2021 First Person with Holocaust Survivor Frank Liebermann

For Frank Liebermann, recess was the scariest time of the day. He began attending German public school in 1935 when he was about six years old—two years after his school began separating Jewish and non-Jewish students into different classrooms. Nazi propaganda effectively convinced his Gentile peers that Jewish students were dangerous and an easy target for harassment. Frank and his Jewish classmates were dismissed five minutes early so they could rush home to avoid antisemitic attacks, but during recess, there was no protection.

Hear Holocaust survivor Frank’s experiences in his own words recorded on November 17, 2021. First Person is a monthly hour-long discussion featuring a live interview between journalist Bill Benson and a survivor and including questions from the audience, available on the Museum’s YouTube channel.

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