Antiques Roadshow fans were left in tears on Sunday night as a guest shared a trio of medals which were awarded to her family members when they were held at a Nazis prisoner camp during the Holocaust.
"They belonged to my mum and my grandmother," the guest said. "They were made for them when they were in Theresienstadt Camp."
The show's resident war expert Mark Smith replied: "So these are made in one of the camps of the Holocaust?" explaining that the camp was a holding facility and work camp located in the Czech Republic.
"They were transports that came every day and took them to Auschwitz," the guest replied.
The guest then showed the expert and viewers at home how the medals were all different shapes - one as a watering can, another as a dog and the third as a shield.
On closer inspection the guest revealed one of the medals was engraved with a date, which was her mother's 16th birthday.
The guest also opened up about her grandfather had been taken to the Polish camp of Auschwitz, while her uncle tragically died just three days before his 21st birthday.
The heartfelt segment of the show had viewers in tears as they took to Twitter with one posting: "Such a sad story from the woman with the badges."
Another wrote: "The watering can, oh my heart."
"I'm welling up already," tweeted someone else.
"There is no level of hell, no level of punishment, no prison that is even 1-billionth of the suffering [done] to ordinary people," another emotionally tweeted.
The expert went on to explain that Theresienstadt was a 'show camp' - used by the Nazis to showcase how "well" they treated their prisoners.
A choked up Mark then told her: “They're some of the darkest days in human history, and these three little things represent a hope and a fact that one day, things will be normal again.
“They're objects from the Holocaust, and I don't ever think that it's right to value them."
He then thanked her for bringing them in.
She agreed and replied: "It's something that meant a lot to her and it means a lot to me. It's a reminder of what she went through and it's very dear to my heart."
