Lili Jacob's Arrival At Auschwitz

Lili Jacob was shocked when she found a photo album containing photos of herself and her family as they arrived at #Auschwitz.

[janetwillis]

I was working at an Open MRI office in Myrtle Beach. I saw an elderly lady needing some help filling out her paperwork for her MRI so I decided to help her. It came to the part where I had to ask her if she was ever a welder. She said yes, she made bombs for Hitler. She was just a teenager when she was taken to Auschwitz and not long after she arrived their, she was rescued by American troops. She showed me the tattoo number on her arm! Tears came to my eyes so quickly, when I realized that I was sitting next to someone that had been through such great suffering. She was History, sitting next to me! I had to give her a hug and ask the Lord to bless her!😢 There is no denying this really happened! JW

[VickyBerriman]

I also met a lady who was in a concentration camp. She was so lovely and kind.
I still find it difficult to understand the evil wickedness of a nation. Its heart breaking to see such lovely children being destroyed.

[mightyhearts]

My father was a victim during that time. He was made to labor in the work camps until he was weak and almost starved to death and of no use to the Nazi’s. They walked their captives down the road and lined them up. You can guess what happened to so many! Fortunately my father had missed a deathly blow, and after his captors moved on he got up and walked back to his village and my mother…a hallow shadow of a man. It took my mother and family over a year to bring him back to healthy state of consciousness body and soul. A true story or I would not be alive and here to tell it! 😢 War and captivity is a Horrible thing to endure. He died years later but still young of a rare stomach Cancer from the lack of any decent food leftovers… spoiled potatoes 🥔 all the time. Miss my father for he was a good man. 💔 I was 14 when he died. 😢

[Christina-bzmo]

In early 1970's I worked at a pharmaceutical firm. We trained sales reps. There was talk of one rep who detested law and order, rules, structure and how he was difficult to deal with. His manager asked him why he behaved this way. He told of how his family was rounded up, brought before some german soldiers at desks. There were 2 doors, his parents were directed to 1 door along with him. His 2 brothers were steered to the other door. His mother said to him " go run with your brothers, " which he did and saved his life. He never saw his parents again. He hated authority from this. ❤️🌹

[LindaDavies-rk]

Those of you who still can, please tell your stories, it matters. You are loved, you matter. May God bless you and your descendants always 🕊✝️❤️

[connierichards]

And to think there are people who deny this happened. Thoughts and prayers for all the families who lost family. May you one day see their faces and feel their touch again. God says we will.

[joannkelly]

Thank you for sharing these stories about the Holocaust and its victims. May their souls rest in peace and may God continue to comfort the hearts of all of the victims’ families, friends. loved ones and supporters.

[doralevitt]

My grandparents (mom's side- my mom and dad were me and my twin brother's adoptive parents- we're not Polish but Irish and German) along with my 2 aunts were in Auschwitz were they lost their lives. When the Germans came to recruit young people for their army, my uncle (mom's brother) didn't join and must have hid out somewhere, but his best friend did join. PS- one day my uncle ran into his so called "best friend" who became a Nazi soldier and he shot my uncle dead in the street. My mom never lived it down that she came here before the war to look for work (they were all from Poland), and lived with survivors guilt her entire life. She became a workaholic and worked rain or shine no matter how she felt until she was 80 (we're in NYC) until she developed heart problems and had to stop, and for the next 7 years her health and mental state deteriorated until she passed away. My dad was from Russia and came her when he was 7 and they were married 63 years, he passed 9 months before she did, he was 93 and she was 87- I missed them terribly 😢😢😢

[rkr]

Now retired studying this tragic & humiliating event in high school is the reason I chose the US Army as a career, I didn’t know if I could make a difference but I knew I had to try.

[andiemarie]

Absolutely heartbreaking- I hope she was deeply loved for the rest of her life.

[wendyvermette]

When the movie Schindler's list came on VHS tape I watched it in bits and pieces because seeing everything happened was so overwhelming to me. In the movie when they were calling off the names of the different families whose lives they were saving to go on the trains, my maternal grandfather's family name was called. They went by the name Rossigneal and in this country the family name was anglycized to Ross. I called my mother the bext morning to tell het that one of her cousind and his wife were saved.

[rebeccamiller]

How anyone can deny this happened, is beyond me. I pray for those who are still living who themselves or family will find peace somehow.

[carrie]

Heart wrenching, nothing like this was ever supposed to happen again, lessons should have been learned yet sadly today anti-Semitism is yet again on the rise, shame on all those that have chosen to forget the dreadful suffering of the Jewish people.

[tracyweaver]

These phots have so much gravity. Hurts my heart, I will not forget ❤

[BarbaraGagnon-ff]

Heartbreaking. So many loving people killed for nothing. Never forget. My heart breaks every time for all of these families that were torn apart.

[kathrynwoodruff]

My father worked at the Nuremberg Courthouse. I was born at Nuremberg Hospital across the street. My mother was an English War Bridesmaid. My German nanny took my mother and grandmother wherever they needed to go. My father was a US Army worked for General Patton. He was infantry and a sharp shooter. I joined the US Army in 1973 and got shipped back to West Germany. I drove to several countries on my time off. With my first husband. I had several experiences. Once we drove to Nuremberg. The air had a smell to it so we left and drove back to Bremerhaven.

[mg]

I moved to NYC in 1992. I sat next to a woman in a nail salon who had numbers tattooed on her arm. It was so emotional just being in her brave presence. I’ll never forget it

[BrendaDietz-ws]

I had the privilege of visiting the Holocaust Museum in DC a number of years ago. Our group was given a 'passport' of someone from that time. I still have mine. She was just a girl and unfortunately one of the countless people who didn't survive. 💔

[yochevedbrachasimon]

Never forgot my lost family. The ones who we never got to know.

[lotstodo]

Heart breaking. How dare people deny this?