How I SURVIVED Four Different Nazi Concentration Camps | Ben Lesser

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Ben Lesser was born in Kraków, Poland in 1928. After the German army invaded Poland in 1939, Ben and his family were subject to countless acts of violence by Nazi soldiers and forced to live in the Bochnia Ghetto.
Ben's journey over the next years would be filled with unimaginable pain and suffering. He would survive a seven-week death march and four different concentration camps - Auschwitz-Birkenau, Durnhau, Buchenwald and Dachau.
He would also survive two separate death trains. On the train from Buchenwald to Dachau, Lesser said he spent three weeks in a cattle car with no water, surviving on only crumbs of a bread roll he had smuggled on. Of the 5,000 prisoners on this train, Lesser was one of only 18 who survived and is the last one alive today.
Lesser and one of his older sisters would be the only two of their seven-person family to see liberation.
Interview recorded on November 5, 2022
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Video Credits:
Interviewer - Bob Patrick
Director of Photography - Umit Gulsen
Editor - Daniel Taksas

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  • He was a smart teenager when this happened which saved his life. He saved diamonds but gave up the diamonds to save his uncle’s life. What a pure soul!

    @umamuthiah872@umamuthiah8722 ай бұрын
    • It's good that some survived to tell the story. But to say Nazis, is not exactly saying it totally truthfully, instead it should be said that it was the German people that did this. It's incredible that one set of people can be so cruel to others. However, with the teaching of forgiveness everyone is given another chance to prove themself a better person. God bless Jews and Germans.

      @evaeves8569@evaeves8569Ай бұрын
    • Not all Germans were Nazis

      @lorettachampion4473@lorettachampion4473Ай бұрын
    • ​@@evaeves8569you are a fool

      @LeerjrNat@LeerjrNatАй бұрын
    • @@evaeves8569not all Germans were Nazis and not all had a choice. And As funny as it may seem. There are wicked people All over the earth who get a kick, stomping on a dream.

      @Puppy_Puppington@Puppy_PuppingtonАй бұрын
    • @@evaeves8569it was not just Germans too…

      @Puppy_Puppington@Puppy_PuppingtonАй бұрын
  • This man came to my high school to tell his story. He made everyone cry including the teachers. I still remember his stories and all the details.

    @britneyram80@britneyram80Ай бұрын
    • Stories yes like ones of lord of the rings.

      @deantownie7441@deantownie74416 сағат бұрын
  • I have no words. Thank you, Mr Lesser. Thank you for being brave and telling the story. We will never forget.

    @codyking4848@codyking48482 ай бұрын
    • Pretty weird how his entire family was gassed but they just let him live. Does that make much sense

      @nickxcaliber7991@nickxcaliber79912 ай бұрын
    • ​@@nickxcaliber7991 Only part that makes no sense, is the pure evil that some allow to take over their lives.

      @cathyl8675@cathyl86752 ай бұрын
    • @@cathyl8675 I heard one survivor was in the process of being gassed and she gave birth while the others around her died by gassing. Miraculously they both survived. Instead of killing her right then and there… she managed to survive even more gas showers! And the baby she gave birth to survived the equally fatal infant wards which is conveniently disguised as one, when it’s actually a gassing ward. Such tough people, these survivors.

      @michaelwilliamson4759@michaelwilliamson47592 ай бұрын
    • @@michaelwilliamson4759 With God, the impossible becomes possible. I'll look for that story. It has me questioning how so many people refuse that we have an amazing creator and consider many circumstances chance happenings. I watched a video just yesterday, that even Darwin was not positive God does not exist...that's one of their big leaders🤷‍♀️ they do not realize Satan enjoys their false beliefs.

      @cathyl8675@cathyl86752 ай бұрын
    • ​@@nickxcaliber7991 what are you trying to imply?? Because if you're trying to imply that this man is lying then I'll say he's either a terrific liar or he's telling the truth.

      @YumaMCO@YumaMCO2 ай бұрын
  • Mr. Lesser spoke at my high school, sharing his story and presenting us with a pin as a lasting reminder. His narrative, even when recounting the distressing incident of a baby being smashed into a door, remains unforgettable. I'm grateful that his story is now available online for others to hear. Very important sorry and historical evidence. Thank you for sharing.

    @Shandon1313@Shandon13132 ай бұрын
    • He speaks for the ones who can't now.

      @Andy-te1mw@Andy-te1mw2 ай бұрын
    • He never spoke at ur high school lmao, this the 1st time you ever seen this man in ur life

      @jesiah391@jesiah3912 ай бұрын
    • Share.never ist jetzt❤❤

      @vickyhilger596@vickyhilger5962 ай бұрын
    • ⁠@@jesiah391How would you know??? You might just be an Antisemite, and denier of the Holocaust. I’m a senior citizen, and when I was young we had Holocaust survivors that came and spoke to us. We had a few classmates whose parents were survivors. Don’t think that we weren’t exposed to people who went through the hell of the camps, and survived, only to find out that everyone they knew were murdered.

      @marilyn6556@marilyn65562 ай бұрын
    • Thank you Ben Lesser for sharing your story. May God richly bless you.

      @cjbwoods@cjbwoods2 ай бұрын
  • “God left a witness.” That hit me very hard. Not just a witness to let the tale to the Jewish people, but to all mankind. We must discard hate and have peace.

    @craigiefconcert6493@craigiefconcert64933 ай бұрын
    • Tell that to all the liberal universities promoting Jewish genocide, both the faculties and students.

      @djquinn11@djquinn112 ай бұрын
    • Yes this witness can see what Israel is now doing to Palestinians. Same thing the Germans did to them

      @chevellebelair1402@chevellebelair14022 ай бұрын
    • You mean the opposite? How hamas wants to eradicate jews from the planet?@@chevellebelair1402

      @ziepex7009@ziepex70092 ай бұрын
    • Yeah, except Isreal is in the right.

      @jim6532@jim65322 ай бұрын
    • ​@@chevellebelair1402you're conveniently forgetting that Hamas started this latest war by attacking Israelis in their homes in a very similar way to the Nazis, torturing & killing nearly 1500 people in truly horrendous ways. Yes, what is happening in Gaza is terrible to see but what exactly did Hamas think would happen after such an attack???

      @mnicholl93@mnicholl932 ай бұрын
  • His story is worse than rated R film! He told the story so well and was able to speck words witch transformed in to an accurate visual detail's. It was as if he teleported you and you were standing right beside him seeing everything he saw. It's unbelievable that he survived to tell his story. I listened brave sir! It happened to you and millions of other people. I will NOT get amnesia and forget the struggles forced upon you.

    @martingustafson9550@martingustafson95503 ай бұрын
    • it is saddening to realize those atrocities still live vividly all these years in his mind. God bless them all to have peace again and again. ❤

      @haught1979@haught19793 ай бұрын
    • How can some Zionist turn and some of the same horrible things to another people 😔. But also some of the most valiant people speaking out all Jewish people who do not stand with their governments evil acts

      @torchtube5621@torchtube56213 ай бұрын
    • I do hoped and I prayed that the Nazis become Christians.

      @meganmose@meganmose2 ай бұрын
    • I will never forget about what the poor Jewish people went through. Thank God there were survivors to tell the world of the atrocities committed by the Nazis. Unfortunately, people didn’t learn and they want to think it can’t happen again. That’s just ignorant.

      @marilyn6556@marilyn65562 ай бұрын
    • @@marilyn6556If it’s not a lived memory, humans forget easily.

      @Oblivisci........@Oblivisci........Ай бұрын
  • My grandfather was one of the G.I.s who helped liberate Dachau at the end of WWII... He survived the horrors of the D-Day landings, fought through france and into the heart of germany itself unscathed. But he would be forever haunted by what he saw in that god forsaken place. He would wake up screaming some nights from the nightmares he'd have. When I was in high school, we took a trip to the holocaust survivors' museum. Before leaving, I stopped in the hall of remembrance and lit two votives at the niche for Dachau- one in memory of my grandfather and the other in memory of the victims. We must never forget what happened in those dark and terrible days.

    @natedorney7032@natedorney70322 ай бұрын
    • I will forever be grateful to all the men who served in the fight against a totally evil regime. I am in humble awe of all the victims and all rescuers. I am so, humbly grateful for the servicemen who had to go through the types of trauma your grandfather went through. I am doing all I can to keep all these people alive in our hearts and minds. Thankyou for sharing this part of your grandfather's story. Love to your family. From New Zealand.

      @barbsmart7373@barbsmart73732 ай бұрын
    • My grandfather was there too, I can't help but wonder if he was the G.I that fed them that spam. The only time I ever saw my grandfather cry was him retelling the stories of Dachau and how much he regrets accidentally killing a prisoner by trying to fed them some rations. I know that many soldiers did the same, but it's hard not to speculate. This video had me in tears, but I'm glad we have these 1st hand accounts documented so that we can "hopefully" prevent some atrocities last these reoccurring. Out of curiosity, was your grandfather in the 45th? Mine was in the 42nd infantry, but they landed in Marseilles and not part of d-day so I assumed he wasn't in the same battalion as my grandpa unless transfered.

      @coreyjones3443@coreyjones344325 күн бұрын
    • G-d Bless your grandfather - who saved so many souls - including my father who was just a young boy - the words “thank you” would never be sufficient… all my best and Blessings to you and your beautiful family!

      @gitaamini2683@gitaamini268311 күн бұрын
  • Man's inhumanity to man is unbelievable.Such horrors,its difficult getting your mind round what was done to these poor people.

    @carolinependleton8445@carolinependleton84452 ай бұрын
    • It's made worse when you realize that the bread bit was likely intentional, there's no way those guards didn't know that the people were literally starving to death would would attack each other (possibly) for extra rations. They just got off on seeing it. It blows my mind that people are living in a fairytale world where this kind of cruelty is 'impossible' to them, they've clearly never had a sociopathic boss before. Evil like this is definitely real, and history really only shows us the MOST egregious examples.

      @Buoyant_Bear@Buoyant_Bear29 күн бұрын
    • Bouyant bear evil crap is happening now,you don’t have to look to history. Do you walk around with your eyes and ears closed??

      @michellebooth327@michellebooth32729 күн бұрын
    • Many people. We often forget what Stalin did to his own people. What the Japanese did to the Chinese was sometimes worse than what the Germans did to the Jews. Then similar to Stalin what Miao did to his people in China. We have so many examples of how evil people can be to one another. It’s important to remember them all lest we let it be repeated anywhere.

      @ryand4533@ryand45337 күн бұрын
    • Oh it's quite believable.. It starts small "illegal immigrants" builds up "illegal immigrants are stealing our jobs!" Adds more reasons to hate "illegal immigrants are mooching off the government, and voting", then they add violence "illegal immigrants are getting our kids hooked on drugs and killing them!!" They do it gradually, so gradually that you can't remember what it was like before, they repeat it over and over, so it feels true... As Voltaire once said...centuries before the holocaust. "If they can make you believe absurdities, they can make you commit atrocities"

      @DEATHBYFLYINGCDS@DEATHBYFLYINGCDS3 күн бұрын
  • For a man who went through hell 4 times and more he is a tough cookie and deserves the best

    @dakaron02@dakaron022 ай бұрын
    • No you’re a “tough cookie” when you accidentally break a glass cup and you refrain yourself from crying. We can’t even fathom how tough this man is

      @swisscheeseplease97@swisscheeseplease97Ай бұрын
    • ​@@swisscheeseplease97You're a tough cookie if you don't cry from breaking a glass? Are you for real?

      @Please_allow_me@Please_allow_meАй бұрын
    • calling a man who survived a ghetto and 4 concentration camps, subjected to the deepest depths of human brutality a "tough cookie", lol

      @CoolDrifty@CoolDrifty6 күн бұрын
  • Surviving even one Concentration Camp is amazing. Surviving four ventures into the miraculous. Absolutely astounding

    @ClarenceCochran-ne7du@ClarenceCochran-ne7du2 ай бұрын
    • Certainly is…. And he’s not alone , believe it or not. Five million claimed reparations! Many surviving multiple camps. True survivors, every single one of the five million. Six million died, five million survived hence the low number now.

      @piplee1439@piplee1439Ай бұрын
    • Lotta survivors at these so called death camps huh

      @badxradxandy@badxradxandy25 күн бұрын
    • Lmao when you open a video just to look at the replies and are not left disappointed. Thank you for restoring my faith ​@@piplee1439

      @singlemom6305@singlemom630522 күн бұрын
    • I bet he could convince you he was abducted by aliens and you'd swallow it all lol

      @Kyle-kx3xp@Kyle-kx3xp20 күн бұрын
    • Sounds fake to me. How deadly could they have really been if he survived 4 of them.

      @ska8tergirl4@ska8tergirl45 күн бұрын
  • When he spoke about the baby. And how that sudden silence, tormented him. That made me begin to cry. I could truly see it in his face, telling that story. They aren't forced to relieve these memories. As it's an honor to sit down and listen to this man. Who has survived or endured more than the soldiers of WW2. Absolutely sad..these men and women who served against Nazi German and dealt with the concentration camps of this behemoth War..are more stronger than any human could possibly realize.. I've seen ptsd from Afghanistan alone..and that's a very very sad thing..much less what these men and women dealt with..is possibly horrific. Never able to sleep right again.

    @EverythingE60Euro@EverythingE60EuroАй бұрын
    • We shouldn’t compare “levels” of trauma from horrid atrocities. Maybe we should see trauma as being affecting and that’s that. Your suffering and trauma is still valid buddy :(

      @Puppy_Puppington@Puppy_PuppingtonАй бұрын
    • L o​@@Puppy_Puppington

      @davidmcintosh9789@davidmcintosh978924 күн бұрын
    • ​@@Puppy_Puppingtonman shut up

      @deadbol8090@deadbol809024 күн бұрын
    • I'm holding my almost 6 month old son, I couldn't imagine watching something like that being done to him. My heart breaks for the sweet baby and his parents.

      @christinagowan8116@christinagowan811618 күн бұрын
    • I wouldn’t say more than the soldiers. Many soldiers ended up on these camps. Pilots who were shot down were taken to these camps. At a certain point it’s just as bad as bad can get. This time in history certainly tested the limits of “civilization”.

      @ryand4533@ryand45337 күн бұрын
  • I thought I was heartbroken listening to Eva Mozes Kor's story, and didn't think cruelty could get much worse. Hearing Ben's story has destroyed my heart. I can't believe he survived those horrors and will be 96 this year.

    @socksandpi1264@socksandpi12642 ай бұрын
    • Hi from New Zealand. I think I have listened to hundreds of survivors and liberators now. I think of these people, servicemen from many countries and the rescuers and bystanders several times a day now. It seems that 19th century history is a part of me now. I don't want my heroes to be forgotten or for lessons not to be learned. I promise you, the stories of all these people do not ever get any more comprehensible. My life has changed significantly since learning about history. For the better!!!!!

      @barbsmart7373@barbsmart73732 ай бұрын
    • @@barbsmart7373 isn’t it mainly the 20th century history? World 1900 to 1999. Right? Unless you’re speaking of atrocities that happened in the 1800s? But I’ve kind of figured you’re talking about Genocides after 1900.

      @Puppy_Puppington@Puppy_PuppingtonАй бұрын
    • Didn’t she just say she got sick and it made Mengele sad but because of the treatment she received she survived?

      @BannedHistory@BannedHistory13 күн бұрын
    • @@BannedHistory WTF? You are introducing your own agenda. Why are you twisting the truth about this horrific Nazi character? Why would you want to do that? Your thoughts create who you are, so choose wisely. Eva is one of very many heroes and heroines who survived the Holocaust and bravely shared with the world what can happen if you don't control your thoughts.

      @barbsmart7373@barbsmart737312 күн бұрын
  • This is the type of information that textbooks don’t discuss. Truly amazing and I give this man much appreciation for telling his stories.

    @save-the-civic6386@save-the-civic6386Ай бұрын
  • What a loving nephew to his uncle..God bless sir

    @reqhskslkwe4480@reqhskslkwe44802 ай бұрын
  • I've listened to a few survivors of the prison camps . It is unbelievable that anyone ever survived any of that. I am always at the stories and the people telling them. I think everyone should have an opportunity to meet and listen to these people. Without the dear, sights, smells, noone can ever truly comprehend the terrible things that these people lived through. I pray that each and every one of them finds the peace that they so deserve. God bless each of them, all survivors of these events and the persecution that they had endured. May we never forget just how this all came about and how easy it would be for the world to have leaders do these same things again. God help us all.

    @brianlykins6663@brianlykins66633 ай бұрын
    • Amen

      @NathanWells-mh4rd@NathanWells-mh4rd3 ай бұрын
    • Seems like there were tons of surviors. They all met mengela too. This is clearly bullshit.

      @mikeofthewoods@mikeofthewoods3 ай бұрын
    • Yes sir. And if god forbid I had seen the things this man saw it would have driven me insane. The worst thing is the world learned nothing from these events. Humans still have a never ending capacity to hate and kill each other. When the day comes when all the nukes start falling we will reap what we've sown 😢

      @mikem9892@mikem98922 ай бұрын
    • Good comment. I am not even sure a "like" is appropriate, but I will give one. A minor correction : Ben did not only survive "prison camps", he survived living in a ghetto, and Auschwitz was a "death camp" ("vernichtungslager" in German).

      @williestyle35@williestyle352 ай бұрын
  • Just when I think I have heard the worst of some survivors' experiences during the Holocaust. What an unbelievable and truly miraculous story of endurance and survival. He says the only reason he can think of why he survived out of all the hundreds of other prisoners is the God wanted him to be a witness in order to share the stories of all the atrocities with the world. What an amazing way to process what he went through and have so much respect for his ongoing willingess to share what he witnessed.

    @wutangwingchun8551@wutangwingchun85512 ай бұрын
  • I genuinely want to hear with compassion every story this man has to tell he’s like a treasure trove of history

    @subnoizesoldier2@subnoizesoldier22 ай бұрын
  • This man is incredible. He survived one of human kinds biggest genocide in history. I wish him every bit of peace and love

    @Kristenoyinbo@Kristenoyinbo28 күн бұрын
  • I love how his uncle made him pack his shoes with diamonds to help his life be easier, and he gave the diamonds to someone to help his uncle get a job in the kitchen to make his life easier.. and took his tenth man punishment... the selflessness in that situation would probably never happen again

    @mtnvlifestyles@mtnvlifestyles2 ай бұрын
    • Young men were raised to have honor back then. To respect their elders. What a difference to the punks we have nowadays.

      @sarahj30@sarahj302 ай бұрын
  • God bless you, Mr. Lesser. In the neighborhood where I grew up, a Jewish gentleman from Poland had a gift shop a couple of doors down from my parents' deli. He also was in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Dachau. He knew Mengele from his job working in the kitchens at Auschwitz. How he got that job is a story in itself, but suffice it to say that like Mr. Lesser he was able to think his way into a job that helped him to survive. I would be surprised if Mr. Lesser's uncle didn't know this man. Maybe even Mr. Lesser did also. He never talked about the horrifying events from the camps, only about how he was able to fool the guards to smuggle food to some of the other inmates. I can only imagine the horrors that he saw and kept to himself.

    @remaguire@remaguire3 ай бұрын
    • ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

      @vickyhilger596@vickyhilger5962 ай бұрын
  • The fact that Mengele lived out the rest of his life on a beach is so infuriating. What makes it worse is that so many Nazis lived with 0 punishments

    @RyanFischer1990@RyanFischer19902 ай бұрын
    • and now the Jews are doing no different to the Palestinians..

      @ItsSain@ItsSain2 ай бұрын
    • and now the Jews are doing no different to the Palestinians.. with zero punishment… do you have a brain

      @ItsSain@ItsSain2 ай бұрын
    • Or that some nazis get invited to be guests of honor at Canadian government events and are applauded.

      @notoriousjel@notoriousjel2 ай бұрын
    • There's plenty of docs on youtube of the nazis that the mossad got even into the 70s. Great stories

      @notoriousjel@notoriousjel2 ай бұрын
    • There isn't any evil that will not.be punished. JESUS IS.HOLY and his holiness demands righteous judgement.

      @brendastranack4512@brendastranack45122 ай бұрын
  • I cannot whatch this without crying. And he has somuch more to tell. I somuch would like to give Ben an endless hug... I need some time to recover now, but its nothing.

    @arnhemseptember2009@arnhemseptember20093 ай бұрын
    • He has a book as well that gives more detail

      @dbentleyto95@dbentleyto95Ай бұрын
  • Wow, this is worse than anything I imagined it could be. The amount of things that had to go right for him to survive is astounding.

    @Legitpenguins99@Legitpenguins993 ай бұрын
    • War is Hell, to survive takes super human skills and a total revamp of your mental acuity. It's not for the front of heart. You must become worse than your enemy to overcome adversity. Your enemy must recognize that they have few options. Losing is not an option. Semper Fi.

      @ErnestDicks@ErnestDicks3 ай бұрын
    • Feint not front.

      @ErnestDicks@ErnestDicks3 ай бұрын
    • It's insane and whenever things like this happens noone sees it's coming and noone is prepared. That's all conflicts past and future.

      @rileysmall4317@rileysmall4317Ай бұрын
    • It’s so bad you really have to IMAGINE it. 😂

      @BannedHistory@BannedHistory13 күн бұрын
  • Witold Pilecki the Polish Cav officer that volunteered to go to Auschwitz in 40. Gave info on the horrors to the Home Army AK Escaped in 43, fought in the Warsaw uprising and was executed by communists in 48. Another hero of Polska 🇵🇱🇮🇱🇺🇲💪

    @johngillespie3409@johngillespie34093 ай бұрын
    • Knowing that such sadistic atrocities were perpetrated against life loving Jews, it really pisses me off how the people of color in America whine and bitch about how they are currently treated

      @dannypowell594@dannypowell5943 ай бұрын
    • I hate commies

      @martymcfly1833@martymcfly18332 ай бұрын
    • Witold report is a must read 👍 The “volunteered” part is debatable though, as he was “invited to volunteer” by the leadership with whom he had disagreements. As a military man, he wouldn’t have dared to say no. That’s said mainly with intent for historical accuracy. There is no doubt Witold was the unsung hero that went with the utmost dignity.

      @awakecreate9244@awakecreate92442 ай бұрын
    • Weird to put an Israeli flag when the Zionist state of Israel didn't even exist until 1947 when the Mossad committed genocide against the Palestinian people.

      @v3ck1n@v3ck1n2 ай бұрын
    • Lol, get a clue.

      @garnet4846@garnet48462 ай бұрын
  • Oh God. I had to stop at the baby, but bless you and yours, sir. I feel such anger and sadness that this occurred, but also joy that you survived and prospered.

    @chocolatefrenzieya@chocolatefrenzieya3 ай бұрын
    • Knowing that such sadistic atrocities were perpetrated against life loving Jews, it really pisses me off how the people of color in America whine and bitch about how they are currently treated

      @dannypowell594@dannypowell5943 ай бұрын
    • Knowing that such sadistic atrocities were perpetrated against life loving Jews, it really pisses me off how the people of color in America whine and bitch about how they are currently treated

      @dannypowell594@dannypowell5943 ай бұрын
    • It's happening right now in Palestine; in Russian-held Ukraine, at the US Border with Immigrants - happens everyday.

      @robertsaget6918@robertsaget69183 ай бұрын
    • @@robertsaget6918US immigrates? Those beans need to enter legally. You must come from an inbred family being tha special

      @timsonjohnson3677@timsonjohnson36773 ай бұрын
    • @@robertsaget6918Gaza attacked Israel and the Jewish people retaliated. They Jewish people will NEVER let another holocaust happen again. Hamas already openly admitted that they will not stop until the Jewish people are wiped out.

      @paigekyllonen6613@paigekyllonen66133 ай бұрын
  • I know it was hard as heck to talk about but I would love to listen to a part 2. This is the craziest story on the channel.

    @cliporinoabramchuno5414@cliporinoabramchuno54143 ай бұрын
    • Search YT for “Ben Lesser”, there’s loads more vids like this.

      @spankflaps1365@spankflaps13653 ай бұрын
    • Is there a part 2?

      @PhotosinMotion2U@PhotosinMotion2U3 ай бұрын
    • @@PhotosinMotion2U I don’t think so. I think he said that he would like there to be a part two like more stories from him.

      @Puppy_Puppington@Puppy_PuppingtonАй бұрын
  • You survived in a place nobody was meant to survive. You're an angel

    @terrytwotoes3225@terrytwotoes32255 күн бұрын
  • Just wow. I knew it was going to be a tough story to listen to when I clicked on the video, but I'm glad I did. Thank you for sharing.

    @Squeegee88@Squeegee882 ай бұрын
    • Thank you for watching. This was an important one to share.

      @americanveteranscenter@americanveteranscenter2 ай бұрын
  • Never stop tell this story Sir, because the world must not ever forget the millions that died in such inhumane ways LOVE YOU BROTHER AND GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS 🙏🙏🙏

    @kennethsloboda4958@kennethsloboda49582 ай бұрын
  • Thank you Mr. Lesser, for telling us, so uncensored, your experiences of the horrors during the Holocaust.

    @annapepple477@annapepple4772 ай бұрын
  • This documentary by Mr Lesser should be put in every single School in the world. 🙏

    @cynthiamcgee4829@cynthiamcgee48292 ай бұрын
  • This breaks my heart😢 I’m so sorry you had to go thru that. They were pure evil!

    @cindyflier3493@cindyflier34932 ай бұрын
  • This guy's story should be made into a movie, it is truly epic

    @danam0228@danam02283 ай бұрын
    • I hope Spielberg is watching.

      @williamyoung9401@williamyoung94012 ай бұрын
    • Is say horrible not epic.

      @similarfoah@similarfoahАй бұрын
    • @@similarfoah You apparently don't understand what the word epic actually means. It does not mean good or bad.

      @danam0228@danam0228Ай бұрын
    • ​@@danam0228that's the problem, genius. This is tragic. It's important to know, it's BAD. You young pampered children are indifferent to reality that you can't relate to or comprehend.

      @earl-tf4qc@earl-tf4qcАй бұрын
    • If you watch a lot of the good movies about this terrible disgusting stain history, you will already find bits of his story as it's a story that's so many of them bore witnessed too Spielberg movies is included in the movies I am talking about.

      @dogmomma4019@dogmomma4019Ай бұрын
  • I can’t just fathom the depth of their cruelty towards their own fellow human beings. It’s the factnthey not only murdered innocent people but they had to do it in the cruelest way possible. It defies understanding and fhis poor man has had to live with the the trauma of that experience for 80 or more years.

    @troyphillips6481@troyphillips64812 ай бұрын
    • "cultured people"

      @yankeecitygirl@yankeecitygirl2 ай бұрын
  • What a badass. He is one tough man. Thank you for telling your story

    @mcnallica2382@mcnallica23823 ай бұрын
  • I met this man in person back in 2017, when he held a speech in a church next to my school in Baden-Württemberg. Very inspiring man. I've been subscribed to his Zachor Newsletter ever since.

    @darkPegasista@darkPegasista2 ай бұрын
  • This was so difficult to listen to. But hearing their stories is the least we can do. It’s unfathomable that this level of evil is even possible. God Bless you for continuing to share your story.

    @irmastevens3277@irmastevens32772 ай бұрын
  • What a great and inspiring individual. I will never be able to comprehend what he had to endure and live through. His memories will unfortunately haunt him until the day he passes on.

    @glennt8687@glennt86873 ай бұрын
  • This is true horror, what they did to that baby broke my heart. And Hitler couldn't take his punishment like a man, took the easy way out, absolutely heart breaking

    @thecomicstyleartist@thecomicstyleartist2 ай бұрын
    • He didn't want to end up like his hero Mussolini, strung up in a public square beside his mistress

      @yankeecitygirl@yankeecitygirl2 ай бұрын
    • ​@yankeecitygirl they were either shot or hanged.

      @sandyb2379@sandyb23792 ай бұрын
  • To think he was in front of Mandela, the uniforms, heard the screams, the dog barks, smelt the steam of the cattle carts and burning bodies. This man spent every day in hell and watched crime after crime take place against innocent people. How on earth can you not hear hate in his voice. Beautiful person

    @tombradford9195@tombradford91952 ай бұрын
    • I think you meant Mengele.

      @flash2tz@flash2tz5 күн бұрын
    • @@flash2tz Correct. Whilst I wish I got the spelling right first time, I am glad my auto text is presuming Mandela over Mengele for future ref haha

      @tombradford9195@tombradford91955 күн бұрын
    • Believed the lies I see

      @ska8tergirl4@ska8tergirl45 күн бұрын
    • @@ska8tergirl4 what lies?

      @tombradford9195@tombradford91955 күн бұрын
    • @tombradford9195 I'd rather have that name show up too!

      @flash2tz@flash2tz5 күн бұрын
  • Thank you for sharing. It is no exaggeration when we say that The Greatest Generation saved the civilized world and their grandchildren and great grand-children from an evil beyond anyone's comprehension.

    @beexcellenttoeachother5313@beexcellenttoeachother53133 ай бұрын
    • Whats coming in the near future will make WW1 and WW2 look like child's play. 😢

      @michaelfrancis6321@michaelfrancis63213 ай бұрын
    • ​@@michaelfrancis6321 What are you planning, Michael?

      @heatherperleberg7816@heatherperleberg78162 ай бұрын
    • @heatherperleberg7816 I plan on drinking a beer and smoke a fatty while looking at mushroom clouds

      @michaelfrancis6321@michaelfrancis63212 ай бұрын
    • ​@@heatherperleberg7816it's not what Michael has planned; it's been written. The Bible gave warnings. The survivors of the holocaust are almost gone. 🙏

      @cathyl8675@cathyl86752 ай бұрын
    • Absolute lie. The world they gave us is one where Europe is gone and is a puppet of the J regime and the globalist regime Disgusting

      @nonono9194@nonono91942 ай бұрын
  • And, during all of this unimaginable suffering, he was just a teen, a child. Hats off to your stunning courage and bravery, sir!

    @themetalplates@themetalplates9 күн бұрын
  • Your strength is incomparable. God definitely used you as one of his soldiers. God bless you.

    @user-mv3ki4ii5l@user-mv3ki4ii5l2 ай бұрын
    • If God was real, how could he of let this happen.

      @user-hu1yi8ox9z@user-hu1yi8ox9zКүн бұрын
  • Thanks for sharing this terrible but very precious story. It is very important that we never forget that this horror happened. Thanks to people like Ben Lesser, who survided all those atrocities and are now bringing us their invaluable testimony.

    @federicotovaglieri7758@federicotovaglieri77582 ай бұрын
  • My father helped to liberate Dachau as an American soldier.

    @cindyhalpern3187@cindyhalpern318715 күн бұрын
    • Did he participate in the massacres?

      @theguyof360@theguyof36013 күн бұрын
    • @@theguyof360Hopefully, he did.

      @nimdaqa@nimdaqa8 күн бұрын
    • What massacres? Where Americans killed Nazis at the camp?

      @bitterellaselectricgroove8544@bitterellaselectricgroove85446 күн бұрын
    • Traitor

      @ska8tergirl4@ska8tergirl45 күн бұрын
    • ​@@theguyof360What are you on about?

      @dudydude3287@dudydude32873 күн бұрын
  • still u r in a state of trauma...what a lifetime punishment Sir !! U r a brave person, very strong very strong ❤️

    @kakolisaha2658@kakolisaha26585 күн бұрын
  • I wish you peace, Mr. Lesser. Thankyou for telling your story to the world. We all need to hear it to remember what WWII was realy about.

    @DougsHomestead@DougsHomestead3 ай бұрын
  • This is horrible, these stories need to be told and remembered, people deny this atrocities ever happened.

    @johndreyer9730@johndreyer97302 ай бұрын
    • They’re too negative?

      @cjalexanderjr8811@cjalexanderjr88112 ай бұрын
    • Are you trolling or too dumb to understand my statement?

      @johndreyer9730@johndreyer97302 ай бұрын
    • @@cjalexanderjr8811 loll real life is too negative, cry more snowflake

      @westeam4247@westeam42472 ай бұрын
    • @@cjalexanderjr8811 what do you mean? It’s history. The context matters a lot. It would be negative if he uses it that way, but he’s using it for something positive.

      @Puppy_Puppington@Puppy_PuppingtonАй бұрын
  • GOD BLESS THIS MAN! The bravery, the courage, the sacrifice, the fortitude and selflessness this man possessed as a 15 year old boy, to face and endure such abhorrent atrocities is extremely heartbreaking!!! Mr. Lesser is exactly right with his reasoning as to why God spared him. The world NEEDS to hear these stories. Because when you forget about the past, history will be repeated!

    @MrPlywood09@MrPlywood092 ай бұрын
  • Thank you dear Mr. Lesser for sharing your story. My heart weeps for your family. God bless you all!

    @maryhanisch9979@maryhanisch99795 күн бұрын
  • Wow… what a testimony of faith, bravery and unconditional love for your uncle. No words to say how I’m feeling over the suffering you have gone through. Thank you for sharing. My heart prayers for the baby, the couple and those who were persecuted. I’m so sorry for your losses, as well. 🙏🏼🌹

    @adelinaclonts7004@adelinaclonts70047 күн бұрын
  • This man's story is incredible...he possibly went through more than almost any human has ever went through and actually lived to tell the tale

    @jimc.goodfellas226@jimc.goodfellas2262 ай бұрын
  • I don’t know how people could be so sadistic and be able to do those unspeakable things to another human being is beyond me. God bless you Ben thank you for sharing your story.

    @rn2811@rn2811Ай бұрын
  • I will never forget your story. Thank you for sharing it with us.

    @captivatednightshade1432@captivatednightshade14328 күн бұрын
  • This man is so incredibly selfless.

    @hannahfowler5217@hannahfowler521714 күн бұрын
  • Listen to these stories, we can not let history EVER repeat itself. My heart is heavy from your story. ❤️ it’s scary to think how in a matter of days, minutes life can change or be taken. Prepare for the unexpected my friends. ❤️

    @AquaKing02@AquaKing022 ай бұрын
  • God bless you Sir 🙏

    @dotell3359@dotell33593 ай бұрын
  • Thank you, Mr. Lesser. You are blessed among men.

    @flash2tz@flash2tz5 күн бұрын
  • This poor man, the horrors he has lived through. Hopefully the telling of his stories brings him peace. Telling these truth helps in preventing it from happening again.

    @quant_solutions@quant_solutions6 күн бұрын
  • Absolute warrior! Not only for going through all of that but having the courage to get up and speak about the the whole situation. If anyone deserves to be a millionaire it’s this guy!

    @coryowen6579@coryowen65792 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for this interview

    @craigshewchuk9018@craigshewchuk90182 ай бұрын
  • Thanks for interviewing him and giving him a chance to speak!! We are about to lose that generations experiences first hand so this is so important

    @ShanePodClips@ShanePodClips2 ай бұрын
  • this story is making me bawl my eyes out. he speaks so well and tells his story so well its like im next to him when he experienced this. Mr Lesser, thank you for sharing your story, i am so sorry you went through this, i wish you nothing but the best these years to come, you are a survivor. God bless you.

    @briannaatoche764@briannaatoche76420 күн бұрын
  • Wow, what this man endured is amazing. I don't think any of us could have survived. God bless him and all the poor souls lost during this horrible time. We must remember the evil deeds of man could happen again in the blink of an eye.

    @workingman-xl6xh@workingman-xl6xh2 ай бұрын
  • Thank you sir, for sharing your experience. May you be forever blessed ❤

    @shannonyeung8491@shannonyeung84913 ай бұрын
  • Mr. Lesser, if you see this, please know that my heart breaks for you and everyone who experienced this. I hope you know God has favor with you and He put you here for a reason. I hope God blesses you and you have a peaceful life now. God bless you Mr. Lesser!

    @OwenAlexander35@OwenAlexander3515 күн бұрын
  • Thank you, Ben Lssser. This atrocity MUST be told. There are students at the university who ask, "Did this really happen?" I am appalled at the lack of knowledge being taught to our children. I, on the other hand, cannot read enough on WW2. I cry everytime a person tells their horrifying accounts of what they went through. Bless you.

    @jennifervanalstine6493@jennifervanalstine64932 ай бұрын
    • But ….we must listen we have too ..whether it drives us mad

      @junecoleman9030@junecoleman90302 ай бұрын
  • God bless you Mr Lesser. You are a great witness to the world. God gave you a special task and I thank God for sending you to speak. You have supernatural strength to be able to speak as you do. People do need to hear and know of the horrors and that people can be influenced to act so terribly. Thank you thank you thank you!!!!! 💕

    @darlene2662@darlene26623 ай бұрын
  • Listened to this while on my way to work this morning. I had to sit in my car and suck up the tears before going inside. Im still unable to stop thinking about that baby being swong around like a toy.

    @Matt-O@Matt-O3 ай бұрын
  • I dont know what to say. It was a horror beyond horror. From the bottom of my heart, thank you the bravery of sharing your story.

    @susansoper9818@susansoper98184 күн бұрын
  • He was exactly right. God wanted someone to tell their story. He was chosen.🙏

    @DavidSilva-fq7nt@DavidSilva-fq7nt2 ай бұрын
  • This dude was a guest speaker at my middle school in a small town in wisconsin. I greatly remember his story and how it impacted me.

    @budverissimo1@budverissimo1Ай бұрын
  • That this "interview" is published here 💔 is a good thing. ❤️

    @ottovangogh9477@ottovangogh94773 ай бұрын
  • You have a guardian angel watching over you Mr. Lesser. Your story was meant to be told and thank you for speaking on probably the hardest times of your life.

    @yasminbarroso7691@yasminbarroso7691Ай бұрын
  • This is one of the most harrowing stories I have ever heard . God bless this man

    @cooperbrosracing@cooperbrosracing2 ай бұрын
  • What this man endured during the Nazi regime is incomprehensible. Thanks for sharing his story.

    @VegasCyclingFreak@VegasCyclingFreak2 ай бұрын
  • Unbelievable story of survival. A remarkable man indeed. We cannot forget!

    @shannonsullivan1968@shannonsullivan19682 ай бұрын
  • Ben's strength is inspirational he knew that he needed to survive no matter what and I for one am glad he did because he absolutely needs people to remember what happened and to spread his word

    @avrilpeters@avrilpetersАй бұрын
  • Thank you sir for sharing your story. You are such a brave man and I'm so sorry for the things you've had to endure.

    @gypsyreevs246@gypsyreevs2462 ай бұрын
  • thank you for sharing your story never ever forget your bravery and kindness to your cousin

    @jeminakifer6305@jeminakifer63052 ай бұрын
  • God bless you sir. You’re in my prayers

    @traciraye149@traciraye1492 ай бұрын
  • Thank you Mr. Lesser for sharing your experience….a very courageous and inspiring man…May God continue to bless you 🙏🏽

    @summergabriel7605@summergabriel760526 күн бұрын
  • Really powerful testimony. Thank you for sharing, Sir.

    @jamesbraxton6085@jamesbraxton60857 күн бұрын
  • And there are actually people who are dumb enough to deny this ever happened.

    @stevenfortier6436@stevenfortier64362 ай бұрын
    • The same people who support a leader that uses many of the same rhetorical tools against our southern neighbors

      @superusseljames@superusseljames2 ай бұрын
    • @@superusseljamesare you trying to say republicans don’t believe that the holocaust happened?

      @MrEcarlson462@MrEcarlson462Ай бұрын
  • It’s amazing that his mind can remember such horrible things. I pray for him and God bless him. This is just so heartbreaking.

    @kelseyyoung4588@kelseyyoung45882 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for sharing your story! Peace and love to you! Glad God chose to share your story. ❤

    @KellyJoLarson@KellyJoLarsonАй бұрын
  • God bless you, Sir. I’m so incredibly sorry that you and so many others suffered such hell. May it never happen again. To anyone.

    @pamelaleannefreeland9025@pamelaleannefreeland9025Ай бұрын
  • This man is a walking blessing

    @milessmith2171@milessmith21713 ай бұрын
  • A terrifying and harrowing experience. A incredible human who has witnessed the worst of humanity.

    @dahski1@dahski13 ай бұрын
  • You Sir. Are amazing. Chosen for a reason! Thank you for sharing your story. My heart breaks for you and the pain you have endured.

    @rebbeccafryer1317@rebbeccafryer1317Ай бұрын
  • I sit here listening to you in awe for your bravery and saddened by what you experienced. Thank you for sharing your life stories with us.

    @suzannewaite4724@suzannewaite4724Ай бұрын
  • Shared today, yes God bless you.

    @jennyandrews1671@jennyandrews16712 ай бұрын
  • By all that is Holy. Bless you sir.

    @ronaldwarren5220@ronaldwarren52203 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for sharing these stories!

    @MrMemesAndChill@MrMemesAndChill2 ай бұрын
  • Some parts of this story are soo hard to learn that we cant even imagine them and hear them again.. Cannot even think how those people survived that hell, seeing your own family getting killed and what not!

    @jaykrishnaa5923@jaykrishnaa59236 күн бұрын
  • The worst horror story ever told, yet it's not a story, it's completely real. Any hell you can possibly imagine probably happened and people such as this experienced it and lived to tell.

    @michaelandrews8598@michaelandrews85983 ай бұрын
  • It’s unbelievable, someone capable with that kind of cruelty just break my heart as I listen to him tears coming down on my face I’m so sorry that he had to go through such hell.

    @kitty-vk8ic@kitty-vk8ic2 ай бұрын
  • I listened Mr Lesser. I will never forget your story. I will tell others to listen to your story and together everyone who listens will carry in their heart your story so we don’t forget. God bless your soul.

    @robinstratton2204@robinstratton220416 күн бұрын
  • this was a very touching video and testimony. Thank you so much Ben Lesser for sharing your story.

    @annamccoy8876@annamccoy88762 ай бұрын
  • Thank you Sir for your Remembrance.

    @wildcolonialman@wildcolonialman3 ай бұрын
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