Bill Text: FL S1634 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-14 - Adopted, companion bill(s) passed, see HR 9013 (Adopted), SR 1570 (Adopted) [S1634 Detail]

Download: Florida-2015-S1634-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2015                            (NP)    SR 1634
       
       
        
       By Senator Sachs
       
       
       
       
       
       34-02970-15                                           20151634__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day
    3         and the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of
    4         Auschwitz-Birkenau.
    5  
    6         WHEREAS, on January 27, 2015, world leaders recognized the
    7  10th anniversary of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day
    8  and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
    9  Birkenau, paying tribute to the 6 million Jews and the estimated
   10  5 million others, including Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah’s
   11  Witnesses, individuals with disabilities, and members of the
   12  resistance, who were slaughtered by the Nazis under the ruthless
   13  regime of Adolf Hitler, and
   14         WHEREAS, the Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the
   15  Holocaust is an annual tribute, designated by the Congress of
   16  the United States, to commemorate the Holocaust and is
   17  recollected during an 8-day period beginning on the Sunday
   18  before the Jewish observance of Yom HaShoah and continuing
   19  through the following Sunday, and
   20         WHEREAS, in 2015, the Days of Remembrance of the Victims of
   21  the Holocaust will be observed from April 12 through 19, with
   22  the observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day beginning at sunset
   23  on April 15 and ending at sunset on April 16, and
   24         WHEREAS, in the words of author and Holocaust survivor
   25  Primo Levi, “It happened, therefore it can happen again. . . .
   26  It can happen anywhere,” and
   27         WHEREAS, we must never forget this dark chapter in human
   28  history, and we must recommit to protecting the persecuted,
   29  ending genocide in every corner of the world, and securing the
   30  value and dignity of each person, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   32  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   34         That we commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 70th
   35  anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, recognize
   36  the scars and burdens carried by those who survived or lost
   37  loved ones to the Holocaust, denounce bigotry and hatred
   38  wherever it is found, and respect the value and dignity of each
   39  person.