Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1343
Sponsors: BREEN, COOPER, DAUGHTRY, FULLER, GIDEON, HANINGTON, HANLEY, PIERCE

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HOUSE ADVANCE JOURNAL AND CALENDAR - Thursday, April 12, 2018
(4-2)  On motion of Representative TEPLER of Topsham, the following Joint Resolution:  
(H.P. 1343) (Cosponsored by Senator BREEN of Cumberland and Representatives: COOPER of 
Yarmouth, DAUGHTRY of Brunswick, DeCHANT of Bath, FULLER of Lewiston, Speaker 
GIDEON of Freeport, HANINGTON of Lincoln, HANLEY of Pittston, PIERCE of Dresden) 
JOINT RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING YOM HASHOAH, THE DAY OF 
REMEMBRANCE, APRIL 12, 2018 
WHEREAS, from 1933 to 1945, 6,000,000 Jews were murdered in the Holocaust as part 
of a state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation program of genocide, and millions 
of other people suffered as victims of Nazism, such as the handicapped, political dissidents and 
many others for racial, ethnic or national reasons; and 
WHEREAS, the people of the State of Maine should always remember the atrocities 
committed by the Nazis so that such horrors are never repeated, and the history of the Holocaust 
offers an opportunity to reflect on the moral responsibilities of individuals, societies and 
governments; and 
WHEREAS, the people of the State of Maine should always remember those who 
liberated the Nazi concentration camps, some of whom lost their lives and others of whom have 
experienced lifelong emotional suffering, as holding an honored place in our history; and 
WHEREAS, the people of the State of Maine should continually rededicate themselves to 
the principle of equal justice for all people, remain eternally vigilant against all tyranny and 
recognize that bigotry provides a breeding ground for tyranny to flourish; and 
WHEREAS, the national community, pursuant to an Act of Congress, will be 
commemorating the week of April 8, 2018 to April 15, 2018 as the Days of Remembrance of the 
Victims of the Holocaust, including the Day of Remembrance, known as Yom HaShoah, April 
12, 2018; and 
WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the people of the State of Maine to join in this 
international commemoration, marking 73 years since the end of World War II and the liberation 
of the Nazi concentration and death camps; now, therefore, be it 
RESOLVED: That We, the Members of the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Legislature 
now assembled in the Second Regular Session, on behalf of the people we represent, pause in 
solemn memory of the victims of the Holocaust and in honor of the survivors, rescuers and 
liberators; that We urge one and all to recommit themselves to the lessons of the Holocaust 
through the international week of commemoration; and that We express our common desire to 
continually strive to overcome prejudice and inhumanity through education, vigilance and 
resistance; and be it further 
RESOLVED: That suitable copies of this resolution, duly authenticated by the Secretary 
of State, be transmitted to the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine and the United 
States Holocaust Memorial Council in Washington, D.C. on behalf of the people of the State of 
Maine. 
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