Congressman Cohen Recognizes New “Righteousness Among the Nations” on Holocaust Memorial Day

WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today recognized Tuesday's annual Holocaust Remembrance Day by calling Renee Good and Alex Pretti, killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis for standing up for a just cause, just like the "righteousness among the nations" who saved Jews from the Holocaust.

He noted that the painter Marc Chagall credited the "righteous" non-Jews for saving his life after he fled to Marseille during the Second World War. The Nazi assaults, like current ICE outrages, are being conducted by agents of government.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"Every year, we recall the loss of the millions killed by Nazis during the Second World War, a holocaust of innocent humanity unlike anything in history. We may not always remember the heroes of that period, those who stood up despite immense personal danger and in defiance of real evil, to protect innocent people they barely knew. In recent days, we have seen what Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial, calls 'the righteousness of the nations' stand up to the inhumane, uncivilized and brutish attacks on peaceful protestors by the immoral ICE raids in Minneapolis. Renee Good and Alex Pretti were exercising their right to object to the lawlessness and are now dead. They are, on this Day of Remembrance, among 'the righteousness of the nations,' and will be forever remembered for their exemplary sacrifice."WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today recognized Tuesday's annual Holocaust Remembrance Day by calling Renee Good and Alex Pretti, killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis for standing up for a just cause, just like the "righteousness among the nations" who saved Jews from the Holocaust.

He noted that the painter Marc Chagall credited the "righteous" non-Jews for saving his life after he fled to Marseille during the Second World War. The Nazi assaults, like current ICE outrages, are being conducted by agents of government.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"Every year, we recall the loss of the millions killed by Nazis during the Second World War, a holocaust of innocent humanity unlike anything in history. We may not always remember the heroes of that period, those who stood up despite immense personal danger and in defiance of real evil, to protect innocent people they barely knew. In recent days, we have seen what Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial, calls 'the righteousness of the nations' stand up to the inhumane, uncivilized and brutish attacks on peaceful protestors by the immoral ICE raids in Minneapolis. Renee Good and Alex Pretti were exercising their right to object to the lawlessness and are now dead. They are, on this Day of Remembrance, among 'the righteousness of the nations,' and will be forever remembered for their exemplary sacrifice."

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