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  H.R. No. 129
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
         WHEREAS, January 27, 2019, marks the 74th anniversary of the
  liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and death camp,
  a place that has come to symbolize for people around the world the
  evils of the German Nazi regime and its reign of violence and terror
  across Europe; and
         WHEREAS, After the onset of World War II, German chancellor
  Adolf Hitler put into action the "Final Solution," a plan that
  escalated his state-enforced policy of oppression of Jewish
  citizens and other targeted groups into a campaign of mass murder;
  Auschwitz-Birkenau, which opened in the spring of 1940, was the
  largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps, consisting of
  several facilities and subcamps where a total of at least 1.1
  million people ultimately lost their lives; and
         WHEREAS, By mid-1942, the majority of those being imprisoned
  at Auschwitz-Birkenau were Jews; detainees who were considered
  unfit for work, including pregnant women, young children, the
  elderly, and the infirm, were executed upon arrival, while others
  went on to die from overwork, disease, poor nutrition, or arbitrary
  acts of violence carried out by the guards; some prisoners were
  subjected to inhumane and often fatal experiments conducted by
  Josef Mengele and other Nazi researchers; and
         WHEREAS, In 1944, with Allied forces closing in,
  Auschwitz-Birkenau commandants began destroying evidence of the
  atrocities that had taken place at the camp; the Germans ordered an
  evacuation of the compound in January 1945, forcing tens of
  thousands of prisoners to embark on death marches that would claim
  many lives through exposure, starvation, or exhaustion; the Soviet
  Army arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau as liberators on January 27 and
  found more than 7,500 sick or emaciated detainees who had been left
  behind, along with the remains and belongings of other victims of
  the camp's brutality; the vast majority of the deceased were Jews,
  and an additional 70,000 to 80,000 Poles and 19,000 to 20,000 Roma
  were also counted in estimates of the dead; and
         WHEREAS, Today, the anniversary of the liberation of
  Auschwitz-Birkenau is observed as International Holocaust
  Remembrance Day, an annual day for the world to memorialize the six
  million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions of other
  victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs aimed at
  preventing genocide; only through a true understanding of this
  horrific chapter of history can we recognize and confront the
  forces of hatred and intolerance, wherever they may manifest, and
  work together toward a more hopeful future; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
  Legislature hereby commemorate the 74th anniversary of the
  liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and death camp
  and the observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on
  January 27, 2019.
 
  King of Parker
 
 
Bonnen of Brazoria Guerra Oliverson
 
Allen Guillen Ortega
 
Allison Gutierrez Pacheco
 
Anchia Harless Paddie
 
Anderson Harris Parker
 
Ashby Hefner Patterson
 
Bailes Hernandez Paul
 
Beckley Herrero Perez
 
Bell of Kaufman Hinojosa Phelan
 
Bell of Montgomery Holland Price
 
Bernal Howard Ramos
 
Biedermann Huberty Raney
 
Blanco Hunter Raymond
 
Bohac Israel Reynolds
 
Bonnen of Galveston E. Johnson of Dallas Rodriguez
 
Bowers J. Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr.
 
Buckley Johnson of Harris Rose
 
Bucy Kacal Rosenthal
 
Burns King of Hemphill Sanford
 
Burrows King of Parker Schaefer
 
Button King of Uvalde Shaheen
 
Cain Klick Sheffield
 
Calanni Krause Sherman, Sr.
 
Canales Kuempel Shine
 
Capriglione Lambert Smith
 
Clardy Landgraf Smithee
 
Cole Lang Springer
 
Coleman Larson Stephenson
 
Collier Leach Stickland
 
Cortez Leman Stucky
 
Craddick Longoria Swanson
 
Cyrier Lozano Talarico
 
Darby Lucio III Thierry
 
Davis of Dallas Martinez Thompson of Brazoria
 
Davis of Harris Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris
 
Dean Metcalf Tinderholt
 
Deshotel Meyer Toth
 
Dominguez Meza Turner of Dallas
 
Dutton Middleton Turner of Tarrant
 
Farrar Miller VanDeaver
 
Flynn Minjarez Vo
 
Frank Moody Walle
 
Frullo Morrison White
 
Geren Muñoz, Jr. Wilson
 
Gervin-Hawkins Murphy Wray
 
Goldman Murr Wu
 
González of Dallas Neave Zedler
 
González of El Paso Nevárez Zerwas
 
Goodwin Noble Zwiener
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 129 was adopted by the House on January
  28, 2019, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House