PA HR22

Designates January 27, 2025, as "International Holocaust Remembrance Day" in Pennsylvania, aligning with the United Nations observance established in 2005

Commemorates the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp by Soviet soldiers on January 27, 1945, when more than 6,000 prisoners were freed

Recognizes the Holocaust as the state-sponsored persecution and murder of an estimated 17 million people by the Nazi regime between 1933 and 1945, including approximately 6 million Jewish victims

Honors Holocaust victims while reaffirming commitment to human rights, rejecting Holocaust denial, and educating future generations to prevent genocide

Encourages condemnation of religious intolerance, incitement, harassment, or violence against individuals or communities based on ethnic origin or religious belief