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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the Holocaust was the state-sponsored systematic persecution and annihilation of
European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945, with six million
murdered; 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 City of Edina should always remember the terrible events of
the Holocaust and remain vigilant against hatred, persecution and tyranny; and
WHEREAS, we the people of the City of Edina 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 City of Edina
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
designates the Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust to be Sunday, May 1
through Sunday, May 8, 2011, including the Day of Remembrance known as Yom Hashoah,
May 1, 2011.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Edina does hereby
proclaim the week of Sunday, May 1 through Sunday, May 8, 2011, 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 City of Edina should work to
promote human dignity and confront hate whenever and wherever it occurs.
Dated this 5th day of April, 2011.
James B. Hovland, Mayor