Inheritance

On the eve of his Grandfather's funeral, a young man receives his inheritance. It is not a dowry of riches, but a simple manila envelope containing photographs and a letter. As the young man sifts through the worn and tattered photos he can not believe his eyes. The images are horrific. Dead bodies neatly stacked in rows. Ovens filled with half-burned human corpses. In shock, he slowly sifts past the horrible imagery to the letter, a powerful and impassioned recounting of April 11, 1945, the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. His Grandfather describes the horrors of the camp and the shame he felt for locking these feelings and images away. He tells him that this can never be forgotten, and this is his Inheritance.

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Film & Animation

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• Inheritance
• Holocaust
• WWII
• concentration
• camp
• short
• Nazi
• War
• Jew
• Jewish
• Buchenwald
• Not
• Afraid!

[notafraid]

So he dressed like a woman to prevent being recognized for helping people escape the Nazi's in Belgium. Wow. That sound's like movie plot. Definitely a story not heard before. Thanks for sharing.

[bringonfootball]

My grand uncle survived the holocaust, because he didn't smoke and exchanged smuggled cigarettes for bread . . . how terrible.

Anyway, the Nazis did medical tests on him and until he passed away, the german government paid him damages . . . he had a scar on his head like Gorbachev's.

[notafraid]

That's terrible that he had to go through that, but wonderful that he survived it, and was able keep your family's name and bloodline alive. Thanks for commenting.

[zohar52]

My father was there with the 83rd (Ohio Thunderbolts).

Shortly before he passed away he finally told me of his experiences. Before that he would not say a word about it. He told me about the ovens and the rooms off to the side where they stored the personal effects of the dead, crutches, prosthetics, gold from the teeth and other articles. It really bothered him and believe me that guy was tough.

[notafraid]

At least he finally let it all out. Hopefully he's resting peacefully. My Grandfather never did, and I hope that this film at least, gives him some peace.

[UndecendedTesticals]

Where'd you get these photos? I'm supisious about something.

Sorry for the username on such a serious video.

[notafraid]

As listed in the in the credits at the end of the film, the primary photos used were taken by my Grandfather, Anthony Cuoco, on whose experience the story is based. Additional public domain photos and film footage to supplement what were available from my grandfathers photos were acquired from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

[TageKaliandrino]

So easy it has been to think the soldiers who came upon those places were affected by what they saw. How scarred they must have been to witness firsthand the true extent of the savagery that some of mankind can sink to. The sights must have been terrible, but more overwhelming would have been knowing where to start to help those who had survived.

[jubyjubleman]

Did you know that it is against the law and curiculum to teach about the holocaust? My teacher in 4th grade had to educate us on the matter in private. If they think we can't handle the fact that this happened, now, they are giving us reason to ignore and deny it in adulthood. I would give my own life if there some way it could have kept it from happening

[TheBelovedButterfly]

@zohar52 What the liberators saw left it's mark on them forever. My Uncle was in the Anglo-US team which liberated Belsen. what he saw there while supervising the people being helped was so horrific that for days, he thought that he was having a nightmare, and only woke up in the showers being fumigated. I knew a nurse working with the people there who had the same experience.

[Svlanski]

My grandfather (i'm belgian) helped the people to survive in Mol (belgian city) if the germans saw him they may shoot him dead wherever he was (said a german in a pub while my grandfather was sitting near him) he knows german so he said he was going to pee and flees at the back door, the reason the germans didn't knew it was him because he was dressed like a woman! Now i also have letters from his cousin who was in a concentration camp and he didn't survived it. this is soo creepy :S

[badharvz]

great vid,it bothers me ppl denie this happend