PRINTER'S NO. 895
No. 51 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY SCHWARTZ, WAGNER, ARMSTRONG, DENT, WENGER,
M. WHITE, LAVALLE, HELFRICK, O'PAKE, KUKOVICH, FUMO, BODACK,
COSTA, TOMLINSON, TARTAGLIONE, RHOADES, WAUGH, STACK,
GERLACH, BOSCOLA, ORIE, HOLL, THOMPSON, KITCHEN AND
JUBELIRER, APRIL 12, 2001
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, APRIL 12, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Proclaiming April 19 through 26, 2001, as "Holocaust Remembrance
2 Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, From 1933 to 1945 six million Jews were murdered in
4 the Nazi Holocaust as part of a systematic pogrom of genocide,
5 and millions of other people perished as victims of Nazism; and
6 WHEREAS, The people of this Commonwealth should always
7 remember the atrocities committed by the Nazis so that such
8 horrors are never repeated and should continually rededicate
9 themselves to the principle of equal justice for all people; and
10 WHEREAS, The people of this Commonwealth should remain
11 eternally vigilant against all tyranny and should recognize that
12 bigotry provides a breeding ground for tyranny to flourish; and
13 WHEREAS, April 19, 2001, has been designated internationally
14 as a Day of Remembrance of Victims of the Nazi Holocaust, known
15 as Yom Hashoah; and
16 WHEREAS, It is appropriate for the people of this
1 Commonwealth to join in the international commemoration;
2 therefore be it
3 RESOLVED, That the Senate proclaim April 19 through 26, 2001,
4 as "Holocaust Remembrance Week" in Pennsylvania, in memory of
5 the victims of the Holocaust in the hope that we may strive to
6 overcome prejudice and inhumanity through education, vigilance
7 and resistance.
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