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Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.34,0:00:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would be so privileged\Nif you would allow me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.30,0:00:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the few minutes that you've given me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.67,0:00:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be your mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.56,0:00:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your grandma,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.42,0:00:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your great-grandma.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.01,0:00:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.21,0:00:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have four generations.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.79,0:00:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a joy for me to be here with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.29,0:00:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with your permission,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.38,0:00:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to take you on a ride.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.100,0:00:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to share with you\Nwhat my mom told me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.26,0:00:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that truly, truly changed my life -\Nthe past and the present.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.62,0:00:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The time is 1944.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.52,0:01:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dad, my sister Magda and I
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.69,0:01:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.52,0:01:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were on our way to Auschwitz.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.31,0:01:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my mom held me,\Nand this is what she said.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.18,0:01:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "We don't know\Nwhere we're going.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.57,0:01:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't know what's going to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.58,0:01:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just remember,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.16,0:01:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no one can take away from you\Nwhat you put here in your own mind."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.21,0:01:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is exactly what happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.98,0:01:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We arrived in Auschwitz.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.78,0:01:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw the sign. I didn't know where I was.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.18,0:01:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My father was separated,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.89,0:01:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I stood in front of Doctor Mengele,\N"the Angel of Death."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.47,0:01:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He pointed my mom to go to the left
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.99,0:01:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my sister and I to the right.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.03,0:01:54.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I followed my mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.60,0:01:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he grabbed me, looked me in the eye -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.57,0:02:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I never forget that look -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.84,0:02:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said: "You're going to see\Nyour mother very soon;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.50,0:02:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she's just going to take a shower,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.78,0:02:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and promptly threw me on the other side -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.71,0:02:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which meant life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.96,0:02:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suffered so many years\Nfrom survivor's guilt and shame,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.34,0:02:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wondering, "Why me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.08,0:02:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were people who were\Nso much prettier than I was.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.80,0:02:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had two very beautiful sisters,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.85,0:02:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after two beautiful sisters,\Nmy parents wanted a son,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.67,0:02:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and guess what happened!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.51,0:02:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They got me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.31,0:02:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was the runt in my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.51,0:02:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My sisters took me for a walk,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.17,0:02:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they blindfolded me\Nbecause I was cross-eyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.34,0:02:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I speak at schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.03,0:02:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm really guiding the precious children
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.73,0:02:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to allow anyone to define who you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.68,0:03:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're beautiful because\NGod doesn't make junk.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.87,0:03:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, here I was asking -\Nit was called Birkenau -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.28,0:03:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I asked one of the inmates,\N"When will I see my mother?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.28,0:03:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She pointed at a chimney,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.79,0:03:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said to me very coldly,\N"She's burning there."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.37,0:03:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there was no help from the outside,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.45,0:03:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I still had my mind\Nand my sister Magda.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.56,0:03:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was the pretty one\Nin my family, the sexy one.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.07,0:03:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we were completely shaved,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.44,0:03:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she came to me with hair in her palms\Nand said, "How do I look?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.33,0:03:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a Hungarian woman's question -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.22,0:03:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're pretty vain -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.63,0:03:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I knew and I discovered
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.61,0:03:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Auschwitz was all about discovering traits\NI never thought were possible.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.20,0:03:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And instead of telling Magda\Nhow she really looked,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.98,0:03:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found something, something\Nthat she still had left,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.84,0:04:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said to her, "Magda,\Nyou have such beautiful eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.42,0:04:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.52,0:04:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really didn't see it when you had\Nyour hair covering your eyes."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.17,0:04:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I hope that you're going\Nto relate tonight.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.56,0:04:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pay attention to the kind of words\Nthat you put in your mind
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.70,0:04:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can empower someone
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.33,0:04:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see in which way\NI can be your guide tonight.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.32,0:04:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doctor Mengele
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.06,0:04:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appeared in our barracks
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.59,0:04:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looked for the talents,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.31,0:04:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my friends volunteered me
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.63,0:04:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was a student of ballet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.93,0:04:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a good gymnast.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.08,0:04:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I danced for the president\Nof Hungary, Admiral Horthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.86,0:05:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I found myself\Nin front of Doctor Mengele, dancing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.88,0:05:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, my mind was with me,\Nand I was able to check out,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.38,0:05:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I pretended that the music\Nwas Tchaikovsky
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.27,0:05:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was dancing the Romeo and Juliet\Nat the Budapest Opera House.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.86,0:05:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gave me a piece of bread,\Nwhich I shared with my girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.35,0:05:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life was really difficult in Auschwitz
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.75,0:05:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we never knew\Nwhat's going to happen next.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.06,0:05:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn't know when we took a shower
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.40,0:05:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether water is going to come out\Nor gas is going to come out.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.54,0:05:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, what we had to do\Nis, again, somehow survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.61,0:05:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember we stood in line\Nevery morning, four o'clock,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.66,0:05:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I, I began to fantasize\Nabout my boyfriend.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.72,0:05:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said to myself, "If I survive today,\Nthen tomorrow I'll be free."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.63,0:06:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tomorrow, tomorrow - always looking ahead.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.34,0:06:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I learned to say -\Ninstead of "Why me?" -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.04,0:06:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What now?" and "What next?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.87,0:06:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a tremendous curiosity\Nthat really was so powerful
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.41,0:06:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was able to make it day by day.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.95,0:06:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we had to be committed to each other;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.16,0:06:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,otherwise, we never would have made it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.72,0:06:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cooperation was the name of the game.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.31,0:06:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not competition, not domination
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.20,0:06:33.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because all we had was each other then
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.36,0:06:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all we have is each other now.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.34,0:06:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In December,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.86,0:06:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they took me out of Auschwitz.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.75,0:06:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I became a slave laborer,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.79,0:06:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was transported to a place\Ncalled Mauthausen to enter a death march.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.51,0:06:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in a death march, when you stopped,\Nyou were shot right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.49,0:07:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while I was just about\Nto collapse myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.88,0:07:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my friends, whom I shared \Nthe bread with,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.60,0:07:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they came and they formed\Na chair with their arms,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.60,0:07:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they carried me so I wouldn't die.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.90,0:07:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that amazing?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.02,0:07:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That the worst conditions\Ncan bring out the best in us?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.25,0:07:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was liberated May 4th -\Nit's coming up - 1945,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.15,0:07:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the 71st Infantry.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.56,0:07:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so privileged
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.68,0:07:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I am working now with the military,\Ndoing work with PTSD.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.89,0:07:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was invited to Fort Carson,\NColorado City,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.09,0:07:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I realized when I arrived\Nthat it's the home of the 71st Infantry.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.22,0:07:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see how life comes around?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.01,0:07:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now, today, as I'm standing\Nhere in front of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.05,0:07:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can tell you I have\Nnothing but gratitude.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.76,0:08:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't seem to appreciate, sometimes,\Nwhat we have until we lose it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.95,0:08:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every morsel of food.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.93,0:08:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The walk on this beautiful beach.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.33,0:08:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never throw out a piece of bread.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.44,0:08:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you take me out to dinner,\Nchances are I may eat up your leftovers.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.45,0:08:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really painful for me,\Nmy daughter keeps telling me
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.98,0:08:24.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my precious grandson, Jordan.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.100,0:08:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please, let people know\Nthat beauty of mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.23,0:08:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come on, stand up, Jordan! Jordan!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.93,0:08:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.10,0:08:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the best revenge!\NThat's the best revenge - my kind!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.94,0:08:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's all.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.83,0:08:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only do I have three children;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.36,0:08:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have five grandchildren\Nand three beautiful great-grandsons.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.91,0:08:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's revenge - my kind.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.90,0:09:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was not really able\Nto have the joy and the compassion
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.78,0:09:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I was able to return to Auschwitz,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.44,0:09:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I was able to go back\Nto that lion's den
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.31,0:09:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look at the lion in the face -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.35,0:09:12.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I was able to somehow\Nreclaim my innocence,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.15,0:09:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assign the shame and guilt\Nto the perpetrator
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.89,0:09:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finally forgive myself\Nthat I survived.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.83,0:09:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, revenge gives you satisfaction,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.12,0:09:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think it's very temporary.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.26,0:09:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just saps you of so much energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.16,0:09:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But forgiveness - believe me -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.06,0:09:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has given me the ultimate,\Nthe ultimate spiritual freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.18,0:09:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, as I stand here in front of you today,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.01,0:09:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can tell you that I'm so blessed today
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.87,0:09:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I can guide people\Nfrom darkness to light,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.43,0:09:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from prison to freedom
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.12,0:09:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to find that, perhaps,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.25,0:10:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the biggest concentration camp\Nis right in your own mind
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.37,0:10:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the key is in your pocket.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.22,0:10:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What keeps me young today?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.52,0:10:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That I live in the present
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.06,0:10:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I can only touch you now.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.32,0:10:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you'd please like to hold hand in hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.52,0:10:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have a little skin hunger.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.94,0:10:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So please touch, hold hands!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.28,0:10:34.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I, too, believe somehow,\Nas I am able to stand here,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.91,0:10:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at you precious young people,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.68,0:10:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you are the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.73,0:10:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With TED, you and I can empower\Neach other with our differences
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.06,0:10:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and never kicking each other\Ninto submission
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.27,0:10:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that would be\Nthe beginning of the end
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.10,0:10:57.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the beautiful democracy\Nthat I came to this country for.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.98,0:11:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So just remember,\Nyou can make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.79,0:11:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And remember my mom's words,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.21,0:11:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everything can be taken away from us
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.93,0:11:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except what you put in your own mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.30,0:11:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I hope that you will be\Nvery careful and very selective
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.59,0:11:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the words that you\Ncan put in your mind
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.68,0:11:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so your life would be\Nas beautiful as mine has become,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.51,0:11:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you and I can truly celebrate
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.13,0:11:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the beautiful gift\Nthat God has given us called life.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.18,0:11:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.56,0:11:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)