# How the magic of kindness helped me survive the Holocaust

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxMidAtlantic
- Speaker: Werner Reich
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/werner_reich_how_the_magic_of_kindness_helped_me_survive_the_holocaust)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Holocaust survivor Werner Reich recounts his harrowing adolescence as a prisoner transported between concentration camps -- and shares how a small, kind act can inspire a lifetime of compassion. "If you ever know somebody who needs help, if you know somebody who is scared, be kind to them," he says. "If you do it at the right time, it will enter their heart, and it will be with them wherever they go, forever."

## Lectures

1. [How the magic of kindness helped me survive the Holocaust](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/werner_reich_how_the_magic_of_kindness_helped_me_survive_the_holocaust/1de284008ecf), 11 min (TED's player)