Me about her strange inheritance and how it turned her into a sort of time traveler, right back to her fathers harrowing past. My name is Miriam Friedman morris. My father, David Friedman, a painter and holocaust survivor, left me a diary, tagebuch fuer Miriam Friedman. As i read it, the diary led me on a remarkable journey that continues to this day. Miriam, im jamie. Hi. Welcome. Miriam wrote us an email that said. It was so impassioned, i had to meet her. My goodness. Look at all of this. I feel like im in fineart gallery or a museum. Tell me about your parents. My parents were both holocaust survivors, and in 1954, we moved from israel to new york. In her minds eye, little miriam sees only gauzy pictures of her fathers past. He doesnt tell her all that much. She knows he was a painter, who, in world war i, drew combat scenes on the russian front and was decorated for bravery. But shes in the dark about the full scope of his artistic career, including hundreds of drawings of top per
Coming up in the next hour and 15 minutes we will hear from authors about this gateway city to the black hills. Located in the western part of the state. We will take it to the State Game Lodge. He spent his Summer Vacation in 1927. Then, in about 15 minutes the story of life inside an Indian Mission boarding school. As he talks about his first book children left behind. We visit downtown rapid city for a look at the correction of lifesize statues. We begin our special feature with the story of Calvin Coolidge in the black hills. We are here in south dakotas black hills. And we are at the State Game Lodge. It was constructed several years before Calvin Coolidge made his summer lake house in 1927. With the first lady stayed here for nearly three months from june through september 1927 while they were on vacation. They took office in 1923 when he was Vice President with warren harvey. They served out the last little bit of the term. And he was elected to his own term in 1924. He came to
Later we visit downtown rapid city for a look at their collection of lifesize statues of our nations past president s. We begin our special feature with the story of Calvin Coolidge in the black hills. We are here in south dakotas black hills in Custer State Park and we are at the State Game Lodge which is a 1920s era building that was constructed can several years before Calvin Coolidge made his summer white house here in 1927 and he and the first lady stayed here for three months from june through september 1927 while they were on vacation. Calvin coolidge took office in 1923 when he was Vice President and Warren Harding died so he served as the last little bit of Warren Hardings term and was elected to his own term in 1924 and so he came to south dakota in 1927 when a lot of people were speculative would he or would he not run for another term in 1928 and it was widely expected that he would but he came here in 1927 because he was looking for a place to escape the oppressive summer
Twice weekly conversations with survivors of the holocaust who share with us their firsthand accounts of their experience during the holocaust. Each of the first person guests serves as a volunteer here at this museum. Our program will continue until august 8th. The museums website at www. Ushmm. Org provides information about each of our upcoming first person guests. Albert will share with us his first person account of his experience during the holocaust and as a survivor. If we do not get to your question today, please join us in our online conversation, never stop asking why. The conversation aims to inspire individuals to ask the important questions that holocaust history raises. You can ask your question and tag the museum on twitter, facebook, and instagram using holocaust museum, and hash tag, ask why. Todays program live streamed on the museums website, meaning people will be joining us on the program, online, and watching with us today from across the country and around the w
During that time he and the rest of his family hid with a number of families in and around paris. This is about an hour. Good morning and welcome to the United States hall cost memorial museum. My name is bill benson. Im the host of the museums Public Program first person. Thank you for joining us today. We are in our 20th year of the first person program. And our first person today is mr. Albert garih. His 2019 season of first person is made possible by the generosity of the Louis Franklin Smith Foundation with additional funding from the arlene and Daniel Fisher foundation. We are grateful for their sponsorship. First person is a series of twice weekly conversations with survivors of the holocaust who share with us their firsthand accounts of their experience during the holocaust. Each of our first person guests serves as a volunteer here at this museum. Our program will continue until august 8th. The museums website at www. Ushmm. Org provides information about each of our upcoming