Young Germans visit Auschwitz | DW Documentary
208,855
Published 2021-10-11
Auschwitz, the largest of the Nazi concentration and extermination camps, has come to symbolize the horrors of the Holocaust. A group of young Germans of different faiths travel to visit the camp together. They share their thoughts and impressions, and also meet survivors of the Shoah. The trip's organizer says such excursions fulfill an important purpose, as not all schools in Germany cover the Nazi era in enough detail, and the trips also provide an opportunity to combat growing antisemitism and anti-Muslim sentiment in Germany. By the end, all the participants agree that every young German should visit a former concentration camp, at least once.
#documentary #freedocumentary #Reporter
______
DW Documentary gives you knowledge beyond the headlines. Watch top documentaries from German broadcasters and international production companies. Meet intriguing people, travel to distant lands, get a look behind the complexities of daily life and build a deeper understanding of current affairs and global events. Subscribe and explore the world around you with DW Documentary.
Subscribe to:
⮞ DW Documentary (English): youtube.com/dwdocumentary
⮞ DW Documental (Spanish): youtube.com/dwdocumental
⮞ DW Documentary (Arabic): youtube.com/dwdocarabia
⮞ DW Doku (German): youtube.com/dwdoku
⮞ DW Documentary (Hindi): youtube.com/dwdochindi
For more visit: www.dw.com/en/tv/docfilm/s-3610
Follow DW Documentary on Instagram: www.instagram.com/dwdocumentary/
Follow DW Documental on Facebook: www.facebook.com/dwdocumental
We kindly ask viewers to read and stick to the DW netiquette policy on our channel: p.dw.com/p/MF1G
All Comments (21)
-
In Poland, we have such a frequently repeated phrase, "it was people who prepared this fate for people".
-
Denying the Holocaust is NOT a random opinion and it's a crime mainly in Germany, Austria, Poland, Lithuania, Portugal, Switzerland, France and much more
-
Let's all of us be compassionate with each other. Heart touching documentary. Thanks DW !
-
>younger germans >shows non-germans
-
I am an emotional person and currently holding back tears. I know I will never come close to how much pain the people who lived and died through this, and survivors still living with the experience of that awful existence. But I do feel pain for them and it’s intense, hard to sit with the fact that people could be so cruel. Because that’s what it is. It’s inhumane, anyone that doesn’t want a group of people to exist are inhumane. Anyone who would cause harm to anyone is inhumane.
-
Where did that comment about Stalin's victims go? I remember seeing that comment attract a lot of attention yesterday. DW, did you do something......?
-
I am glad that younger Germans, in particular, learn this part of history. I was going to say "their history" but it isn't just "their" history. It is history for us all regardless of where you come from. I have seen videos of school trips to Auschwitz, etc...from schools as far away as Australia and it is something that must be seen to feel the intense grief, fear, numbing sensation that grips one when there. I went as an adult and it left me fighting to find something good that came out of those camps...at least learning not to turn a blind eye to hate, violence...but I couldn't do it knowing that when I was a kid, in Bosnia, a holocaust was happening after the break up of Yugoslavia, and we all knew it was happening. The governments knew it was happening but nothing was done. Same for West Africa in the last few years. Yet, we do nothing. We cannot forget what happened in Europe 76 years ago but we do nothing when that history has repeated itself.
-
I read a very upsetting book about this event and it was so devastatingly horrible. It made me cry
-
I’ve been here many times. It still smells like death. I can’t explain it.
-
Where's the Germans?
-
The chimney doesn’t connect
-
Most of these people weren't even Germans.
-
Have been there twice. The first time we were accompanied by one of the survivors. The stories she told us about her imprisonment there was truly horrifying. This is one part of history that must never be forgotten.
-
Before I leave this earth I would love to visit this place. As a student who loves history this was one of my fav topics in class don’t noe why but I was just intrigued
-
My son asked me why the Holocaust, in particular, is so well known amongst other genocides in history. I acknowledged that part of this is due to the success of the children of survivors in countries like the US. Yes, Stephen Spielberg was able to use his platform to make movies like Schindlers List, to record oral histories, and to help fund the Holocaust Museum in DC. But, I told him, what sets this genocide apart is that the perpetrators were the most educated, sophisticated and civilised people in the history of mankind. Disciplined and law abiding, they set about genocide on an industrial scale. Not just a frenzied blood lust of murderous frenzy, they LIQUIDATED people (and used that exact term to describe it.) They kept meticulous records, which is why we know the dates and locations of the deaths of so many. These people are us, or could be us. Us at our most civilised and disciplined best, can be us at our worst. And that is why we just know what happened in detail so that we can spot the signs of the same thing before it is too late. When you can look at a baby and see vermin, you are lost. We have to be vigilant and not let it get to that point.
-
Europa the Last Battle. Watch it.
-
I visited it in 2013. it was a shocking experience. Everybody should visit it to understand how low the human being can fall.
-
"If you've ever wondered what you'd do during slavery, the Holocaust, or the Civil Rights movement - you're doing it now." -Aditi Juneja
-
Was just watching and caught myself thinking how many of these youth are really german?
-
all of you must see documentary the greatest story never told!!! it will change your life
