III 109th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 79 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 10, 2005 Mr. Corzine (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the Senate in marking the dedication on March 15, 2005, of the expanded museum complex at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Authority in Israel, in furtherance of Yad Vashem's mission to document the history of the Jewish people during the Holocaust, to preserve the memory and story of each of the victims, impart the legacy of the Holocaust to future generations, and recognize the Righteous Among the Nations.

Whereas 6,000,000 Jews were slaughtered in the Holocaust solely because of the faith into which they were born; Whereas the Holocaust is seared into the world's memory as the quintessential expression of the evil of anti-Semitism; Whereas Yad Vashem has become the world's university devoted to exposing the evil of anti-Semitism; Whereas Yad Vashem's archives contain the largest and most comprehensive repository of material on the Holocaust in the world, containing 62,000,000 pages of documents, nearly 267,500 photographs, thousands of films and videotaped testimonies of survivors, and the Righteous Among the Nations (non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jewish people during the Holocaust), all accessible to the public; Whereas those archives are the witness to both inexplicable acts of cruelty and daily acts of courage; Whereas the history of the Holocaust, as embodied at Yad Vashem, represents the depths to which humanity can descend and the heights to which it can soar; Whereas to ensure that Holocaust commemorations in future generations among both Jews and non-Jews have relevance and meaning, Yad Vashem has undertaken an extraordinary expansion of its facilities; Whereas the centerpiece of this expansion is the new Holocaust History Museum building designed by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie; Whereas a central role in bringing the Holocaust History Museum to fruition was played by Holocaust survivor Joseph Wilf of New Jersey and his family; Whereas through this new museum, Yad Vashem honors the lives of the victims and the Righteous Among the Nations in perpetuity; Whereas the unique buildings and archives of Yad Vashem ensure that we, our children, and their children will never forget; and Whereas the Israeli Knesset established Yad Vashem in 1953, founded on the biblical injunction set forth in Isaiah, chapter 56, verse 5: And to them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name (a yad vashem) . . . an everlasting name which shall not perish, and, for more than 50 years, Yad Vashem has steadfastly fulfilled this purpose: Now, therefore, be it

That the Senate recognizes— (1)Yad Vashem as a trustee of the World's conscience, so that the meaning of never again becomes the living foundation of our collective humanity; and (2)that March 15, 2005, the date of the dedication of Yad Vashem's expanded facilities, is a date of historical significance that will be remembered as such by future generations.