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Date: 4/16/07 <br />Item: 4.a <br />Proclamation of Holocaust <br />��.� Days of Rememberance <br />�� <br />1���� �f �e�t�m�r��tc� <br />� <br />���-�l l ����, ���'� <br />Whereas: The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systemic persecution and annihilation of <br />European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945; and <br />Whereas: Six million Jews along with hundreds of thousands of Poles, Gypsies, people <br />with handicaps, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, prisoners of war and political dissidents <br />suffered grievously and were murdered under Nazi tyranny; and <br />Whereas: The history of the Holocaust offers an opportunity to reflect on the moral <br />responsibilities of individuals, societies and governments; and <br />Whereas: The Days of Remembrance ha�e been set aside as a time for a11 to remember the <br />victims of the Holocaust as well as to reflect on the need for respect of all people to strive to <br />overcome intolerance and indifference through learning and remembrance; and <br />Whereas: The people of the City of Roseville remember the terrible events of the Holocaust <br />and especially the deaths of more than a million children who were victims and remain vigilant <br />against hatred, persecution and tyranny; and <br />Whereas: The people of Roseville are dedicated to the principles of individual freedom in a <br />just society; and <br />Whereas: The Roseville community honors the memory of the victims, survivors, rescuers <br />and liberators of the Holocaust. <br />Now, Therefore Be It Resolved, that the City Council hereby declare April 15 to Apri122 2007, <br />including the Day of Remembrance known as �o�. Hashoah on April 15, to be Days of <br />Remembrance in the City of Roseville, County of Ramsey, State of Minnesota, U,S,�. <br />In Witness Whereof, I ha�e hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Roseville <br />to be affixed this 16th day of Apri12007. <br />Mayor Craig D. Klausing <br />