2023 Holocaust Days of Remembrance

1.  This year, the Holocaust Days of Remembrance are from 16 April 2023 through 23 April 2023 with the observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day taking place on 18 April 2023.  In Hebrew, Holocaust Remembrance Day translates as, "Yom Ha Shoah."<br>
2.  Public Law 96-388 was enacted establishing the United States Holocaust Memorial Council 7 October 1980.  The Council's responsibilities are to "provide appropriate ways for the Nation to commemorate the Holocaust and encourage and sponsor appropriate observances of such Days of Remembrance throughout the United States."  The Council also participates in the development and maintenance of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC.  Since the Council's inception, Presidents have issued proclamations, executive orders, and other guiding statements on the Holocaust Days of Remembrance.<br>
3.  "On International Holocaust Remembrance Day and every day, the United States stands with Holocaust victims, their families, and their descendants.  We remember.  We honor their stories.  We will face down the hate and the lies that carry in them the terrifying echoes of one of the worst chapters in human history.  And for generations to come, we will continue to defend our foundational values as a nation – freedom, equality, and dignity for all human beings" said President Joseph R. Biden Jr in his 26 January 2023 Statement of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.<br>
4.  The genocide now known as the Holocaust occurred between 1933 and 1945.  It was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of 6 million Jewish people by the National Socialist German Workers' Party (commonly known as the Nazis) and their collaborators.<br>
5.  During December 1948, the United Nations formalized the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.  Subsequently, genocide became recognized as an international crime.<br>
6.  During this observance, commanders are encouraged to observe the Days of Remembrance and to support opportunities to introduce and critically discuss the Holocaust and related topics.  <br>
7.  Release authorized by Lieutenant General James F. Glynn, Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserves Affairs.