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| 3 | 3 | | HR 8001 2022 |
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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | House Resolution 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | A resolution designating the week of April 24 -May 1, 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 2022, as the "Days of Remembrance" and April 28, 2022, 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | as "Holocaust Remembrance Day" in the State of 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Florida. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, the Holocaust, the state -sponsored, systematic 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945, resulted in the 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | murder of six million Jewish people, and 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, in addition, Roma (Gy psies) and Poles were 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | targeted for decimation for racial, ethnic, or national reasons, 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | and millions more, including persons with disabilities, 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war, and 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | political dissidents, suffered grievous oppression and death 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | under Nazi tyranny, and 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, the history of the Holocaust offers an opportunity 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | to reflect on the moral responsibilities of individuals, 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | societies, and governments, particularly to remain vigilant 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | against hatred, persecution, and tyranny, a nd 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, pursuant to an act of the United States Congress 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (Public Law No. 96-388, October 7, 1980), the United States 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Holocaust Memorial Council has designated Sunday, April 24, 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | through Sunday, May 1, 2022, as the "Days of Remembrance" for 24 |
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| 39 | 39 | | HR 8001 2022 |
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| 46 | 46 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 50 | 50 | | the victims of the Holocaust, including the Day of Remembrance 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | known as Yom HaShoah on April 28, 2022, and 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | WHEREAS, in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, in 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | honor of its survivors, and in utmost gratitude for the risks 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | taken by rescuers and liberators, the resid ents of the state are 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | encouraged to rededicate themselves to the principles of human 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | dignity and individual freedom in a just society, thereby 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ensuring that such atrocities are never repeated, NOW, 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | THEREFORE, 33 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Be It Resolved by the House of Representativ es of the State of 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Florida: 36 |
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| 63 | 63 | | That the week of April 24 -May 1, 2022, is designated as the 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | "Days of Remembrance" and April 28, 2022, is designated as 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | "Holocaust Remembrance Day" in the State of Florida. 40 |
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