PRINTER'S NO. 3524
No. 495 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY JOSEPHS, FRANKEL, FREEMAN, L. I. COHEN, ARMSTRONG,
BELARDI, BISHOP, CAPPELLI, CORRIGAN, CURRY, DeWEESE, EGOLF,
FICHTER, GEORGE, HERSHEY, KENNEY, MANDERINO, McGEEHAN,
NAILOR, PIPPY, TRICH, M. BAKER, BELFANTI, BROWNE, CASORIO,
DALEY, DiGIROLAMO, D. EVANS, FLEAGLE, GODSHALL, HESS,
LAUGHLIN, MANN, McGILL, PALLONE, PISTELLA, BARRAR,
BENNINGHOFF, BUNT, DeLUCA, DIVEN, FAIRCHILD, GABIG, GRUCELA,
HORSEY, LEDERER, MARKOSEK, McNAUGHTON, PERZEL, READSHAW,
BEBKO-JONES, BIRMELIN, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, ARGALL, DERMODY,
DONATUCCI, FEESE, GANNON, HASAY, HUTCHINSON, LEH, MELIO,
PICKETT, ROBERTS, TURZAI, BROOKS, WALKO, WANSACZ, WASHINGTON,
WATSON, J. WILLIAMS, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK,
ZIMMERMAN, ZUG, ROEBUCK, ROHRER, ROONEY, ROSS, RUBLEY,
SAMUELSON, SANTONI, SATHER, SCHRODER, SHANER, B. SMITH,
COLAFELLA, CREIGHTON, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STEELMAN, GEIST,
HERMAN, KELLER, MAITLAND, MARSICO, MUNDY, J. TAYLOR,
ROBINSON, STERN, R. STEVENSON, SURRA, TANGRETTI,
E. Z. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE AND TRELLO, MARCH 27, 2002
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 27, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the Governor to proclaim the seven days of April 7
2 through 13, 2002, as "Days of Remembrance of the Victims of
3 the Holocaust."
4 WHEREAS, From 1933 to 1945, six million Jews were murdered in
5 the Nazi Holocaust as part of a systematic pogrom 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 are never repeated and should continually rededicate
10 themselves to the principle of equal justice for all people; and
1 WHEREAS, The people of this Commonwealth should remain
2 eternally vigilant against all tyranny and recognize that
3 bigotry provides a breeding ground for tyranny to flourish; and
4 WHEREAS, April 9, 2002, has been designated internationally
5 as a "Day of Remembrance of Victims of the Nazi Holocaust,"
6 known as Yom Hashoah; and
7 WHEREAS, It is appropriate for the people of this
8 Commonwealth to join in the international commemoration;
9 therefore be it
10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives memorialize
11 Governor Mark S. Schweiker to proclaim the seven days of April 7
12 through 13, 2002, as "Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the
13 Holocaust" in memory of the victims of the Holocaust in the hope
14 that we will strive always to overcome prejudice and inhumanity
15 through education, vigilance and resistance.
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