and he told me stories of the terrible events, I remember he baught a book called the Yellow Star and showed us the pictures, this is something that will always stay with me. Man's inhumanity to man, please God we all learn from this
I wasn't born yet when this happened but I can't believe what I am hearing So sad that people had to die in this way It sickens me.The world today in 2021, we still are fighting around the world. Why can't we get along with each other.The different nationalities and religion just make it more interesting in life. God is with all those lost souls.
This is what happens when power is given to the wrong people. People want to live a certain way, religion, race, nationality etc.. This is why people never get along. Humans are the most evil things.
i was there 5 yrs ago, with what’s going on now in Europe,it reminds us what a paranoid strongman of a country can make whimsical decision that can result in mass killing,btw i saw your video about the place that i grew up in Dingle,Iloilo Philippines.
I believe those places should really be cleansed by a Medium or someone who can help the souls of all the people who died there because believe it or not the people who die in such horrific circumstances the soul gets trapped and they are still there suffering until someone helps them and takes them to the light so they can rest in peace..this is so sad
I'm sure many healers have gone through quietly and even at a distance done healing on the place. Also, most victims would have passed on because of their faith in more after life and angelic beings help even a bound soul heal to then be able to move on without another living humans intervention. Very few people will be so stuck to refuse any guidance subconsciously and consciously after such a long time and in these cases then they may be karmatically lead to a high energy living human being who can help them as they are often able to be more aware of these people than their angels.
You need hours and hours to properly visits these memorials. We spent two days in Oświęcim and it still wasn't enough time. My biggest memory was being alone in several places including the entrance to the destroyed gas chambers (2 and 3), the remains of Krema 4 and 5, in the back corner (again, no one around me), Block 11 at the main camp (stood in the "standing cells") and the death wall or shooting wall outside Block 11. To stand there alone with your own thoughts left me dumbfounded.
In tutti i video di questo genocidio vedo, sento con angoscia straziante la terribile fine che si sta preparando ai nostri tempi, nn in questi modi ma il finale sarà lo stesso, nn abbiamo imparato niente
7:40 This!!! If you can't wrap your head around the cold numbers alone, the amount of prosthetic legs, combs and other belongings will reach your emotions. There's a *mountain* of prosthetic limbs. How many people wear prosthetics in average society? Not many. Yet there's a mountain of them…
I really want to go to this one day together with the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam to pay respect. This would be the saddest museum I’ll ever go to I bet. Almost crying watching the video but I think everyone should go to one of them at least once. Let’s make sure something like this NEVER happens again.
Alezandra Davila - Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I’m glad that my video gave you the opportunity to share this experience during lockdown. Stay safe.
Honestly, I think this should not be a museum for tourism at this point (and I'll never visit it), but you are one of the few who are truely worthy to visit such place as you're trying what is like to be in Auschwitz, by showing it extremely respectfully and this music made me feel sad and mostly bad for all the victims. Thank you Tom for your kindness and respect for humanity, I say. Also, whoever dislikes this video are full of crap and they are most like the ones who admire people like who killed the victims and people who ignore such terrible event.
How many innocent people are dying in this Hell!!!😔😪🙏🕯🕯🖤 And all that pain 💔 in the name of a lunatic man 👨.... My grandfather has executed from the Nazi army...at the monastery of Mega Spileon...at the Kalavrita painful village ...in Greece!!!🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 13/12/1943!!! So....I never met him...It must to say one thing!!!! NEVER AGAIN!!!! 😔🙏🕯🕯🖤😠😡🤬✊✊👌👍🇬🇷🇬🇷 BUT NOW...IN THE UKRAINE....👎😔🕯 Thank you for this great documentary!! An excellent job...full of experience 👌 👏
"If this really happened why they want to turn this into a holy thing?" He's got a point, I and millions of people across the globe are asking the same question. If it really happened, meaning if this was not an organized crime, why are the Jews never ever agreeing to come forward for discussing the issue?
My mum & myself went to auchwitz 3 years ago & can't believe what those poor innocent people had to go through , most of those nazi should burn in hell as that's what they truly deserve , good blessings all those victims 🌈 may the lord shine light on you all , can't believe how mankind behaved & all there killing & torture on these poor people , makes me want to 😭
I found information that this place is very haunted, imagine staying at night in this place, or spending night in gas chamber, I bet you may run out after a couple of hours of staying. I hope someone will do paranormal investigation some day.
Am I the only one who feels rather uneasy about watching these videos from places like Auschwitz . History , especially that of man's cruelty to others has to be kept alive but I just think visits to these awful places should be kept as ones silent reflection on the horrific things that happened there . It is obvious that a great effort is taken by many people , when they try to document their visit , to be very respectful but it chills me to see the obvious " no photography " signs posted in some rooms that are ignored . I fear in the age of social media and a change in people's values that these places of horror are becoming just another tourist attraction instead of a place of silent , reflective pilgrimage . I question myself for even viewing so I am as guilty as anyone . Tom obviously went to great lengths to be respectful , the video shows that with no commentary so this is by no means a criticism of his video more of a view of how these places are falling into a tourist attraction to many . When I look at the crowds with camera phones , videos I cannot help but think that many are just treating this place as just another " bucket list " thing to do . A few photographs in appropriate areas of the camps for ones own reflection I understand but videos , photos in gas chambers , execution places , human hair and belongings..... I'm not sure . I guess that's why they put up no photography signs .
I almost agree with you about everything. But filming such places, photographs and such can be useful, specially for those that wish to learn and reflect about this history. Sure, one can learn by reading but to comprehend to further extents an image or a well directed video like this one can be even better. On my part, have always reflected over these events, but the one I actually felt empathy and a mix of sadness and anger was this topic, since i probably will never able to visit a these places i learned and reflected thanks to these videos and images. I try to be a better person and spread those sentiments with those around me in hora that so something so tragic NEVER happens again.
Right after WW2 civilians that lived around the concetration camps were brought to this horrible places by the allied forces. They immediately started to cry. Because they couldn't believe, that this happened next door to them.
It's impossible not to know what is happening round the neighborhood..It's just impossible and if they say they didn't know what is happening there is a complete bullshit. when you see all the SS or soldiers sending many people on train there non stop, you must wonder what are they doing in those camps or buildings..you must have passed there once and looked from a far seeing people getting skinnier and looked worse..how about the smell from the crematorium spreading all over the neighborhood?day and night they must have seen some smoke coming out from the chimney..And they will say they didn't know??is a bullshit...
- LonelyLittleLaney - Thanks for the check-in. I’ve just been super busy with work and unfortunately my creativity tends to be put on hold. Nevertheless I do have some projects on the way that should reignite my motivation - #watchthisspace ✌🏼
Tom Papworth you use to be my sisters teacher and I somehow found you I was looking through old school photos and saw you on it and I was like he looks familiar
@@TomPapworth one of the most sobering vids i have seen of this place.. watching this vid itself made me quite emotional.. it must have been much more horrendous while walking on d same path where millions of innocent lives were lost.. 😟😟😟😟😟😟😟😟😟
Taking the time to pay respect to the victims of one of the worst cases of human atrocities is a waste of time? People like yourself truly are a special breed of ignorant. The point of places like this is to act as a reminder to aid in the prevention of it ever happening again, go back to school and learn to critically think please.
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I think that place should be locked because they all suffered a lot and looking at their struggles and imagining cruelty they faced wouldn't be right. I don't know but I don't feel it good.
My son visited , and he felt the pain of the place.... but, now it's acceptable for NEO NAZIS to be legalised in Europe,,,,,what's the point for the 6 million ? Did it actually happen, I ask...
