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FL H9043

Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/28/2013

Primary Sponsor

Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates the week of April 7-14, 2013, as "Days of Remembrance" in Florida to commemorate Holocaust victims and survivors.

  • Designates April 8, 2013, as "Holocaust Remembrance Day" in Florida, aligned with the federal observance of Yom HaShoah.

  • Acknowledges that the Holocaust (1933-1945) resulted in the murder of six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators.

  • Recognizes that Roma, Poles, persons with disabilities, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war, and political dissidents also suffered persecution and death under Nazi tyranny.

  • Encourages Florida citizens to rededicate themselves to principles of human dignity and individual freedom to ensure such atrocities are never repeated.

Legislative Description

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Last Action

Adopted by Publication

4/11/2013

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