Through the First Person program, Holocaust survivors have the opportunity to share their remarkable personal stories of hope, tragedy, and survival with thousands of visitors at the Museum. This program was recorded March 22, 2018. It features Ruth Kohn, who was born into an observant Orthodox family in Preussisch Friedland, Germany (present day Poland) on August 23, 1927. Towards the end of 1940, Ruth’s family received a letter from Ruth’s uncle, Bruno Kirstein, who had secured passage to the Dominican Republic and helped Ruth and her family acquire visas to join him. After weeks of travel, Ruth and her family arrived in the Dominican Republic on December 7, 1941, the day Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan.

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