First Person

Join Holocaust survivors in First Person conversations as they share their experiences in their own words. For 25 years, this signature program featured hour-long discussions with a survivor and journalist Bill Benson, including questions from the audience. Watch the First Person series on YouTube.

First Person Teacher Resources

• Download the Teaching Guide (PDF)

• Download the Student Interactive Worksheet (PDF)

Additional Survivor Testimonies

• Watch recordings of previous years’ First Person programs on the Museum’s YouTube channel.

• Watch testimonies from Holocaust survivors in the Museum’s Eyewitness to History Video Library.

• Read pieces from Echoes of Memory written by survivors who volunteer at the Museum.

First Person was made possible by generous support from the Louis Franklin Smith Foundation.