H.R. No. 1264

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany carried out the
	systematic persecution and mass murder of close to six million Jews
	as well as millions of other people from targeted groups; and
	WHEREAS, Touting virulent theories of German racial purity
	and superiority, the Nazi Party enacted a series of programs that
	deprived Jewish civilians of their rights and property; this
	campaign of terror ultimately escalated into genocide on a scale
	never before witnessed, and as Germany executed its conquest of
	Europe, some two-thirds of all Jews on the continent perished at the
	hands of the Nazis; in some countries, such as Poland, the Jewish
	death toll surpassed 90 percent; and
	WHEREAS, The year 2019 marks the 86th anniversary of the
	beginning of the genocide of European Jews; the Holocaust
	represents one of history's darkest and bleakest periods, and
	though it serves as a point of shame for humankind, the events that
	occurred and the lessons we may draw from them must never be
	forgotten; and
	WHEREAS, Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as "Yom
	Hashoah," is observed each year on the anniversary of the start of
	the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, an act of Jewish resistance that took
	place in German-occupied Poland in 1943; an estimated 7,000 Jews
	lost their lives in the revolt, which was staged to oppose the
	deportation of Jews to Nazi labor and death camps, and it went on to
	inspire other revolts in camps and ghettos throughout Eastern
	Europe; and
	WHEREAS, Many of those who witnessed the horrors of the
	Holocaust as survivors or concentration camp liberators, as well as
	their descendants, have made their homes in our state; it is
	critically important for all Texans to remember the events of the
	Holocaust so that we may remain fully vigilant against contemporary
	manifestations of hatred and prejudice; and
	WHEREAS, With the threat of genocide and ethnic cleansing
	still present in many war-torn regions of the world, this tragic
	chapter offers warnings that remain strikingly relevant; as
	survivors of the Holocaust diminish in number, links must be forged
	to educate future generations so that they may lead the world to a
	more tolerant and peaceful future; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
	Legislature hereby recognize May 2, 2019, as Holocaust Remembrance
	Day.
	Raymond
	Stucky
	Goldman
	Rosenthal
	Toth
	Bonnen of Brazoria Guerra Noble
	Allen Guillen Oliverson
	Allison Gutierrez Ortega
	Anchia Harless Pacheco
	Anderson Harris Paddie
	Ashby Hefner Parker
	Bailes Hernandez Patterson
	Beckley Herrero Paul
	Bell of Kaufman Hinojosa Perez
	Bell of Montgomery Holland Phelan
	Bernal Howard Price
	Biedermann Huberty Ramos
	Blanco Hunter Raney
	Bohac Israel Raymond
	Bonnen of Galveston E. Johnson of Dallas Reynolds
	Bowers J. Johnson of Dallas Rodriguez
	Buckley Johnson of Harris Romero, Jr.
	Bucy Kacal Rose
	Burns King of Hemphill Rosenthal
	Burrows King of Parker Sanford
	Button King of Uvalde Schaefer
	Cain Klick Shaheen
	Calanni Krause Sheffield
	Canales Kuempel Sherman, Sr.
	Capriglione Lambert Shine
	Clardy Landgraf Smith
	Cole Lang Smithee
	Coleman Larson Springer
	Collier Leach Stephenson
	Cortez Leman Stickland
	Craddick Longoria Stucky
	Cyrier Lopez Swanson
	Darby Lozano Talarico
	Davis of Dallas Lucio III Thierry
	Davis of Harris Martinez Thompson of Brazoria
	Dean Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris
	Deshotel Metcalf Tinderholt
	Dominguez Meyer Toth
	Dutton Meza Turner of Dallas
	Farrar Middleton Turner of Tarrant
	Fierro Miller VanDeaver
	Flynn Minjarez Vo
	Frank Moody Walle
	Frullo Morales White
	Geren Morrison Wilson
	Gervin-Hawkins Muñoz, Jr. Wray
	Goldman Murphy Wu
	González of Dallas Murr Zedler
	González of El Paso Neave Zerwas
	Goodwin Nevárez Zwiener
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 1264 was adopted by the House on May 2,
	2019, by a non-record vote.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House