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          Date of Hearing:   April 12, 2012

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
             ACR 141 (Butler and Allen) - As Introduced:  March 29, 2012
           
          SUBJECT  :   California Holocaust Memorial Week.

           SUMMARY  :  Proclaims April 15 through April 22, 2012, as 
          California Holocaust Memorial Week and urges Californians to 
          observe these days of remembrance for the victims of the 
          Holocaust in an appropriate manner.  Specifically,  this 
          resolution  makes the following legislative findings:

          1)More than 65 years have passed since the tragic events we now 
            call the Holocaust transpired, in which six million Jews and 
            five million others were murdered as part of a carefully 
            orchestrated, state-sponsored program of cultural, social, and 
            political annihilation under Nazi tyranny.

          2)We must recognize the heroism of those who provided assistance 
            to the victims of the Nazi regime and teach our children and 
            future generations that 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.

          3)The United States Holocaust Memorial Council has designated 
            April 15 through April 22, 2012, as the Days of Remembrance of 
            the Victims of the Holocaust; and 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.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.
           








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          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800