EP. 197 A Gripping Holocaust Story with Renee Grewe

ADHD for Smart Ass Women with Tracy Otsuka

Tracy Otsuka

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

This episode is a little different from how I usually do things, but this story was so moving and has such a unique tie-in to ADHD, I knew I had to share it. Renee Grewe, who is the granddaughter of two Holocaust survivors, recently received a translated copy of her grandfather's journal that details his capture and imprisonment by Nazi soldiers and his miraculous and courageous escape. Renee believes that the details of her grandfather's escape are indicative of him having undiagnosed ADHD and that this was the very reason that he was able to survive all of it. During our conversation, Renee shares about her own ADHD journey and how she moved past learned helplessness before reading sections of her grandfather’s journal, which details his imprisonment and harrowing escape and outlines the aspects of his story that show bravery, empathy, quick thinking, ingenuity, hope–all strengths of ADHD. This story is so moving because, in all of the horror, there is something so hopeful and uplifting about it; it serves as a reminder that when we are really put to the test, it’s amazing what we can accomplish. Resources: Instagram: @reneegrewe

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0:00.0	Armia Criolba, they were a Polish resistance in German occupied Poland.
0:07.4	My grandfather, he was part of this group and he ended up being captured by the SS interrogated
0:15.3	and tortured.
0:16.9	His ribs were stomped on, he had his ribs broken, he ended up being transferred to Camp
0:23.1	Dora, which was a concentration camp in Poland.
0:27.3	And this is kind of where the journal picks up.
0:30.1	It starts with what happened to him when he was first transferred there and then how
0:35.7	he ended up escaping.
0:43.7	Thomas Edison, Richard Branson, John F. Kennedy, Montserre, Michael Jordan, Will Smith.
0:53.1	That sounds like a list of highly successful titans in a variety of vocations.
0:59.0	Why is it that we rarely hear that they have or have ADHD?
1:05.2	And you know what we hear even less about?
1:10.8	Serena Williams, Emma Watson, Mel Robbins, Woopy Goldberg, Agatha Christie, Aaron Brockovich,
1:19.6	Cher.
1:20.6	Yeah, the successful women navigating ADHD.
1:25.3	And that's exactly why I started this podcast, ADHD for smart-ass women.
1:30.9	I'm your host, Tracy Otsuka.
1:33.2	I'm a lawyer, not a doctor, a lifelong student, now a coach.
1:38.0	I'm also the creator of your ADHD brain is A-OK, a system that helps people like you
1:45.0	figure out what they should do with their life.
1:48.0	When we're here today to talk ADHD, your strengths, your symptoms, your workarounds, and how
1:54.1	you proudly stand out instead of trying to fit in.
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