Jimmy Carter

“ No one who participated in the liberation of these camps or who has studied their history can ever forget-least of all the quarter-of-a-million survivors who found a home and built a new life in this country after the war. ”

“ We must rededicate ourselves to the principle of equality and justice for all peoples, remembering the terrible fruits of bigotry and hatred.
A joint resolution of the Congress (H.J. Res. 1014) approved September 18, 19711, authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation designating April 28 and 29, 1979, as "Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust."
Now, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate April 28 and April 29, 1979, as "Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust." ”