HJR142 Summary

• Recognizes the Alabama Holocaust Commission's 2022 State Yom HaShoah Commemoration scheduled for April 26, 2022, as a hybrid virtual-physical event at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.

• Honors the memory of six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, instituted as a day of commemoration by Israel in 1951.

• Commemorates Holocaust survivor Max Herzel, who died October 29, 2021, at age 91 after decades of sharing his story, and honors other living and recently departed Holocaust survivors.

• Affirms that the Alabama Holocaust Commission, established in 1999, has a duty to enhance public awareness of the Holocaust's consequences and significance, with Holocaust education designated as a proper concern of all peoples.

• Declares that such commemorative events are vital to instilling understanding of the true cost of hate and intolerance.