[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 61 (Monday, April 28, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S2420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, today as we convene, I call to the Senate's 
attention today's commemoration of the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the 
systematic genocide of 6 million Jews and countless others, carried out 
by Adolf Hitler and his minions.
  Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is a reminder that we must 
continue to fight against genocide, racism, hatred, and violence. Yet 
with Holocaust Remembrance Day also comes the hope provided us by the 
survivors.
  I think of my friend the late Tom Lantos, a Congressman from 
California. Tom was a Hungarian Jew and a survivor of the Holocaust--
and a survivor he was. I had the good fortune of traveling to Hungary 
and meeting with him there, and he showed us a number of places where 
he escaped from the Nazis. It was a remarkable story, and he was a 
remarkable man.
  He once said: ``I like to work hard to make this a better country, to 
provide a just government for our people and make sure we have learned 
from the past.'' Tom Lantos' statement should apply to all of us.
  Today we remember those who were lost, honor those who survived, and 
share our grief with the families who suffered the tragedy of Nazi 
Germany during the Holocaust.
  Let us remember the words of Congressman Lantos who, in spite of all 
he suffered, had great hope and faith that we would work to stop 
genocide in the future.

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