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House adopts resolution recognizing International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Summary
The House adopted House Resolution 30 on Jan. 27, 2026, designating Jan. 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day; Representative Grossberg delivered a lengthy statement recounting survivor testimony, history, and concerns about antisemitism and Holocaust awareness among younger generations.
The Kentucky House adopted House Resolution 30 on Jan. 27, 2026, designating the day as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and including a formal reading of survivor testimony and moral exhortation.
Representative Grossberg presented the resolution and delivered an extended address describing the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, citing historical victim counts and survivor statistics, referencing Yad Vashem and the responsibility to pass memory and testimony to future generations. The legislator said a survey found gaps in Holocaust knowledge among younger Americans and warned about the persistence of antisemitism and denial, framing education and remembrance as necessary civic duties. "It is incumbent upon all of us to use this fire and become the torch bearers of the names of the victims and the survivors of the holocaust," Grossberg said during the floor statement.
The resolution was moved and adopted without objection. The floor record includes a long, formal reading of a survivor declaration and related reflections; the House adopted the citation and resolution during the motions and communications section of the day’s business.
The adoption is ceremonial and symbolic, intended to recognize a historical observance and encourage continued education and remembrance; it does not itself change statute or appropriation.
