The Museum’s First Person program enables visitors to hear Holocaust survivors tell their life stories in their own words, uniting personal experience with history in a way that is extraordinary in its immediacy and power. Each hour-long program features a live interview between journalist Bill Benson and a survivor, followed by a question-and-answer session.
2017 Season
First Person is free and open to the public. Programs are held in either the Rubinstein or the Meyerhoff auditoriums. Due to security precautions, please allow extra time for delays entering the Museum building. Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) is available at every program.
All programs begin at 11 a.m. and last one hour. Doors to the auditorium open at 10:45 a.m. Programs take place every Wednesday and Thursday from March 15 through August 10, 2017.
 Sylvia Rozines Wednesday, May 24, 2017 Learn more about Sylvia |
 Marcel Drimer Thursday, May 25, 2017 Learn more about Marcel |
 Margit Meissner Wednesday, May 31, 2017 Learn more about Margit |
 Louise Lawrence-Israëls Thursday, June 1, 2017 Learn more about Louise |
 Jill Pauly Wednesday, June 7, 2017 Learn more about Jill |
Kurt Pauly Thursday, June 8, 2017 Learn more about Kurt |
 Michel Margosis Wednesday, June 14, 2017 Learn more about Michel |
 Albert Garih Thursday, June 15, 2017 Learn more about Albert |
Select programs April 5 through May 4 will be live streamed at ushmm.org/watch. Tweet your questions during the program using #USHMM. Watch recordings of programs on the Museum's YouTube channel. Hear more interviews in our First Person podcast series.
This year's season of First Person is made possible by generous support from the Louis Franklin Smith Foundation with additional funding from the Arlene and Daniel Fisher Foundation.
