60th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp,
2005
At the Auschwitz concentration camp, evil found willing servants and
innocent victims. For almost 5 years, Auschwitz was a factory for murder
where more than a million lives were taken. It is a sobering reminder of
the power of evil and the need for people to oppose evil wherever it
exists. It is a reminder that when we find anti-Semitism, we must come
together to fight it.
In places like Auschwitz, evidence of the horror of the Holocaust has
been preserved to help the world remember the past. We must never forget
the cruelty of the guilty and the courage of the victims at Auschwitz
and other Nazi concentration camps.
During the Holocaust, evil was systematic in its implementation and
deliberate in its destruction. The 60th anniversary of the liberation of
Auschwitz is an opportunity to pass on the stories and lessons of the
Holocaust to future generations. The history of the Holocaust
demonstrates that evil is real, but hope endures.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 27, 2005, as the
60th anniversary of the Liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
I call upon all Americans to observe this occasion with appropriate
ceremonies
and programs to honor the victims of Auschwitz and the Holocaust. May
God bless their memory and their families, and may we always remember.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentyfifth day
of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
twentyninth.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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