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PROCLAMATION DECLARING AND SUPPORTING MAY 1 – 8, 2011 AS “DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE”
WHEREAS, the Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution
and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between
1933 and 1945; 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 Saratoga 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 Saratoga should actively rededicate
ourselves to the principles of individual freedom in a just society; and
WHEREAS, the Days of Remembrance have been set aside for the people of
the City of Saratoga to remember the victims of the Holocaust as well as to reflect on
the need for respect of all peoples; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Act of Congress (Public Law 96-388, October 7,
1980) the United States Holocaust Memorial Council designates the Days of
Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust to be Sunday, May 1 through Sunday,
May 8, 2011, including the Day of Remembrance known as Yom Hashoah, May 1,
2011.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Saratoga, does hereby proclaim the week of May 1 – 8, 2011, as Days of
Remembrance in memory of the victims of the holocaust.
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA on this
4th Day of May, 2011.
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Howard A. Miller, Mayor
City of Saratoga