Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today made the following statement about International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is Thursday, January 27:
“Every year, on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps in 1945, the world remembers some of the darkest days in world history by vowing that ‘Never Again’ will we allow such inhumanity to occur. The United Nations established this day in 2004 as a way for the world to remember the past and to prevent future genocidal terror. I join my fellow Americans, and people around the world, as we pause to remember, reflect and resolve to continue our battle against dangerous ideologies and racial, ethnic and religious intolerance.”
Congressman Cohen sponsored and passed legislation to create the Tennessee Holocaust Commission as a state senator in 1984. As Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, better known as the Helsinki Commission, he has been a strong and consistent voice against antisemitism on both national and international fronts. Congressman Cohen has been a consistent supporter of legislation and other Congressional efforts to assure the perpetual memory of those lost in the Holocaust.
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