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PROCLAMATION:Days of -membrance April 16
April 23, 2023
April 5, 2023 - REGULAR MEETING OF THE MOUNT
PROSPECT VILLAGE BOARD -
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Holocaust Remembrance Proclamation 2023.pdf
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PROCLAMATION
DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE
April 16 – April 23, 2023
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, people with disabilities, and Poles were
also targeted for destruction or decimation for racial, ethnic, or national reasons; and
millions more, including homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war,
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, we the people of the Village of Mount Prospect always remember the
terrible events of the Holocaust and remain vigilant against hatred, persecution, and
tyranny; and
WHEREAS, there is a documented and dangerous rise of antisemitism globally and in
the United States, where Jews are increasingly affected by the spread of misinformation
and a multitude of negative stereotypes, with 2021 seeing a record number of these
attacks; and
WHEREAS, we the people of the Village of Mount Prospect should actively rededicate
ourselves to the principles of individual freedom in a just society; and
WHEREAS, the DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE have been set aside for the people of the
Village of Mount Prospect 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 (Public Law 96-388, October 7, 1980), the
United States Holocaust Memorial Council designates the Days of Remembrance of the
Victims of the Holocaust to be April 16 through April 23, 2023.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Paul Wm. Hoefert, Mayor of the Village of Mount Prospect do
hereby proclaim the week of April 16 through April 23, 2023, as
"DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE"
in memory of the victims of the Holocaust and in honor of the survivors as well as the
rescuers and liberators, and further proclaim that we, as citizens of the Village of Mount
Prospect should work to promote human dignity and confront hate whenever and
wherever it occurs.
Paul Wm. Hoefert
Mayor
Attest:
Karen M. Agoranos
Village Clerk
Dated this 5th day of April, 2023