ABSTRACT
On a wet, blustery afternoon in April 1993, the United States dedicated the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington as a national memorial to Holocaust victims. Thousands attended the ceremony, including Holocaust survivors, veterans of the armed forces that defeated Nazi Germany and liberated the concentration camps, 61 heads of state from around the world, a large portion of the diplomatic corps, most members of the U.S. Congress and the recently inaugurated president of the United States, Bill Clinton.
