First Person 2017: Fred Flatow

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 on July 13, 2017. It features Fred Flatow, who was born in 1928 in Konigsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia). In 1938, his father was arrested during Kristallnacht and released soon afterwards. The following year, the Flatow family emigrated to Chile