Mayor John V. Lindsay has signed a proclamation naming tomorrow evening and Tuesday an official day of remembrance and observance “of the martyrdom of six million people who perished” in the holocaust. The proclamation paid tribute to the heroism of Jewish servicemen, the underground fighters “and to the besieged men and women of the ghettos who rose and kindled the flame of revolt in honor of their people.”
The proclamation also recalled the communities, synagogues and the public cultural, educational, religious and benevolent institutions which were destroyed “in an attempt to erase the name, faith and culture of Israel.” Lindsay called upon “all our citizens to reflect upon the martyrdom of the six million.”
Eli Zborowski, president of the American Federation of Jewish Fighters, Camp Inmates and Nazi Victims, one of the 60 national Jewish organizations that have proclaimed Monday evening and Tuesday as a day of remembrance, noted that the constant growth of Jewish national organizations recognizing the importance of remembering the holocaust “is connected with a rapidly growing desire of many young American Jews, especially university students, to know more about this period of our history.”
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