[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 5255-5256]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


               IN RECOGNITION OF THE DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 27, 2016

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the annual 
Days of Remembrance, and specifically of the Burbank Human Relations 
Council's 2016 Days of Remembrance program.
  The Holocaust was the planned, systemic attempt by Nazi Germany to 
annihilate the Jewish people and to eradicate every vestige of Jewish 
life. The genocide resulted in the death of an estimated 6 million 
Jewish people, Romani people and hundreds of thousands of others who 
were considered unworthy of life. In 1980, the United States Congress 
unanimously passed legislation to establish the United States Holocaust 
Memorial Council. Among their other responsibilities, the Council was 
entrusted with creating an annual national day of remembrance for the 
victims of the Holocaust; thus the Days of Remembrance was established.
  Each year schools, governments, workplaces, religious and other 
organizations all across the country host observances and remembrance 
activities for their communities. For many years, the Burbank Human 
Relations Council has partnered with local temples and churches and 
presented the Days of Remembrance program, a Community Commemoration of 
the Holocaust to the Burbank community. In addition, the council has 
provided an array of Holocaust teaching materials to Burbank's middle 
and high schools, including films, speakers and books, educating 
students about tolerance, inclusiveness and compassion. This year 
alone, over 2,500 students have been given an invaluable lesson in this 
living history.
  There are few periods of time in humankind's history that are more 
appalling and sinister than the Holocaust. We must always recognize the 
Days of Remembrance, paying tribute to those who perished and those who 
courageously tried to save Jewish lives, and ensure that a tragedy of 
this nature will never happen again.
  I ask all Members to join me in acknowledging the Days of Remembrance 
commemoration, and in particular, the Burbank Human Relations Council's 
program.

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