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.
2018 Season
First Person is free and open to the public and requires no tickets. Seats are available first come, first served. Programs are held in the auditoriums on the lower level. 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 14 through August 9, 2018, with the exception of Wednesday, July 4. An additional program will take place on Tuesday, July 3.
Select programs March 14 through May 10 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.
 Rita Rubinstein Wednesday, July 11, 2018 Learn more about Rita |
 Martin Weiss Thursday, July 12, 2018 Learn more about Martin |
 Estelle Laughlin Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Learn more about Estelle |
 Irene Weiss Thursday, July 19, 2018 Learn more about Irene |
 Alex Schiffman-Shilo Wednesday, July 25, 2018 Learn more about Alex |
 Joel Nommick Thursday, July 26, 2018 Learn more about Joel |
 Harry Markowicz Wednesday, August 1, 2018 Learn more about Harry |
 Rachel Goldfarb Thursday, August 2, 2018 Learn more about Rachel |
 Josiane Traum Wednesday, August 8, 2018 Learn more about Josiane |
 Fred Kahn Thursday, August 9, 2018 Learn more about Fred |
