A guide for use by the armed forces in conjunction with the annual civilian commemoration held for one week each spring (as designated by the United States Holocaust Memorial Council), established by law in 1980. Contains background information and materials for resource personnel and project officers, such as a sample ceremony, eyewitness accounts, and a list of Holocaust resource centers.

The purpose of this work is to give voice to the very words used by the victims.

Daniel, whose family suffers as the Nazis rise to power in Germany, describes his imprisonment in a concentration camp and his eventual liberation.