Bill Text: DE HCR46 | 2021-2022 | 151st General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: Recognizing January 27th, 2022 As International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-01-27 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES [HCR46 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2021-HCR46-Draft.html
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SPONSOR: |
Rep. Spiegelman & Rep. Heffernan on behalf of all Representatives & Sen. S. McBride on behalf of all Senators |
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
151st GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 46
RECOGNIZING JANUARY 27TH, 2022 AS INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY.
WHEREAS, January 27 of each year is the official International Holocaust Remembrance Day as designated by the United Nations; and
WHEREAS, at least 1.3 million people were deported to Auschwitz between 1940 and 1945, and at least 1.1 million people sent to Auschwitz, were exterminated; and
WHEREAS, hundreds of thousands of people belonging to other groups that the Nazis considered “undesirable”, such as individuals with disabilities and religious leaders, were also murdered at Auschwitz; and
WHEREAS, an estimated 6 million Jewish people, more than 60% of the Jewish population of Europe, were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators at Auschwitz and elsewhere in Europe; and
WHEREAS, the number of hate crimes against Jews in this Country ranges between 600 and 1,00 each year, and in 2020, the number was 683, in 2019 it was 963, and in 2018, it was 847; and
WHEREAS, there were 2,024 incidents of antisemitic incidents in 2020, including the killing of Georgette Kaufman in El Paso, Texas because she was believed to be a "Jewish Satan worshipper"; and
WHEREAS, the number of antisemitic incidents in 2019 was 2,107, including an attack at a Hanukkah party at the home of a rabbi in Monsey, New York where 5 people were injured and one person died by a machete, and in California where a man opened fire at a synagogue killing one person and injuring three others; and
WHEREAS, most recently on January 16, 2022, a gunman held four people hostage at a synagogue in Texas who were attending Shabbat services, who with the help of law-enforcement, were able to escape unharmed; and
WHEREAS, as a society we must educate future generations to promote an understanding of the dangers of intolerance to prevent similar injustices from happening again.
NOW, THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED by the Delaware House of Representatives of the 151st General Assembly of the State of Delaware that January 27, 2022 is hereby recognized as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
SYNOPSIS
This Concurrent Resolution recognizes January 27th, 2022 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
