'You are our victory': Holocaust survivor tells her story to female Israeli soldiers

[Beastly Boy]

A 96-year-old Holocaust survivor met two female IDF soldiers from the Home Front Command's Rescue and Evacuation Brigade, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit announced on Wednesday.

The Holocaust survivor, Sarah Weinstein, was born in Stepan, a town that was once Polish but is now part of Ukraine. Her early childhood was spent in a loving home with six siblings and devoted parents. That life was shattered in 1941 when, at five and a half years old, she and her family were forced into a ghetto.

"We lived there - actually, we survived there - under incredibly harsh conditions," she said.

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Listening to her story, the two IDF soldiers were visibly moved. Weinstein's tale, one of survival against all odds, resonated deeply with them.

"You are heroes," Weinstein told the two soldiers. "I admire every soldier. Despite the pain, I must keep telling my story - so you know why we are here today. You are our true victory."

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-851293

[madaboutharry]

1. The photo at the link made me cry.

Thank you for posting this.

[Beastly Boy]

2. What made me cry was the blurred faces of the young soldiers.

They are literally risking their lives for just showing who they are.

[sheshe2]

3. Her mother laid on top of her to protect her.

“The smell of gunpowder never left me. I remember my father telling us, ‘Each of you, take a leg, an arm, a piece of Mother’s apron, her braid,’ and that’s how we carried her to the forest to bury her. I had a fever and my dress was stuck to my wounds, but all I wanted was my mother.”

I am crying too.

[Richard D]

4. The inhumanity of it all is beyond the beyond . . .

. . . and the hard fact that there are many who would not stop it from happening again or would even participate or have participated in a modern-day holocaust against us is incomprehensible.