President George W. Bush speaks at the Days of Remembrance ceremony to honor and memorialize the victims and survivors of the Holocaust during World War Two. Held in the Capitol Rotunda.
Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein reflects on her experiences at the hands of the Nazis and liberation by the Americans. She comments on her gratitude for the opportunity to become an American citizen and the meaning of freedom. Klein describes the foundation she and her husband started and the goals of their program, Citizenship Counts. Her remarks are made on the occasion of her receiving the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom.