A visit to the US Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C.

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2 жыл бұрын

I went to the Holocaust Museum yesterday in response to a request from a subscriber. I couldn't just tack it on to the end of my normal video of helicopters and the White House and whatnot, so I'm going to release it as a stand-alone video this morning while I head out to film more excitement and whatnot in Washington D.C. I should give a bit of a WARNING: The subject matter pretty intense and chilling at times. It's worth seeing, but sometimes it is hard to see.
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@sharn1982lizard 2 жыл бұрын

My great great uncle Bruno and his brother attempted escape my uncle was 9 his brother was 14. My uncle Bruno made it out his brother got shot in the back and didn't make it. I was only young when my uncle passed maybe 10 but I'll never forget the tattoo. He was the most gentle voiced person I ever knew. Thank you for sharing this p6.

@shanarstra2129 Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry he lost his brother! Horrible time on earth!!

@sharn1982lizard Жыл бұрын

@@shanarstra2129 my name is spelt the same as yours with an extra n. Thank you 😊

@ruthgallagher9584 9 күн бұрын

I'm sorry this happened to your family. Please help w Never Again by contacting your Congress people and asking them to walk out of the July 24 address to Congress by War Criminal Netanyahu

@MamaShup 2 жыл бұрын

That’s so horrible to see, thank you so much for sharing this as I will never be able to see it in person 😊

@dianat119 2 жыл бұрын

We must never forget. When my husband was stationed in Celle, Germany, he took me to Belsen, where Anne Frank died. It was a sobering visit that I will not forget. There were large mounds of earth, each bearing a stone plaque giving the number of people buried beneath, 500, 1,000. etc. Thank you for taking us with you to the Holocaust Museum.

@ruthgallagher9584 9 ай бұрын

This is horrific, and thankfully the 63 million dollar annually funded museum, which started with the idea from a diverse group of Americans exist. Please contact the museum and ask them to Have an exhibit on Remembrance 2025, Armenian Holocaust, 110 Years. There was no exhibit in 2015 about the people my grandmother lost, 1.5 million out of 2 million. And, I would think having an exhibit on the Nakba would be enlightening and represent the best in looking at Palestinian Americans who have suffered as well as at Israeli Americans who have suffered.

@henridelagardere264 2 жыл бұрын

You don't touch in a Holocaust museum, you *are* touched, Thank you, Penguin!

@johnhouchins3156 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Please everyone, do not ever think this can't happen here. It can happen ANYWHERE. We must ever be vigilant and never complacent about "them" vs "us". We all may be different and we may all disagree. but we're ALL us. There is no "them".

@ruthgallagher9584 9 күн бұрын

It would s happening in Gaza now

@kathleenmccarthy4510 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting timing for this video... My father served in WW2 and only spoke once of the experience opening the gates at Buchenwald

@jocarroldodds1410 2 жыл бұрын

My father in law faught in Germany in the WW11 and he said that no one who would want to see what went on there and he had nightmares until he died

@ruthgallagher9584 Ай бұрын

God bless him. I hope the museum talks about you he challenges faced by these soldiers

@joyvictory6852 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for filming this. It's a wake-up call for EVERYONE!

@NarvelNest 2 жыл бұрын

Toured the museum in Jerusalem a few years ago and was impacted by it also. Devastating to see what mankind is capable of doing. Thanks being willing to take us through this one in DC. We must never forget!

@LawrenceKaneshiro 2 жыл бұрын

While visiting Washington DC a few years ago, I took my then nine-year-old daughter to the Holocaust Museum. After reading the John Boyne book "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" she was curious and wanted to learn more about the Holocaust. On one of our hikes through DC, she pressed me into going specifically to the Holocaust Museum. I remember seeing the boxcar, bunkhouse, and a mock-up of what a house in the ghetto looked like. There was some information about Ann Frank and of course the crematoriums. Some things in your video that I did not recognize were the dioramas of how the killing process worked. Sickening! If I ever get back to Washington, the Holocaust Museum is definitely on my list of places to re-visit. Well done!

@D.N.. 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely worth a visit , it's deeply moving, hard to comprehend.

@YahushasDisciple 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking me through there, of my two recent visits to DC I have not been to that museum, and I regret that. Very moving. 😕

@beckypennies1637 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you deeply for the respect and honor you paid to this subject.

@artvance8251 2 жыл бұрын

History is a lesson and should be held up and examined for a better future. Thank you for the look back.

@lila6117 2 жыл бұрын

So incredibly heartbreaking, bless the museum (you can see the care that was taken). Thank you P6

@MarthaDwyer 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for taking us to the museum. It's very impactful seeing all of this. I plan to go next time I'm in Washington, DC. One sad thing is that the survivors are leaving us just like the WWII veterans. I hope their stories have been recorded.

@triples363 2 жыл бұрын

I have spent a day at the one in LA including hearing from a survior. It is an incredible life-changing experience. I agree EVERYONE should experience it at least once.

@Bubbatr0n 2 ай бұрын

I also heard a survivor speak in Columbia, SC. It changed my life forever as it did with you.

@christinepersad950 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your time and willingness to share this as well as all your other videos of DC and the surrounding area.

@tammybuffkin4338 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for today’s video. I’ve always wanted to visit. I think it’s important our children see this sad time in history too.We must never forget.

@zippyman818 2 жыл бұрын

Well done. "Never forget."

@ruthgallagher9584 9 ай бұрын

Please ask the museum to "Never Forget" by having an exhibit on the Armenian Holocaust. Yes, the Jewish Holocaust was horrendous too.

@2daydreams 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this history with us, when so many are trying to convince us it never happened. We are hoping that you will also take us on a tour of the Bible Museum, as we have heard so much about it, too.

@tjttjb915 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve never seen a museum like this! Thank you so much💙 I certainly feels like people are living some of the experiment today, just like they were back then....

@donnajones9006 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this tour. While not Jewish I totally respect everything these people have been through and stand for. God bless them.

@charlottemorris2102 2 жыл бұрын

We went there during our last visit to D.C.-a very somber experience. Imagine the lost potential of all those who died.

@carltonlambert7608 2 жыл бұрын

Never forget. Especially if you see similar happenings in the present age.

@nevermind8895 Жыл бұрын

When me and my brother were little, our dad took us there to visit , but the aura was so somber and depressing that my brother started crying and we left in like 5 minutes. I’m partially sad we didn’t go through with the visit, but I’m willing to try again someday since this is an important era to remember in our human history

@rebeccam5021 2 жыл бұрын

Every child needs to see this because they are being taught in the schools now that this never happened .

@Thunderchild-gz4gc 2 жыл бұрын

Nonsense. Which schools? Proof? It's taught just enough.

@conpop6924 Жыл бұрын

We are taught it, just not in depth

@PheNom1466 Жыл бұрын

I know 20 yrs ago when I was in school we watched the graphic videos of bodies and even went to the museum from Ohio to D.C.

@cjgutierrez2018 Жыл бұрын

lol what country do you live in? In the US it is heavily focused on in comparison with other topics and in more than one grade level.

@cumberlandquiltchic1 Ай бұрын

A friend was telling me about a neighbor (id say in 30s) who works from home IT. He was walking dog and this day, the holocaust came up. He said it never happened! I could not believe it when they told Me this. I don’t know how anyone could believe it never happened. Unbelievable! Anyway, I saw your comment and had to tell you about this. Apparently it is true!- they are being taught or somewhere somehow they don’t believe it.

@DG-mv6zw 2 ай бұрын

“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference." - Elie Weisel. Thanks for sharing.

@davidthemod4729 2 жыл бұрын

That was unpleasant, shocking actually. Thank you P6 for that harsh insightful tour of that museum. May they rest in peace.

@beverlyboudreaux5096 2 жыл бұрын

My dad and uncles fought in this war!😥

@GDixon-ch3yl 2 жыл бұрын

Mine as well. 😥

@stemmenfratarnet Жыл бұрын

Being there in person was unreal the room of shoes and the room where the ovens are were surreal to actually see. It kind of puts things into a strange perspective of this all actually happened and if you think about it, it wasn’t that long ago. I recommend that everyone should go

@Debra_Hasatheory 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, always wanted to go, but was afraid I couldn't handle the inhumanity. I will watch this and see. Thank you, P6!

@SilentEcho9194 2 жыл бұрын

It is difficult to see, but well worth going.

@deborahjones6066 2 жыл бұрын

I hope to be able to visit this museum someday in the not too distant future. Thank you for posting your visit there for those of us who have not been there yet. Much appreciated

@janecornell8219 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this experience. I would never have seen it. It is hard to believe that such evil existed and sadly still does. Our middle school had a holocaust survivor speak to the students and families years ago. I will never forget her and her story. I live near Sharon Springs, NY. The German government paid for the survivors to partake of the healing sulphur springs.

@Penguinsix 2 жыл бұрын

They sometimes have survivors speak to people at the Museum. I took my kids to meet one so they could hear her story of being a child in a camp. This was the woman they met a few years ago (but sadly she has passed away now). www.ushmm.org/remember/holocaust-survivors/volunteers/anna-seelfreund-grosz

@janecornell8219 2 жыл бұрын

@@Penguinsix I have listened to many survivors speak on KZfaq too. My family felt very fortunate to have had the opportunity to meet a survivor in person. It was so sad to see her tattoo. Such a strong woman, she brought tears to my eyes.

@christywhite6711 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have wanted to go there since 1992 when I first learned about Mel Mermelstein, his story, and his museum. When I finally got to go to D.C. in 2004, it was closed for renovations and I didn't get to see it. I haven't been able to go back yet. Maybe some day I will, but I appreciate this!

@terese7867 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this museum with us. Making us think and creating the feelings of uncomfort is how we are educated to recognize the pain these atrocities of man against fellow man are never okay. I have no excuse for not already visiting this museum as I could make a day trip out of it. It’s on my list for the next time I’m in the DC area.

@cinthiaaufdenkampe2750 2 жыл бұрын

This should never have happened. It is evil, we are all God's children and we all matter in God's eyes. May all these souls find peace.

@sparklingice4183 2 жыл бұрын

Whoopy Goldberg should watch this video.

@PNWShanaLee 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. To hear someone recently say this was not a “race” thing was utterly ignorant. I paused and read at minute 3:00.

@carolknixon936 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you taking us with you on this sad journey into the past. I was born in Germany in 1949 to a German mother and American father. My father was a US soldier stationed there. This is not a proud moment as I fail to understand the mentality that could lead to this atrocity.

@patevans3709 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this very thought-provoking tour. I think that more than ever it is important for us to know what occurred then and be aware of what is going on across the world--and very nearby--right now. We must NOT allow this to be repeated. Thank you for your respect and sensitivity. During college, my son took an intersession course named "World War II On The Ground". It was a month-long tour/course beginning at the Holocaust Museum in D.C. and then touring most every battle-torn country in Europe, and of course Great Britain. It was one of his college courses that has continued to have a big impact on him. Sadly, the US was not totally guilt-free in mistreating some people here in the US; even now there are some legislators who do not want to give full financing to renovating the Internment Camp at Fort Amache in Colorado. It is important for everyone to recognize that we interned innocent people simply because they did not physically favor us. We have not learned! Thank you, and Blessings to you and yours, P6.

@rickdeckard7161 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for posting this video. It brings back many memories of my visit there when I was 15 years old on a school field trip in 2001. It was one of the first things in my life that really grounded me into history. How history is so important and valuable in everyday life. I have a very good memory and can remember almost everything in your video so vividly. I know you weren't able to show some of the more graphic content but regardless this is a perfect video to prepare someone inquiring about the experience. I'm one small part but I constantly recommend this experience whenever possible mainly to humble and educate. I will definitely share this video whenever possible.

@kennethbode2017 2 жыл бұрын

visited Dachau several years ago. Very solemn experience

@Austin8thGenTexan 2 жыл бұрын

Dachau was my one concentration camp experience, too. (If one visits Munich, it is not very far away). My feet were so heavy after touring it that I could barely walk out the gate... 🥀

@kennethbode2017 2 жыл бұрын

@@Austin8thGenTexan Yes. We were visiting Munich as well.

@chrismckean6839 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!

@ruthgallagher9584 9 ай бұрын

Yes, the Jewish Holocaust is represented well. This was horrific. The federally funded museum needs to expand to talk about other Holocausts.

@Mnwga Жыл бұрын

I went here when I was 14 on a band/choir trip. The room full of shoes is burned into my memory - I remember talking to a friend after we left (many of us refused to talk in the museum) about how emotional the whole tour was

@kimberlysizemoremanor8712 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing New under the Sun.

@sdeijio Жыл бұрын

I clicked on this KZfaq video and this dudes wearing my school’s hat what a small world. Also, great video. The world still needs reminders about how horrible this was so we can make sure it never occurs again.

@monicahart3071 2 жыл бұрын

Penguin6, Thank you very much for sharing this. My heart sinks. May their memory be a blessing. Never forget!💙

@spicencens7725 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew. It's all so very moving to think that for the most part, they followed their executors so willingly, to their deaths. Such a horrid, tragic time! It goes on today, not to the scale of the Nazis, but people are still being tortured/murdered for their beliefs. We are not exempt. I almost thought Mr Elek was going to survive it.

@jomama81ranch8 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! I would love to go there... have read countless accounts of survivors, have many films and yes... our boys watched and I read them several of these growing up! Kids need to be educated on this subject! Our son Taylor did his Senior thesis in 2006, on the subject and in his research he discovered that the company (IG Farbin). Who manufactured the Zyclon B gas... and they DID know what it was being used for, is still in the "killing business " still today!! One of their companies now manufacture R U 486... the abortion pill! Bayer is another company that began from the original parent company!

@augustmom3503 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking us with you here. Very heavy subject but a loving lesson nonetheless.

@screamadelicaprimal1730 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone should know the true History of the world!✌️❤️🙏

@annenorris1485 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. It was difficult to watch, but very thought provoking. What people will do to other people is quite atrocious, mind blowing, and sinister.

@mariefalen4698 2 жыл бұрын

My sincere appreciation for the work you do specially for you taken the time to pass on history . My fathers mother was jew and killed by the nazis craziness and evil, my children’s should see this museum no matter how painful it may be but I owed to my dead family : pass on history so we don’t repeat the same horrors or sins of the past . Thank you again from the bottom of my heart and from the part of my family like my forgotten bc there’s silence which makes us feel numb to the profound pain and makes sense when we feel half empty 😢🙏🏻

@mjohnson8472 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for bringing us to another museum today. While sad, it was very informative and something we should never forget happened. Evil is something I will never understand. God bless all of those beautiful souls who lost their lives and the families forever impacted by it.

@melodybecker2309 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You for Sharing!!!

@eadams1057 10 ай бұрын

I was there today with my wife and older children. It was very powerful. Horrible images and videos showing the torture and killing methods. Unbelievable what people are capable of. I wouldn't recommend bringing younger children or making this one of the first things you see if visiting Washington. I am amazed how everything was collected to put this together.

@jocarroldodds1410 2 жыл бұрын

I also recommend you to read the diary of Anne Frank

@genevagreene2017 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. Valuable

@Sheryljanefan 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this video. I have been to Washington D.C. however it was before the Holocaust Museum was built. I plan to go again one day and will definitely visit this museum.

@debbykennett8965 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I visit this museum every time I come to DC. Heart breaking 💔 every single time.

@jeanwinans9023 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU !!!!!!!!! I will never get a chance to visit in person so I truly appreciate this video !!!!!!

@dostutus5880 2 жыл бұрын

While visiting the Holocaust Museum here in Beverly Hills, California I learned that HUGO BOSS designed the Nazi uniforms.

@janetbourassa1787 2 жыл бұрын

So emotional. THANK YOU P6 ✌❤🙏

@tonigirl5448 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing . May those souls be at peace.🙏🏻✝️

@sunshine8495 2 жыл бұрын

Funny how history will repeat itself

@lylecoglianese1645 2 жыл бұрын

@Sunshine 849, history will not be repeated only if we allow it!! We must NOT let that happen or even begin.

@evanmcfadden2270 11 ай бұрын

I visited here in spring of 2000 and this video definitely does a good job for a quick walkthrough

@Tomteeejay 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, P6. We must never forget.

@Jeangirl19 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tour , !!!!

@bigsky2144 2 жыл бұрын

every American needs a ticket to this museum… If you can't see what's happening in the world today in our country and what people are trying to do take a walk through this museum pay attention to what it says and then when you walk out open your eyes and take a look see at what some people are trying to do… yes… And we do not want to repeat history especially this history so I say wake up… And yes they were roses to smell but there's other stuff going on behind the scenes that can kill those beautiful roses.… This was a great museum to go to Pier 6 thank you so much… I know you don't get political and I'm trying not to with my words but all I can say is God bless America!

@patrickfraleyjr2819 11 ай бұрын

Went to the Holocaust Museum back in February of 2023 and it was a lot more emotional than I ever imagined.

@brettwade9755 2 жыл бұрын

I’m getting dizzy in the high ceiling room with all the photos Andrew.

@abulsar 7 ай бұрын

I remember when me and my wife wrapped up our visit to the same museum in 2013, I lived in dismay and disarray for a whole week. I literally lost my ability to utter words or process ideas for 6 hours because both of us were in a state of mental shock. The museum is a time machine and an informative vessel for people who aren't aware of the magnitude of what happened during this period of human history.

@alexanderm3690 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!! hope Whoopi Goldberg watches this..

@bentley4446 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. This is an important museum that I’ve visited several times since it opened. It is a difficult place to go

@donnarathke2673 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you sharing this. It important that we don’t forget. I have been at the one in Jerusalem.

@hollyrae1101 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@debbiecasalina4475 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video, I've never been there! Horrible time in history! Is there good parking close to the museum, or do you have to park a ways away? I want to go next time I'm there!

@vickihogan8207 2 жыл бұрын

I will never forget the Children's Holocaust Museum in Israel. Every Israeli young person (all serve in the military) is required to visit the Holocaust museums. Perhaps our young people need to visit this one. A very somber museum but so necessary for people to see.

@jonnydanger7181 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great video P6 it sure is sobering 🙏

@larrylewis6771 2 жыл бұрын

This viewing complements my reading on the subject, but your video brings emotions. Thank you.

@cherylcallahan5402 2 жыл бұрын

*P6 Penquinsix US Holocaust museum Listening from Mass USA TYVM 💙 P6*

@rimmon24 2 жыл бұрын

i visitged the holocaust museum in IL 11 years ago, and went into the train car, tyvm for showing us this all

@dianeclemmer1344 2 жыл бұрын

Well,,, thank's for showing it! I'll never get to see it! Other than what I just saw! So thank you!

@joannlester8832 2 жыл бұрын

More people today should see this. Horrible what man will inflict upon man

@ruthgallagher9584 9 ай бұрын

Yes, the Jewish Holocaust was horrific as was my grandmother's Holocaust, Armenian Holocaust. Please ask the museum to represent this Holocaust at the 63 million dollar annually federally funded museum

@peterapple4739 2 жыл бұрын

Very impressive to see that Holocaust museum. Thanks Andrew!

@loro3849 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It's hard to face, but so necessary.

@jaxsonnicholas1885 Жыл бұрын

When I went 7 years ago.. they used to have a fog machine in the elevator basically showing what it was like too be gassed

@nancybanks4581 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for showing us this!

@timothymcmullen2056 2 жыл бұрын

I've visited the Holocaust museum in Washington DC. It was a very sobering life changing. We the people must never forget about the Jewish people that died then. When I left there I was in tears.

@jaxsonnicholas1885 Жыл бұрын

I loved going to that museum and the African museum and learning about emmit till was so so sad

@sttpatty4220 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🐧

@MindysPlace 2 жыл бұрын

Leaving that museum must feel very much like I did after watching the movie "Saving Private Ryan".

@alicewarner5172 Ай бұрын

I could spend a lot of time in this museum….thank you so very much……we need to watch very carefully about this attitude😞😞

@DCG437 2 жыл бұрын

Oy vey! A well crafted shibboleth video. Tov toda.

@dianakoontz3518 2 жыл бұрын

"First they came for the socialists"..........So profound! Thanks so much🙋

@crystalfabulous 2 жыл бұрын

We have one here in Los Angeles I cried through the whole visit.

@roguerebel2947 2 жыл бұрын

At 10:37 you say “and there’s the guy dropping….???” Then it sounds like “oh Jesus”🤷🏻‍♀️ I tried zooming in but couldn’t tell what the figure was dropping. So what was it the guy was dropping??

@Penguinsix 2 жыл бұрын

Gas pellets. He was the one dropping the stuff into the chamber. I know it was just a model, but it's actually pretty disturbing.

@MsJanetWood Жыл бұрын

*Kanye West and Nick Fuentes need to visit this museum.*

@elliotpro_chobuildersdogeboy2 Жыл бұрын

ok pls stop! We are show respect not create memes on the wrong time! I like memes, but pls don't do it here!

@lorisuetoyou5663 2 жыл бұрын

My Dad was in the 3rd wave on the beaches of Normandy. My Dad and his troops liberated the Polish Death Camp Buchanwald.. NEVER FORGET THE HOLOCAUST!!!!