[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 53 (Thursday, April 22, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E644]
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                       HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

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                           HON. ROBERT WEXLER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 22, 2004

  Mr. WEXLER. Mr. Speaker, today, we mourn for the 6 million whose 
innocent lives were taken simply because they were Jews. Today, we 
honor the survivors of the Holocaust whose deep wounds will never heal. 
And today, we recognize the families of the fallen, whose lies were 
forever marred by irreparable loss and pain.
  As we join together to pay tribute to those whose lives were 
tragically cut short, it is our moral obligation and duty to confer the 
lessons of the Holocaust I'dor v'dor--from one generation to the next. 
We must use Holocaust education as a shield, guarding future societies 
from incitement, ignorance and hate. Now, more than ever, as anti-
Semitism increase both in Europe and throughout the globe, we must 
remember the horrors of the past to ensure that they may never happen 
again.
  It is in this spirit that I join my colleagues in Congress in 
honoring the 6 million whose lives have been lost, but whose memories 
will forever live on.