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City of Toronto Proclamation |
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"Holocaust Education Week"
October 30 - November 11, 2003
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during this 23rd annual Holocaust Education Week, it is important that we honour the memory of the men, women and children who perished during the Holocaust and support the survivors who suffer the physical and emotional scars of this horrific period; and |
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in order that these unimaginable horrors must never be repeated, it is our duty to educate our children about the lessons of the past in order to avoid a repetition of history and help them develop a deeper understanding of their responsibility for the future; and |
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only through remembrance, education and understanding of the Holocaust can public awareness be heightened and anti-semitism, racism and prejudice eliminated. |
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I, Mayor Mel Lastman, on behalf of Toronto City Council and the 2.5 million people of our great City, do hereby proclaim October 30 - November 11, 2003 as "Holocaust Education Week". |
[Signed Mayor Mel Lastman]
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