[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 45 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E627]
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              THE PEOPLE OF BAYONNE REMEMBER THE HOLOCAUST

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                          HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 22, 1998

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank the people of 
Bayonne, New Jersey for the commitment they have made to honor the 
victims of the Holocaust. On May 4, 1998, the Inter-Faith Clergy and 
the Bayonne Jewish Community Council will sponsor The Holocaust 
Memorial Observance Program at the City Hall Council Chambers of 
Bayonne to acknowledge the fifty-second anniversary of the liberation 
of the concentration camps of Europe at the end of the Second World 
War.
  We must never forget that from 1933 to 1945, more than six million 
Jews were tortured and killed in the Holocaust.
  I bring this event being held in Bayonne to the attention of my 
colleagues as a reminder that it has become the duty of us all, as 
citizens of a free and democratic society, to maintain an unwavering 
vigilance in order to ensure that the horrors of the Holocaust are 
never repeated. This responsibility is dedicated to the observance of 
Yom Hasboab, Holocaust Remembrance Day.
  By honoring the memory of those slain in the Holocaust and by 
emphasizing the importance of remaining vigilant against bigotry and 
tyranny, the people of Bayonne are doing their part to ensure that such 
atrocities will never again be committed.

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