Recognizing the week of April 15 through April 22, 2007 as the Annual Remembrance of the Six Million Jewish Martyrs, Who Perished During The Holocaust.

WHEREAS, Over half a century ago, six million Jews were murdered in the Nazi Holocaust as part of a systematic program of genocide, and millions of other people suffered as victims of Nazism; and

WHEREAS, The people of the City of Philadelphia should continually rededicate themselves to the principle of equal justice for all people; and

WHEREAS, The people of the City of Philadelphia should remain eternally vigilant against all tyranny, and recognize that bigotry provides a breeding ground for tyranny to flourish; and

WHEREAS, The Memorial Committee for the Six Million Jewish Martyrs has chosen as the theme for this year's Memorial, The Urgency of Holocaust Remembrance in the Madness of Our Age. We applaud the Committee for the Honor they will bestow on the memory of those who perished and on those who survived to build and strengthen life in Philadelphia and other communities; now therefore

RESOLVED, THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Does hereby recognize the week of April 15 through April 22, 2007 as the Annual Remembrance of the Six Million Jewish Martyrs who perished during the Holocaust.

FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.

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