2024 First Person with Holocaust Survivor Ruth Elenberg Eisenberg

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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Ай бұрын

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 KZfaq 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 Ай 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 Ай бұрын

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

@PauletteStudards Ай бұрын

You are a beacon of hope for humanity

@eveeggleston7611 Ай бұрын

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

@jjmoonireland1425 Ай бұрын

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

@candygirl1990 Ай бұрын

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

@jmeyer3rn Ай 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.

@tamararutland-mills9530 Ай 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.

@cecilefox9136 Ай бұрын

You are so brave Ruth!👍❤

@mirrage42 Күн бұрын

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

@daniellenwhite Ай бұрын

Thank you Ruth ❤.

@patijohnson5775 Ай бұрын

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

@EvanDortheimer Ай бұрын

Ruth, thank you so much for sharing your story

@MsUrbangirl Ай бұрын

From Detroit Michigan. My favorite moderator!!

@Senacacrane Ай бұрын

Thank you very much Ruth

@JS-yv9pe Ай бұрын

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

@lucy76k Ай 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

@familiedevries659 Ай бұрын

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

@paulakaysmith9151 Ай бұрын

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

@susansegal2492 Ай бұрын

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

@user-ln2cv7tc7o Ай бұрын

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

@user-ln2cv7tc7o Ай бұрын

I'm from TEXAS

@ginaf2103 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing ❤ from the Chicago suburbs

@marykatherinemcloughlin425 Ай бұрын

Thank You for sharing your story❤

@monicashapiro5755 Ай 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

@Floubiage Ай бұрын

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

@cecilefox9136 Ай бұрын

I' m watching from Navarra, Northern Spain.

@baga9196 Ай бұрын

hello from Poland Gdansk!

@susanlivingston743 Ай бұрын

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

@tamaramorton8812 Ай бұрын

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

@barbarascott3350 Ай бұрын

Fayetteville TN ! Hello neighbor

@timomarro1295 Ай бұрын

Watching from Kasson, Minnesota USA.

@tisme2888 16 күн бұрын

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

@johanneregan3143 16 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

@mariellouise1 Ай бұрын

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

@teresaproano7984 Ай бұрын

❤ to all

@marygooge1565 6 күн бұрын

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

@nicksg3002 Ай бұрын

Wow what a collection🎉

@KK-rc5ds 13 күн бұрын

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

@gonefishing167 Ай бұрын

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

@anasol8115 Ай бұрын

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

@theresatate9591 23 күн бұрын

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

@ellenhughes2409 Ай бұрын

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

@Lindsey-C 18 күн бұрын

Prayers for Ruth. What a sweet woman ❤

@puddysue Ай 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.

@BarkBelle Ай бұрын

🙏🇮🇱💪💙with love from California!

@Hongaars1969 Ай бұрын

From Pretoria, South Africa

@user-mw4pb4sp1o Ай 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 😢❤

@barbarascott3350 Ай 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.

@mariannesnead6919 27 күн бұрын

Thank you for letting us know

@WarrenAafedt Ай бұрын

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

@jjmoonireland1425 Ай бұрын

I'm watching from Ireland

@Projects1936 Ай бұрын

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

@maximpopov8651 27 күн бұрын

Peace, Love ☮️

@robindales9303 Ай бұрын

What a wonderful and sensitive host/interviewer

@jeremyhansen8186 Ай бұрын

Pennsylvania

@semsemeini7905 Ай бұрын

Extraordinary. Miraculous.

@cherylsholds862 21 күн бұрын

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

@silverbreezeRn Ай бұрын

Watching in Kentucky.

@puddysue Ай 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...

@loriw1189 Ай бұрын

I am so sorry for your pain

@miriammuskal5402 23 күн бұрын

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

@shawnaweesner3759 Ай бұрын

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

@bethhamilton5888 18 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.

@chelceafarrar-jackson8352 Ай бұрын

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

@Carlacook105 Ай бұрын

❤

@KathyStowe-nc9lo Ай бұрын

San Diego

@shikupukiho1150 5 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