,,iv  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #di  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,january #bf1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,deutch 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,engel1 
,ms4 ,ros-,lehtinen1 ,mrs4 ,lowey1 ,mr4 
,roskam1 and ,mr4 ,israel7 submitted the
 following resolution2 which was        
referred to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,affairs1 and in addition to the        
,committee on ,armed ,services1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,,resolution       
,honoring the victims of the ,holocaust1
 commending countries and organizations 
for marking the #gjth anniversary of the
 liberation of ,auschwitz1 and          
expressing the commitment of the ,house 
of ,representatives to strengthen the   
fight against anti-,semitism1 bigotry1  
and intolerance4  ,whereas1 during      
,world ,war ,,ii1 the ,nazi regime and  
its collaborators systematically        

murdered #f1jjj1jjj ,jews and millions  
of other individuals2 ,whereas more than
 #fj percent of the ,jewish population  
in ,europe before ,world ,war ,,ii was  
murdered by ,nazi ,germany and its      
collaborators2 ,whereas the ,auschwitz  
concentration camp complex1 which       
included a killing center at ,birkenau1 
was the largest camp complex established
 by the ,nazi regime2 ,whereas1         
according to the ,united ,states        
,holocaust ,memorial ,museum1 at least  
#a1cjj1jjj people were deported to      
,auschwitz between #aidj and #aide1 of  
whom #a1ajj1jjj were murdered2 ,whereas 
at least #ifj1jjj of the #a1ajj1jjj     
murdered people were ,jewish2 ,whereas  
the ,nazi ,,ss also deported to         
,auschwitz hundreds of thousands of     
people whom the ,german ,security       
,police deemed to be inferior1          
dangerous1 or undesirable1 including    
,roma and ,sinti1 people with           
disabilities1 ,poles1 ,soviet civilians 
and prisoners of war1 ,afro-,germans1   

,jehovah's ,witnesses1 homosexuals1 and 
other groups2 ,whereas the ,nazis       
murdered their victims by systematically
 using such methods as mass executions1 
hanging1 gas chambers1 starvation1 and  
torture1 by subjecting them to forced   
labor and unethical medical             
experimentation1 and by denying them    
even the most basic medical treatment   
for disease or infection2 ,whereas1 on  
,january #bg1 #aide1 the ,nazi          
concentration camp complex at           
,auschwitz1 including ,birkenau1 was    
liberated by the ,soviet army2 ,whereas1
 on ,november #a1 #bjje1 the ,united    
,nations ,general ,assembly passed      
,resolution #fj_/g1 which designated    
,january #bgth1 the anniversary of the  
liberation of ,auschwitz1 as annual     
,international ,day of ,commemoration1  
and which called on the world to        
remember the ,holocaust and honor the   
victims of the ,holocaust era2 ,whereas 
many countries around the world mark    
respective national ,holocaust          

remembrance days on ,january #bg1       
including ,denmark1 ,estonia1 ,germany1 
,greece1 ,italy1 ,sweden1 and the       
,united ,kingdom2 ,whereas there has    
been an increase in the number and      
intensity of anti-,semitic incidents    
around the world1 and ,jewish           
communities are feeling vulnerable in   
the face of growing anti-,jewish        
hostility and experiencing targeted1 and
 sometimes deadly1 attacks2 and ,whereas
 the ,united ,states ,department of     
,state expressed its concern for the    
rise in anti-,semitism in ,europe and   
around the world and referenced numerous
 polls offering evidence to the claims3 
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house
 of ,representatives-- 7#a7 memorializes
 the liberation of ,auschwitz2  7#b7    
honors the victims of ,auschwitz and    
other ,nazi concentration camps and     
killing centers1 and all other victims  
of ,nazi crimes and aggression2  7#c7   
honors the efforts of the ,united       
,states ,armed ,forces1 the armed forces

 of ,allied nations1 underground        
resistance fighters1 and other persons  
who helped defeat the ,nazi regime      
during ,world ,war ,,ii and liberate    
,auschwitz and other ,nazi camps2  7#d7 
expresses gratitude to those persons and
 entities hosting and participating in  
events commemorating the #gjth          
anniversary of the liberation of        
,auschwitz1 which includes a ,united    
,states ,presidential delegation        
attending an event in ,oswiecim1        
,poland2  7#e7 reaffirms its support for
 educational efforts to teach current   
and future generations about the        
,holocaust1 to preserve the memory of   
those murdered1 and to prevent any      
future genocide2 and  7#f7 urges all    
countries to implement educational      
lessons about the ,holocaust to explain 
how unchecked intolerance and prejudice1
 including racial1 ethnic1 or religious 
biases1 has led to1 and could in the    
future lead to1 atrocities as happened  
during the ,holocaust1 and to improve   

efforts to identify and combat          
anti-,semitism and other forms of       
bigotry and intolerance4