TITLE: Commemorating January 27, 2025, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

SUMMARY: Commemorating January 27, 2025, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is observed on January 27, provides an important opportunity to pay tribute to those who perished in the Holocaust and to those who survived the atrocities committed by the German Nazi regime; and WHEREAS, The Holocaust was the systematic state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II, and millions of others, including Roma, Poles, disabled individuals, LGBTQ individuals, Soviet prisoners of war, and political dissidents, were also targeted; and WHEREAS, January 27, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi concentration and death camp in 1945; the United Nations General Assembly declared January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2005 and has chosen "Holocaust Remembrance and Education for Dignity and Human Rights" as the theme for the 2025 observance; and WHEREAS, Antisemitism and violence against Jewish people remain serious threats in our society; in 2023, the Anti-Defamation League tabulated nearly 9,000 antisemitic incidents across the United States; the ADL recently published a report finding that according to a global survey almost half of the world's adult population, an estimated 2.2 billion people, harbor deeply entrenched antisemitic attitudes; the survey also found that 20 percent of respondents worldwide have not heard about the Holocaust; and WHEREAS, Through a deeper understanding of one of the darkest chapters in history, we can be better prepared to stand ever vigilant against the forces of prejudice and hatred, and the observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day serves to unite us in reaffirming our steadfast commitment to upholding our common humanity; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas Legislature hereby commemorate January 27, 2025, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Rosenthal Burrows Guerra Morales Shaw Alders Guillen Morgan Allen Harless Mu oz Anch a Harris Noble Ashby Harris Davila Olcott Barry Harrison Oliverson Bell of Kaufman Hayes Ordaz Bell of Montgomery Hefner Orr Bernal Hernandez Patterson Bhojani Hickland Paul Bonnen Hinojosa Perez of El Paso Bowers Holt Perez of Harris Bryant Hopper Phelan Buckley Howard Pierson Bucy Hull Plesa Bumgarner Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Cain Johnson Richardson Campos Jones of Dallas Rodr guez Ramos Canales Jones of Harris Romero Capriglione Kerwin Rose Cole King Rosenthal Collier Kitzman Schatzline Cook LaHood Schofield Cortez Lalani Schoolcraft Craddick Lambert Shaheen Cunningham Landgraf Shofner Curry Leach Simmons Darby Leo Wilson Slawson A. Davis of Dallas Little Smithee Y. Davis of Dallas Longoria Spiller Dean Lopez of Bexar Swanson DeAyala Lopez of Cameron Talarico Dorazio Louderback Tepper Dutton Lowe Thompson Dyson Lozano Tinderholt Fairly Lujan Toth Flores Luther Troxclair Frank Manuel Turner G mez Martinez VanDeaver Garcia of Bexar Martinez Fischer Vasut Garcia of Dallas McLaughlin Villalobos Garcia Hernandez McQueeney Virdell Gates Metcalf Vo Gerdes Meyer Walle Geren Meza Ward Johnson Gervin-Hawkins Money Wharton Gonz lez of Dallas Moody Wilson Gonz lez of El Paso Morales of Harris Wu Goodwin Morales of Maverick Zwiener Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 114 was adopted by the House on January 27, 2025, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House