Ruth Gruber
In her 96 years, Ruth Gruber has been a witness to history, fighting injustice with her words and her photographs.
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More than 70 years after the Holocaust, hatred, antisemitism, and genocide still threaten our world. The life stories of Holocaust survivors transcend the decades and remind us of the constant need to be vigilant citizens and to stop injustice, prejudice, and hatred wherever and whenever they occur.
This podcast series features excerpts from 48 interviews with Holocaust survivors conducted at the Museum as part of our First Person public program. Listen to these interview excerpts below. You can also watch video recordings of interviews from our First Person seasons here.
First Person is made possible by generous support from the Louis Franklin Smith Foundation with additional funding from the Arlene and Daniel Fisher Foundation.
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Reza Aslan
Reza Aslan is disturbed by what he calls the "global cosmic conflict" between the West and radical Islamism.
Alan Dershowitz
Alan Dershowitz is concerned over what he views as a rising tide of antisemitic speech on American college campuses.
Michael Posner
Michael Posner has been at the center of the struggle for international human rights for thirty years. Today, Posner is pressuring governments to monitor hate crimes and enact legislation to protect vulnerable minorities.
Susannah Heschel
Susannah Heschel is inspired by the lasting friendship between her father, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Martin Luther King. Heschel's own scholarly writings examine the way religious doctrine has been twisted to achieve ideological ends.
Father Patrick Desbois
In 2004, Father Patrick Desbois set out across Ukraine to locate the sites of mass killings of Jews during the Holocaust. He is motivated in part by the memory of his own grandfather, a French soldier who was deported to Ukraine by the Nazis.
Rabbi Marc Schneier and Russell Simmons
In their work and in their friendship, Marc Schneier and Russell Simmons embody the principles of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, which promotes face-to-face dialog as a means of combating discrimination.
Shawn Green
For the past fifteen years, Shawn Green has been one of baseball's most dominant left-handed hitters. But he is likely to be described first as a Jewish athlete.
Judea Pearl
Judea Pearl, father of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, describes himself as a soldier battling the tsunami of hatred that has defined the twenty-first century.
Daniel Libeskind
In rebuilding the World Trade Center site in New York City, Daniel Libeskind is striving to combine a story of tragedy with one of liberty and resiliency.
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Survivor Reflections and Testimonies
Listen to or read Holocaust survivors’ experiences, told in their own words through oral histories, written testimony, and public programs.