[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 54 (Monday, April 16, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E535]
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  IN COMMEMORATION OF THE AMERICAN LIBERATORS OF WORLD WAR II AND THE 
       25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARCH OF THE LIVING

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 16, 2012

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, as Holocaust Remembrance Day approaches on 
April 19, 2012, I would like to commemorate the U.S. forces that 
liberated concentration camps and death camps throughout Europe during 
World War II. I would also like to commend the International March of 
the Living, which is commemorating 25 years of taking thousands of 
students to Poland to visit the sites of mass murder by the Nazi 
regime.
  Each year, those participating in the March of the Living solemnly 
walk the three kilometers between Auschwitz and Birkenau, two sites 
that represent the largest concentration camp complex during the war. 
This year marks the first time students will march not with only 
friends, families, and survivors, but also the liberators who freed so 
many from the grips of the Nazi regime. These liberators saw first-hand 
the atrocities committed by the Nazis, and because these atrocities 
remain achingly clear, it is important that, as the number of 
liberators dwindles, we ensure their first-hand accounts are never 
forgotten. These brave soldiers exhibited compassion, and brought hope, 
to the survivors they liberated. It is for these reasons that I salute 
the liberators of the concentration camps and death camps, as well as 
International March of the Living on its 25th Anniversary, and I call 
on my colleagues to do the same.

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