[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 177 (Thursday, November 9, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S16923]
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            SENATE RESOLUTION 193--RELATIVE TO THE HOLOCAUST

  Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Murkowski, 
Mr. McConnell, Mr. Specter, Mr. Pell, Mr. Simon, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Abraham, 
and Mr. Moynihan) submitted the following resolution; which was 
considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 193

       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 Senate--
       (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.

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