IV
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 res-
olution; 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 indi-
viduals 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 an-
nounced 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 be-
cause of their ethnic identities;
Whereas memorialization of this tragedy and accurate knowl-
edge 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 es-
tablishing its own United States Holocaust Memorial Mu-
seum; 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
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress—
(1) condemns the proposed relocation to the site
of the Jasenovac death camp in Croatia of the re-
mains of individuals who were not killed there, in-
cluding soldiers of the Croatian Ustashe regime who
participated during the Holocaust in the mass mur-
der of Jews and others;
(2) deplores this proposed relocation as an at-
tempt to distort the history of the Holocaust and to
desecrate the memory of its victims;
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(3) calls on the Secretary of State to condemn
strongly this proposed relocation and to demand that
President Tudjman disavow it;
(4) calls on the Secretary of State, in conjunc-
tion with our allies, to express unified opposition to
this proposed relocation and to demand its dis-
avowal; and
(5) calls on the Chairman of the United States
Holocaust Memorial Council—
(A) to study this proposed relocation;
(B) to educate the public about the dan-
gers of denial and revisionism relating to the
Holocaust; and
(C) to report to the Congress on the activi-
ties described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
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