[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S2297]
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  SENATE RESOLUTION 182--RECOGNIZING THE LATE GILBERT METZ, THE LAST 
    HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WHO LIVED IN MISSISSIPPI, AND COMMENDING ALL 
        EDUCATORS WHO TEACH ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AND ALL GENOCIDE

  Mr. WICKER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 182

       Whereas April 7, 2021, marked the international observance 
     of Yom Hashoah, also known as ``Holocaust Memorial Day'', a 
     day to remember and mourn the millions who died during the 
     Holocaust of World War II;
       Whereas Gilbert Metz, born in France and inmate 184203 in 
     Auschwitz and Dachau, was liberated from Dachau on April 29, 
     1945, and moved to Natchez, Mississippi;
       Whereas the Mississippi Legislature passed House Concurrent 
     Resolution 104 titled ``A Concurrent Resolution Commending 
     Gilbert Metz As Mississippi's Only Holocaust Survivor'' on 
     April 4, 1998, which recognized Gilbert Metz as Mississippi's 
     only Holocaust survivor;
       Whereas Gilbert Metz, the last Holocaust survivor in 
     Mississippi, passed away on December 17, 2007, and is 
     survived by his 3 children, Sylvain Metz, Helene Johnson and 
     her husband, Mark, and Lawson Metz and his wife, Kay, 5 
     grandchildren, 3 step-grandchildren, and 4 great- and step-
     great-grandchildren;
       Whereas awareness of the Holocaust is declining, as more 
     than 1 in 5 Millennials and Generation Z individuals in the 
     United States are unaware of the Holocaust or are not sure if 
     they have heard of the Holocaust; and
       Whereas educators throughout the United States and the 
     world have committed to teaching about the Holocaust and all 
     genocide to ensure that these atrocities are never forgotten, 
     even as those who endured these dark chapters in human 
     history are no longer with us: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes and honors the late Gilbert Metz as the last 
     survivor of the Holocaust in Mississippi;
       (2) recognizes the declining awareness and knowledge of the 
     atrocities committed during the Holocaust; and
       (3) commends all educators in the United States and the 
     world who teach about the Holocaust and all genocide.

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