Bill Text: DE HR30 | 2015-2016 | 148th General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: Commemorating The Observance Of Holocaust Remembrance In The State Of Delaware.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-05 - Passed in House by Voice Vote [HR30 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2015-HR30-Draft.html
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SPONSOR: |
Rep. Spiegelman & Rep. Smyk & Rep. Heffernan; |
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 148th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 30 |
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COMMEMORATING THE OBSERVANCE OF HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. |
WHEREAS, from 1933 to 1945, 5.8 million Jews were murdered in the Nazi Holocaust as a part of a systematic program of genocide, along with millions of non-Jewish victims of Nazi mass murders; and
WHEREAS, Jews and other victims who fell under German control in Eastern and Central Europe were quickly stripped of their rights and property; and
WHEREAS, the Jews who perished at Nazi hands comprised two-thirds of all European Jewry, and in countries such as Poland, which before the Second World War included parts of the Ukraine and Belarus, the Jewish death toll surpassed 90 percent; and
WHEREAS, the people of the State of Delaware should always remember the atrocities committed by the Nazis so that such horrors are never repeated; and
WHEREAS, those who survived the killing camps tell us that as many people walked to their deaths, their last words were "Remember Us"; and
WHEREAS, the year 2016 marks the 83rd anniversary of the beginning of the genocide of European Jews; and
WHEREAS, we learn in the aftermath of the Holocaust that indifference to genocide cannot be tolerated; Holocaust remembrance imposes a moral obligation to speak out; and
WHEREAS, the Holocaust represents the darkest period in the civilization of mankind and must always be remembered in order to prevent its reoccurrence anywhere else in the world; and
WHEREAS, the people of the State of Delaware should continually rededicate themselves to the principle of equal justice for all people; and
WHEREAS, the people of the State of Delaware should remain eternally vigilant against all tyranny and recognize that bigotry provides a breeding ground for tyranny to flourish; and
WHEREAS, Holocaust Remembrance Day, known in Hebrew as Yom Hashoah, is a day set aside for remembering the victims of the Holocaust and remind us all of what can happen to civilized people when bigotry, hatred and indifference reign; and
WHEREAS, internationally, Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed on the 15th day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar, which this year falls on Thursday, May 5, 2016; and
WHEREAS, Yom HaShoan (Holocaust Day) or Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laGvura (the Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day) is both an Israeli day of remembrance observed by many Jewish communities in the United States and elsewhere in the world; and
WHEREAS, the date relates both to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising which began 13 days earlier, and to the Israeli Independence Day which is eight days later;
NOW, THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 148th General Assembly of the State of Delaware, that we hereby pause in our deliberations to commemorate the observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 5, 2016.
SYNOPSIS
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This resolution commemorates the observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day. |
