[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 182 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 182

  Recognizing the late Gilbert Metz, the last Holocaust survivor who 
lived in Mississippi, and commending all educators who teach about the 
                      Holocaust and all genocide.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 28, 2021

 Mr. Wicker submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Recognizing the late Gilbert Metz, the last Holocaust survivor who 
lived in Mississippi, and commending all educators who teach about the 
                      Holocaust and all genocide.

Whereas April 7, 2021, marked the international observance of Yom Hashoah, also 
        known as ``Holocaust Memorial Day'', a day to remember and mourn the 
        millions who died during the Holocaust of World War II;
Whereas Gilbert Metz, born in France and inmate 184203 in Auschwitz and Dachau, 
        was liberated from Dachau on April 29, 1945, and moved to Natchez, 
        Mississippi;
Whereas the Mississippi Legislature passed House Concurrent Resolution 104 
        titled ``A Concurrent Resolution Commending Gilbert Metz As 
        Mississippi's Only Holocaust Survivor'' on April 4, 1998, which 
        recognized Gilbert Metz as Mississippi's only Holocaust survivor;
Whereas Gilbert Metz, the last Holocaust survivor in Mississippi, passed away on 
        December 17, 2007, and is survived by his 3 children, Sylvain Metz, 
        Helene Johnson and her husband, Mark, and Lawson Metz and his wife, Kay, 
        5 grandchildren, 3 step-grandchildren, and 4 great- and step-great-
        grandchildren;
Whereas awareness of the Holocaust is declining, as more than 1 in 5 Millennials 
        and Generation Z individuals in the United States are unaware of the 
        Holocaust or are not sure if they have heard of the Holocaust; and
Whereas educators throughout the United States and the world have committed to 
        teaching about the Holocaust and all genocide to ensure that these 
        atrocities are never forgotten, even as those who endured these dark 
        chapters in human history are no longer with us: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) recognizes and honors the late Gilbert Metz as the last 
        survivor of the Holocaust in Mississippi;
            (2) recognizes the declining awareness and knowledge of the 
        atrocities committed during the Holocaust; and
            (3) commends all educators in the United States and the 
        world who teach about the Holocaust and all genocide.
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