SO
SO WE
SO WE CONNECTED BY PHONE AND AT THE CHECK GIVAWAY WAS BALLWIN OFFICER MIKE FLAMION WHO WAS
SHOT IN THE BACK NEARLY FIVE
YEARS AGO PARALYZED HIM FROM
THE NECK DOWN.
CODE THREE RESPONSE HELPS FIRST
RESPONDERS LIKE OFFICER FLAMION
AND HIS FAMILY NOW TO
AN ASTONISHING STORY THAT COMES
ON THE HEELS OF YOM HASHOAH
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY LAST
THURSDAY A BRACELET HAS BEEN
UNEARTHED IN GERMANY AND
BROUGHT TO ST. LOUIS 77 YEARS
AFTER IT WAS MADE BY A YOUNG
TEENAGER.
THAT TEENAGER MADE A DIFFERENCE
AS AN ADULT JUST BY TELLING A
STORY AND HE'S STILL SPEAKING
TO US FIVE YEARS AFTER.
IF WE CAN GET EVERYBODY TO
PLEASE TAKE A SEAT, WE'LL GO
AHEAD AND START AT THE ST.
LOUIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM.
HISTORY IS NEVER FORGOTTEN
TODAY IS THE PERFECT DAY FOR
THIS IMPORTANT CEREMONY AND ON
THIS DAY A REMINDER WHY IT'S
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IT IS
AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
THE MUSEUM IS GETTING A NEW
ARTIFACT, A GIFT FROM A MAN WHO
DIED MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AGO
BUT WHOSE MEMORY WILL NEVER BE
BURIED.
HE WAS QUITE A CHARACTER.
MY FATHER HAD AN UNCANNY
ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE.
I HOPE THAT NOBODY THAT LIVES
BUT EVER EXPERIENCE BEN FEIGNER
WAS A SURVIVOR OF THE HOLOCAUST
AND ONE OF THE MUSEUM'S MOST
BELOVED AMBASSADORS YEARS AFTER
HE HAD PASSED AWAY.
VISITORS WERE COMING AND SAYING
IS BEN STILL HERE?
IT WAS VERY, VERY, VERY TOUGH.
HE'D OFTEN TURN THE PAGES
OF HIS LIFE STORY TO EDUCATE
SCHOOLCHILDREN, CHURCH GROUPS,
EVEN MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY.
THERE WAS OVER 200 JEWS KILLED
IN BUCHENWALD ALONE.
HE WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO
COULD SHINE A LIGHT YOU'RE
THROUGH EVEN AFTER KNOWING
DARKNESS.
FEIGNER WAS JUST NINE WHEN A
NAZI SEPARATED HIM FROM HIS
FAMILY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS
HE WAS MOVED TO FIVE DIFFERENT
DEATH CAMPS.
HE ONCE TOLD IT WOULD BE LIKE
MARCHING FROM ONE CELL TO
ANOTHER.
YOU CAN'T BE SCARED.
YOU HAVE TO THINK OF ONLY ONE
THING STAYING ALIVE OF 260
RELATIVES IN THE FEIGNER
FAMILY, BEN AND HIS FATHER WERE
AMONG ONLY SIX WHO SURVIVED FOR
YEARS.
HE FILED AWAY THE PAIN IN THE
CELLAR OF HIS MIND.
BUT A FEW YEARS BEFORE HIS
DEATH IN 2016 HE LET IT ALL OUT
IN A BOOK CALLED SILENT FOR 60
YEARS.
ONCE HE STARTED SPEAKING.
IT WAS SO HEALING FOR HIM TO
SHARE HIS STORY AND TO BE
EMBRACED BY PEOPLE AND NOW HIS
STORY HAS ANOTHER CHAPTER.
NOT TOO LONG AGO AFTER
RECEIVING A STUNNING EMAIL, HIS
DAUGHTER MADE A TRIP TO GERMANY
ON THE GROUNDS OF BUCHENWALD, A
CONCENTRATION CAMP FROM 1937 IN
1945 RESEARCHERS ON EARTH
AN EXTRAORDINARY RARE ARTIFACT
A BRACELET MADE BY BEN FEIGNER
YES, MY FATHER'S NAME IN THE
SEDER AND IRMAN IS HIS MOTHER'S
FAMILY.
MY FATHER CARRIED HIS MOTHER'S
FAMILY NAME AT THAT TIME.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT BEN MADE
THE BRACELET WHILE WORKING AT A
NAZI LOCKSMITH SHOP AND WAS
LIKELY DISCARDED WHEN IT WAS
DISCOVERED UPON HIS ARRIVAL AT
BUCHENWALD ON THE LEFT SIDE
OF THE BRACELET THE NUMBER ONE
SEVEN EIGHT EIGHT SEVEN THREE
THE SAME NUMBER THE NAZIS
TATTOOED ON BEN PHONERS ARM.
HERE IS A 14 YEAR OLD CHILD.
WHAT HE HAD BEEN THROUGH.
IT'S WHO I AM WHAT THEY'VE DONE
TO ME THE TATTOO THE YEAR THAT
HAD HAPPENED I MEAN IT'S HIS
IDENTITY IN THIS IN THIS PIECE
OF METAL, HIS SPIRIT HIS SOUL
WILL REMAIN HERE FOREVER.
BACK AT THE MUSEUM WHICH IS
UNDERGOING 21 MILLION DOLLAR
EXPANSION EVER SO SLIGHTLY
COULD YOU JUST TALK YOUR THIS
NEW ARTIFACT GIFTED BY THE
FEIGNER FAMILY WILL BE
DISPLAYED IN A PLACE
OF PROMINENCE.
WE HAVE ARTIFACTS IN THE MUSEUM
THAT REALLY TYPE STUFF HERITAGE
CHILD SHOOTINGL FOOD BOWL
AN I.D. BRACELET UNIT BUT
THEY'RE NOT REALLY ASSOCIATED
WITH INDIVIDUALS NECESSARILY.
I THINK IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE
VERY POWERFUL AND VERY MOVING.
THE HOLOCAUST WAS A FAILURE
OF HUMANITY BUT BEN FEIGNER WAS
A TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT.
THIS IS HISTORIAN.
IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO BE TOLD
AND THIS IS HOW IT WILL
CONTINUE FOR GENERATIONS AFTER
A JOURNEY OF MORE THAN 75 YEARS
AND 4600 MILES, SOME SACRED
HISTORY HAS FINALLY COME HOME.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO MEAN A
GREAT DEAL.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE
BRACELET FOR YOURSELF WHEN THE