Florida Senate - 2015                            (NP)    SR 1570
       
       
        
       By Senator Sobel
       
       
       
       
       
       33-02041-15                                           20151570__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing the week of April 12-19,
    3         2015, as the “Days of Remembrance” and April 16, 2015,
    4         as “Holocaust Remembrance Day” in Florida.
    5  
    6         WHEREAS, the Holocaust, the state-sponsored, systematic
    7  persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany
    8  and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945, resulted in the
    9  murder of six million Jews, and
   10         WHEREAS, in addition, Roma, also known as Gypsies, and
   11  Poles were targeted for decimation for racial, ethnic, or
   12  national reasons, and millions more, including persons with
   13  disabilities, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Soviet prisoners
   14  of war, and political dissidents, suffered grievous oppression
   15  and death under Nazi tyranny, and
   16         WHEREAS, the history of the Holocaust offers an opportunity
   17  to reflect on the moral responsibilities of individuals,
   18  societies, and governments, particularly to remain vigilant
   19  against hatred, persecution, and tyranny, and
   20         WHEREAS, pursuant to an Act of Congress, the United States
   21  Holocaust Memorial Council was established, and the council has
   22  designated April 12 through April 19, 2015, as the “Days of
   23  Remembrance” for the victims of the Holocaust, including
   24  “Holocaust Remembrance Day,” known as Yom HaShoah, on April 16,
   25  2015, and
   26         WHEREAS, in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, in
   27  honor of its survivors, and in utmost gratitude for the risks
   28  taken by rescuers and liberators, the residents of this state
   29  are encouraged to rededicate themselves to the principles of
   30  human dignity and individual freedom in a just society, thereby
   31  ensuring that such atrocities are never repeated, NOW,
   32  THEREFORE,
   33  
   34  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   36         That the week of April 12-19, 2015, is recognized as the
   37  “Days of Remembrance,” and April 16, 2015, is recognized as
   38  “Holocaust Remembrance Day” in Florida.