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
almost immediately. from polish political leaders to entire jewish families. they erased signs of jewish life and culture. the genesis of a johnson. they even erased the names of polish jews cities and, as my father said, used them for their own terrible purposes. it is not the real name. actually the name was a very nice, beautiful little city with a lot of synagogues, ha saidic people, intellectual people and everything that you can think of. what is this all about? because we see the names of all these towns. on this glass bridge you see etched the names of just a few of the thousand jewish communiques across europe that