Summers County Commission Signs Holocaust Remembrance Proclamation

SUMMERS COUNTY W.Va. (Hinton News) – During their regular meeting on Wednesday, April 10, the Summers County Commission signed a Holocaust Remembrance Proclamation. The proclamation reads:

Whereas, April 24, 2025, is Holocaust, Yom HaShoah, known as the Day of Remembrance, for the genocide of six million Jews and five million additional people during World War Two.

Whereas, among those lives extinguished, along with Jewish people, included those with disabilities, racial minorities, political dissidents, the Roma, the Sinti, the Slavs and those who worked to protect others, who were killed or endured abuse by the Nazi regime and their collaborators; and

Whereas, the Governor of West Virginia Patrick Morrisey proclaimed International Holocaust Remembrance Day January 27, 2025; and

Whereas, in 1980, the United States Congress established “Days of Remembrance” as the nation’s annual commemoration of the Holocaust, and in 2020 passed the “Never Again Education Act” to increase U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum education programming. This year, Yom HaShoah, the Day of Remembrance, is April 24, a time set aside to honor all the victims, survivors, and liberators; and

Whereas, we remember the victims, the heroes, and, in America, our fathers and grandfathers who bravely fought against the cruelty, the heinous and atrocious actions they witnessed and the nightmares they endured, during and decades following the liberation of the Nazi death camps; and

Whereas, this day serves as a reminder of the resilience of the human spirit and the enduring importance of remembrance.

The County of Summers, West Virginia, does hereby declare April 24, 2025, as Yom HaShoah Day of Remembrance, and encourages all community members to reflect on this day and week of remembrance.

A public commemoration Holocaust Remembrance event will be held in Hinton on April 24 at 4 p.m. in the Magnolia Room at 419 2nd Ave. Look for more information on the event in a future article.