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 March 17, 2016. It features Emanuel (Manny) Mandel. Manny was born in Riga, Latvia, on May 8, 1936. Soon afterwards, his parents returned to Hungary, where they had lived before 1933. In June 1944, Manny and his mother were among almost 1700 Jews who were to be permitted to leave Nazi-occupied Europe. They were sent instead to Bergen-Belsen. Six months later, they were released and sent to Switzerland.