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

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House Resolution 50

By: Representative Silcox of the 53rd

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing January 27, 2025, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, the Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945, resulting in the murder of six million Jews as well as the oppression and deaths of millions of others, including Roma, people with disabilities, and Poles; and

WHEREAS, in 1998, HB 1664 was passed by the Georgia state legislature, establishing the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust as a permanent state agency charged with creating educational programs for Georgia citizens and operating as a secular, non-partisan entity; and

WHEREAS, the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust is tasked with preserving the memory of the Holocaust, promoting public understanding of its history, and reminding citizens to remain vigilant against hatred, racism, antisemitism, persecution, and genocide; and

WHEREAS, January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, is observed as International Holocaust Remembrance Day to memorialize the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution; and

WHEREAS, January 27, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a critical time to honor the victims, survivors, and liberators while recognizing the lessons of Holocaust history amidst an alarming global rise in antisemitism; and

WHEREAS, located in German-occupied Poland, Auschwitz consisted of three camps, including Birkenau, a killing center where over a million victims were systematically murdered by individuals and professionals involved in its operation; and

WHEREAS, trains carrying Jews from across Nazi-occupied and allied Europe regularly arrived at Auschwitz, where its leadership and workers conducted these systematic killings over nearly five years; and

WHEREAS, in mid-January 1945, as Soviet forces approached Auschwitz, SS units forcibly evacuated nearly 60,000 prisoners on death marches under brutal winter conditions, resulting in thousands of deaths from starvation, exposure, and violence; and

WHEREAS, on January 27, 1945, the Soviet army liberated Auschwitz, freeing the remaining 7,000 prisoners, many of whom were sick and dying, and ending the camp's operation; and

WHEREAS, we, the people of Georgia, join communities throughout the world in commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day and honoring the victims, survivors, and liberators of the Holocaust.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize January 27, 2025, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the public and the press.