AL HJR373

Recognizes the Alabama Holocaust Commission's 2014 State Yom HaShoah Commemoration scheduled for Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at the State Capitol in Montgomery, with Governor Robert Bentley as the speaker.

Acknowledges that Yom HaShoah was established in Israel in 1951 as a day of commemoration for the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust.

Notes that the Alabama Holocaust Commission was established by legislation in 1951 to foster understanding and promote education about the Holocaust.

Honors the memory of lives lost in the Holocaust and recognizes the April 29, 2014 commemoration as an opportunity to enhance public awareness of the Holocaust's consequences and significance.

Directs preparation of a copy of the resolution for appropriate presentation and display at the commemoration event.