PUBLIC LAW 100-632—NOV. 7, 1988	102 STAT. 3319
Public Law 100-632
100th Congress
Joint Resolution
Designating November 4 through 10,1988, as the "Week of Remembrance of	Nov. 7, 1988
Kristallnacht".	[H.J. Res. 654]
Whereas November 9-10, 1988, marks the fiftieth anniversary of
Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass;
Whereas Kristallnacht was sanctioned by the Nazi state to terrorize
the Jewish citizens of Germany and Austria;
Whereas during Kristallnacht, hundreds of synagogues in Germany
and Austria were burned and destroyed, businesses and homes
were ransacked, scores of innocent people were killed because
they were Jews, and thousands of such people were arrested and
sent to concentration camps;
Whereas the lack of any response from civilized nations led the
governments of Germany and Austria to believe that further
atrocities would go unpunished;
Whereas this belief brought about mass murders and carnage on a
scale never before seen in human history;
Whereas Kristallnacht was a watershed event in Nazi rule and
served as a prelude to the Second World War and the death of
millions of innocent people;
Whereas the reign of the Nazi government marks one of the darkest
periods in civilized history; and
Whereas Kristallnacht should remind us all that evil must be
confronted forcefully and the civilized world cannot watch idly
while barbarism and mass murder are committed against in-
nocent peoples: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That November 4
through 10, 1988, is designated as the "Week of Remembrance of
Kristallnacht", and the President is authorized and requested to
issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to
observe such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
Approved November 7, 1988.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 654:
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988):
Oct. 21, considered and passed House and Senate.