Holocaust Survivor Judy Lachman | “The World Was Just Too Cruel for Me” | USC Shoah Foundation

“I was so absorbed with the desire and craving to live over Hitler’s war. But when I lived it over, I really didn’t want to live.”
Holocaust survivor Judy Lachman was born in Łódź, Poland in 1924. She survived the Piotrków and
Tomaszów Mazowiecki ghettos, and the Augsburg, Bergen-Belsen, Burgau, Dachau, Skarżysko-Kamienna, Tschenstochau-Pelzery, and Türkheim concentration camps. She was liberated by United States armed forces at Dachau.
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  • @Jlach97
    @Jlach979 ай бұрын

    This is my grandma who I’m named after❤

  • @alecdusseau6218

    @alecdusseau6218

    5 ай бұрын

    I hope you feel blessed to be apart of such a strong and remarkable bloodline

  • @alecdusseau6218

    @alecdusseau6218

    5 ай бұрын

    God bless her

  • @cocoann7681

    @cocoann7681

    5 ай бұрын

    ❤❤

  • @scarlettbutler2873

    @scarlettbutler2873

    3 ай бұрын

    I feel blessed to hear your grandmother’s testimony. ❤

  • @beckygay9115

    @beckygay9115

    3 ай бұрын

    How blessed you are to have such a remarkable Grandma. She was so kind & generous in the midst of such terrible hardship! I think G-d must have had His hand on her to keep her alive. I pray G-d’s sweetest blessings over you!!

  • @Aeriyana123
    @Aeriyana12311 ай бұрын

    She did a phenomenal job telling her story especially while battling illness. She was fierce, courageous and strong. To endure what she did yet able to continue her family’s line is amazing and a blessing. Thank you for sharing much love and prayers for the family. Rest in heavenly peace.

  • @ingridwatsup9671
    @ingridwatsup9671 Жыл бұрын

    Mrs Lachman died two years later in May 1997 at the age of 72. What a strong and remarkable woman.

  • @zxy78267

    @zxy78267

    11 ай бұрын

    My dad died from kidney failure. It's a really difficult illness with so many side effects. We lost my sister unexpectedly, and his heart was just broken. He died less than a year later. I really enjoyed this interview. She was crafty and fearless to survive the way she did.

  • @schelliegris7481

    @schelliegris7481

    8 ай бұрын

    Still so young, at 72. The toll the war took on their health.

  • @djtvfdukjysjndnuyud

    @djtvfdukjysjndnuyud

    7 ай бұрын

  • @lynnparrish1335

    @lynnparrish1335

    7 ай бұрын

    How sad! And she looked so well at the time of the interview. Cause of death????

  • @Adri-gp2us

    @Adri-gp2us

    5 ай бұрын

    indeed she looked so well, what a pity@@lynnparrish1335

  • @jl3319
    @jl331910 ай бұрын

    What a lovely and honourable lady. This testimony is very humbling. So nice to see the pain in her eyes fade in the latter part of the video when she talks of her family. The world is privileged that you gave it more children and may your beautiful soul rest In peace.

  • @rosalindd1386
    @rosalindd13869 ай бұрын

    RIP Mrs Lachman ! I am so sorry for all of the suffering & atrocities the Jewish children & people had to endure ! I thank you for sharing your story with the world ! We must never forget ! God Bless You All !

  • @kimhutchins2347
    @kimhutchins2347 Жыл бұрын

    Watched that whole thing. My goodness. What a strong, beautiful woman. She endured so much loss, terror and heartache. Rest in Peace Judy ♥️

  • @writingservices5849
    @writingservices5849 Жыл бұрын

    What a blessing to have this wonderful courageous woman telling her story

  • @jetellez107
    @jetellez10710 ай бұрын

    My grandma was born in the same year, March 1924, in Michoacán. 😢 She didn't had a easy life, but the Lady Judy, was incredible. Rest in peace both.

  • @fl3522
    @fl35228 ай бұрын

    She survived due to an innate sense of evil; her instincts told her when the Nazis were manipulating them and she had the confidence to go in another direction. Her children, grand-children, must be so very proud of this amazing woman. RIP Mrs. Lachman, thank you for your testimony.

  • @Lynn-er9yx
    @Lynn-er9yx8 ай бұрын

    RIP Judy Lachman. What an amazing woman and lovely family.

  • @adrianapalomo6401
    @adrianapalomo6401 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this interview. The person doing the interview did such an amazing job.

  • @anniem9255
    @anniem9255 Жыл бұрын

    Such a special strong girl,formed into a warrior to stay alive after so much horror and pain around this whole Deeds named Holocaust,I watch a lot of these,I have no connection to anyoneyet Im pulled to hear stories,but it gives me hope,it gives me a reason to not ever feel sorry for myself as well.I am so pleased to meet Judy and Al who supported her special ways of life lived after the end of the terror. her story..amazing,tragic,almost unbeleivable but I know it is,,has had much wonderful in it now too,I wish her and all her family love from a stranger here in Australia and bless you all so much X

  • @miriam2137
    @miriam2137 Жыл бұрын

    What a sharp mind, after so many interruption she continues her relate.

  • @natlyfranks6856
    @natlyfranks68569 ай бұрын

    What a BEAUTIFUL LADY!! So grateful for everything in her life Very proud grandmother - Such a lovely person

  • @melaniepayne8932
    @melaniepayne8932 Жыл бұрын

    Guts n glory. Would love to meet this brave woman!!!

  • @sharynallan7483
    @sharynallan7483 Жыл бұрын

    What a wonderful woman, thank you for sharing your story.

  • @johnforeman634
    @johnforeman6347 ай бұрын

    My god. At the end when she showed those pictures that she held on to! Unbelievable.

  • @firstaozlastaoz8212
    @firstaozlastaoz82125 ай бұрын

    I learned so much. Her dem 2:53:16 eanor at times reveals the awful memories she carries. Her memory is a blessing. May Her family & all who watch this continue to tell her story. After such atrocities she has such a kind, noble spirit. Hard work, education, family, love, caring for others. These character traits born of great suffering produced so much good in the world. Rest in peace Mrs. Lachman.

  • @joshharris9788
    @joshharris9788 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for telling your story with so much detail..you are wonderful. We must never forget.

  • @whisperingpoet4352
    @whisperingpoet4352 Жыл бұрын

    We can learn so much from this.

  • @cindyhalpern3187
    @cindyhalpern3187 Жыл бұрын

    I could tell she was ill. She had jaundice. She worked very hard to tell her story. I thank her very much.

  • @keithcitizen4855

    @keithcitizen4855

    Жыл бұрын

    her husband out lived her ?

  • @RD-0101

    @RD-0101

    Жыл бұрын

    This is her natural dark skin colour.

  • @laviadellacabala970

    @laviadellacabala970

    Жыл бұрын

    You had jaundice, she didn't

  • @drusillagabbott8710

    @drusillagabbott8710

    11 ай бұрын

    She clearly prepared so thoroughly for this interview.

  • @schelliegris7481

    @schelliegris7481

    11 ай бұрын

    Her eyes are white, so I think if she was unwell, it was something else. I have to imagine the effect of disease, lack of sleep, lack of nutrients, constant fear...

  • @annmariedelarosa9755
    @annmariedelarosa9755 Жыл бұрын

    I loved hearing her story but I hated it because it is so sad, but she survived

  • @anningram9311
    @anningram93119 ай бұрын

    Brave dear lady. May her family enjoy their lives...

  • @dixiehowe852
    @dixiehowe852 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your story it is so important.

  • @MrsPicklesIsHome

    @MrsPicklesIsHome

    10 ай бұрын

    She died almost 30 years ago. 😢

  • @Author_I
    @Author_I Жыл бұрын

    Her story was so incredible

  • @youngbirdoldtree25
    @youngbirdoldtree25 Жыл бұрын

    Great capture of stories from the 90s...her story is certainly inspiring

  • @henryworthington8261
    @henryworthington8261 Жыл бұрын

    Wow. Wonderful testimony from a sick woman. She is extremely courageous and quick-witted, able to be a good friend and all these and luck helped her. Oh to be born German and have this terrible legacy, and Ukrainians and Poles also behaved vilely. I am sure the British have had their ‘day’ too of shameful behaviour, but at this time in history we do not have such a terrible burden. I remember Rolf Mengele recounting challenging his father’s war record and could see his pain. So if one makes the wrong decisions it hurts one own descendants too. Humans should behave humanely always - but we won’t. At least not without a strong allegiance to God and the 10 Commandments as this lady so rightly says.

  • @wendyhannaford7696
    @wendyhannaford76965 ай бұрын

    What a beautiful lovely, courageous woman, God bless her! I am very thankful to hear her tell her story, even if so many years have passed, her story is still touching many people's Hearts 💕

  • @teemarie5478
    @teemarie5478 Жыл бұрын

    💔🙏🏼❤️ thanks for telling your story.

  • @miriam2137
    @miriam2137 Жыл бұрын

    I my self have kidney illness. Sorry to heard that. So beautiful people.

  • @CarolinaPetronellaOttolina
    @CarolinaPetronellaOttolina5 ай бұрын

    What a beautiful life did share us on earth...so honest and pure telling important pieces all should hear. What a legacy also and most important how we all could live in peace growing food not bombs.

  • @user-jj5sb5wn1y
    @user-jj5sb5wn1yАй бұрын

    Omg the last holiday she spent with her dad ... cannot stop sobbing. What a sad but beautiful story.

  • @rescuepetsrule6842
    @rescuepetsrule6842 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Mrs. Lachman's strength, attitude and Heart saved her from a horrible death, but it's a shame she had to go through Hell on Earth to live. Her family is unselfish and caring also. Satan probably has Hitler strapped to a chair, forced to watch the survivors throughout eternity. :) P.S.- GET a speaker- cheap computer speakers won't cut it.

  • @biddiemutter3481

    @biddiemutter3481

    11 ай бұрын

    This is several years old, so the equipment used was most likely the best available.

  • @gonefishing167
    @gonefishing167 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful woman, the courage these people showed is remarkable. Bless her snd her family 🙏🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

  • @EmyGrant
    @EmyGrant2 ай бұрын

    You are livng in a sky like a gold star JUDY 🌼🍀🥀 Thank you for sharing yours brave moments! 💐

  • @GdHr-oz5ph
    @GdHr-oz5ph Жыл бұрын

    Incredible woman ❤. I only wish the interviewers in these wouldn't interrupt to ask the spellings of names. Just seems disruptive.

  • @biddiemutter3481

    @biddiemutter3481

    11 ай бұрын

    It's difficult to listen to but important for history

  • @GdHr-oz5ph

    @GdHr-oz5ph

    11 ай бұрын

    @@biddiemutter3481 Could have been done after the interview.

  • @lkj7296

    @lkj7296

    11 ай бұрын

    @@GdHr-oz5ph Excellent point.

  • @MrsPicklesIsHome

    @MrsPicklesIsHome

    10 ай бұрын

    This is an oral history, the equivalent of an historical document, so all of the details and clarification need to be here for those who are conducting research, etc. Like at the beginning when she had to spell her maiden name in English, her second language. They were surely told ahead of time, though it is distracting, it's necessary.

  • @penelopecreighton-ward1856

    @penelopecreighton-ward1856

    7 ай бұрын

    Worse was when she started yawning 2/3rds of the way through!

  • @juliebriz1703
    @juliebriz170310 ай бұрын

    What a lovely lady and thank you for telling us your story.

  • @lynnparrish1335
    @lynnparrish13357 ай бұрын

    Oh dear, just heard her say she was on dialysis. What a lovely woman!

  • @anamartinez-uq2gg
    @anamartinez-uq2gg7 ай бұрын

    What a smart lady, very wise and very positive all the time very selfless I wish to meet her the people around her where fortunate

  • @moirapettifr7127
    @moirapettifr7127Ай бұрын

    This is one of the most inspiring, brave and beautiful women I have ever seen. Her story is so sad, but she was so brave and strong. God bless her.

  • @katkramer3310
    @katkramer33102 ай бұрын

    She gave this testimony one year. And one month before my birth. This video is only 28 years old. It was not long ago. 😢so recent in our history.

  • @michaelhartmcgough4418
    @michaelhartmcgough4418 Жыл бұрын

    understood.. brave Ones spell ❤❤rtc.

  • @joellenjohnson4038
    @joellenjohnson40386 ай бұрын

    A Wonderful Woman her story will live on thank God for her

  • @joannepetty9704
    @joannepetty97045 ай бұрын

    I agree about the spelling bee. Enough already! Well, I’m so thankful I got to hear her testimony because I become much more thankful for every little thing we enjoy. Very thankful to hear her speak of her Messiah who definitely is coming back in the perfect time. I believe He came, but He was a suffering Messiah then and not recognized. Could His people have suffered what He Himself suffered at the hands of sinful men? Hated, humiliated, stripped of everything He had coming to this earth, His body beaten, torn up, pierced with nails. I believe He knew their agony and they knew His. 2:53:15

  • @kathleenboyd3985
    @kathleenboyd39855 ай бұрын

    Amazing storey about her survival, life and her family. Well told. God Bless her and the family. Peace and love to all

  • @Spio101
    @Spio1018 ай бұрын

    God bless the descendants; He will multiply you greatly and your tribes will surely be victorious as you await the coming of your great messiah, Yeshua. Amen.

  • @user-iz1hd9si3m
    @user-iz1hd9si3m5 ай бұрын

    Interesting to hear her views but there are others, 2.25 she speaks her father being part of cartel, in other words a monopoetetive, free market, trade by one ethnic grouply, of the sale of factories for ten towns. She doesn't SAY that the factories were those of ethnic Poles but the running of any kind of anti-competitive, anti-free market, trading operation by one ethnic group of a much larger national ethnic group may well engender some animosity, this definitely happened in farm products and farmers decided that enough was enough, they formed a cooperative and cut out the middle man who was positioned "better than average", those middlemen kicked up one heck of fuss.

  • @dsremingto
    @dsremingto4 ай бұрын

    This was a wonderful testament to the strength of the human spirit despite the cruelty of man. Her story gave me a new appreciation of the Holocaust in such detail and in the strength of resisters.

  • @saskiawells9472
    @saskiawells9472Ай бұрын

    What sweets so clever so glad she survived to tell her story

  • @cocoann7681
    @cocoann76815 ай бұрын

    RIP and thank you

  • @tomsparks6099
    @tomsparks6099Ай бұрын

    I don't understand why the interviewers are miked, but the guests are not.

  • @biddiemutter3481
    @biddiemutter348111 ай бұрын

    Does anyone know whether the diary written on toilet paper was published?

  • @zxy78267

    @zxy78267

    11 ай бұрын

    I think she said it was, but I'm not sure.

  • @Jerseyboondocks
    @Jerseyboondocks4 ай бұрын

    For all the people complaining that the interviewer asked too many times the spelling of everything- My God didn't you even think of why she has to do that!? Unbelievable. It only took me less than 10 seconds to realize why.

  • @MM-yi9zn
    @MM-yi9zn Жыл бұрын

    What kind of people mass murder women & children & men? Most horrific crime in all of history.

  • @RD-0101

    @RD-0101

    Жыл бұрын

    Brainwashed indoctrinated psychos do such evil things!

  • @lkj7296

    @lkj7296

    11 ай бұрын

    Human beings, human beings that are afraid to defy authority, human beings that are sadistic, human beings that covet. This will happen again and it will be across all races, it's coming down the pike.

  • @peggybreaux8973

    @peggybreaux8973

    10 ай бұрын

    Our world is headed to NWO. the world did not learn. Sad , Through fasting and prayer, one can stop wars, one can suspend the laws of nature."

  • @miriam2137
    @miriam2137 Жыл бұрын

    Hod wanted alll his people go back to their land. Fight for it, live it love it . All where to happy any where else, no minding their heritage promise land. Forgive my writing or spelling.

  • @rescuepetsrule6842

    @rescuepetsrule6842

    Жыл бұрын

    No problem with your writing or spelling- your good thought is clear :) .

  • @FxckRacism
    @FxckRacism9 ай бұрын

    Many innocent people were caught in the crossfire, but a holy man was chosen by GOD to cleanse the evil being forced on German society. Only the innocent souls may rest in heaven.

  • @jameskennedy721
    @jameskennedy721 Жыл бұрын

    shocking narrative , told in a matter of fact way .

  • @ruthojen
    @ruthojen2 ай бұрын

    I kissed the screen

  • @joannepetty9704
    @joannepetty97045 ай бұрын

    Peace to Jerusalem!!!! 2:53:15

  • @christinasachin8684
    @christinasachin86846 ай бұрын

    It is so good that the storiesof the amazing survivors of the Holocost are now on the internet because of the genocidal attack of 10/7. The rage of Hamas supporters reminds me that we are only a few steps away from this type of horror today.

  • @user-bk1eq3ps2b
    @user-bk1eq3ps2b10 ай бұрын

    What is with this “interviewer”? Asking her to spell everything like it’s a spelling bee. It’s infuriating

  • @carlainfanta7155

    @carlainfanta7155

    10 ай бұрын

    You are absolutely right and the interviewer also yawns several times!! What a lack of respect.

  • @NewEngland721

    @NewEngland721

    8 ай бұрын

    It is necessary, an historical account, a ‘testimony’

  • @kimfromnc_2.0

    @kimfromnc_2.0

    8 ай бұрын

    This is an oral history. It follows a specific protocol which includes asking to spell things.

  • @jameskennedy7906

    @jameskennedy7906

    8 ай бұрын

    Its for documentation purposes. A lot of holocaust survivors are simply unaccounted for records wise due to the nazis destroying documentation at the end of the war. For some of them, theres practically no records of them even exsisting until after the war.

  • @Jerseyboondocks

    @Jerseyboondocks

    4 ай бұрын

    Do you realize she's one of the last survivors and they have her on tape? Of course they're going to ask her the spelling of everything for historical purposes. Later on they can find out exactly the names of all the places and people she spelled out. I'm surprised you didn't think of that

  • @alexanderhoffmann8368
    @alexanderhoffmann836811 ай бұрын

    Bitte lesen : Professor Gerard Menuhin "Wahrheit sagen , Teufel jagen" .

  • @LynnRank
    @LynnRank Жыл бұрын

    Oh my, my husband, Who was born in Germany 1945 poor baby,....probably an incest child. They were polish, I understand...loved this man beat...but he was sick mentally, I helped him.. Hans Helmut Brusdylins...was his german name..

  • @jmckendrick165

    @jmckendrick165

    3 ай бұрын

    What?

  • @patriciacabrera3101
    @patriciacabrera3101 Жыл бұрын

    This was an annoying interviewer...focused only in the spelling😮

  • @gloriamontgomery6900

    @gloriamontgomery6900

    Жыл бұрын

    She’s trying to document clearly so these things will be recorded and never forgotten

  • @virginiaboone9503

    @virginiaboone9503

    Жыл бұрын

    You must have stopped listening before the interview got going. The only spelling was at the very beginning and this is true of all of the Shoah interviews. The purpose of the introduction is to get the backgrounds of the survivors documented.

  • @Raven24444

    @Raven24444

    Жыл бұрын

    They are doing that for historical documentation

  • @britlew5933

    @britlew5933

    Жыл бұрын

    I liked her, she was very gentle and asked the right questions.

  • @BrigetteBarker

    @BrigetteBarker

    Жыл бұрын

    Country borders change, town names change or are different in other languages/cultures, names get misspelled during immigration etc. The spelling is for clarification.

  • @raycortopassi4030
    @raycortopassi4030 Жыл бұрын

    Another bad interviewer. Shows no sensitivity, more concerned about the spelling than anything else.

  • @elisaschulman2356

    @elisaschulman2356

    5 ай бұрын

    People keep complaining about the spelling of things but it is ever so important for documentation.

  • @Jerseyboondocks

    @Jerseyboondocks

    4 ай бұрын

    Why didn't you think of that? They have to get the spelling right? Because this is an important historical record and that they can know exactly the people and places of her story for history?! She's an actual real holocaust survivor that has been dead for almost 30 years now. There's hardly any left if any

  • @Jerseyboondocks

    @Jerseyboondocks

    4 ай бұрын

    Actually it's the opposite of what you commented. She's a wonderful interviewer. She did exactly what she should have for historical records. I am completely baffled by so many comments complaining that the interviewer asked to spell everything out, My God didn't anyone think of why??! Well some people did. Thank goodness they understand

  • @bridgetttubbs9959
    @bridgetttubbs9959Ай бұрын

    I stand with Israel. God Bless all ! Amazing story!!! Amazing woman!!! We will not forget !

  • @sigrunwestrus68
    @sigrunwestrus68 Жыл бұрын

    All this spelling is killing. Why? Just stupide!

  • @Anonymous-wh4ez

    @Anonymous-wh4ez

    10 ай бұрын

    It is to have accurate records.

  • @Astrid-jt8cd
    @Astrid-jt8cd4 ай бұрын

    God bless and love you beautiful lady. I used to think they have talked about this too much until i saw the picture of the dead bodies of jewis people piled on the ground like trash bmy gid lets never stop talking about thus horror.ehay a totally evil regime the nazis errr

  • @estideri4536
    @estideri453610 ай бұрын

    🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

  • @QuintTheSharker
    @QuintTheSharker9 ай бұрын

    Mhmm. Sure.

  • @ryanweaver962
    @ryanweaver96210 ай бұрын

    So awful

  • @ryanweaver962

    @ryanweaver962

    10 ай бұрын

    And so strong