This resolution calls on the people of the United States to remember the innocent victims murdered at Auschwitz, the Jews killed during the Holocaust, and all the victims of the Nazi reign of terror. The resolution also (1) calls on the people of the United States to continue working to end all genocide and persecution, and (2) recommits to combating all forms of anti-Semitism.
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 87 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 87
Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz
extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland and International Holocaust
Remembrance Day.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 31, 2025
Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Lawler, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, and Mr.
Bacon) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs
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RESOLUTION
Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz
extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland and International Holocaust
Remembrance Day.
Whereas United Nations General Assembly Resolution 60/7 (2005) designated
January 27 of each year as an International Day of Commemoration in
memory of victims of the Holocaust;
Whereas, during World War II, the Nazi regime and its collaborators
systematically murdered 6,000,000 Jews and millions of other
individuals;
Whereas the Auschwitz extermination camp complex in Nazi-occupied Poland, which
included a killing center at Birkenau, was the largest death camp
complex established by the Nazi regime;
Whereas, on January 27, 1945, the Auschwitz extermination camp was liberated by
Allied Forces, after almost 5 years of murder, rape, and torture at the
camp;
Whereas nearly 1,300,000 innocent civilians were deported to Auschwitz from
their homes across Eastern and Western Europe, particularly from
Hungary, Poland, and France;
Whereas nearly 1,100,000 innocent civilians were murdered at the Auschwitz
extermination camp between 1940 and 1945;
Whereas at least 960,000 of the nearly 1,100,000 murdered people were Jewish;
Whereas the more than 100,000 other victims who perished at Auschwitz included
non-Jewish Poles, Romani people, Soviet civilians and prisoners of war,
Afro-Germans, Jehovah's Witnesses, people with disabilities, gay men and
women, and other ethnic minorities;
Whereas these innocent civilians were subjected to torture, forced labor,
starvation, rape, medical experiments, and separation from loved ones;
Whereas the names of many of these innocent individuals who perished have been
lost forever;
Whereas the Auschwitz extermination camp symbolizes the extraordinary brutality
of the Holocaust;
Whereas the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum serves as our Nation's
memorial to the victims of the Holocaust and teaches the history and
lessons of the Holocaust to individuals from all walks of life in the
United States;
Whereas the people of the United States must never forget the genocide and
terrible crimes against humanity committed at the Auschwitz
extermination camp;
Whereas the people of the United States must educate future generations to
promote understanding of the dangers of intolerance in order to prevent
similar injustices, including acts of violent anti-Semitism, from
happening again;
Whereas there are only approximately 220,000 Holocaust survivors who are still
living and it is more important now than ever to share their collective
histories and stories;
Whereas, in recent years, there has been an increase in the number and intensity
of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States and around the world;
Whereas, since the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack in Israel, there have
been more than 10,000 anti-Semitic incidents in the United States;
Whereas hate crime statistics collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
demonstrate a 63-percent increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the
United States from 2022 to 2023;
Whereas, in 2018, the United States experienced the single deadliest attack
against the Jewish community in the history of the United States with
the murder of 11 individuals at the Tree of Life synagogue in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and
Whereas, especially in a period of rising anti-Semitism, commemoration of the
liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp will instill in all
people of the United States a greater awareness of the Holocaust and
knowledge of the horrors brought upon by the systematic murder of
6,000,000 Jews and millions of other innocent individuals by the Nazi
regime: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) calls on all people of the United States to remember
the 1,100,000 innocent victims murdered at the Auschwitz
extermination camp as part of the Holocaust, the 6,000,000 Jews
killed during the Holocaust, and all of the victims of the Nazi
reign of terror;
(2) honors the legacy of the survivors of the Holocaust and
of the Auschwitz extermination camp;
(3) calls on the people of the United States to continue to
work toward tolerance, peace, and justice and to continue to
work to end all genocide and persecution; and
(4) recommits to combating all forms of anti-Semitism.
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Submitted in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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