PROCLAMATION

In Recognition of the Holocaust
April 2007

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.

We must never forget these atrocities, and we must not allow others who seek to deny the fact or extent of the Holocaust to distort this painful and shameful history.   Unfortunately, the specter of hatred continues to resurface in acts of genocide throughout the world and reminds us that each of us, as individuals, must 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.  Historians note that the first victims of the Holocaust were the children. Therefore, the theme for this year's observance is, "Children in Crisis: Voices from the Holocaust”

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SUSAN A. COLE, President of Montclair State University, hereby proclaim April 15, 2007 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
March 27, 2007