[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 119, 109th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
PROCLAMATION 7865--JAN. 25, 2005
Proclamation 7865 of January 25, 2005
60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp, 2005
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
At the Auschwitz concentration camp, evil found willing servants and
innocent victims. For almost 5 years, Auschwitz was a factory for mur

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der where more than a million lives were taken. It is a sobering
reminder of the power of evil and the need for people to oppose evil
wherever it exists. It is a reminder that when we find anti-Semitism, we
must come together to fight it.
In places like Auschwitz, evidence of the horror of the Holocaust has
been preserved to help the world remember the past. We must never forget
the cruelty of the guilty and the courage of the victims at Auschwitz
and other Nazi concentration camps.
During the Holocaust, evil was systematic in its implementation and
deliberate in its destruction. The 60th anniversary of the liberation of
Auschwitz is an opportunity to pass on the stories and lessons of the
Holocaust to future generations. The history of the Holocaust
demonstrates that evil is real, but hope endures.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 27, 2005, as the
60th anniversary of the Liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
I call upon all Americans to observe this occasion with appropriate
ceremonies and programs to honor the victims of Auschwitz and the
Holocaust. May God bless their memory and their families, and may we
always remember.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of
January, in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
ninth.
GEORGE W. BUSH