Presidential Documents

24847 

Federal Register 

Vol. 87, No. 81 

Wednesday, April 27, 2022 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 10373 of April 22, 2022 

Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, 2022 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and throughout this week 

of remembrance, we reflect on the horrors of the Holocaust when the Nazi 

regime systematically murdered 6 million Jews and millions of other innocents, including Roma, Sinti, Slavs, persons with disabilities, LGBTQI+ individuals, political dissidents, and many others. We stand with Jewish people 

in the United States, Israel, and around the world in grieving one of the 

darkest chapters in history. We honor the memories of the victims. We 

embrace the survivors. We commit to keeping alive the promise of ‘‘never 

again.’’ 

The world must never forget the truth of what happened across Europe 

during the Holocaust or forget the horrific crimes and suffering the Nazi 

regime inflicted on millions of innocent people. Entire families were wiped 

out. Communities were shattered. Survivors were left with agonizing memories and fading tattoos etched into their skin by the Nazis, reducing them 

to numbers. It is forever recorded into the history of mankind, and it is 

the shared responsibility of us all to ensure that the Shoah is never erased 

from our collective memory—especially as fewer and fewer survivors remain. 

The truth must always be known and shared with future generations in 

perpetuity. 

I have taught my own children and grandchildren about the horrors of 

the Holocaust, just as my father taught me. I have taken my family to 

bear witness to the darkness at the Dachau concentration camp so that 

they could understand why we must always speak out against antisemitism 

and hatred in all of its pernicious forms. The legacy of the Holocaust 

must always remind us that silence in the face of such bigotry is complicity. 

Remembrance is our eternal duty, but remembrance without action risks 

becoming an empty ritual. As individuals, we must never be indifferent 

to human cruelty and human suffering. As nations, we must stand together 

across the international community against antisemitism, which is once 

again rearing its ugly head around the world. We must combat other forms 

of hatred and educate new generations about the Holocaust. We must reject 

those who try to deny the Holocaust or to distort its history for their 

own ends. We recognize that, just as the Holocaust was an act of pure 

antisemitism, so too Holocaust denial is a form of antisemitism. We watch 

with dismay as the term ‘‘Nazi’’ is deployed to make flawed historical 

parallels. Efforts to minimize, distort, or blur who the Nazis were and 

the genocide they perpetrated are a form of Holocaust denial and, in addition 

to insulting both the victims and survivors of the Holocaust, spread antisemitism. 

My Administration has stepped up our efforts to counter all the ugly forms 

antisemitism can take, including Holocaust denial and distortion. We cosponsored a United Nations resolution that charged the international community with combating Holocaust denial through education. We are partnering 

with the German government to improve Holocaust education and counter 

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antisemitism, Deborah Lipstadt, was recently confirmed as Special Envoy 

to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. 

In addition to speaking out against the evils of antisemitism, I signed— 

and my Administration continues to implement—legislation that gives us 

more tools to combat crimes that are based on a victim’s actual or perceived 

race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity 

or disability. We issued the first-ever National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism. My Administration has implemented increased funding for 

a program that helps threatened nonprofits—including houses of worship 

and other religious affiliated entities—to improve their safety and security. 

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I met with Bronia Brandman 

and the Vice President met with Ruth Cohen—both Auschwitz survivors— 

at the White House so we could bear witness to their stories, combat Holocaust denial and distortion, and give life to the lessons of that most terrible 

period in human history. 

Those like Bronia and Ruth who survived the Holocaust and went on to 

build new lives inspire our Nation and the world, and they are living 

testaments to the enduring resilience of the human spirit. It is the responsibility of all of us to recognize the pain that they carry and to support 

them by ensuring that the cruelty of the Holocaust is never forgotten. Today 

and every day, we stand against antisemitism and all other forms of hate 

and continue our work to ensure that everyone can live in a world that 

safeguards the fundamental human dignity of all people. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., 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 April 24 through 

May 1, 2022, as a week of observance of the Days of Remembrance of 

Victims of the Holocaust, and call upon the people of the United States 

to observe this week and pause to remember victims and survivors of the 

Holocaust. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-second 

day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-two, and of 

the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

forty-sixth. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09132 

Filed 4–26–22; 8:45 am] 

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