[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 316 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
H. RES. 316

Deploring individuals who deny the historical reality of the Holocaust 
 and commending the vital, ongoing work of the United States Holocaust 
                            Memorial Museum.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 20, 1995

Mr. Gilman (for himself, Mr. Yates, Mr. Lantos, Mr. LaTourette, and Mr. 
 Regula) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Deploring individuals who deny the historical reality of the Holocaust 
 and commending the vital, ongoing work of the United States Holocaust 
                            Memorial Museum.

Whereas the Holocaust is a basic fact of history, the denial of which is no less 
        absurd than the denial of the occurrence of the Second World War;
Whereas the Holocaust--the systematic, state-sponsored mass murders by Nazi 
        Germany of 6,000,000 Jews, alongside millions of others, in the name of 
        a perverse racial theory--stands as one of the most ferociously heinous 
        state acts the world has ever known; and
Whereas those who promote the denial of the Holocaust do so out of profound 
        ignorance or for the purpose of furthering anti-Semitism and racism: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) deplores the persistent, ongoing and malicious efforts 
        by some persons in this country and abroad to deny the 
        historical reality of the Holocaust; and
            (2) commends the vital, ongoing work of the United States 
        Holocaust Memorial Museum, which memorializes the victims of 
        the Holocaust and teaches all who are willing to learn 
        profoundly compelling and universally resonant moral lessons.