Leading Holocaust historian Michael Berenbaum will provide his unique insights on what can be learned from the Holocaust. Berenbaum is a writer, lecturer and teacher consulting in the conceptual development of museums and the development of historical films. He is the author and editor of 20 books, scores of scholarly articles and hundreds of journalistic pieces.

Berenbaum is the director of the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust at the American Jewish University, where he is also a professor of Jewish studies. He was the director of the United States Holocaust Research Institute at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Hymen Goldman adjunct professor of Theology at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Berenbaum served as project director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, overseeing its creation. He also served as deputy director of the President's Commission on the Holocaust.