MEDIA ADVISORY AND PUBLIC NOTICE

Congressman Al Green Issues Statement Regarding International Holocaust Remembrance Day

(Houston, TX) — On Monday, January 27, 2025, Congressman Al Green released the following statement on X/Twitter:

On this International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I honor the memory of the approx. six million Jewish people murdered by Nazi Germany. We must not forget that the Holocaust was a result of an ideology of hatred & dehumanization. We must never allow these horrors to be repeated.

On this International Holocaust Remembrance Day, let us not forget the unspeakable horrors the Jewish people suffered - let us also ask why the horrors of 246 years of slavery in America is not commemorated. Both were unspeakable crimes against humanity.

I support having the horrors of the Holocaust taught in public schools to help prevent it from ever happening again. I also support having the horrors of slavery taught in public schools to prevent it from ever happening again. Both are unspeakable crimes against humanity.

On June 11, 2024, the House passed H.R.537 to honor the heroes of the Holocaust with a Congressional Gold Medal, which I supported. Why didn’t the same Congress pass H.R.1244 to honor the enslaved given that Congress in 1956 awarded a Congressional Gold Medal to honor Confederate soldiers?