PRINTER'S NO. 1140
No. 77 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY JOSEPHS, FREEMAN, COHEN, ITKIN, FOX, HAGARTY,
SCHULER, KOSINSKI, MARKOSEK, FAIRCHILD, BUSH, ROEBUCK, COLE,
DEMPSEY, STABACK, DeLUCA, NOYE, VEON, McGEEHAN, ANGSTADT,
STURLA, HARPER, COLAIZZO, HERMAN, PESCI, CAPPABIANCA, STUBAN,
KUKOVICH, BLAUM, BILLOW, DENT, ULIANA, DALEY, FARMER,
D. R. WRIGHT, GEIST, HERSHEY, PHILLIPS, CAWLEY, BELARDI,
ROBINSON, RUDY, PISTELLA, ARGALL, McCALL, LAUGHLIN, HAYDEN,
WILLIAMS, STEIGHNER, MUNDY, FLEAGLE, STEELMAN, JAMES,
ARMSTRONG, KAISER, MELIO, BUNT, TANGRETTI, GIGLIOTTI,
WOZNIAK, BATTISTO, E. Z. TAYLOR, RICHARDSON, HARLEY, MRKONIC,
THOMAS, TRELLO, LINTON, HUGHES, KENNEY, GODSHALL, HESS,
BELFANTI, JOHNSON, G. SNYDER, WAMBACH, CESSAR, DAVIES,
FOSTER, O'DONNELL, PITTS, LESCOVITZ, NAHILL, CLYMER, ALLEN,
BOYES, B. SMITH, CARN, J. TAYLOR, McHUGH, REINARD, FEE,
GEORGE, LANGTRY, SAURMAN, MARSICO, TOMLINSON, NYCE, NAILOR,
TELEK, WILSON, BISHOP, ARNOLD, NICKOL, KING, FARGO, VANCE AND
FAJT, APRIL 3, 1991
ADOPTED, APRIL 3, 1991
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the Governor to proclaim the week of April 7
2 through 13, 1991, as the "Days of Remembrance of the Victims
3 of the Holocaust."
4 WHEREAS, From 1933 to 1945, 6 million 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 shall never be repeated, and should continually
10 rededicate themselves to the principle of equal justice for all
11 people; and
1 WHEREAS, The people of this Commonwealth should remain
2 eternally vigilant against all tyranny and should recognize that
3 bigotry provides a breeding ground for tyranny to flourish; and
4 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Department of Education in November
5 1990 published "The Holocaust--A Guide for Pennsylvania
6 Teachers," in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Jewish
7 Coalition; and
8 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Department of Education distributed
9 a copy of this guide to every school district in this
10 Commonwealth; and
11 WHEREAS, Publications of this type are useful and important
12 tools to educate our teachers and their students in eliminating
13 the prejudice and bigotry which leads to discrimination,
14 persecution and, ultimately, to genocide; and
15 WHEREAS, April 11, 1991, has been designated internationally
16 as "Day of Remembrance of Victims of the Nazi Holocaust," known
17 as Yom Hashoah; and
18 WHEREAS, It is appropriate for the people of this
19 Commonwealth to join in the international commemoration;
20 therefore be it
21 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
22 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize Governor Robert P.
23 Casey to proclaim the week of April 7 through April 13, 1991, as
24 the "Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust," in
25 memory of the victims of the Holocaust, and in the hope that we
26 will strive always to overcome prejudice and inhumanity through
27 education, vigilance and resistance; and be it further
28 RESOLVED, That the House of Represenatives memorialize the
29 Governor to support the continued promotion and distribution of
30 "The Holocaust--A Guide for Pennsylvania Teachers" in schools of
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