AL HJR102

Recognizes the Alabama Holocaust Commission's 2015 State Yom HaShoah Commemoration scheduled for Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at the State Capitol in Montgomery, with Governor Robert Bentley as the speaker.

Acknowledges that Yom HaShoah was established in Israel in 1951 to commemorate the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust.

States that the Alabama Holocaust Commission was established by legislation in 1999 to foster understanding and promote Holocaust education as a proper concern of all peoples.

Honors the memory of Holocaust victims and recognizes the April 14, 2015 commemoration as an occasion to enhance public awareness of the consequences and significance of the Holocaust.

Adopted by the House on April 9, 2015, and by the Senate on April 30, 2015.