#aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4   
,,con4 ,,res4 #df  ,,concurrent         
,,resolution  ,whereas the annihilation 
of #f1jjj1jjj ,jews during the          
,holocaust and the murder of millions of
 others by the ,nazi ,german state      
constitutes one of the most tragic and  
heinous crimes in human history2        
,whereas hundreds of thousands of ,jews 
survived persecution by the ,nazi regime
 despite being imprisoned1 subjected to 
slave labor1 moved into ghettos1 forced 
to live in hiding or under false        
identity or curfew1 or required to wear 
the yellow star2 ,whereas in fear of the
 oncoming ,nazi ,einsatzgruppen1 or     
,nazi ,killing ,squads1 and the         
likelihood of extermination1 hundreds of
 thousands of ,jewish ,nazi victims fled
 for their lives2 ,whereas whatever type
 of persecution suffered by ,jews during
 the ,holocaust1 the common thread that 
binds ,holocaust victims is that they   
were targeted for extermination and they
 lived with a constant fear for their   

lives and the lives of their loved ones2
 ,whereas ,holocaust victims immigrated 
to the ,united ,states from ,europe1 the
 ,middle ,east1 ,north ,africa1 and the 
former ,soviet ,union between #aicc and 
the date of adoption of this resolution2
 ,whereas it is estimated that there are
 at least #ajj1jjj ,holocaust victims   
living in the ,united ,states and       
approximately #ejj1jjj ,holocaust       
victims living around the world1        
including child survivors of the        
,holocaust2 ,whereas tens of thousands  
of ,holocaust victims are at least #hj  
years old1 and the number of surviving  
,holocaust victims is diminishing2      
,whereas at least #ej percent of        
,holocaust victims alive today will pass
 away within the next decade1 and those 
living victims are becoming frailer and 
have increasing health and welfare      
needs2 ,whereas ,holocaust victims      
throughout the world continue to suffer 
from permanent physical and             
psychological injuries and disabilities 

and live with the emotional scars of a  
systematic genocide against the ,jewish 
people2 ,whereas many of the emotional  
and psychological scars of ,holocaust   
victims are exacerbated in the old age  
of the ,holocaust victims2 ,whereas the 
past haunts and overwhelms many aspects 
of the lives of ,holocaust victims when 
their health fails them2 ,whereas       
,holocaust victims suffer particular    
trauma when their emotional and physical
 circumstances force them to leave the  
security of their homes and enter       
institutional or other group living     
residential facilities2 ,whereas tens of
 thousands of ,holocaust victims live in
 poverty and cannot afford1 and do not  
receive1 sufficient medical care1 home  
care1 mental health care1 medicine1     
food1 transportation1 and other vital   
life-sustaining services that allow     
individuals to live their final years   
with comfort and dignity2 ,whereas      
,holocaust victims often lack family    
support networks and require social     

worker-supported case management in     
order to manage their daily lives and   
access government-funded services2      
,whereas in response to a letter sent by
 ,members of ,congress to the ,minister 
of ,finance of ,germany in ,december    
#bjae relating to increased funding for 
,holocaust victims1 ,german officials   
acknowledged that recent experience has 
shown that the care financed by the     
,german ,government to date is          
insufficient and that it is imperative  
to expand these assistance measures     
quickly given the advanced age of many  
of the affected persons2 ,whereas       
,german ,chancellor ,konrad ,adenauer   
acknowledged1 in #aiea1 the             
responsibility of ,germany to provide   
moral and financial compensation to     
,holocaust victims worldwide2 ,whereas  
every successive ,german ,chancellor has
 reaffirmed that acknowledgment1        
including ,chancellor ,angela ,merkel1  
who1 in #bjjg1 reaffirmed that only by  
fully accepting its enduring            

responsibility for this most appalling  
period and for the cruelest crimes in   
its history1 can ,germany shape the     
future2 ,whereas1 in #bjae1 the         
spokesperson of ,chancellor ,angela     
,merkel confirmed that all ,germans know
 the history of the murderous race mania
 of the ,nazis that led to the break    
with civilization that was the          
,holocaust ''' we know the              
responsibility for this crime against   
humanity is ,german and very much our   
own2 and ,whereas ,congress believes it 
is the moral and historical             
responsibility of ,germany to           
comprehensively1 permanently1 and       
urgently provide resources for the      
medical1 mental health1 and long-term   
care needs of all ,holocaust victims3   
,now1 therefore1 be it ,that ,congress--
 7#a7 acknowledges the financial and    
moral commitment of the ,federal        
,republic of ,germany over the past     
seven decades to provide a measure of   
justice for ,holocaust victims2 and     

7#b7 supports the goal of ensuring that 
all ,holocaust victims in the ,united   
,states and around the world are able to
 live with dignity1 comfort1 and        
security in their remaining years4      
,passed the ,senate ,july #ad1          
#bjaf4,secretary