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Co—mrnissioner Eile-e-n KowaII
District #6
Commissioner Marcia Gershenson
District #13
Commissioner Wade Fleming/
District #16
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C9grmissioner John Sco
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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #16085
BY: Commissioner Shelley Taub, District #12; Commissioner Wade Fleming, District #16;
Commissioner Eileen KowaII, District #6; Commissioner Hugh Crawford, District #9; Commissioner
Marcia Gershenson, District #13; Commissioner John Scott, District #5; Commissioner Janet Jackson,
District #21; Commissioner Robert Gosselin, District #11; Commissioner Christine Long, District #7;
Commissioner Tom Middleton, District #4; Commissioner Adam Kochenderfer, District #15
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS - OAKLAND COUNTY DESIGNATION OF THE WEEK OF
SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2016 THROUGH SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2016 AS DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE AND
THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016 AS THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF THE
HOLOCAUST
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European
Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945 - six million were murdered; Roma
(Gypsies) (196,000 to 200,000); people with disabilities (250,000); and Poles (50,000 to 100,000); were
also targeted for destruction or decimation for racial, ethnic, or national reasons; and millions more,
including homosexuals (70,000); Jehovah's Witnesses (1,900); Soviet prisoners of war (2.9 million); and
political dissidents, also suffered grievous oppression and death 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 people of Oakland County should always remember the terrible events of the Holocaust
and remain vigilant against hatred, persecution, and tyranny; and
WHEREAS we the people of Oakland County, should actively rededicate ourselves to the principles of
individual freedom in a just society; and
WHEREAS Michigan's Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills provides visitors an opportunity to
fully appreciate not only horrors and evil of the genocidal act but also the strength, courage and
righteousness of survivors; and
WHEREAS the Holocaust Memorial Center and other area organizations will be providing numerous
opportunities for residents to attend events, learn and renew a shared commitment to the lessons learned
from the Holocaust; and
WHEREAS the Days of Remembrance have been set aside for the people of Oakland County to
remember the victims of the Holocaust as well as to reflect on the need for respect of all peoples; and
WHEREAS pursuant to an Act of Congress, the United States Holocaust Memorial Council has
designated the Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust to be Sunday, May 1, 2016,
through Sunday, May 8, 2016, including the Day of Remembrance known as Yom Hashoah, May 5, 2016.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the Oakland County Board of Commissioners designate the week
of Sunday, May 1, 2016 through Sunday, May 8, 2016, as Days of Remembrance and Thursday, May 5,
2016 as Yom Hashoah, the Day of Remembrance, in memory of the victims of the Holocaust and in
honor of the survivors as well as the rescuers and liberators.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we, as citizens of Oakland County should work to promote human
dignity and confront hate whenever and wherever it occurs.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Commissioner Christine Long
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Resolution #16085 March 30, 2016
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no
objections.