[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 219 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 219

Calling for the proper preservation of the memorial at the site of the 
    Jasenovac concentration and death camp in Croatia in a way that 
 accurately reflects the historical role of that site in the Holocaust.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 1996

 Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Regula, Mr. 
    Yates, Mr. Lantos, Mr. LaTourette, and Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania) 
 submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to 
                the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Calling for the proper preservation of the memorial at the site of the 
    Jasenovac concentration and death camp in Croatia in a way that 
 accurately reflects the historical role of that site in the Holocaust.

Whereas the sites where the Holocaust was carried out are of international 
        significance;
Whereas the Holocaust was carried out in Europe by Nazi Germany and its allies 
        and constitutes a horrendous chapter in history in which 6,000,000 Jews, 
        as well as millions of others, were killed solely because of their 
        identities;
Whereas the Nazi allies in the Croatian Ustashe regime operated a death camp at 
        Jasenovac where many tens of thousands were deliberately murdered;
Whereas soldiers of the Ustashe regime, in alliance with Nazi Germany, 
        participated in murders of hundreds of thousands of Jews, Serbs, and 
        Roma and Sinti (Gypsies);
Whereas the recent conflict in the former Yugoslavia has destroyed the memorial 
        to those who suffered in the Jasenovac concentration and death camp;
Whereas memorialization of this tragedy and accurate knowledge of its history 
        are necessary in order to avert such future occurrences;
Whereas the United States Government has recognized the importance of preserving 
        memory and history by establishing its own United States Holocaust 
        Memorial Museum;
Whereas the world has recognized the importance of accurately preserving the 
        record of the Holocaust and nations have established internationally 
        recognized institutions of remembrance charged with protecting the 
        historical record of the Holocaust; and
Whereas the international community has a vital interest in the proper 
        preservation of the memorial at Jasenovac because the accurate 
        memorialization of the past is the essential foundation for a better 
        future: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress--
            (1) urges the Government of Croatia to properly preserve 
        the memorial at the site of the Jasenovac concentration and 
        death camp in Croatia in a way that maintains the fidelity of 
        the site to the history of that site;
            (2) condemns proposals which would vary from this history 
        as attempts to distort the history of the Holocaust and to 
        desecrate the memory of its victims;
            (3) calls on the Secretary of State, in conjunction with 
        our allies, to condemn proposals which would undermine the 
        accurate interpretation of the history of the Holocaust in 
        Croatia;
            (4) calls on the Secretary of State to monitor the 
        development of proposals for the Jasenovac memorial;
            (5) calls on the Government of Croatia to work in concert 
        with internationally recognized institutions of remembrance 
        such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and the 
        International Committee for the Preservation of Auschwitz-
        Birkenau when developing plans for the preservation of the 
        Jasenovac memorial; and
            (6) calls on the Chairman of the United States Holocaust 
        Memorial Council--
                    (A) to study the proposals for Jasenovac;
                    (B) to educate the public about the dangers of 
                denial and revisionism relating to the Holocaust; and
                    (C) to report to the Congress on the activities 
                described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
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