PRINTER'S NO. 3237
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
833
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY FRANKEL, COHEN, FREEMAN, KAUFER, SANTARSIERO,
SCHLOSSBERG, DONATUCCI, HENNESSEY, READSHAW, BENNINGHOFF,
BARRAR, VEREB, REGAN, MACKENZIE, MILLARD, BRIGGS, METZGAR,
SIMS, QUIGLEY, DUSH, SONNEY, R. BROWN, DRISCOLL, SANTORA,
BIZZARRO, ROZZI, MATZIE, D. COSTA, RAPP, KAVULICH, MILNE,
LONGIETTI, PASHINSKI, FARINA, O'NEILL, WHEELAND, GODSHALL,
PAYNE, SCHLEGEL CULVER, MAHONEY, MURT, PICKETT, DiGIROLAMO,
BULLOCK, PHILLIPS-HILL, BURNS, A. HARRIS, MARSICO,
YOUNGBLOOD, HARHART, BOBACK, ROSS, MAJOR, GOODMAN, GROVE,
GIBBONS, TOEPEL, O'BRIEN, KAUFFMAN, THOMAS, MENTZER, DeLUCA,
CALTAGIRONE, WATSON, McCARTER, McNEILL, SAYLOR, MCCLINTON AND
NEILSON, APRIL 29, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 29, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Designating May 2 through 8, 2016, as "Days of Remembrance of
the Victims of the Holocaust" and May 5, 2016, as "Holocaust
Remembrance Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic
persecution and annihilation of the European Jewry by Nazi
Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945, during
which time 6 million Jews were murdered; and
WHEREAS, Roma (Gypsies), persons with disabilities and Poles
were also targeted for destruction or decimation for racial,
ethnic or national reasons; and
WHEREAS, Millions more persons, including gay men and women,
Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war and political
dissidents, suffered grievous oppression and death under Nazi
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tyranny; and
WHEREAS, The people of this Commonwealth should always
remember the atrocities committed by the Nazis so that such
horrors are never repeated; and
WHEREAS, The people of this Commonwealth should continually
rededicate themselves to the principle of equal justice for all;
and
WHEREAS, The people of this Commonwealth should remain
vigilant against all tyranny and recognize that bigotry provides
a breeding ground for tyranny to flourish; and
WHEREAS, May 5, 2016, recognized in the Hebrew calendar as 27
Nisan 5776, has been designated internationally as a "Day of
Remembrance of Victims of the Nazi Holocaust" and is also known
as Yom Hashoah; and
WHEREAS, This date further coincides with the anniversary of
the Warsaw ghetto uprising in German-occupied Poland from April
19 through May 16, 1943; and
WHEREAS, It is appropriate for the people of this
Commonwealth to join in the international commemoration of this
solemn event; and
WHEREAS, By marking this occasion in memory of the millions
of victims of the Holocaust, we hope to overcome prejudice and
inhumanity through education, vigilance and resistance;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate May 2
through 8, 2016, as "Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the
Holocaust" and May 5, 2016, as "Holocaust Remembrance Day" in
Pennsylvania.
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