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RESOLUTION NO: 7-250-03
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<br />BYgorrigan, Dever, Dunn,~ FitzGerald,
<br />George, Roth, Seelie.
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<br /> A RESOLUTION, pursuant to an Act of Congress (Public Law 96-388, October 7, 1980)
<br />the United States Holocaust Memorial C'ouncil designates the Days of Remembrance of the
<br />Victims of the Holocaust to be Sunday, April 27th through Sunday, May 4, 2003, including the
<br />international Day of Remembrance known as Yom Hashoah April 29th, 2003
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<br /> WHEREAS, the Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and
<br />annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945.
<br />Jews were the primary victims - six million were murdered; Gypsies, the handicapped, and Poles
<br />were also targeted for destruction or decimation for racial, ethnic, or national reasons. Millions
<br />more, including homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war and political
<br />dissidents, also suffered grievous oppression and death under Nazi tyranny, and;
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<br /> WHEREAS, the history of the Holocaust offers an opportunity to reflect on the moral
<br />responsibilities of individuals, societies, and governments, and;
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<br /> WHEREAS, the people of the City of Lakewood should always remember the terrible
<br />events of the Holocaust and remain vigilant against hatred, persecution, and tyranny, and;
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<br /> WHEREAS, the people of the city of Lakewood should actively rededicate ourselves to
<br />the principles of individual freedom in a just society, and;
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<br /> WHEREAS, the Days of Remembrance have been set-aside for the people of the City of
<br />Lake~vood to remember the victims of the Holocaust as well as to reflect on the need for respect
<br />of all peoples. Now therefore;
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<br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO:
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<br /> Section 1. That this Council and Mayor designate and proclaim the week of' Sunday,
<br />April 27 through Sunday, May 4, 2003, as Days of Remembrance in memory of the victims of
<br />the Holocaust, and in honor of the survivors, as well as 1he rescuers and liberators, and further
<br />proclaim that we, as citizens of the City of Lakewood, Ohio should strive to overcome
<br />intolerance and indifference through learning and remembrance.
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<br /> Section 2. That a copy of this Resolution be spread upon the minutes of this meeting.
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<br /> Section 3. It is found and determined t)aat all formal actions of this Council concerning
<br />and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council,
<br />and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such
<br />formal action were in meetings open to the public in compliance with all legal requirements.
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<br />Adopted:
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<br />PRESIDENT
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<br />CLERK/-/-
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<br />MAYOR
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