Rep. Johnson's Statement to Commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 29, 2015
January 29, 2015
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Ga. (4th CD), has issued the following statement:
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, known as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Seventy years ago, countless Jewish people were liberated from concentration camps -- camps with the sole purpose of exterminating an entire people and their culture. Holocaust survivors have shown incredible . . .
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, known as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Seventy years ago, countless Jewish people were liberated from concentration camps -- camps with the sole purpose of exterminating an entire people and their culture. Holocaust survivors have shown incredible . . .