>>> TODAY IS HOLOCAUST
REMEMBRANCE DAY WORLDWIDE
BECAUSE ON THIS DAY 76 YEARS AGO
AT 9:00 A.M., THE FIRST ALLIED
SOLDIER ENTERED THE AUSCHWITZ
DEATH CAMP.
THE RUSSIAN TROOPED WHO SBROD
THE CAMP THAT DAY AFTER THE
NAZIS FLED ONLY FOUND ABOUT
7,000 PRISONERS ALIVE.
THEY ALSO FOUND 44,000 FAIR OF
SHOES, ALONG WITH OTHER
HORRIFYING AND SICKENING
DISCOVERIES.
ABOUT A MILLION JEWS WERE
EXECUTED IN THE GAS CHAMBERS.
FIVE MILLION MORE AT OTHER
CAMPS.
WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHO NOT
EVERYONE IS HORRIFIED BY THAT.
SOME OF DONALD TRUMP’S
SUPPORTERS ARE NAZIS WHO BELIEVE
ADOLF HITLER DIDN’T KILL ENOUGH
JEWS.
WE SAW T-SHIRTS LIKE THIS AT
SOME TRUMP EVENTS.
THIS NAZI WHO SUPPORTS DONALD
TRUMP INVADED THE CAPITOL
WEARING A CAMP AUSCHWITZ HOODIE
IN THE HOPE OF KEEPING HIS HERO
IN THE PRESIDENCY.
WE DON’T KNOW WHO HE ADMIRES
MORE, DONALD TRUMP OR ADOLF
HITLER, BUT HE ADMIRES BOTH OF
THEM.
THEY BOTH PEOPLE TO HIM, MOVE
HIM TO ACTION ON JANUARY 6th,
ACTION TO WHICH HE FACES FEDERAL
PROSECUTION.
TONY BLINKEN TODAY SAID THIS.
>> IF I STEP FATHER WAS JUST A
BOY WHEN HE LOST HIS ENTIRE
FAMILY TO THE NAZIS.
HE SPENT NEARLY FOUR YEARS IN
LABOR AND DEATH CAMPS BEFORE HE
IMAGINED TO ESCAPE.
THE STORY MADE A DEEP IMPRESSION
ON ME.
IT TAUGHT ME THAT EVIL ON A
GRAND SCALE CAN AND DOES HAPPEN
IN OUR WORLD.
AND THAT WE HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO DO EVERYTHING
WE CAN TO STOP IT.
THOSE LESSONS ARE AS VITAL NOW
AS THEY’VE EVER BEEN, MAYBE MORE
SO.
IT’S NO ENT DIDACCIDENT THAT PEO
SEEK TO CREATE INSTABILITY AND
UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY OFTEN CAST
COUNT THE HOLOCAUST.
THEY WANT TO BLUR THE LINE
BETWEEN TRUTH AND LIES.
THAT’S WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT
THAT WE SPEAK THE TRUTH ABOUT
THE PAST, TO PROTECT THE FACTS
WITH OTHERS TRY TO DISTORT OR
TRIVIALIZE HOLOCAUST CRIMES AND
TO SEEK JUSTICE FOR THE
SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
EVERY DAY THAT I SERVE AS
SECRETARY OF STATE, I WILL CARRY
THE MEMORY OF MY STEP FATHER AND
HIS FAMILY AND THE SIX MILLION
JEWISH PEOPLE AND MILLIONS OF
OTHERS WHO WERE KILLED DURING
THE HOLOCAUST.
I WILL REMEMBER THE NATION’S
POWER ISN’T MEASURED ONLY BY THE
SIZE OF ITS MILITARY AND ECONOMY
BUT BY THE MORAL CHOICES IT
MAKES.
AND I WILL REMEMBER THAT
ATROCITIES LIKE THE HOLOCAUST
DON’T JUST HAPPEN.
THEY’RE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.
IT’S UP TO US TO STOP THEM.
NEVER AGAIN.
THANK YOU.
>> TOMLIN TOES IS THE ONLY
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WHO HAS
SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES
CONGRESS.
HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD WHEN HE WAS
SENT TO A PRISON CAMP IN THE
LAST YEAR OF WORLD WAR II.
NINE YEARS LATER HE RECEIVED HIS
PHD IN ECONOMICS FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT
BERKELEY.
HE SERVED IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES FOR 27 YEARS,
CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE FOREIGN
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND DIED IN
OFFICE WHEN HE WAS 80 YEARS OLD.
TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN WHO WAS
CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE FOREIGN
RELSS COMMITTEE REMEMBERED HIS
DEAR FRIEND IN THE PRESIDENT’S
STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY.
PRESIDENT BIDEN QUOTED
CONGRESSMAN LANTOS SAYING THE
VENEER OF CIVILIZATION IS PAPER
THIN.
WE ARE ITS GUARDIANS AND WE CAN
NEVER REST.