Agenda 01/25/2011 Item # 4B
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1/25/2011 Item 4.8.
COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 4.B.
Item Summary: Proclamation design~ting January 27, 2011 as International Holocaust
Remembrance Day. To be accepted by Joan Hogan, Holocaust Museum & Education Center of
Southwest Florida. Sponsored by Commissioner Coyle.
Meeting Date: 2/8/2011
Prepared By
Name: Paula Springs
Title: Executive Aide to the BCC,
1/14/201112:02:42 PM
Approved By
Name: SheffieldMichael
Title: Manager-Business Operations, CMO
Date: 1/14/2011 12:37:09 PM
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PROCLAMA TION
WHEREAS, in a resolutlM co-sponsored by the 104 Membt:r Statu, tha
United Nations Gtmef'tll Assembly has designated January [;fir as
InternatlOf/al Holocaust Remembrance /)ay in an effort to keep
memory of the Holocaust alivB, QJ'fd to reaffirm unfaltering resolve
to prevent the recurrence of such crimM Imd future acts of
genocide: and,
WHEREAS, JQJ'fuary 27, 1945 Is currently recognind as the afficial day of
remembrwnce for Holocaust victims In many countries and marks
the day when an advancing S()l'iet army liberated tha lt1l"flllst NrI::lf
death camp, AU$chwitz-Sirkenau in Poland: and,
WHEREAS, CQllier County encDtlf'tlges all Its citizens to reCtJfll1lze tha grlevliKJ$
crimes commftted during the Holocaust QJ'fcl to I'tJlTum1ber f}u,
suffering of the 1 t million humans who per/shed: and,
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WHEREAS, The Holocaust Museum & Education Cen"r of Southwest Florida
prtJmotes tolerr:lnce and understonding by tJtachlng the history and
lessans of the Holocaust through Its educational programs.
NOW THCREFORE, be it proclaimed by the Boord of County Commissioners of
Collier County, F1orkla, that Januory 27, 2011, be designated as
INTERNA770NAL HOLOCAlIST REMEMBRANCE DAY
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 25th Day of January, 2011.
SOARD OF COUNTY COMMZ5S.IONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
FRED COYLE, CHAIRMAN
ATTEST:
l>WIG/ff E. BROCK. CLERK
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