HR 50: International Holocaust Remembrance Day; January 27, 2025; recognize

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives designates January 27, 2025 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, aligning the state with a date observed worldwide to commemorate the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp by Soviet forces in 1945. The resolution recounts the history of the Holocaust, the role of Georgia's Commission on the Holocaust (created in 1998 to run educational programs), and the events at Auschwitz, including the death marches and the camp's liberation. It does not create new law, funding, or agency duties. It directs the Clerk of the House to make copies available to the public and press. As a resolution rather than a bill, it carries symbolic and commemorative weight but does not change the Official Code of Georgia.

• Formally recognizes January 27, 2025, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Georgia.
• Recounts the history of the Holocaust and the 1945 liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau to explain the significance of the date.
• References the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, created by a 1998 law, without altering its duties or funding.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.

This resolution mainly affects the public record and commemorative activities in Georgia. It references the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust and its educational mission, and it is directed at Georgians generally as a statement of remembrance rather than a regulation on any specific group.

Because this is a resolution, it does not change any Georgia law, create funding, or impose requirements on anyone. Its practical effect is symbolic: it puts the House on record commemorating the Holocaust and its victims and directs copies to be shared publicly.

• The resolution's whereas clauses describe the history of the Holocaust and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on January 27, 1945.
• The resolving clause designates January 27, 2025, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day recognized by the House of Representatives.
• A further resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press.

1. 2025-01-27House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-01-27House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-01-27House Hopper (House)

• Deborah Silcox (R, HD-053)Primary sponsor

• Holocaust remembrance
• Georgia House resolutions
• historical commemoration
• antisemitism