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Days of Remembrance April 2021 Whereas: The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systemic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945; and Whereas: Six million Jews along with hundreds of thousands of Poles, Gypsies, people with handicaps, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, prisoners of war and political dissidents suffered grievously and were murdered under Nazi tyranny; and Whereas: The history of the Holocaust offers an opportunity to reflect on the moral responsibilities of individuals, societies and governments; and Whereas: The Days of Remembrance have been set aside as a time for all to remember the victims of the Holocaust as well as to reflect on the need for respect of all people to strive to overcome intolerance and indifference through learning and remembrance; and Whereas: The people of the City of Roseville remember the terrible events of the Holocaust and especially the deaths of more than a million children who were victims and remain vigilant against hatred, persecution and tyranny; and Whereas: The people of Roseville are dedicated to the principles of individual freedom in a just society; and Whereas: The Roseville community honors the memory of the victims, survivors, rescuers and liberators of the Holocaust. Now, Therefore Be It Resolved, that the City Council hereby declares (Sunday before Yom Hashoah to Sunday after) Sunday, April 4 to Sunday, April 11, 2021, including the Day of Remembrance known as Yom Hashoah on April 8, 2021, to be Days of Remembrance in the City of Roseville, County of Ramsey, State of Minnesota, U.S.A In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Roseville nd to be affixed this 22day of March, 2021. ________________________ Mayor Daniel J. Roe