2024 First Person with Holocaust Survivor Ruth Elenberg Eisenberg

Ruth Elenberg Eisenberg remembers playing with dolls and enjoying special attention as the youngest of six children. Then, in the summer of 1941, German authorities invaded and began targeting Jews in Ruth’s hometown in Poland. During one round up by the Nazis in 1942, Ruth hid with her mother in a barrel used to store feed for horses. “We covered ourselves, and we didn’t breathe. … We heard them marching back and forth, back and forth.”
Watch to learn how Ruth continued to outrun danger for nearly two more years, and discover if she ever saw the rest of their family again.

Submit a question for Ruth during the live discussion on Wednesday, April 17 at 1 p.m. ET by signing into your KZread or Gmail account.
First Person is a monthly, hour-long discussion with a Holocaust survivor that is made possible through generous support from the Louis Franklin Smith Foundation.

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  • @cherylrgreenwald
    @cherylrgreenwaldАй бұрын

    As a grandchild of a survivor, I watch as many of the first-person accounts as possible. Thank you, USHMM and Ruth Elenberg Eisenberg, for sharing this important story.

  • @ginaryan4957
    @ginaryan4957Ай бұрын

    Thank you Ruth for sharing your life with us. Incredibly grateful and honored to hear your story. God bless you.

  • @patijohnson5775
    @patijohnson5775Ай бұрын

    Thank you for this. I am sorry people have still not learned any lessons from this war. I appreciate y'all so much.

  • @PauletteStudards
    @PauletteStudardsАй бұрын

    You are a beacon of hope for humanity

  • @eveeggleston7611
    @eveeggleston7611Ай бұрын

    Watching from England......what a brave wonderful lady

  • @candygirl1990
    @candygirl1990Ай бұрын

    Ruth, you are an amazing woman and I admire your strength and hope so much. God bless you ❤❤❤

  • @tamararutland-mills9530
    @tamararutland-mills9530Ай бұрын

    I’m so happy that you survived that terror. Baruch Hashem! You are so well spoken and intelligent, courageous and lovely. Thank you for the inspiration you bring so something like this can be stopped before it happens again. May we all do our own little part.

  • @jmeyer3rn
    @jmeyer3rnАй бұрын

    From Indianapolis Indiana, Thank you Ruth, for your sharing these memories, or should I say nightmares from your childhood. How remarkable your memory is. I could not imagine how it must have been during the hiding years and I am so happy you are still on this earth in order to share this horrible period of history.

  • @jjmoonireland1425
    @jjmoonireland1425Ай бұрын

    Thank you Ruth ...I'm originally from Poland❤

  • @JS-yv9pe
    @JS-yv9peАй бұрын

    Thank you and God Bless you, Ruth! From Cincinnati, Ohio.

  • @MsUrbangirl
    @MsUrbangirlАй бұрын

    From Detroit Michigan. My favorite moderator!!

  • @daniellenwhite
    @daniellenwhiteАй бұрын

    Thank you Ruth ❤.

  • @cecilefox9136
    @cecilefox9136Ай бұрын

    You are so brave Ruth!👍❤

  • @Senacacrane
    @SenacacraneАй бұрын

    Thank you very much Ruth

  • @susansegal2492
    @susansegal2492Ай бұрын

    You inspired me thank you For your bravery You’re My here

  • @EvanDortheimer
    @EvanDortheimerАй бұрын

    Ruth, thank you so much for sharing your story

  • @tisme2888
    @tisme288815 күн бұрын

    Thankyou Ruth, for sharing your story with us. We are honoured to hear it.

  • @johanneregan3143
    @johanneregan314315 күн бұрын

    Thankyou so.much Ruth.I am listening from New Zealand as I'm driving to work my heart goes out to you and all the other survivors

  • @lucy76k
    @lucy76kАй бұрын

    Thank u for sharing your story! This needs to be shared in our schools and COLLEGES here! Let them see/hear what hate does to innocent ppl. Im so sorry for what you and your family went through. I pray that this will never happen again in our world. Bless you and your family! Much love! Xo

  • @paulakaysmith9151
    @paulakaysmith9151Ай бұрын

    God Bless! Happy Belated Birthday 🥳🎉🎈! I'm from Corpus Christi, Texas!

  • @marygooge1565
    @marygooge15655 күн бұрын

    God bless you Ruth. Thank you for sharing your story.

  • @user-ln2cv7tc7o
    @user-ln2cv7tc7oАй бұрын

    My name is also Ruth!! Thank YOU so much for your story and your family

  • @user-ln2cv7tc7o

    @user-ln2cv7tc7o

    Ай бұрын

    I'm from TEXAS

  • @monicashapiro5755
    @monicashapiro5755Ай бұрын

    Wonderful that you shared this with the World! We need for all the younger ones to know what happened so as not to repeat it! Unfortunatelly , history is being forgotten and kids are being indoctrinated in schools today. Bless you

  • @familiedevries659
    @familiedevries659Ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing. Wisshing you shalom. From Fam. de Vries, Netherlands

  • @Floubiage
    @FloubiageАй бұрын

    Thank you so much for sharing your story with us! Happy belated birthday ❤️

  • @mirrage42
    @mirrage42Күн бұрын

    Thanks to Ruth and everyone who worked to make this video. 🕊️

  • @tamaramorton8812
    @tamaramorton8812Ай бұрын

    Watching from Huntsville, Alabama. Thank you for sharing your life with us. It’s very inspiring to me.

  • @barbarascott3350

    @barbarascott3350

    Ай бұрын

    Fayetteville TN ! Hello neighbor

  • @susanlivingston743
    @susanlivingston743Ай бұрын

    Happy Birthday Ruth!God Bless! ❤ so sorry! There are no words!

  • @marykatherinemcloughlin425
    @marykatherinemcloughlin425Ай бұрын

    Thank You for sharing your story❤

  • @baga9196
    @baga9196Ай бұрын

    hello from Poland Gdansk!

  • @ginaf2103
    @ginaf2103Ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing ❤ from the Chicago suburbs

  • @cecilefox9136
    @cecilefox9136Ай бұрын

    I' m watching from Navarra, Northern Spain.

  • @ellenhughes2409
    @ellenhughes2409Ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your experience in Nazi Germany. We need your truth. God bless you

  • @timomarro1295
    @timomarro1295Ай бұрын

    Watching from Kasson, Minnesota USA.

  • @anasol8115
    @anasol8115Ай бұрын

    Otra maravillosa historia, cruda y real!!!! Què fuerzas y paz refleja tu rostro, Ruth!!!! Muchas gracias y saludos desde Argentina

  • @gonefishing167
    @gonefishing167Ай бұрын

    Watching from South Australia, Australia 🇦🇺. Bit late, apologies 🙏🙏

  • @theresatate9591
    @theresatate959123 күн бұрын

    Ruth you're a Wonderful woman. So many bad memories. God has been with you ALL your Life. From Mossyrock , Washington USA

  • @KK-rc5ds
    @KK-rc5ds12 күн бұрын

    Beautiful storyteller. Each experience shares so much. I could listen for hours.

  • @puddysue
    @puddysueАй бұрын

    Ruth, thank you so very much for your courage and your openness in sharing the story of your life. I'm so sorry for the losses of your family members and all the suffering that you and so many others were forced to go through. God bless you.

  • @nicksg3002
    @nicksg3002Ай бұрын

    Wow what a collection🎉

  • @Projects1936
    @Projects1936Ай бұрын

    Happy birthday Ruth🎂 may the rest of your life be full of happiness and joy

  • @mariellouise1
    @mariellouise1Ай бұрын

    I’m not Jewish, however I’ve read about the Holocaust. I now live in Madison, Wisconsin.

  • @barbarascott3350
    @barbarascott3350Ай бұрын

    As a very young girl on visiting my grandparents there would often be friends of my grandparents visiting. They would have these numbers tattooed on their arms… I instinctively knew not to talk about them but I knew it was evil. Thank you for sharing your powerful story.

  • @teresaproano7984
    @teresaproano7984Ай бұрын

    ❤ to all

  • @WarrenAafedt
    @WarrenAafedtАй бұрын

    It is beyond my comprehension that human beings could be treated as they were. Man's inhumanity to man. God bless you Ruth

  • @user-mw4pb4sp1o
    @user-mw4pb4sp1oАй бұрын

    Hi love and hugs from Charlton in South Africa,I know it must be extremely hard for you to talk about what you've been through but I respect you highly 😢❤

  • @Lindsey-C
    @Lindsey-C17 күн бұрын

    Prayers for Ruth. What a sweet woman ❤

  • @Hongaars1969
    @Hongaars1969Ай бұрын

    From Pretoria, South Africa

  • @jjmoonireland1425
    @jjmoonireland1425Ай бұрын

    I'm watching from Ireland

  • @BarkBelle
    @BarkBelleАй бұрын

    🙏🇮🇱💪💙with love from California!

  • @miriammuskal5402
    @miriammuskal540223 күн бұрын

    Miriam from Brooklyn thank you for sharing My parents were holocaust survivors from Poland

  • @puddysue
    @puddysueАй бұрын

    How horrific that because of the Nazis, so many families were ripped apart, one from another. The story of your mother's passing broke my heart. I'm so sorry...

  • @maximpopov8651
    @maximpopov865126 күн бұрын

    Peace, Love ☮️

  • @mariannesnead6919
    @mariannesnead691927 күн бұрын

    Thank you for letting us know

  • @semsemeini7905
    @semsemeini7905Ай бұрын

    Extraordinary. Miraculous.

  • @robindales9303
    @robindales9303Ай бұрын

    What a wonderful and sensitive host/interviewer

  • @jeremyhansen8186
    @jeremyhansen8186Ай бұрын

    Pennsylvania

  • @silverbreezeRn
    @silverbreezeRnАй бұрын

    Watching in Kentucky.

  • @cherylsholds862
    @cherylsholds86221 күн бұрын

    Ty so awful I’m from Salem Massachusetts my heart goes out to you

  • @shawnaweesner3759
    @shawnaweesner3759Ай бұрын

    Did a match-maker pick Ruth’s, her sister’s, and brother’s spouses for them?

  • @loriw1189
    @loriw1189Ай бұрын

    I am so sorry for your pain

  • @bethhamilton5888
    @bethhamilton588817 күн бұрын

    Sadly, there have been some swastikas drawn in bathrooms and on chairs at the local school. Administrators have responded by inviting a Survivor to come to talk to the children and tell them that this did happen and that it is not a joke or something to be laughed at. We can’t let this happen again.

  • @Carlacook105
    @Carlacook105Ай бұрын

  • @chelceafarrar-jackson8352
    @chelceafarrar-jackson8352Ай бұрын

    What a horrid thing to live through. I th9nk i had toxic life, but i cant imagine

  • @shikupukiho1150
    @shikupukiho11504 күн бұрын

    Watching from India and this is such a terrifying experience I wonder how human being can be so evil and dangerous than wild animals , our hearts and our thoughts are evil,so does the Bible truly exposes the true nature of man kind

  • @KathyStowe-nc9lo
    @KathyStowe-nc9loАй бұрын

    San Diego