06-R
215
2006 -- H 8030
Enacted 04/25/06
H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N
MEMORIALIZING
"HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY" ON APRIL 25, 2006
Introduced By:
Representatives Lewiss, Long, Fox, Rose, and Costantino
Date Introduced: April 25,
2006
WHEREAS,
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah), commemorated on April 25,
2006,
is a solemn day of remembrance honoring the victims of the Holocaust and those
who
showed
resistance and heroism during and after this horrendous period in world
history. The
central
theme this year is "Legacies of Justice" which recognizes and honors
the courage of the
men
and women who gave testimony during the trials of Nazi war criminals; and
WHEREAS,
Holocaust is the term used to refer to the period in world history from 1933
to
1945, before and during World War II, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazis
systemically and
barbarically
persecuted and murdered nearly six million Jews and another five million
non-Jews
throughout
Europe because they perceived these people to be "racially inferior,"
and "life
unworthy
of life"; and
WHEREAS,
The horror and anguish of such infamous killing grounds as Aushwitz,
Buchenwald,
Dachau and Belson, which today house the unnatural quiet and ghostly calm of
somber
rows of sanitized barracks and rusting ovens, stand as speechless memorials to
the eleven
million
victims who were slaughtered during the Nazi's horrific program of genocide;
and
WHEREAS,
We will always remember and never forget the millions who died for who
they
were, how they worshipped, what they believed in, who they loved, and for those
who were
killed
because of their strength, their differences or their physical disabilities. We
are proud,
humbled,
and honored to memorialize their amazing courage and their enormous sacrifices;
and
WHEREAS,
The citizens of Rhode Island, having our own rich heritage of resistance and
intolerance
for those who would trample individual liberty and dignity, applaud the
courageous
efforts
of the ghetto residents for whom day to day survival was a relentless struggle.
Their brave
actions
in April and May of 1943 stand as testimony to a rare and indomitable human
spirit and
extraordinary
courage exhibited in the darkest hours of man's inhumanity; and
WHEREAS,
This year's Holocaust Remembrance Day is a time to applaud those men
and
women who demonstrated monumental valor and humanity; a day to recognize and
congratulate
all those who had the strength of character to rebuild their lives and a
brighter future
for
their children; a day to acknowledge the individuals, who stood as testament
against anyone
who
would try to revise or deny this horrendous period in world history; now,
therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and
Providence
Plantations hereby commemorates "Holocaust Remembrance Day" on April
25, 2006.
We
call upon our fellow citizens to join us in acknowledging and applauding the
men and women
who
courageously spoke as witnesses to the atrocities committed during the
Holocaust so that this
dark
time in world history will never be forgotten or repeated; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to
transmit
duly certified copies of this resolution to the United States Holocaust Museum,
the
Rhode
Island Holocaust Museum, the Jewish Federation of Rhode Island and the Jewish
Community
Center of Rhode Island.
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