    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    Proclamation 9981 of January 24, 2020
    National Day of Remembrance of the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of
    Auschwitz, 2020
    By the President of the United States of America
    A Proclamation
    On the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we remember the
    6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust and pay tribute to

    the American soldiers and other Allied Forces who fought tirelessly to
    defeat the Nazi regime. We also recommit ourselves to the fight against
    anti-Semitism and to the two words that cannot be repeated often enough:
    Never Again.
    Driven by virulent hatred and unspeakable cruelty, the Nazis implemented
    a systematic and methodical plan to exterminate the Jewish people and
    others they deemed undesirable. Two out of three Jews in Europe and
    millions of other people were murdered. They were sent to ghettos,
    concentration camps, and death camps where they were persecuted,
    imprisoned, starved, tortured, and executed. It is simply unthinkable
    that such barbarity occurred just 75 years ago.
    The courageous survivors of the Holocaust continuously relive the
    nightmares of their experience. But they have persevered to bear witness
    so that all of us today and in the future never forget the Nazis'
    unconscionable attempt to destroy the Jewish people. Their undaunted
    spirit compels us to ensure that their stories live on. Those who are
    filled with hate must never succeed in their efforts to minimize, deny,
    or erase the Holocaust from our memories or our history books. We have a
    fundamental and collective duty to ensure that each new generation knows
    the truth. The lessons of the Holocaust must forever be engrained in the
    consciousness of humanity so that we can fulfill our solemn and sacred
    promise that such evil and hatred will never again come to power.
    In the ultimate act of defiance, the Jewish people rose up from the
    ashes of the Holocaust to found and build the modern State of Israel. As
    I have said in the past, the State of Israel is an eternal monument to
    the undying strength of the Jewish people. To those who will seek the
    destruction of Israel and the Jewish people, we say: Never Again.
    Today, we honor the memory of those who were killed in the Holocaust. We
    cherish the survivors who ensured the perpetuation of the Jewish people.
    And we offer a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid to our brave
    soldiers who sacrificed everything for freedom.
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
    America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
    the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 27, 2020, as a
    National Day of Remembrance of the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of
    Auschwitz. On this day, I call upon all Americans to observe this day
    with programs, ceremonies, prayers, and commemorations to honor the
    memory of the victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution and also
    acknowledge the sacrifices of those men and women who helped liberate
    the victims of this atrocity.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fourth day
    of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty,

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    and of the
    Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
    fourth.
    DONALD J. TRUMP