[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 35 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 35

 Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz 
              extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 2015

  Ms. Mikulski (for herself, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kirk, Mrs. Shaheen, Mrs. 
 Boxer, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Brown, Mr. Risch, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Rounds, 
Mr. Booker, Mr. Coons, Mr. Moran, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Nelson, Mr. 
Schatz, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Murphy, and 
Ms. Baldwin) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Foreign Relations

                            January 28, 2015

               Reported by Mr. Corker, with an amendment

                            January 30, 2015

                   Considered, amended, and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz 
              extermination camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

Whereas, on January 27, 1945, the Auschwitz extermination camp in Nazi-occupied 
        Poland was liberated by Allied Forces during World War II after almost 5 
        years of murder, rape, and torture at the camp;
Whereas 1,100,000 innocent civilians were murdered at the Auschwitz 
        extermination camp;
Whereas nearly 1,300,000 innocent civilians were deported to Auschwitz from 
        their homes across Eastern and Western Europe, particularly from 
        Hungary, Poland, and France;
Whereas 1,000,000 of the civilians who perished at the camp were Jews, along 
        with 100,000 non-Jewish Poles, Roma and Sinti individuals, Soviet 
        prisoners of war, Jehovah's Witnesses, gay men and women, and other 
        ethnic minorities;
Whereas these civilians included farmers, tailors, seamstresses, factory hands, 
        accountants, doctors, teachers, small-business owners, clergy, 
        intellectuals, government officials, and political activists;
Whereas these civilians were subjected to torture, forced labor, starvation, 
        rape, medical experiments, and being separated from loved ones;
Whereas the names of many of these civilians who perished have been lost 
        forever;
Whereas the Auschwitz extermination camp symbolizes the extraordinary brutality 
        of the Holocaust;
Whereas the people of the United States must never forget the terrible crimes 
        against humanity committed at the Auschwitz extermination camp;
Whereas the people of the United States must educate future generations to 
        promote understanding of the dangers of intolerance in order to prevent 
        similar injustices from happening again; and
Whereas commemoration of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp will 
        instill in all people of the United States a greater awareness of the 
        Holocaust: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) commemorates January 27, 2015, as the 70th anniversary 
        of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp by Allied 
        Forces during World War II;
            (2) calls on all people of the United States to remember 
        the 1,100,000 innocent victims murdered at the Auschwitz 
        extermination camp as part of the Holocaust;
            (3) honors the legacy of the survivors of the Holocaust and 
        of the Auschwitz extermination camp; and
            (4) calls on the people of the United States to continue to 
        work toward tolerance, peace, and justice and to continue to 
        work to end all genocide and persecution.
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