PRINTER'S NO. 3397
No. 291 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY JOSEPHS, ITKIN, HAGARTY, COHEN, D. R. WRIGHT,
STETLER, TRELLO, MARKOSEK, SALOOM, GAMBLE, COLE, BELARDI,
PERZEL, ARGALL, FEE, SAURMAN, JOHNSON, TELEK, LAUGHLIN,
ULIANA, KUKOVICH, MUNDY, NICKOL, E. Z. TAYLOR, TANGRETTI,
KRUSZEWSKI, LINTON, McHALE, GERLACH, TOMLINSON, KENNEY,
WILLIAMS, BUTKOVITZ, FREEMAN, BATTISTO, STABACK, ARNOLD,
BILLOW, NOYE, CARONE, LESCOVITZ, RUDY, MELIO, BELFANTI,
WOZNIAK, BLAUM, COY, PESCI, TIGUE, COWELL, KREBS, NAILOR,
HERMAN, STEIGHNER, DONATUCCI, DeWEESE, ARMSTRONG, NAHILL,
KASUNIC, RITTER, PRESTON, ADOLPH, HERSHEY, KAISER, DERMODY,
GODSHALL, HARLEY, CORRIGAN, FAJT, DENT, COLAIZZO, NYCE,
STURLA, WAMBACH, STEELMAN, PITTS, D. W. SNYDER, LANGTRY,
FAIRCHILD, KOSINSKI, CAPPABIANCA, FARGO, HARPER, BISHOP,
DEMPSEY, McNALLY AND ANGSTADT, APRIL 1, 1992
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 1, 1992
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the Governor to proclaim the eight days of April
2 26 through May 3, 1992, as "Days of Remembrance of the
3 Victims of the Holocaust."
4 WHEREAS, From 1933 to 1945, 6,000,000 Jews were murdered in
5 the Nazi Holocaust as part of a systematic program of genocide,
6 and millions of other people perished as victims of Nazism; and
7 WHEREAS, The people of this Commonwealth should always
8 remember the atrocities committed by the Nazis so that such
9 horrors could never be repeated and should continually
10 rededicate themselves to the principle of equal justice for all
11 people; and
12 WHEREAS, The people of this Commonwealth should remain
1 eternally vigilant against all tyranny and should recognize that
2 bigotry provides a breeding ground for tyranny to flourish; and
3 WHEREAS, The Department of Education in 1990 published "The
4 Holocaust--A Guide for Pennsylvania Teachers," in cooperation
5 with the Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition; and
6 WHEREAS, Publications of this type are useful and important
7 tools to educate our teachers and their students in eliminating
8 the prejudice and bigotry which leads to discrimination,
9 persecution and, ultimately, to genocide; and
10 WHEREAS, April 30, 1992, has been designated internationally
11 as a "Day of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust," known as
12 Yom Hashoah; and
13 WHEREAS, It is appropriate for the people of this
14 Commonwealth to join in the international commemoration;
15 therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives memorialize the
17 Governor to proclaim the eight days of April 26 through May 3,
18 1992, as "Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust,"
19 in memory of the victims of the Holocaust in the hope that we
20 will strive always to overcome prejudice and inhumanity through
21 education, vigilance and resistance; and be it further
22 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives memorialize the
23 Governor to support the continued promotion and distribution of
24 "The Holocaust--A Guide for Pennsylvania Teachers," in schools
25 of this Commonwealth.
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