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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 4
Author: Block (D) and Lowenthal (D), et al.
Amended: 4/11/11 in Senate
Vote: 21
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 2/3/11
SUBJECT : California Holocaust Memorial Week
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution declares May 1, 2011, through
May 8, 2011, as California Holocaust Memorial Week.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1. The Holocaust was a tragedy of proportions the
world had never before witnessed.
2. More than 65 years have passed since the tragic
events we now refer to as the Holocaust transpired, in
which the dictatorship of Nazi Germany murdered six
million Jews as part of a systematic program of
genocide known as "The Final Solution of the Jewish
Question."
3. Jews were the primary victims, but they were not
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alone. Five million other people were murdered in
Nazi concentration camps as part of a carefully
orchestrated, state-sponsored program of cultural,
social, and political annihilation under the Nazi
tyranny.
4. We must recognize the heroism of those who provided
assistance to the victims of the Nazi regime,
including the many soldiers who liberated
concentration camps and provided comfort to those
suffering.
5. We must teach our children, and future generations,
that the individual and communal acts of heroism
during the Holocaust serve as a powerful example of
how our nation and its citizens can, and must, respond
to acts of hatred and inhumanity.
6. We must always remind ourselves of the horrible
events of the Holocaust and remain vigilant against
hatred, persecution, and tyranny lest these atrocities
be repeated.
7. We, the people of California, should actively
rededicate ourselves to the principles of human
rights, individual freedom, and equal protection under
the laws of a just and democratic society.
8. Each person in California should set aside moments
of his or her time every year to give remembrance to
those who lost their lives in the Holocaust.
9. The United States Holocaust Memorial Council has
designated May 1 through May 8, 2011, as the Days of
Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust, including
the International Day of Remembrance, known as Yom
HaShoah, on May 2, 2011.
10. According to Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and
nationally recognized scholar, "... a memorial
unresponsive to the future would violate the memory of
the past."
This resolution declares May 1 through May 8, 2011, as
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"California Holocaust Memorial Week."
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
PQ:nl 4/13/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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