CC - 1994-13 - Proclaming April 3-10 as Remembrance of the HolocaustRESOLUTION NO. 94-13
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROSEMEAD PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF
SUNDAY, APRIL 3 THROUGH SATURDAY, APRIL 10,
1994, AS DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS
OF THE HOLOCAUST
WHEREAS, six million Jews were systematically murdered by Nazi
Germany and their collaborators from 1933 to 1945, as well as
hundreds of thousands of Sinti and Roma (Gypsies) and the
handicapped; millions of Poles, religious and political dissidents,
and those deemed by the Nazi to be "unworthy of life" were swept into
this abyss; and
WHEREAS, all citizens of the United States should remember the
atrocities committed by Nazi Germany and their collaborators and
recognize that each of us must remain vigilant against tyranny; and
WHEREAS, Friday, April 8, 1994, has been designated, pursuant to
an Act of Congress, as a Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the
Holocaust, know internationally as Yom Hashoah; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the citizens of the City of
Rosemead to join in this commemoration with the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum, this nation's center for learning and
remembrance of the Holocaust.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Rosemead do hereby proclaim the week of Sunday, April 3rd through
Sunday, April 10, 1994 as Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the
Holocaust, in memory of those victims and in the hope that we will
strive, as a nation and individually, to overcome prejudice and
inhumanity through education, vigilance and tolerance.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this pfd day of Xttn~ch, 1994.
ATTEST:
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ITY .'CLERK .
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I hereby ce tify that the foregoing Resolution No.
94-13 was du 4y and regularly adopted by the-C§ y
Council of the City of Rosemead at a-=egular meeting
thereof held on the 8th day of March, 1994, by the
following vote:
Yes: Clark, Taylor, Bruesch, Vasquez, McDonald
No: None Absent: None Abstain: None
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