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International Holocaust Remembrance Day
WHEREAS, The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and
annihilation of European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933
and 1945; and
WHEREAS, Six million Jews were murdered and also Roma Gypsies, people with mental
illness and physical disabilities, and Poles were also targeted for destruction for racial,
ethnic, or national reasons; and millions more, including homosexuals, Jehovah’s
Witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war, and political dissidents also suffered grievous
oppression and death under Nazi tyranny; and
WHEREAS, The history of the Holocaust reminds the world of the lessons to be learned in
order to help prevent future acts of genocide and offers an opportunity to reflect on
the moral responsibilities of individuals, societies, and governments; and
WHEREAS, We the people of the City of Bothell should actively rededicate ourselves to
the principles of individual freedom in a just society; and
WHEREAS, We remember January 27th as the 76th anniversary of the liberation of
Auschwitz-Birkenau where the Soviet army liberated more than 7,000 remaining
prisoners and by memorializing the past, we help to steel ourselves for the challenges
of tomorrow; and
WHEREAS, International Holocaust Remembrance Day has been set aside for the
people of the City of Bothell to join together as a community to remember the victims
of the Holocaust, as well as to reflect on the need for respect of all peoples.
Now, therefore, I, Mason Thompson, Mayor of the City of Bothell, do hereby declare
January 27, 2022 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the City of Bothell, in
memory of the victims of the Holocaust and in honor of the survivors as well as the
rescuers and liberators.
Signed this 1st day of February, 2022.
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Mason Thompson, Mayor
Mason Thompson (Feb 10, 2022 11:23 PST)
Mason Thompson