VA HJR112

Honors Charles Wright Sydnor, Jr., a Holocaust historian who died November 28, 2025, after serving as president of Emory & Henry University (1984-1991) and executive director of the Virginia Holocaust Museum

Recognizes his scholarly achievements including authoring "Soldiers of Destruction: A History of the SS Death's Head Division, 1933–1945," which received the 1979 James Harvey Robinson Prize from the American Historical Association

Notes his service as expert witness for the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Special Investigations from 1982 to 2006, testifying in denaturalization cases against former Nazi concentration camp guards

Acknowledges his work in public media, including serving as CEO of Virginia Educational Telecommunications Corporation and earning the 1995 Edward R. Murrow Award for the documentary "A Soldier's Day: D-Day Remembered"

Directs the Clerk of the House of Delegates to present a copy of the resolution to his surviving family members