[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 132, 115th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 9724 of April 11, 2018

Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, 2018

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

On Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, and during this week of
remembrance, we reflect on one of the darkest periods in the history of
the world and honor the victims of Nazi persecution. This year marks the
75th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when the imprisoned
Polish Jews mounted a courageous and extraordinary act of armed
resistance against their Nazi guards.
The Holocaust, known in Hebrew as ``Shoah,''; was the culmination of the
Nazi regime's ``Final Solution to the Jewish Question,''; an attempt to
eradicate the Jewish population in Europe. Although spearheaded by one
individual, this undertaking could not have happened without the
participation of many others who recruited, persuaded, and coerced in
their efforts to incite the worst of human nature and carry out the
ugliest of depravity. The abject brutality of the Nazi regime, coupled
with the failure of Western leaders to confront the Nazis early on, cre

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ated an environment that encouraged and enflamed anti-Semitic sentiment
and drove people to engage in depraved, dehumanizing conduct.
By the end, the Nazis and their conspirators had murdered 6 million men,
women, and children, simply because they were Jews. They also persecuted
and murdered millions of other Europeans, including Roma and Sinti
Gypsies, persons with mental and physical disabilities, Slavs and other
minorities, Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses, gays, and political
dissidents.
Let us continue to come together to remember all the innocent lives lost
in the Holocaust, pay tribute to those intrepid individuals who resisted
the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto, and recall those selfless heroes who
risked their lives in order to help or save those of their persecuted
neighbors. Their bravery inspires us to embrace all that is good about
hope and resilience; their altruism reminds us of the importance of
maintaining peace and unity, and of our civic duty never to remain
silent or indifferent in the face of evil. We have a responsibility to
convey the lessons of the Holocaust to future generations, and together
as Americans, we have a moral obligation to combat antisemitism,
confront hate, and prevent genocide. We must ensure that the history of
the Holocaust remains forever relevant and that no people suffer these
tragedies ever again.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, do hereby ask the people of the United States to observe the
Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, April 12 through April
19, 2018, and the solemn anniversary of the liberation of Nazi death
camps, with appropriate study, prayers and commemoration, and to honor
the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution by
internalizing the lessons of this atrocity so that it is never repeated.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of
April, in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
second.
DONALD J. TRUMP