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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 171

Condemning the proposed relocation to the site of the Jasenovac death camp

in Croatia of the remains of individuals who were not killed there,

including soldiers of the Croatian Ustashe regime who participated during

the Holocaust in the mass murder of Jews and others.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 2, 1996

Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island (for himself, Mr. YATES, Mr. LANTOS, Mr.

REGULA, and Mr. LATOURETTE) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Condemning the proposed relocation to the site of the

Jasenovac death camp in Croatia of the remains of individuals who were not killed there, including soldiers of

the Croatian Ustashe regime who participated during

the Holocaust in the mass murder of Jews and others.

Whereas the President of Croatia, Franjo Tudjman, has announced plans to relocate to the site of the Jasenovac

death camp in Croatia the remains of individuals who

were not killed there, including soldiers of the Croatian

Ustashe regime;

Whereas soldiers of that regime, which was in alliance with

Nazi Germany, participated in the murders of hundreds

of thousands of Jews, Serbs, and Gypsies, including indi-
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viduals whose remains are now part of the soil of the

Jasenovac camp;

Whereas these murders constituted part of the Holocaust

that was carried out in Europe by Nazi Germany and its

allies, a horrendous chapter in history in which 6,000,000

Jews, as well as millions of others, were killed solely because of their ethnic identities;

Whereas memorialization of this tragedy and accurate knowledge of its history are necessary in order to avert future

such occurrences;

Whereas the United States Government has recognized the

importance of preserving such memory and history by establishing its own United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; and

Whereas the plans proposed by President Tudjman, if carried

out, would confuse history and desecrate the memory of

the victims killed in the Holocaust: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That the Congress—

3 (1) condemns the proposed relocation to the site

4 of the Jasenovac death camp in Croatia of the re5 mains of individuals who were not killed there, in6 cluding soldiers of the Croatian Ustashe regime who

7 participated during the Holocaust in the mass mur8 der of Jews and others;

9 (2) deplores this proposed relocation as an at10 tempt to distort the history of the Holocaust and to

11 desecrate the memory of its victims;
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1 (3) calls on the Secretary of State to condemn

2 strongly this proposed relocation and to demand that

3 President Tudjman disavow it;

4 (4) calls on the Secretary of State, in conjunc5 tion with our allies, to express unified opposition to

6 this proposed relocation and to demand its dis7 avowal; and

8 (5) calls on the Chairman of the United States

9 Holocaust Memorial Council—

10 (A) to study this proposed relocation;

11 (B) to educate the public about the dan12 gers of denial and revisionism relating to the

13 Holocaust; and

14 (C) to report to the Congress on the activi15 ties described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).

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