Bill > SR209

This resolution, a formal expression of opinion by the Pennsylvania Senate, recognizes January 27, 2026, as "International Holocaust Remembrance Day" within the Commonwealth. The resolution acknowledges the Holocaust as the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and murder of approximately 17 million people by the German Nazi regime between 1933 and 1945, which began with severe human rights violations and escalated into war and genocide. It highlights that while the Nazi regime targeted European Jews, killing about 6 million as part of their "Final Solution" policy, countless others, including Romani people, disabled individuals, homosexuals, Poles, Communists, Soviet citizens, Socialists, and Jehovah's Witnesses, were also persecuted based on perceived inferiority or political beliefs. The resolution notes that January 27 marks the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945 and was established by the United Nations in 2005 as a day to honor Holocaust victims, reaffirm a commitment to human rights, reject Holocaust denial, educate future generations to prevent future genocides, and condemn religious intolerance and violence.

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https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/sr209