Florida Senate - 2021 (NP) SR 1164



By Senator Berman





31-01963-21 20211164__
1 Senate Resolution
2 A resolution designating the week of April 4-11, 2021,
3 as the “Days of Remembrance” and April 8, 2021, as
4 “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 Jewish people, 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 the United States Congress,
21 Public Law No. 96-388, October 7, 1980, the United States
22 Holocaust Memorial Council has designated the week of April 4
23 11, 2021, as the “Days of Remembrance” for the victims of the
24 Holocaust, including the “Day of Remembrance” known as Yom
25 HaShoah on April 8, 2021, 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,
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34 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
35
36 That the week of April 4-11, 2021, is designated as the
37 “Days of Remembrance,” and April 8, 2021, is designated as
38 “Holocaust Remembrance Day” in Florida.