and also poland and lithuania at one time were united. but lithuania was once a very great country. and they were basically captured parts of russia to the black sea. also in poland, because there were so many jewish people, there was a dad -- the jews had a -- their own constitution from the polish government which allowed them to keep their own public schools. and the public schools were called -- to translate to english, culture. so in the -- and these schools, the most subjects were taught in hebrew. but you had to study the history of the country and the language. i just remember a few words. bill: and that's what you were doing in vilna. julius: yes. bill: so our audience understands you're in the ruppings-occupied part of the country. julius: yeah. and i must say we got to vilna, vilna is a very old city. it is a very old city and has a great history. but we had no money. so we ended up living in one room in the jewish ghetto. the ghettos were established in italy and middle ages. jews lived in greater density in such places. it was terrible living in that room. at night, the

after a year in lithuania, the family returned to palestine in october 1940. this event was part of the united states holocaust memorial museum's first person series. it's a little over an hour. >>> good morning and welcome to the united states holocaust memorial museum. my name is bill benson, the host of the museum's public program first person. thank you for joining us today. we are in our 17th year of the first person program. and our first person today is mr. julius menn, who we shall meet shortly. this 2016 season of first person is made possible by the generosity of the lewis 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 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 a

after a year in lithuania, the family returned to palestine in october 1940. this event was part of the united states holocaust memorial museum's first person series. it's a little over an hour. >>> good morning and welcome to the united states holocaust memorial museum. my name is bill benson, the host of the museum's public program first person. thank you for joining us today. we are in our 17th year of the first person program. and our first person today is mr. julius menn, who we shall meet shortly. this 2016 season of first person

after a year in lithuania, the family returned to palestine in october 1940. this event was part of the united states holocaust memorial museum's first person series. it's a little over an hour. >>> good morning and welcome to the united states holocaust memorial museum. my name is bill benson, the host of the museum's public program first person.