,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #edb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march    
#ab1 #bjbj,mr4 ,gardner 7for himself1   
,ms4 ,sinema1 ,ms4 ,mc,sally1 ,mr4      
,bennet1 and ,mr4 ,inhofe7 submitted the
 following resolution2 which was        
referred to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,relations  ,,resolution  ,commemorating
 the #geth anniversary of the liberation
 of the ,dachau concentration camp      
during ,world ,war ,,ii4  ,whereas the  
,dachau concentration camp1 established 
in ,march #aicc-- 7#a7 was the first    
concentration camp established by the   
,german ,national ,socialist1 or ,nazi1 
government2 and  7#b7 operated          
continuously until the end of ,world    
,war ,,ii in #aide2 ,whereas the ,dachau
 concentration camp housed ,germans who 
were deemed political1 racial1 or social
 threats by the ,nazi regime1 including 
,communists1 ,social ,democrats1 ,jews1 
,roma1 members of the clergy1 ,jehovah's
 ,witnesses1 and other religious and    

cultural minorities2 ,whereas1 in       
addition to ,germans1 prisoners at the  
,dachau concentration camp included     
,poles1 ,hungarians1 ,austrians1        
,italians1 ,lithuanians1 ,czechs1       
,slovenes1 ,belgians1 and other foreign 
nationals from countries occupied or    
invaded by ,germany2 ,whereas the ,nazis
 imprisoned more than #bjj1jjj civilians
 in the ,dachau concentration camp and  
the more than #ajj subcamps of the      
,dachau concentration camp2 ,whereas the
 ,nazis murdered tens of thousands of   
innocent civilians at the ,dachau       
concentration camp1 one of many camps   
where the ,nazis brutally killed        
millions of people1 including #f1jjj1jjj
 ,jews1 during the ,holocaust2 ,whereas 
the ,nazis tortured and conducted       
medical experiments on civilian         
prisoners at the ,dachau concentration  
camp1 including by-- 7#a7 subjecting the
 prisoners to pressure extremes2  7#b7  
submersing the prisoners in freezing    
water2  7#c7 forcing the prisoners to   

drink salt water2 and  7#d7 infecting   
the prisoners with malaria2 ,whereas the
 ,nazis subjected civilian prisoners at 
the ,dachau concentration camp to forced
 labor-- 7#a7 first for the initial     
construction and expansion of the camp2 
and  7#b7 later primarily for armaments 
production to supply the ,german        
military2 ,whereas1 following the       
advance of ,allied ,forces1 the ,nazi   
regime began the systematic transfer of 
prisoners from evacuated concentration  
camps to the ,dachau concentration camp 
for continued imprisonment2 ,whereas1 in
 ,december #aidc1 ,dwight ,d4           
,eisenhower was appointed as ,supreme   
,commander of the ,allied ,expeditionary
 ,forces and led the formal coordination
 of the ,allied ,forces1 with the       
mission to liberate ,europe2 ,whereas1  
on ,april #bi1 #aide1 the #deth         
,infantry ,thunderbird ,division of the 
,seventh ,army of the ,united ,states   
7referred to in this preamble as the    
#deth ,infantry ,division71 under the   

leadership of ,lieutenant ,colonel      
,felix ,sparks1 member of the ,colorado 
,army ,national ,guard and ,commander of
 the ,third ,battalion of the #aegth    
,infantry ,regiment of the #deth        
,infantry ,division1 along with units of
 the #dbnd ,infantry ,division and the  
#bjth ,armored ,division1 led the       
liberation of the main ,dachau          
concentration camp2 ,whereas the #deth  
,infantry ,division-- 7#a7 was composed 
of ,national ,guard units from          
,colorado1 ,oklahoma1 ,arizona1 and ,new
 ,mexico2 and  7#b7 deployed in ,june   
#aidc in support of the ,allied ,forces 
during ,world ,war ,,ii2 ,whereas1 in   
the ,european theater of operation1 the 
#deth ,infantry ,division suffered--    
7#a7 #a1hca deaths in battle2 and  7#b7 
#g1gia casualties2 ,whereas1 in #aihe1  
the ,united ,states ,army ,center of    
,military ,history and the ,united      
,states ,holocaust ,memorial ,museum    
honored the #deth ,infantry ,division   
with recognition as a liberating unit2  

and ,whereas commemoration of the       
liberation of the ,dachau concentration 
camp will instill in all people of the  
,united ,states a greater awareness of  
the unspeakable tragedies of the        
,holocaust3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that
 the ,senate-- 7#a7 commemorates ,april 
#bi1 #bjbj1 as the #geth anniversary of 
the liberation of the ,dachau           
concentration camp during ,world ,war   
,,ii2  7#b7 condemns the crimes against 
humanity committed by the ,nazi regime2 
and  7#c7 recognizes the valorous       
efforts of the #deth ,infantry          
,division1 the #dbnd ,infantry          
,division1 and the #bjth ,armored       
,division of the ,seventh ,army of the  
,united ,states in the liberation of the
 thousands of individuals imprisoned at 
the ,dachau concentration camp4