FROM THE USHMM: Watch live | Doctors Who Dared

Doctors Who Dared Live Digital Program

Some doctors, nurses, and scientists—including Jews who were Nazi targets themselves—risked their safety to care for those being persecuted during the Holocaust. Join Museum historians for a discussion on how frontline health workers responded to starvation, trauma, and the spread of disease in ghettos and camps during World War II.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 20, 9:30 a.m. ET WHERE: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Facebook page Speaker Dr. Patricia Heberer Rice, Senior Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Moderator Dr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Watch live at facebook.com/holocaustmuseum and join in the conversation using #USHMM and #AskWhy. You do not need a Facebook account to view our program. After the live broadcast, it will be available to watch on demand on the Museum's Facebook page. Photo: Dr. David Arolianski treats a patient in his clinic in the Kovno ghetto. He was killed in a bunker during the ghetto’s liquidation in 1944. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of George Kadish/Zvi Kadushin