,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #cjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,july #af1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,shimkus submitted the following   
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,,resolution  ,expressing     
support for designation of ,august #bc  
as ,black ,ribbon ,day to recognize the 
victims of ,soviet ,communist and ,nazi 
regimes4  ,whereas1 on ,august #ac1     
#aida1 ,president ,franklin ,d4         
,roosevelt and ,prime ,minister ,winston
 ,churchill issued a joint declation of 
certain common principles in the        
national policies of their respective   
countries on which they based their     
hopes for a better future for the world 
and the right of all peoples to choose  
the form of government under which they 
will live and self government restored  
to those who have been forcibly deprived
 of them and that the people of         
countries may live in freedom2 ,whereas 
the ,united ,states ,government has     

actively advocated for and continues to 
support the principles by the ,united   
,nations ,universal ,declaration of     
,human ,rights and the ,united ,nations 
,general ,assembly resolution #bfj      
7,,iii7 of ,december #i1 #aidh2 ,whereas
 ,captive ,nations ,week1 signed into   
law by ,president ,dwight ,d4           
,eisenhower in #aiei1 raised public     
awareness of the oppression of nations  
under the control of ,communist and     
other nondemocratic governments2        
,whereas the ,european ,parliament      
resolution on ,european conscience and  
totalitarianism of ,april #b1 #bjji1 and
 the ,black ,ribbon ,day resolution     
adopted by the ,parliament of ,canada on
 ,november #cj1 #bjji1 establish a day  
of remembrance for victims of ,communist
 and ,nazi regimes to remember and      
commemorate their victims2 ,whereas the 
extreme forms of totalitarian rule      
practiced by the ,soviet ,communist and 
,nazi regimes led to premeditated and   
vast crimes committed against millions  

of human beings and their basic and     
inalienable rights on a scale unseen    
before in history2 ,whereas fleeing the 
,nazi and ,soviet ,communist crimes1    
hundreds of thousands of people sought  
and found refuge in the ,united ,states2
 ,whereas ,august #bc would be an       
appropriate date to designate as ,black 
,ribbon ,day to remember and never      
forget the terror millions of citizens  
in ,central and ,eastern ,europe        
experienced for more than #dj years by  
ruthless military1 economic1 and        
political repression of the people      
through arbitrary executions1 mass      
arrests1 deportations1 the suppression  
of free speech1 confiscation of private 
property1 and the destruction of        
cultural and moral identity and civil   
society1 all of which deprived the vast 
majority of the peoples of ,central and 
,eastern ,europe of their basic human   
rights and dignity1 separating them from
 the democratic world by means of the   
,iron ,curtain and the ,berlin ,wall2   

and ,whereas the memories of ,europe's  
tragic past cannot be forgotten in order
 to honor the victims1 condemn the      
perpetrators1 and lay the foundation for
 reconciliation based on truth and      
remembrance3 ,now1 therefore1 be it     
,that the ,house of ,representatives    
supports the designation of ,black      
,ribbon ,day to recognize the victims of
 ,soviet ,communist and ,nazi regimes4