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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 79 

Expressing the sense of the Senate in marking the dedication on March 

15, 2005, of the expanded museum complex at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Authority in Israel, in furtherance of Yad Vashem’s mission to document the history of the Jewish 

people during the Holocaust, to preserve the memory and story of each 

of the victims, impart the legacy of the Holocaust to future generations, 

and recognize the Righteous Among the Nations. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 10, 2005 

Mr. CORZINE (for himself and Mr. LAUTENBERG) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the Senate in marking the dedication 

on March 15, 2005, of the expanded museum complex 

at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Authority in Israel, in furtherance of Yad 

Vashem’s mission to document the history of the Jewish 

people during the Holocaust, to preserve the memory 

and story of each of the victims, impart the legacy of 

the Holocaust to future generations, and recognize the 

Righteous Among the Nations.

Whereas 6,000,000 Jews were slaughtered in the Holocaust 

solely because of the faith into which they were born; 
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Whereas the Holocaust is seared into the world’s memory as 

the quintessential expression of the evil of anti-Semitism; 

Whereas Yad Vashem has become the world’s university devoted to exposing the evil of anti-Semitism; 

Whereas Yad Vashem’s archives contain the largest and most 

comprehensive repository of material on the Holocaust in 

the world, containing 62,000,000 pages of documents, 

nearly 267,500 photographs, thousands of films and 

videotaped testimonies of survivors, and the Righteous 

Among the Nations (non-Jews who risked their lives to 

save Jewish people during the Holocaust), all accessible 

to the public; 

Whereas those archives are the witness to both inexplicable 

acts of cruelty and daily acts of courage; 

Whereas the history of the Holocaust, as embodied at Yad 

Vashem, represents the depths to which humanity can descend and the heights to which it can soar; 

Whereas to ensure that Holocaust commemorations in future 

generations among both Jews and non-Jews have relevance and meaning, Yad Vashem has undertaken an extraordinary expansion of its facilities; 

Whereas the centerpiece of this expansion is the new Holocaust History Museum building designed by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie; 

Whereas a central role in bringing the Holocaust History Museum to fruition was played by Holocaust survivor Joseph 

Wilf of New Jersey and his family; 

Whereas through this new museum, Yad Vashem honors the 

lives of the victims and the Righteous Among the Nations 

in perpetuity; 
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Whereas the unique buildings and archives of Yad Vashem 

ensure that we, our children, and their children will never 

forget; and 

Whereas the Israeli Knesset established Yad Vashem in 

1953, founded on the biblical injunction set forth in Isaiah, chapter 56, verse 5: ‘‘And to them will I give in my 

house and within my walls a memorial and a name (a 

‘yad vashem’) . . . an everlasting name which shall not 

perish,’’ and, for more than 50 years, Yad Vashem has 

steadfastly fulfilled this purpose: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the Senate recognizes— 

2 (1) Yad Vashem as a trustee of the World’s 

3 conscience, so that the meaning of ‘‘never again’’ be4 comes the living foundation of our collective human5 ity; and 

6 (2) that March 15, 2005, the date of the dedi7 cation of Yad Vashem’s expanded facilities, is a date 

8 of historical significance that will be remembered as 

9 such by future generations.

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