The Alabama Holocaust Commission is set to host the 2024 State Yom HaShoah Commemoration on May 2, 2024, at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Yom HaShoah, established by Israel in 1951, is a day to remember the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The day is marked by various commemorative activities, such as synagogue services, vigils, educational programs, and the lighting of memorial candles. The resolution also acknowledges the loss of Holocaust survivors over the past year, whose stories have been crucial in educating about the atrocities they witnessed, including the inhumane conditions and brutalities of concentration camps.

The Alabama Legislature, with both houses concurring, resolves to recognize and honor the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust, as well as the recently deceased survivors, during the Yom HaShoah Commemoration. The resolution emphasizes the importance of such events in ensuring that the horrors of the Holocaust are never forgotten by Alabamians and the world at large. It reflects on the words of American screenwriter Rod Serling on the necessity of remembering the Holocaust and maintaining the concentration camps as monuments to prevent history from repeating itself.