Holocaust survivor Frank Cohn in 1946 (courtesy of Frank Cohn) and as an adult today. US Holocaust Memorial Museum
“The timing of our escape was indeed a miracle,” remembers Holocaust survivor Frank Cohn about his arrival in New York City on October 30, 1938. Frank and his mother got out of Nazi Germany just weeks before Kristallnacht (the “Night of Broken Glass”), when authorities and ordinary citizens committed a wave of violent, orchestrated attacks across the country on Jewish people, their businesses, and their places of worship.
Frank’s relative security was short-lived. Just five years after finding a safe haven, he went back to Europe—this time to fight the Nazis. Watch to learn more about Frank’s experiences in Nazi Germany as a young Jewish boy and later as part of an intelligence unit with the US Army.
Speaker
Frank Cohn, 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.