Holocaust Memorial Day 2017
- Submitted by: Jackson Carlaw, Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2016
- Motion reference: S5M-03204
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 26 January 2017
That the Parliament recognises that 27 January 2017 marks Holocaust Memorial Day; believes that the day should serve as an opportunity for learning institutions, faith groups and communities across Scotland, including in Eastwood, to remember the six million men, women and children murdered by the Nazi regime in occupied Europe; notes that the theme of Holocaust Memorial Day 2017 is "How can life go on?"; understands that this theme aims to look at the aftermath of the Holocaust, subsequent acts of genocide and the challenging questions that such actions continue to raise for individuals, communities and nations about their responsibilities in the wake of such criminal acts; values the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Lessons from Auschwitz project, which gives two post-16 students from every school and college in Scotland the opportunity to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau; celebrates the Holocaust survivors who subsequently made Scotland their home and thanks them for their contribution to Scotland as a nation, and recommits to ensuring that anti-Semitism in all its forms is challenged without fear or favour.
Supported by:
Tom Arthur, Jackie Baillie, Claire Baker, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Neil Bibby, Bill Bowman, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Donald Cameron, Peter Chapman, Maurice Corry, Bob Doris, Neil Findlay, Murdo Fraser, Kenneth Gibson, Maurice Golden, Mairi Gougeon, Iain Gray, Jamie Greene, Ross Greer, Rachael Hamilton, Emma Harper, Alison Harris, Clare Haughey, Daniel Johnson, Liam Kerr, Bill Kidd, John Lamont, Richard Leonard, Gordon Lindhurst, Richard Lochhead, Dean Lockhart, Richard Lyle, Fulton MacGregor, Ben Macpherson, Ruth Maguire, John Mason, Joan McAlpine, Liam McArthur, Ivan McKee, Stuart McMillan, Pauline McNeill, Margaret Mitchell, Edward Mountain, Oliver Mundell, Gil Paterson, Douglas Ross, Alex Rowley, Anas Sarwar, John Scott, Graham Simpson, Elaine Smith, Liz Smith, Colin Smyth, Alexander Stewart, Ross Thomson, Maree Todd, Adam Tomkins, David Torrance, Annie Wells, Sandra White, Brian Whittle, Andy Wightman