1. The Hall of Remembrance, located in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial/Museum, is a tribute to the eleven million victims and survivors of the Holocaust. Inside, you can light candles, visit an eternal flame, and reflect in silence.
2. Remember the Children: Daniel's Story is an exhibition designed to explain the Holocaust to elementary and middle school children. It tells the story of Daniel, a fictional child based on a collection of true stories about children during the Holocaust. (an exhibit in the museum)
3. The Museum honors survivors and victim, Jewish or non-Jewish, who were displaced, persecuted, or discriminated against due to the racial, religious, ethnic, social, and political policies of the Nazis and their collaborators between 1933 and 1945.
4. One of the many collections that the Memorial has is a collection based on the Nazi persecution of Roma and Sinti, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, political dissidents, Poles, and Soviet prisoners of wars.
5. Foreign officials from over 100 countries have visited the museum to learn more about the Holocaust.
6. The Children's Tile Wall located inside of the Holocaust Museum was created by thousands of young children who recorded their impressions of the Holocaust.
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