Leo Ullman survived the Holocaust in hiding with strangers as a toddler—in Amsterdam, the same city where Anne Frank and her family hid and were later discovered. His parents, who also went into hiding in a separate location, were told nothing about his caretakers or his location in order to help keep him safe. Only after the war did Leo realize that the loving couple who had raised him for years were not his biological parents. He later learned just how many of the Dutch families nearby knew about the young Jewish boy in hiding and chose to protect him.

Ullman came to the United States in 1947, served in the U.S. Marine Corps, and practiced law for more than 30 years. He also served as a Director of the Anne Frank Center USA for two decades and as its Chairman for 7 years.

At this program, Leo Ullman will share his memories, in conversation with Kyra Schuster, Lead Acquisitions Curator at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. On the Museum's staff since 1994, Schuster acquires new materials for the Museum's permanent collection and has worked on numerous special exhibitions, Museum publications, and online programs. This program is suitable for families with children ages 11 and above.

A tour of Anne Frank The Exhibition is available following the program. When you register for the program, a ticket link will be included in your confirmation email. Tickets to the exhibition are $25 for youth under 17 and $30 for adults. Attendance at the 6:00 pm program is required to purchase tickets to the exhibition.

Part of the Center’s programming series Anne Frank in History and Memory in connection with Anne Frank The Exhibition.

Thank you to Ancestry, the Center for Jewish History’s Family History sponsor.