I've never seen an appraiser become emotional. A fascinating story.

One of the most amazing items ever shown on the ROADSHOW. Thank you for sharing it.

What a story, my grandparents spoke little about the war. In the later years my grandpa opened up a little bit and I can very much relate. I would never put a value on this, I would cherish it and use it to teach about the terrible things that have happened. Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it. This material should be captured in a book or movie. I applaud the gentleman to speak so lovingly about his mother and the wonderful gifts she gave him. What the Jewish people have endured during the terrible regime is not easy to put in words. You will feel it when you walk into an old camp (Arbeit macht Frei) and the sadness in Auschwitz is real.

Im here because of 4 elders who lived through the holocaust. I always asked about the tattoos, but they never talked about it. I miss them.

Thank you for putting this out on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

What an amazing story of an incredible woman. May her memory, and those who perished during the Holocaust, live forever.

He sounds like an amazing storyteller! I'm glad she survived and was able to pass on her story to him - and that now he can honor her by being a voice for his mother and thousands of others who were directly affected by those labor camps.

I’ve watched this segment so many times. Always makes me choke up a bit. Thank you for being an excellent custodian of this significant story and items.

Oh my God my heart is emotionally cry again...new good stuff and sad story about the every people suffering from the world war2..that's very very remarkable history..oh my..thanks you very much to share this wonderful story..

Incredible. Emotional. Powerful story

Echoing every positive comment. Thank you for sharing your family history and for having the heart to want to do right by your Mom and her fellow Humans of that terrible time in history. I'm also moved by the appraiser. It is clear he's affected and may even have connection to this reality as well. Deepest blessings to anyone altered by this and may you be in comfort and peace as you go on in your lives.

I'm 55 and my Grandad fought in WW1 and it's amazing to me to think I have heritage so great and I dearly loved him. He died in 1994 at the age of 94.

Man, I love the appraiser. I'm only putting a value for insurance and donation reasons, not for monetary gain. So true.

What a beautiful piece of History.. From a very dark time.. Fascinating story.. And really sad too. I'm so happy that these items are all still there, especially the story that comes with it makes it priceless..

What a wonderful segment! Thank you for sharing!

Wow what an amazing WW2 story. Let's never forget the atrocities that was done by an aggressive and ruthless regime such as Nazi Germany.

His story really touched me. While I happen to be Christian, I grew up in a very prominent Jewish neighbourhood in Toronto Canada. I also remember the first time I noticed numbers tattoo on someone’s wrist. Anyways I just wanted to share a story with you. Please don’t take any offence from my story, certainly none was meant. I remember as a child that I volunteered to be a school crossing guard. If I remember correctly I must have been in grade four or five at the time. One of the perks for being a crossing guard was that if it was cold we could go to the office and get a cup of hot Ovaltine. While there I got to know the old gentleman who was the real crossing guard at the crosswalk at one the main road. One day I noticed that there were numbers on his wrist and asked him what they were for. When I did so, I noticed that his demeanour changed, he was no longer the very happy odd man I knew, he got very serious and said I was much to young to know. I asked him every day for about a week and he told me to ask my mother, if she thought I was old enough, then she could tell me. It was a Friday and when I asked my mom she too had a change in demeanour. She sat me down and explain what they meant. This was in the seventies so we didn’t have the internet, so we went to the Library. Turns out my mom knew the woman who worked there and had called ahead. My mother was a teacher and didn’t believe in talking down to kids and within reason they let me read what was put aside for me and also let me see photos of the death camps. I remember see Oscar and ran into his arms, remember this was in the seventies and not all men were pedophiles, and we cried for what seemed like an eternity. For years after I remember seeing the tattoo on men and women’s arms every so often and would feel like I got punched in the stomach each and every time. Some would notice and our eyes would meet. I hope to think they could tell them how sorry I was. There were even a few times where the men would give a nod, or the women would smile a sad smile. It was like I was part of a awkward club that I never wanted to be part of.

What an amazing story. I have known many who were in concentration camps and work camps and I feel everyone of those stories are stories we need to hear and share.

And we think we have it rough, or our gripes and woes are valid. More people need to hear these stories and get knocked down a peg or two. Thank you for the showcase and reality check this morning 🌞

Incredible! What a story. Thank you for sharing

This needs to be in a museum!

One of so many, too many, amazing stories.

Thank You..so much..Thank You

I can’t imagine what his Mom and others went through.

Such an amazing segment, I can barely stand to listen and watch but so incredible at the same time. No words

His Mom was so beautiful

It was so touching that the appraiser's voice cracked. He was obviously so very moved by this piece of history.

This collection would serve well in a local museum where the family can still revisit it and where the public can learn about history. We have a local museum with a collection that is made up from items that were donated by the people that live here and that gave information about the background of the items. That is much more valuable and interactive then just being presented items that were "found" or collected somewhere with no background. Biggest respect to the owner for the way he was able to present the items and their history and to the appraiser for being a human being with passionate emotion.

You could feel how hard it hit the appraiser too; I'm glad he handled the job gracefully and empathically.

Very moving. I can sense his mother's spirit and resolve, and I feel for their relatives who perished.

This stole my breath. The gravity of that blouse, alone...

Never forget!

She was an extremely beautiful young woman. Her heirlooms are invaluable. I could listen to her son talk about the Holocaust all day. He's quite the raconteur.

Great personal story .

What an incredible story.

This is so true, but also heart breaking 💔

This stuff moves me deeply. My second ex-wife is Jewish and her parents were 1st generation Americans.Her father was a Russian Jew and her Mother was a Latvian Jew. The Baltic Jews were eradicated by the Holocaust so all of her mothers people are gone. You couldn't be more a Goy than me but I still feel such a connection and such empathy for Survivors of this crime. Maybe it's past life stuff or something but I feel like it happened to me or my family.

beautiful, heartwrenching story. hard to put a value on this but good on the appraiser for acknowledging this

That detail of her being under five feet tall and the German to whom she was speaking being over six feet is brilliant. It instantaneously catapults the listener back in time into the girl's shoes and sets the perspective in a single bound.

This brought me to tears. Thanks for sharing.

I see the young woman in the photograph and remember that my mother had one of herself taken very similar to it. She looked also radiant and she was living her normal peaceful youthful life in a little country called Costa Rica. So to think that because this joyful looking woman couldn't have her life and her family and her dreams fulfilled like my mom did something was stolen from the whole of humanity. Is a little bit of shame and a lot of sadness but most of all a lot of hope for a better future. Lest we forget!

Life must be so much simpler and nicer for those that choose to deny such atrocities and not live in reality. Never forget or we are doomed to repeat.

It's priceless

An incredible collection. It's beautiful to have so much detailed history with the items. Never forget.

Priceless items. More because of what they stand for, than their material value.

Wow really that's definitely some history right there

Powerful

I STARTED Crying when I seen this , SO SAD

So sad...I'm going through a not so great time right now but this made me realize my life isn't all that bad...

I consider the history tied to this item priceless. You can't assign a monetary value to something this precious.

As a German, I never knew that some people were kept in labour camps until so late. I thought by then most known Jews had been sent to death camps. You learn something new every day! What an interesting family story as well, especially with some of the siblings being reunited. I'm glad his mother didn't have to go through all the grief and trauma after the war alone.

I hope..because there are so few witnesses left..that these stories are told and told..remembered and told .

*tears*

Yeah u can't really put a value on something like that, it should definitely go to a museum IMO, so many young ppl nowadays don't seem know or care about history and to see stuff like this makes it more real to them I imagine.

History s important!

The most important item I’ve ever seen on this show, this item is absolutely priceless.

Much sadness.

Such a terrible, terrible mark on world history. The fact that there are people who deny the Holocaust is sickening. What happens when the last Holocaust survivor dies? Will it make it easier for people to believe it never happened - despite all the documentation? When I was a child, my mother and I were in line in a grocery store. My mom pointed out an older woman who was a few people ahead of us as a nurse she worked with. Then she mentioned her arm. There, on the woman’s arm (which carried burn scars) was a tattooed number, identifying her as having been in one of the German camps. It made a huge impression on me.

VALUE?? LIFE!!

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All holocaust deniers need to be sent this video. What a depressing but at the same time awe-inspiring tale.

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We need to teach this in American schools. Evidently some extremist Americans forgot what happened during world war 2.

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May their memory be a blessing.

A very touching story! My Dad fought in WWII in Europe and joined the US Air Force after the War. He was stationed in Germany and I was born there about 10 years after the War ended. I have always had an interest and soft spot in my heart for the people who were treated so badly by sinister German leader and his forces. All of those lost souls!! So terribly sad! I'm so glad this man's mother survived, but like he said, she should have been having fun teenage years instead of fighting for her life back then. I've always hated seeing people treated badly for simply being different in one way or another.

Your mother was very beautiful. Glad she survived to tell her story.

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Heartbreaking. Never again.

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My conservative parents dont believe these events happen. My mom's dad even fought in WW2 and liberated a camp in WW2.

The real value is to educate... wait did you say $10,000

worth noting .... in the UK they would not place a value ..... some things are for all and not for profit with good reason .

Beyond belief! What evil humans do to others.

Don’t let Kanye see this!

it is impossible to put a cash value on these items . i am not jewish , but these have to be put into a museum for others to learn .

Was it normal for holocaust survivors to be able to send and receive mail? Seems quite strange to me. Also the photo of her seemingly almost happy. Strange

My hats off to the jew survivers and so many other groups of people that have survived horrors of humanity but but these people these days that try to cry just Crack me up so fake are people these days can imagine people of our generation going thru anything at all without totally breaking down

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Awesome story. May your family stay blessed sir!

One of the most poignant items, and discussions I've seen on Antique Roadshow. Shalom.

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Dragonman wants to buy it. Probably Rick too, but for $10 -- and he would be taking a huge risk.

Oy vey.

Seems like a strange thing for someone to collect. Whatever stranger buys this from this guy is f’d up

*I am a fervent 'Believer' in 'sharp objects' to shove into the throat of enemies* ( *To be a rabbit among wolves is to invite being EATEN* )

We still act out this horrific behavior on billions of animals a year behind closed doors. I have seven uncles who I never met because they were slaughtered in the holocaust.

But let's all cheer on the Azov Battalion

...what about Khmer Rouge.....the Bolsheviks.....asking for a friend.....

I was 👍1000…

I guess we should start collecting stuff from Palestine and Gaza to for the future 😁😁😁😁….. the biggest and longest concentration camp in history , and it’s made in Israel 🫣🫣🫣🫣

No way she was 13 year old in that photo. Maybe 20-27 years old.

I'm not trying to be judgmental but why would he not donate these to a Holocaust museum, or just pass them along to his family members. Somehow it cheapens a loved one's memory to put a monetary value on such items. This is just my opinion. I am so sorry for this lovely woman's tragic experience.

she survived because she was very cute.

Many more Russians died in that war than jews but knowone talks about that so all of the people that hate Russia should be thankful that there not speaking German right now . Go Russia I'm rooting for you. Still

Wrong , wrong , wrong you definitely should not have put a monetary value on this item . Shame on you .😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

It's priceless