“Freedom in Holysov” | Written and Read by Ruth Cohen

Description: Ruth Cohen, a volunteer at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, reads an essay she wrote about her experience at a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia and her liberation. It was recorded in September 2022. Read Ruth’s bio: https://www.ushmm.org/remember/holocaust-survivors/volunteers/ruth-cohen. The essay was written in a guided writing workshop for survivors of the Holocaust called Echoes of Memory: https://www.ushmm.org/remember/holocaust-reflections-testimonies/writing-workshop