P R O C L A M A T I O N
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
MAY 2, 2008

            

Holocaust Remembrance Day is a time for us to remember that six million Jews were murdered in the Nazi Holocaust from l933 to 1945 as part of a systematic program of genocide, and millions of other people also perished as victims of Nazism.

These atrocities must never be forgotten, and we must not allow others who seek to deny the fact or extent of the Holocaust to distort this painful and shameful history.   Today, the specter of hatred continues to resurface in acts of genocide throughout the world and reminds us, as individuals, that we each have a responsibility to actively resist the evils of hatred, prejudice, and bigotry wherever we confront them.

I encourage all members of our campus community to dedicate ourselves to the principles of peace, equality, justice, and human dignity for all people.  As a community committed to overcoming prejudice and intolerance through education, Montclair State University joins the President of the United States, the Congress, and other institutions throughout the world in this international commemoration.  In 1938, the Nazis staged vicious riots against the Jewish community in Germany.  Therefore, the theme for this year's observance is, "Do Not Stand Silent: Remembering Kristallnacht 1938”

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SUSAN A. COLE, President of Montclair State University, hereby proclaim May 2, 2008 as “Holocaust Remembrance Day,” and I urge all of us to let the tragedies of the past teach us the way to a more tolerant world.

 

                                                                                        SUSAN A. COLE

                                                                                        April 29, 2008