Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, 2017, 20235-20236 [2017-08817]

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 81 (Friday, April 28, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 20235-20236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08817]



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Vol. 82

Friday,

No. 81

April 28, 2017

Part III





The President





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Proclamation 9594--Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, 
2017



Executive Order 13790--Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in 
America


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 81 / Friday, April 28, 2017 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 9594 of April 24, 2017

                
Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust, 
                2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On Yom HaShoah--the day of Holocaust Remembrance--and 
                during this Week of Remembrance, we honor the victims 
                of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution.

                The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic 
                persecution and attempted annihilation of European 
                Jewry by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. By the 
                end of World War II, six million Jews had been brutally 
                slaughtered. The Nazis also targeted other groups for 
                persecution and murder, including Roma (Gypsies), 
                persons with mental and physical disabilities, Soviet 
                prisoners of war, Jehovah's Witnesses, Slavs and other 
                peoples of Europe, gays, and political opponents.

                The United States stands shoulder to shoulder with the 
                survivors of the Holocaust, their families, and the 
                descendants of those who were murdered. We support the 
                Jewish diaspora and the State of Israel as we fulfill 
                our duty to remember the victims, honor their memory 
                and their lives, and celebrate humanity's victory over 
                tyranny and evil. Holocaust survivors, despite scars 
                from history's darkest days, continue to inspire us to 
                remember the past and learn from its lessons. By 
                sharing their experiences and wisdom, they continue to 
                fuel our resolve to advance human rights and to combat 
                antisemitism and other forms of hatred.

                During this week in 1945, American and Allied forces 
                liberated the concentration camp at Dachau and other 
                Nazi death camps, laying bare to the world the 
                unconscionable horror of the Holocaust. We must remain 
                vigilant against hateful ideologies and indifference. 
                Every generation must learn and apply the lessons of 
                the Holocaust so that such horror, atrocity, and 
                genocide never again occur. It is our solemn obligation 
                to reaffirm our commitment to respecting the 
                fundamental freedoms and inherent dignity of every 
                human being.

                Let us join together to remember and honor the victims 
                of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution. We express our 
                eternal gratitude to the liberators who selflessly 
                risked their lives to save those of others, and we 
                pledge to never be bystanders to evil.

                We must never forget.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby ask the people of 
                the United States to observe the Days of Remembrance of 
                Victims of the Holocaust, April 23 through April 30, 
                2017, and the solemn anniversary of the liberation of 
                Nazi death camps, with appropriate study, prayers and 
                commemoration, and to honor the memory of the victims 
                of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution by internalizing 
                the lessons of this atrocity so that it is never 
                repeated.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-fourth day of April, in the year two thousand 
                seventeen, and of the Independence of the United States 
                of America the two hundred and forty-first.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2017-08817
 Filed 4-27-17; 11:15 am]
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