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Sen. Weiner reads Elie Wiesel speech in Senate for Yom Hashoah observance
Summary
Sen. Weiner marked Yom Hashoah with an extended reading of Elie Wiesel's 1995 speech, calling on the Senate to remember victims of the Holocaust and to reject fanaticism and racial hate.
Sen. Weiner delivered a point of personal privilege to mark Yom Hashoah, reading substantial excerpts from a 1995 speech by Elie Wiesel. He said the words were not his and asked the chamber to reflect on the victims and the duty to remember.
"After Auschwitz, nothing will ever be the same," Weiner read, and urged colleagues to reject religious fanaticism and racial hate. The senator framed the observance as a call to remember the 'stateless, faceless, and nameless victims' and to apply that memory to present-day commitments against hatred.
Weiner included Hebrew phrases and called the day a commitment to commemorate the dead rather than celebrate victory. Senators responded with thanks after the reading.
