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Articles and editorials

Auschwitz Anniversary—My Mother, Grandmother Were Sent to the Left. My Father and I Were Sent to the Right, H655 [28JA]

Auschwitz Liberation’s 70th Focuses on Survivors—A Record 1.5 Million People Visited Former Nazi Death Camp in 2014 (excerpt), H656 [28JA]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 2067), H2497 [28AP]

Courts: clarify exception to foreign sovereign jurisdictional immunity as it applies to certain art exhibitions (see H.R. 889), H981 [11FE]

Democracy: anniversary of peaceful and democratic reunification (see S. Res. 274), S7102 [1OC]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 2545), H3560 [21MY]

Jews: call for appropriate observation of significant anniversaries for the Jewish people by the U.S. Administration and diplomatic representatives (see H. Res. 57), H639 [27JA]

Remarks in House

Air Force: anniversary of last covert airborne reconnaissance mission into Berlin, Germany, E1337 [22SE]

Association of Former Members of Congress: status of Congressional Study Groups on Germany, Turkey, Japan, and Europe, H4441, H4442 [17JN]

——— tribute to international programs, H4441 [17JN]

Congress: staff exchange program with the German Bundestag, E55 [13JA]

Courts: clarify exception to foreign sovereign jurisdictional immunity as it applies to certain art exhibitions (H.R. 889), H3956–H3959 [9JN]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding earmarked for purchase of anthracite coal from Tamaqua, PA, for Air Force base in Germany, H4081, H4082 [10JN]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (H.R. 2545), E786 [21MY]

Dept. of State: Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program funding, H5529 [28JY]

France: agreement with U.S. to pay compensation to Holocaust survivors, their spouses and heirs from the French government for the deportations of Jews and other prisoners aboard French trains, H9211 [10DE]

——— express sympathy to victims and families of those affected by crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 from Spain to Germany, H2023 [25MR]

Greater Miami, FL, Jewish Federation: tribute to Kristallnacht Event, H7398 [3NO]

History: anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, H7635 [4NO]

Holocaust Remembrance Day: observance, H2220 [15AP], E516, E521 [16AP]

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: observance, H587, H588, H589, H621 [27JA], E120 [27JA]

Northern Marianas Humanities Council: documentation of history and institution of ceremonial farewell for Samoans exiled to the Mariana Islands in 1909 by the German colonial regime, H3585 [1JN], E802 [1JN]

Refugees: provide assistance to increasing number seeking asylum from violence in Syria and Iraq, H9686 [17DE], E1798 [15DE]

Swanson, Alexandrea: Dept. of State Fulbright Award recipient, E1102 [22JY]

U.S. policy: meeting between President Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel on mutual security and shared economic opportunities, H871 [10FE]

World War I: anniversary of first large scale use of chemical weapons, H2398 [22AP]

World War II: anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp, H587 [27JA], H655 [28JA], E120 [27JA], E130 [28JA]

Remarks in Senate

Democracy: anniversary of peaceful and democratic reunification (S. Res. 274), S7476 [22OC]

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: observance, S497, S532 [27JA]

Terrorism: history of radical Islamic terrorist actions against the U.S. and the West, S8126–S8130 [19NO]

World War I: anniversary of first large scale use of chemical weapons, S2311 [22AP]

Reports filed

Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 889) (H. Rept. 114–141), H3921 [8JN]

German Peaceful and Democratic Reunification Anniversary: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 274), S7271 [8OC]

Texts of

H.R. 889, Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act, H3956 [9JN]

S. Res. 274, German peaceful and democratic reunification anniversary, S7105 [1OC]