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���� <br />��� <br />Days of Remembrance <br />Apri123-30,2006 <br />Date: 04/24/06 <br />Item: 5 . a <br />Proclamation of <br />Days of Remembrance <br />Whereas: the Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systemic persecution and <br />annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and <br />1945; and <br />Whereas: six million Jews along with hundreds of thousands of Poles, Gypsies, <br />people with handicaps, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, prisoners of war and political <br />dissidents suffered grievously and were murdered under the 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 have been set aside as a time for all to remember <br />the victims of the Holocaust as well as to reflect on the need for respect of all people and <br />will strive to overcome intolerance and indifference through learning and remembrance; <br />and <br />Whereas: the people of the City of Roseville remember the terrible events of the <br />Holocaust and remain vigilant against hatred, persecution and tyranny; and <br />Whereas: the people of Roseville are dedicated to the principles of individual freedom <br />in a just society; and <br />Whereas: the Roseville community honors the memory of the victims, survivors, <br />rescuers and liberators of the Holocaust. <br />Now, Therefore Be It Resolved, that the City Council hereby declare April 23 to April 30 <br />2006 to be Days of Remembrance in the City of Roseville, County of Ramsey, State of <br />Minnesota, U.S.A <br />In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of <br />Roseville to be affixed this 24th dav of April 2006. <br />Mayor Craig D. Klausing <br />