Presents the story of the Holocaust and shows how it affected the lives of innocent people throughout Europe, using artifacts, photographs, maps, and taped oral and video histories from the collections of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

Depicts the evolution of the Holocaust and details the four major historical participants: the perpetrator, the bystander, the rescuer, and the victim.

Describes the planning and building of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and examines its exhibits documenting the European Holocaust from 1933 to 1945.

From the moment it opened on April 22, 1993, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has captivated the American public with its innovative and affecting representation of one of the century's most troubling events. In its first year, it attracted nearly two million visitors -- at the rate of five thousand a day -- each of whom walked away with a lasting impression of awe in the face of the unimaginable. This honest, lively, and readable story...