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OCLAMATIO
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
W HEREAS, the Holocaust was the state - sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi
Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945. Jews were the primary victims — six million were murdered; Gypsies, the
handicapped, and Poles were also targeted for destruction or decimation for racial, ethnic, or national reasons. Millions more,
including homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war and political dissidents, also suffered grievous oppression
and death under Nazi tyranny; and
1(HEREAS, the history of the Holocaust offers an opportunity to reflect on the moral responsibilities of individuals,
societies, and governments; and
W HEREAS, we the people of the City of Winter Springs should always remember the terrible events of the Holocaust
and remain vigilant against hatred, persecution, and tyranny; and should actively rededicate ourselves to the principles of
individual freedom in a just society; and
W HEREAS, the Days of Remembrance have been set aside for the people of the City of Winter Springs to remember the
victims of the Holocaust as well as to reflect on the need for respect of all peoples; and
W HEREAS, 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, 1, JOHN F. BUSH, Mayor of the City of Winter Springs, do hereby Proclaim the day of
Sunday, April 19 in the City of Winter Springs, as a
DAY OF REMEMBRAICE
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 City of Winter Springs, should strive to overcome intolerance and indifference through
learning and remembrance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto have set my hand and caused the
O w , Seal oft C2y of Winer Springs to be affixed this 4th day of March, 2009.
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s JO N F. BUSH, MAYOR
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