Holocaust survivor Alfred Münzer in 1945 (US Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Alfred Münzer) and as an adult today. US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Alfred Münzer was born in 1941 to a Jewish family during Nazi Germany’s occupation of the Netherlands. Trying to keep the family safe, his parents arranged to go into hiding separately from Al and his two older sisters. Al was just months old when he was placed with a Dutch Indonesian family and their Muslim nanny, who cared for him for nearly three years.
After the war, when Al reunited with his mother at three and a half years old, he did not remember her. Watch Al talk about his experiences and what happened to the rest of his family.
Speaker
Alfred Münzer, Holocaust Survivor and Museum Volunteer
Moderator
Bill Benson, Journalist and Host, First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors
Watch live at youtube.com/ushmm. You don’t need a YouTube account to view our program. After the live broadcast, the recording will be available to watch on demand on the Museum's YouTube page.
Marking 25 years, First Person is a monthly, hour-long discussion with a Holocaust survivor that is made possible through generous support from the Louis Franklin Smith Foundation.