2021 First Person with Holocaust Survivor Albert Garih

Albert Garih was not even two years old when his family escaped Paris amid gunfire during the German invasion. After returning to Nazi-occupied Paris, Albert’s father was later deported to a forced labor camp, and the rest of the family spent the war in hiding, sometimes in poor conditions and on the run.

Hear Holocaust survivor Albert’s experiences in his own words recorded on June 9, 2021. First Person is a monthly hour-long discussion featuring a live interview between journalist Bill Benson and a survivor and including questions from the audience, available on the Museum’s YouTube channel.

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[junepickering]

I went to high school in Philadelphia with a fellow young Jewish girl who was from Paris and had survived the Holocaust. Sadly, rosy-cheeked Danielle died age 16 of leg cancer. Her mother had been so traumatised by the War, that she couldn't endure the necessary surgery for Danielle. I think of Danielle every time I visit Paris and We must never forget.

[ginagina]

Thank you for sharing your story
God bless you…
I’m listening to this and feeling sadness…

[anasol]

Muchas gracias, Bill, por cómo llevas la conferencia!! Y gracias, Albert Garih, por contarnos tu historia, por tu generosidad y tu respeto. Los admiro a todos los sobrevivientes por su valor y coraje. Saludos desde Argentina

[cindylehman]

What is the one thing you feel is the most important that I can tell My daughter about the Holocaust to teach the younger generations to never forget?

[alisonruiz]

Just watched this but started late, so glad it is on YouTube in order to see beginning and also share. Seeing the rise of anti-Semitism across the world is more frightening than early covid. I'm thankful the museum is doing these videos. Hope they encourage much prayer.

[laynehennigan]

Watching from Whittier, CA. My husband and I were both history majors.

[lauroricher]

Watching from Quebec. Impressive interview. Merci Albert.

[marshacampbell]

Thanks so much for sharing the truth 😊 May God Bless you all forever 🙏

[videoco]

Wunderbar! Vielen Dank für deine Geschichte

[philbrown]

Moving. His liberation comments brought tears to my eyes. Americans? Never heard of them.

[joelombardilombardi]

Let’s not forget about the Native Americans and how the United States Governments holocaust towards them

[PrincessLight]

We must educate our young about the dangers of Anti-semitism and indifference otherwise evil will continue to happen.

[acajudi]

Thank you for your videos, and God is the same today, tomorrow, and forever. Treat everyone, how you want to be treated, and OBEY GOD's laws. Do not be GREEDY, DISHONEST, MEAN, or SELFISH. GOD is watching all of us, and we will reap what we have sown. Karma never loses an address.

Life is very expensive for ordinary people, but work hard from 7-70, and continue to work online to satisfy GREEDY and DISHONEST landlords and utilities etc.

[phyllisreeger]

Hope Albert never sees another holocaust!

[lorrainebarbo]

Those of us who belong to the Lord Jesus Christ, knows the Lord Jesus Christ is Jewish . Yes it is awful what happened to the Black people and the Native Americans, but if he got away with this we would have all paid.

[luzalgarin]

Thank you so much for sharing with me an infamous fragment of the Hitler's Nazi horrendous regimen, via this interview.

It must have been a painful odyssey to recollect such memories and to recount them; they only echo the evilness of Hitler and his followers.

The crimes and cruelties committed against my sons and daughters, my fathers and mothers, my brothers and sisters hurt me deeply, regardless their ethnicity and nationality. 

In Isaiah 2: 4, Jehovah God, the Creator and Source of life, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, promises: 

"He will be judge among the nations and will settle matters in relation to many peoples. They will turn their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. The nations will no longer raise their swords against each other and learn no more to wage war." 

My immediate neighbors are Jews and I am a Jehovah's Witness.

Their hearts are superior than pure gold by far. They are extremely kind.

The gentleman takes care of my trash can every Wednesday without my asking him to do so. They are lovely human beings, and they are not in need of the smallest improvement.

[elizabethrainey]

He looks like his father
Does he have a wife and children
Did it make him a more loving person