SJR 98 Summary

• Recognizes the Alabama Yom HaShoah Commemoration on April 26, 2022, hosted by the Alabama Holocaust Commission as a hybrid virtual-physical event at the Alabama Department of Archives and History.

• Commemorates the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, instituted as Yom HaShoah by Israel in 1951, and honors living survivors and recently departed Holocaust survivors including Max Herzel.

• Notes the Alabama Holocaust Commission was established by legislation in 1999 to foster understanding and promote education about the Holocaust as a matter of public concern.

• Resolves that the legislature recognizes and honors the memory of lives lost in the Holocaust and honors those who survived to share their stories.

• States that such commemorations are vital to enhancing public awareness of the consequences and significance of the Holocaust and instilling understanding of the true cost of hate and intolerance.