Bill Text: PA SR281 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating April 15 through 22, 2012, as "Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-02 - Introduced and adopted [SR281 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SR281-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2085
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 281 Session of2012
INTRODUCED BY STACK, DINNIMAN, SCHWANK, LEACH, BREWSTER, BROWNE, WOZNIAK, FONTANA, KITCHEN, ORIE, SCARNATI, TARTAGLIONE, BOSCOLA, PIPPY, WARD, HUGHES, ERICKSON, YUDICHAK, FARNESE, PILEGGI, RAFFERTY, BAKER, ARGALL, MENSCH, GREENLEAF, D. WHITE, WILLIAMS, ALLOWAY, COSTA AND BRUBAKER, APRIL 2, 2012
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, APRIL 2, 2012
A RESOLUTION
Designating April 15 through 22, 2012, as "Days of Remembrance
of the Victims of the Holocaust" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, From 1933 to 1945 six million Jews were murdered in
the Nazi Holocaust as part of a systematic pogrom of genocide,
and millions of other people perished as victims of Nazism; and
WHEREAS, The people of this Commonwealth should always
remember the atrocities committed by the Nazis so that such
horrors are never repeated and should continually rededicate
themselves to the principle of equal justice for all people; and
WHEREAS, The people of this Commonwealth should remain
eternally vigilant against all tyranny and should recognize that
bigotry provides a breeding ground for tyranny to flourish; and
WHEREAS, April 19, 2012, also recognized as 27 Nisan 5772 in
the Hebrew calendar, has been designated internationally as a
Day of Remembrance of Victims of the Nazi Holocaust, known as
Yom Hashoah; and
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WHEREAS, It is appropriate for the people of this
Commonwealth to join in the international commemoration;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate April 15 through 22,
2012, as "Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust"
in Pennsylvania, in memory of the victims of the Holocaust in
the hope that we may strive to overcome prejudice and inhumanity
through education, vigilance and resistance.
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