ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 63

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

INTRODUCED MARCH 4, 1996

 

 

By Assemblymen COTTRELL and MALONE

 

 

A Concurrent Resolution designating April 18-24, 1996 as "March of the Living Week" in the State of New Jersey to promote awareness of the Holocaust and to celebrate the survival of the Jewish people.

 

Whereas, Six million Jews were slaughtered in Europe during the years 1933-1945 in an event known as "the Holocaust," one of the most tragic episodes of history that this world has ever known; and

Whereas, Many citizens of this State experienced the suffering of the Holocaust themselves, or endured the deaths of loved ones as a result of atrocities systematically carried out against the Jewish people; and

Whereas, It is incumbent on all people to ensure that a genocide like the Holocaust never happens again; and

Whereas, The "March of the Living," a study tour of Poland and Israel designed to teach people about the horrors of the Holocaust and the triumph of the Jewish people over the greatest adversities, has been organized by the American Zionist Youth Foundation; and

Whereas, The "March of the Living" plays a vital role in keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive, thereby refuting the increasingly prevalent lie that the Holocaust never occurred; and

Whereas, The "March of the Living," by educating our youth, helps ensure that a Holocaust will never again occur; now, therefore,

 

    Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey (the Senate concurring):

 

    The Legislature of the State of New Jersey designates the week of April 18-24, 1996 as "March of the Living Week" in the State of New Jersey to show its support of this noble educational effort.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

    This concurrent resolution designates April 18-24, 1996 as "March of the Living Week" in the State of New Jersey and urges all citizens to support this effort to educate people about the atrocities committed against the Jewish people during the Holocaust and their triumphant survival in the land of Israel.

 

 

                             

Designates April 18-24, 1996 as "March of the Living Week."