HAPPIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD, WE
THOUGHT, WE GOT TO MEET THIS
GUY.
>> MY DEAR NEW FRIENDS.
>> Reporter: WITH A READY SMILE
AND A TWINKLE IN HIS EYE, A MAN
OF INDETERMINANT AGE HOLDS HIS
AUDIENCE SPELLBOUND.
>> I WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
PIT.
SO IF I CAN MAKE ONE PERSON
SMILE, I AM HAPPY.
>> Reporter: EDDIE JAKU
DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS THE
HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD.
WE WONDERED IF, PERHAPS, HE IS
ALSO THE WISEST.
>> I DO NOT HATE ANYONE.
HATE IS A DISEASE WHICH MAY
DESTROY YOUR ENERGY BUTMY BUT AL
DESTROY YOU IN THE PROCESS.
>> Reporter: HIS 2019 TED TALK
IN AUSTRALIA ENDED WITH A
STANDING OVATION.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> Reporter: WHEN WE SPOKE WITH
THE 101-YEAR-OLD RECENTLY, WE
WERE EQUALLY IMPRESSED.
>> WHERE THERE IS LIFE, THERE IS
HOPE.
IF THERE IS NO MORE HOPE, WERE
FINISHED.
>> Reporter: EDDIE JAKU WAS BORN
EDDIE JAKUBOWITZ IN GERMANY.
HE IS A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR.
I READ YOUR BOOK.
YOU ARE PROUD TO BE GERMAN.
>> VERY PROUD.
I THOUGHT I LIVE IN THE MOST
CIVILIZED, MOST CULTURED, AND
CERTAINLY THE MOST EDUCATED
COUNTRY IN EUROPE.
I WAS GERMAN FIRST AND GERMAN
SECOND AND JEWISH AT HOME.
>> Reporter: NONE OF WHICH
MATTERED TO A NATION, A PEOPLE
GONE MAD.
>> PEOPLE, SOCIETY SHOULD NOT
FORGET WHAT HAPPENED.
I DONT HATE NO ONE, NOT EVEN
THE GERMAN.
BUT I DESPISED THEM.
>> Reporter: 6 MILLION JEWS
WORKED TO DEATH, STARVED TO
DEATH, FORTURETORTURED AND MURDE
>> WHAT I HAVE SEEN, IT IS
INCREDIBLE.
TO DO THIS TO PEOPLE.
THEY DONT WANT TO BELIEVE IT.
I WAS FINALLY TRANSPORTED TO
WHAT BECAME MY HELL ON EARTH.
AUSCHWITZ.
MY PARENTS AND SISTER WERE ALSO
TRANSPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ, AND I
WAS NEVER TO SEE MY PARENTS
AGAIN. >> Reporter: IN HIS BOOK "THE
>> Reporter: IN HIS BOOK "THE
HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH," EDDIE
JAKU RECOULD WANTNTS HIS SURVIVA
THEN MISERY AFTER THE WAR, UNTIL
HE AND HIS WIFE STARTED A
FAMILY.
>> THROUGH ALL MY YEARS, I
LEARNED THIS LIFE CAN BE
BEAUTIFUL IF YOU MAKE IT
BEAUTIFUL.
80 YEARS AGO, I DIDNT THINK I
WOULD HAVE A WIFE AND CHILDREN
AND GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN.
THIS IS A BLESSING.
>> Reporter: FAMILY, HE SAYS, IS
KEY, AS ARE FRIENDS.
>> FRIENDSHIP IS PRICELESS.
SHARED SOUL IS HALF SOUL.
>> Reporter: TRUTHS HARD-EARNED
FROM A MAN ENTITLED TO
BITTERNESS AND RESENTMENT.
>> I SPEAK ABOUT HAPPINESS.
I SPEAK WHAT LIFE CAN BE.
IF YOURE HEALTHY, YOURE A
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE.
>> Reporter: AND THAT IS
HAPPINESS, SAYS EDDIE.
A CHOICE AVAILABLE TO ALL OF US.
>> I WANT TO MAKE THIS WORLD A
BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYONE.
I WANT EVERYONE TO TAKE A STEP
BACK AND SAY, WE ARE HERE ARE
ALL OF US.
>> WHAT A MESSAGE IN THIS TIME,
AS WERE ALL IN A KIND OF STATE
OF RECOVERY.
YOU SEE WHAT THIS MAN ENDURED.
HE WALKS INTO AUSCHWITZ WITH HIS
PARENTS.
HE NEVER SEES THEM AGAIN.
NEVER SEES THEM AGAIN.
>> I WANT THAT BOOK.
I WANT TO TAKE THAT BOOK OFF
YOUR LAP.
>> THERES A LOT OF PAGES
EARMARKED AND UNDERLINED.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
>> GREAT STUFF.
>> WHAT HE SAID ABOUT
FRIENDSHIP, AS WELL. WE SHOULD MENTION THAT EDDIES
WE SHOULD MENTION THAT EDDIES
BOOK "THE HAPPIESTEARTH," THAT B
>> HE CAN HAVE LOVE IN HIS
HEART, SURELY EVERYONE CAN.
>> HE SAYS LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS
HAPPINESS.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE MANY HARD
DAYS.
BUT YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT YOU
ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.
WE ARE LUCKY IN THIS WAY.
EVERY BREATH IS A GIFT.
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL IF YOU LET IT
BE.
HAPPINESS IS IN YOUR HANDS.
>> STOP DOING THIS STUFF.