The Act proclaims Yom ha-Shoah, the Day of the Holocaust, as Holocaust Memorial Day in Prince Edward Island.
c t HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY ACT PLEASE NOTE This document, prepared by the Legislative Counsel Office, is an office consolidation of this Act, current to November 1, 2003. It is intended for information and reference purposes only. This document is not the official version of the Act. The Act and the amendments as printed under the authority of the King’s Printer for the province should be consulted to determine the authoritative statement of the law. For more information concerning the history of this Act, please see the Table of Public Acts on the Prince Edward Island Government web site (www.princeedwardisland.ca). If you find any errors or omissions in this consolidation, please contact: Legislative Counsel Office Tel: (902) 368-4292 Email: legislation@gov.pe.ca Preamble Holocaust Memorial Day Act Section 1 c HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY ACT CHAPTER H-6.1 PREAMBLE WHEREAS the Holocaust refers to a specific event in history, namely, the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by the Nazis and their collaborators between 1933-1945; AND WHEREAS six million Jewish Holocaust victims were murdered, and many others were murdered because of physical or mental disability, race, religion, political belief, or sexual orientation; AND WHEREAS Canada, along with other Allied nations, took part in a prolonged armed struggle, costly in human life and human suffering, to defeat the inhumane regime of Nazism and its collaborators; AND WHEREAS this struggle took the lives of many Prince Edward Islanders and affected the lives of all Prince Edward Islanders, especially those who fought to help liberate the inmates of Nazi labour and concentration camps; AND WHEREAS such a day will provide an opportunity (a) to reflect upon and educate about the enduring lessons Humanity must learn from the Holocaust; (b) to recognize the necessity for perpetual vigilance to avoid such atrocities in the future; and (c) to consider other instances of the systematic destruction of peoples, human rights issues, and the multicultural reality of modern society; THEREFORE it is appropriate to establish a Holocaust Memorial Day - Yom ha-Shoah in Prince Edward Island to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust of 1933 - 1945. 1. Holocaust Memorial Day - Yom ha-Shoah Yom ha-Shoah, or the Day of the Holocaust, as determined in each year according to the Jewish lunar calendar, is proclaimed as Holocaust Memorial Day - Yom ha-Shoah in Prince Edward Island. 1999,c.9,s.1. c t Current to: November 1, 2003 Page 3