Hear and Meet a Holocaust Survivor

For over three decades, Holocaust Survivors have volunteered their time at the Museum of Tolerance to speak about their experiences during World War II. Over 50,000 visitors per year meet and hear a Holocaust Survivor or 2nd Generation speaker. These speakers are ambassadors of memory, hope, and tolerance.

The Museum of Tolerance is proud to offer this speaker series IN-PERSON at the Museum of Tolerance every Sunday at 1:00pm and 3:00pm. (Included with admission)

IN-PERSON LIVE PRESENTATION

Sunday, December 22nd, 2024 1:00 pm

Eva Perlman

Born: Berlin, Germany

Holocaust experience: We survived by the grace of God and thanks to very wonderful devout Catholics, including Genevieve and Roland Menthonnex, in the village of Autrans in Southern France. 

“Keep telling the story, never forget, but live in the present with gratitude and choose to be happy.”

INCLUDED WITH ADMISSION

IN-PERSON LIVE PRESENTATION

Sunday, December 22nd, 2024 3:00 pm

Linda Abraham daughter of Pola Spitzer

Holocaust experience: Pola Spitzer was rescued from Radomsko Ghetto by Righteous Gentile, who provided identity papers as a Catholic slave laborer in Germany.

INCLUDED WITH ADMISSION

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Can't join us for a live testimony? Click the link to watch some of our Holocaust Survivor Speakers sharing their testimonies.

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We encourage all schools interested in virtual field trips to make arrangements for a Holocaust Survivor to speak to your group, please complete this form.

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WITNESS TO TRUTH - A Tribute To Our Holocaust Survivors Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist Marissa Roth has photographed over 100 Holocaust survivors, whose black-and-white portraits hang in a place of prominence on the spiraling ramp that connects and fills the core of the Museum. Started in 2005, Witness to Truth was a commissioned project to capture the community of survivors who have volunteered and shared their own testimonies of survival at the Museum of Tolerance. View the portraits at the top of this page.