[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 52 (Wednesday, April 21, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E585]
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                       HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 21, 2004

  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of the 
more than six million Jews who died in the Holocaust. Among those that 
were killed were women and men, adults and children, young and old. 
They were killed not for committing heinous crimes, but because of 
their religion. The Nazis seized their homes and murdered them in the 
gas chambers of Treblinka and Auschwitz-Birkenau. Those who were not 
killed were worked until their bodies could no longer withstand the 
torture. Today, we remember all that they accomplished and the 
potential that remains unfulfilled. We also remember those whose lives 
were forever changed as a result of the Holocaust.
  If you read towards the end of Jewish prayer services, you will find 
the Mourner's Kaddish. Although the Mourner's Kaddish does not speak of 
death, it has been interpreted to talk about the greatness of God and 
the desire for peace: peace between nations, peace between individuals, 
and peace of mind.
  Unfortunately, the world in which we live is not one of peace. Every 
day, many Jews around the world face the injustice of anti-Semitism. 
Spurred on by propaganda and regimes that seek no less than the 
destruction of the Jewish people, anti-Semitism is gaining support 
around the globe. As we continue with the war on terror, let us 
remember those who have died and those who continue to be persecuted 
just because of their religion.
  On this day, Yom Hashoah, we remember the more than six million Jews 
who died in the Holocaust and in the tradition of the Mourner's 
Kaddish, work for peace among nations, among individuals, and for peace 
of mind.

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