8:22 Instagram A w. LiKea py sandiovy and 4o< oters janews Second gentleman Doug Emhoff will have a special guest at tonight's State of the Union address: Holocaust survivor Ruth Cohen. Cohen, 92, who survived multiple concentration camps including Auschwitz, first met Emhoff last year before International Holocaust Remembrance Day with his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a press release from the White House. This year, Emhoff spent International Holocaust Remembrance Day, observed on Jan. 27, at Auschwitz with Deborah Lipstadt, the U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism. Cohen, meanwhile, traveled to Egypt to speak at that country's second-ever International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration. Cohen was just shy of 14 when her family was deported to Auschwitz. Her mother, brother and cousins were killed, but she and her father and sister survived. Tap the link in bio for more on Emhoff's focus on Holocaust remembrance. View all 4 comments n Q

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