Jewish Survivor Renata Skotnicka-Zajdman Testimony | USC Shoah Foundation

My grandfather was a streetcar driver. He received Righteous Among The Nations medal in 1992. Zygmunt Zybert.

What a fantastic woman. What she lived through as an 11 year old astounds me and makes me love the life I have had.

Renata Zajman is such a strong, courageous, and beautiful survivor. I am blessed to hear her testimony. She is brutally honest & completely transparent about her life & her feelings. She does not sugarcoat herself or her family. She is so relatable. God bless her soul. An amazing woman.

This is what suffering evil can produce on people May God bless this woman.

Such a humbling privilege to hear your testimony. I will never forget.

Renata is one of the most eloquent, strong, humble survivors I’ve heard so far. Her testimony is riveting

I am living in Mannheim and have been visiting some of the places where Renata worked to feel her story better. It is incredible to have this historical closeness.

Very classy lady....very impressive. Would have loved knowing her

Lovely woman, terrible things she lived through. I will remember her story.

I’ve heard many of the survivors experiences but Renata’s experience has truly touched my heart . Mainly because I found her to be so open , honest , brave & yet extremely family oriented. Such a humane woman. What a privilege for us to hear of her experience. If Renata or her daughter had written a book pl can someone let me know as I would dearly like to purchase it . To Renata’s family May u always be blessed 💞

She is so beautiful when she smiles. I can only hope to have her courage and character. And that all of us could be so.

What an astonishing woman, such an amazing story. As she said, snippets, I’d love to read her full story. Clearly a very gifted, resourceful and determined woman but heart breaking unimaginable suffering 💔 so sad that survivors were unable to share their stories because of having to focus on building a new life and shutting away the past was how they moved forward.

She was quite a rebel, i like her. She did everything to survive. Considering that she was so young and spoiled while with her father... she later become a very brave and courageous little girl!!! We could all learn a lesson, not giving up so quick our dreams and hopes!!

What a hero! I love this woman. I hope this doesn't sound callous but I'd love to see a movie about her.

Such a beautiful woman. She is incredibly strong to have endured and witnessed so much cruelty and pain. Allah bless you Renata. 🌹🕊💙

It is a wonder she survived. So strong. She is so honest about everything that she felt and experienced.

Beautiful and wonderful woman... bless her soul and her family. 🧡🧡🧡

Thank you Renata. We will work for peace for our childrens children

Remarkable woman with a unique and interesting story. It's sad that her experience was not appreciated by some because it lacked the camp experience but I can somewhat understand the suspicion after hearing so many stories where collaborators survived by turning on their own. She was very brave and clearly had a mind of her own which served her well.

Renata is a gracious & lovely lady, one heck of a tough one to survive then blossoming into a wonderful advocate telling her story. I keep watching these for fragments of knowing, insights into my dad’s experiences working in the numerous DP camps in Germany after the war. He was with Lutheran World Relief federation finding the numerous small camps springing up as people fled the new post-war USSR configuration. Many people had already lived under Russian domination and did not want another Russian passport. I have some of the few things my dad brought back from this period of time including letters he wrote to mom (fiancé at the time) about experiences and some items DPs made thanking him for his help. When the Russians felt the need to step into their new territory closing out everyone who didn’t belong, that was that and my dad returned to USA leaving a now divided Germany, a divided Berlin, and that part of his territory gone under the cloak of the Cold War until the 80s with the fall of the wall! My parents were in Europe at the time. I have the piece of the Berlin Wall my mother put in her purse and later and envelope filed away in their papers! My dads experiences during this time greatly affected him for the rest of his life as did those experiences affect this group of friends who did the same duties in our parts of Europe. So many people affected in unimaginable ways, I am slowly unraveling the affect the war—through my father—had and has on me.