HomeMy WebLinkAboutSample Civic Proclamation for Holocaust Remembrance Day_4.8.13Sample Civic Proclamation for Holocaust Remembrance Day – April 8, 2013
Whereas, the Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and
annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933
and 1945—six million were murdered; Roma (Gypsies), people with disabilities, and
Poles were also targeted for destruction or decimation for racial, ethnic, or national
reasons; and millions more, including homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Soviet
prisoners of war, and political dissidents, also suffered grievous oppression and death
under Nazi tyranny; and
Whereas, the history of the Holocaust offers an opportunity to reflect on the moral
responsibilities of individuals, societies, and governments; and
Whereas, we the people of the City of __________ should always remember the terrible
events of the Holocaust and remain vigilant against hatred, persecution, and tyranny;
and
Whereas, we the people of the City of ___________ should actively rededicate
ourselves to the principles of individual freedom in a just society; and
Whereas, the Holocaust Remembrance Day has been set aside for the people of the
City of __________ to remember the victims of the Holocaust as well as to reflect on the
need for respect of all peoples; and
Now, therefore, I ________________, Mayor of ________________, do hereby
proclaim April 8 as Holocaust Remembrance Day in memory of the victims of the
Holocaust and in honor of the survivors as well as the rescuers and liberators, and
further proclaim that we, as citizens of the City of __________, should work to promote
human dignity and confront hate whenever and wherever it occurs.