Steny H. Hoyer
01/27/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/27/2026 15:40
Hoyer Statement in Observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day:
"Today, I join in observing International Holocaust Remembrance Day. We cannot afford to forget what Allied troops saw when they liberated the Nazi death camps eighty-one years ago. The Nazis' industrial murder of 6 million Jews and millions of other victims revealed the darkest side of humanity.
"That oppression did not begin in the camps, however. First, Jews were removed from the civil service, universities, and other institutions. Then, they were stripped of their rights and their property. Eventually, the Nazis confined them to Ghettos. Finally, the Nazis marched innocent men, women, and children through the gates of Auschwitz, Dachau, Treblinka, and more than a thousand other camps across Europe. That evolution of hatred that led to their murder coincided with the death of democracy in Germany.
"At a time when the number of living Holocaust survivors grows ever smaller and the ranks of those who deny the Holocaust and glorify those who perpetrated it sadly grow larger, we each have a duty to combat antisemitism whenever and wherever it appears. We must remember that the Holocaust was borne not only of the Nazis' virulent fascist ideology but also the world's failure to stop it from spreading. Above all else, we must resolve never to see that tragedy repeated."
"Today, I join in observing International Holocaust Remembrance Day. We cannot afford to forget what Allied troops saw when they liberated the Nazi death camps eighty-one years ago. The Nazis' industrial murder of 6 million Jews and millions of other victims revealed the darkest side of humanity.
"That oppression did not begin in the camps, however. First, Jews were removed from the civil service, universities, and other institutions. Then, they were stripped of their rights and their property. Eventually, the Nazis confined them to Ghettos. Finally, the Nazis marched innocent men, women, and children through the gates of Auschwitz, Dachau, Treblinka, and more than a thousand other camps across Europe. That evolution of hatred that led to their murder coincided with the death of democracy in Germany.
"At a time when the number of living Holocaust survivors grows ever smaller and the ranks of those who deny the Holocaust and glorify those who perpetrated it sadly grow larger, we each have a duty to combat antisemitism whenever and wherever it appears. We must remember that the Holocaust was borne not only of the Nazis' virulent fascist ideology but also the world's failure to stop it from spreading. Above all else, we must resolve never to see that tragedy repeated."
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