Bill > SR223

This resolution, a formal expression of 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 abuses of power and human rights violations, escalating into war and genocide. It highlights that while the Nazi regime primarily targeted the Jewish population, killing about 6 million Jews as part of its "Final Solution" policy, countless others including Romani people, disabled individuals, homosexuals, Poles, Communists, Soviet citizens, Socialists, and Jehovah's Witnesses were also persecuted and murdered due to perceived inferiority or on political grounds. The resolution notes that January 27 marks the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945, and in commemoration, the United Nations established this date as "International Holocaust Remembrance Day" to honor victims, reaffirm commitment to human rights, reject Holocaust denial, educate future generations to prevent future genocides, and condemn religious intolerance and violence.

https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/sr223