UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM;Join us for our next First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors to learn how Ruth managed to survive, despite developing tuberculosis, and discover if she ever saw her father again.

 

Wednesday, January 17 1 p.m. ET United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s YouTube Page REMIND ME  Ruth Cohen had a childhood filled with family, friends, Hebrew school, and swimming in the Latorica River near her home. Then, in March 1944, at age 13, everything changed. Nazi Germany invaded Hungary, and authorities later forced Ruth and her family to move into a crowded ghetto. By mid-May, they began sending Jews from Hungary by train to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Soon after arriving at the killing center, Ruth learned the SS had already murdered her mother, brother, and little cousins. REMIND ME TO WATCH Join us for our next First Person: Conversations with Holocaust Survivors to learn how Ruth managed to survive, despite developing tuberculosis, and discover if she ever saw her father again. You do not need a YouTube account to view our program. After the broadcast, the program will be available to watch on demand on the Museum’s YouTube page. First Person is made possible through generous support from the Louis Franklin Smith Foundation. Photos: Holocaust survivor Ruth Cohen in 1951 ( courtesy of Ruth Cohen) and as an adult, today. US Holocaust Memorial Museum ‌ Donate to Keep Holocaust Memory Alive DONATE Stay Connected ‌ UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Main telephone: 202.488.0400 TTY: 202.488.0406 VIEW IN BROWSER