South Queens, NY – New York State Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato passed a State-wide resolution in the New York State Assembly to declare January 27th as “International Holocaust Remembrance Day.” This year marks the 81st Anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. The State-wide resolution is an official declaration that commits New York to remembering the atrocities of the Holocaust as it “...represents the darkest period in the civilization of mankind and must always be remembered in order to prevent its reoccurrence anywhere else in the world.”

“We must always commemorate the 6 million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust and pay tribute to their memory. It is our responsibility to never let hate go unchecked, and most importantly, that we never forget. May their memories forever be a blessing,” said Pheffer Amato, the only Jewish elected official in South Queens.