Never again. Thats the plea of the people who survived one of the darkest moments in history, The Holocaust. During World War Two german murdered countless people. Including six million jewish men, women and children. Its easy to think of The Holocaust as a relic of the past. But the few remaining survivors of The Holocaust still live with the horrors of The Holocaust remains one of the greatest crimes against humanity in europe. Set out to kill as many jews as possible. They murdered all four of my grandparents. And forced my parents into slave labor and extermination camps, miraculously, my parents survived. Hate ignited The Holocaust. Ignorance fueled it. Eight decades later, its horrifying to see a rise in Anti Semitism and Holocaust Denial Around The World and here in this country. We want to take you on a tour of the United States Holocaust Memorial museum here in washington, d. C. More than 45 Million People have visited this museum since it opened back in 1993. This institution
survivors of the holocaust still live with the horrors. the holocaust remains one of the greatest crimes against humanity. in europe, nazis set out to kill as many jews as possible. they murdered all four of my grandparents and forced my parents into slave labor and external e external nation camps. ignorance fueled them. eight decades later, it s horrifying to see a rise in anti-semitism and holocaust denial around the world and here in this country. we want to take you on a tour of the united states holocaust memorial museum here in washington, d.c. more than 45 million people have visited this museum since it opened back in 1993. this institution serves as a reminder of what happens when society doesn t stand up to hate . would you please tell me your full name? david blitzer. that s my dad, david blitzer. he survived the holocaust, met my mother. he recorded his personal, very powerful survival story for future generations. i m from the name of the city of always
our tour guide is sara bloomfield, the director of the u. s. holocaust memorial museum. hi, sarah. thanks very. sarah tell us about this elevator elevator brings the american public into the holocaust through the eyes of the ordinary american gi who s fighting to defeat in world war two. and it s those american soldiers who are the first eyewitnesses to the holocaust. and you hear this gi coming up across these atrocities and asking, how could human beings do this to one another? they patrol leader called in by radio and said that we have come across something. and we re not sure what it is. it s a big prison of some kind. and there
be able to have children after the concentration camp, but ten years after we were married, she was. like so many survivors, he knew he had to speak for the millions that couldn t. and now i m carrying on his legacy. i m going to take you through the history of the holocaust and the u.s. holocaust memorial museum with help from survivors like my father. their voices will bear witness to future generations. our tour guide is sara bloomfield, the director of the u.s. holocaust memorial museum. sara, tell us about this elevator. this elevator brings the american public into the holocaust through the eyes of the ordinary american gi who is fighting to defeat navys in
coming up we will hear about the damning 19605 report that told the us it was fundamentally racist. we spend some time at the dance theatre of harlem. and we hear from the daughter of an american gi who grew up in germany and has spent her life wrestling with her identity. but first, let s go back to one of the darkest days of the civil rights era. on the 15th of september 1963, the baptist church on 16th street in birmingham, alabama, was packed and ready for sunday service. then a bomb went off and four young girls were killed. sarah rudolph collins survived but her sister addie mae didn t. why. why would somebody put a bomb on our church and kill a little girl. this sweet girl. they all of them were angels.