BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 5 Episode #3: Jerry Springer

[steven781]

I am an avid watcher of WDYTYA and was just overwhelmed after watching the Jerry Springer episode. I have just become a father for the first time and I am appalled at the sheer depravity and evil that human beings are capable of.  We remember the Holocaust and say it must never happen again but it does and our government turns a blind eye. I just wish there was something effective that we as individuals could do.

I fear for our next generation and the world we bring them into. As Jerry Springer said, you must hold onto your family because that is all you have.  Remember today is the only day you can hug your children or wife and say you love them, no one knows what tomorrow will bring.

[Hasler]

What a lovely post, and food for thought for all of us

Kiss and hug your family and always always tell them that you love them

[Half Pint]

Hi

I have just found this thread and Hasler, I think your photo says it all, "my mum made this dress".

I sat and sobbed all the way through the Jerry Springer episode as it was so moving.  My sister used to live in the same block of flats as Mr Springer and he really is, as he was portrayed, a caring, thoughtful family man.

I haven't missed a single show since the programme began but from a research point of view am becoming slightly disillusioned with it.  In the first series they went into a lot more detail about how we could do the research ourselves ie where to find the records that we the general public could access and at what cost.

There must be a lot of other families out there who were helped by a lot of wonderful unselfish "Miss Goldbergs" that would like to know where to try and find the information.

Regards

Half Pint

[lesleyhannah]

Also the fact that the disabled, gypsies, gays, and other "undesirables" were also subject to the wicked regime.

Maybe this could be a suggestion for a future programme?

[CarolBurns]

Never mind a bit dusty - my room had a very good wash that night!!

A fantastic program and well made.

I don't think anyone will ever know the full extent of what happened during those years. Jerry will have known about some of the atrocities but as someone has already said, until you are actually at the scene you cannot know the emotions that you will feel.

The most poignant moment of the whole program was when they showed the distance clip of Jerry stood by the monuments in the camp, no other sound except his sobbing (and of course mine as well)

His last words must have hit a note with many of us and I totally agree with him - we must hold onto our family as they are all we have