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Senate Resolution

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A resolution recognizing the Holocaust Days of

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Remembrance, April 27 through May 4, 2008.

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     WHEREAS, the Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic

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persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany

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and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945; Jews were the

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primary victims (6 million were murdered), and Gypsies, the

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handicapped, Poles, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet

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prisoners of war, and political dissidents were also subjected to

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persecution and destruction under Nazi tyranny, and

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     WHEREAS, the history of the Holocaust offers us an

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opportunity to reflect on the moral responsibilities of

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individuals, societies, and governments, and

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     WHEREAS, the people of the State of Florida should always

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remember the terrible events of the Holocaust, remain vigilant

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against hatred, persecution, and tyranny, and work to establish

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justice and fairness for all, and

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     Whereas, the Days of Remembrance have been set aside for the

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people of the State of Florida to remember the victims of the

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Holocaust as well as to reflect on the need for respect of all

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peoples, and

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     WHEREAS, the United States Congress established the Days of

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Remembrance as our nation's annual commemoration of the victims

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of the Holocaust, and the United States Holocaust Memorial

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Council designates the Days of Remembrance of the victims of the

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Holocaust to be Sunday, April 27 through May 4, including the Day

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of Remembrance known as Yom Hashoah, May 2, NOW, THEREFORE,

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Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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     That the Senate recognizes the week of Sunday, April 27,

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through Sunday, May 4, 2008, as "Days of Remembrance" in memory

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of the victims of the Holocaust and in honor of the Survivors, as

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well as the rescuers and liberators, and further recognizes that

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all residents of the State of Florida should strive to overcome

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intolerance and indifference through learning and remembrance.