ALBANY, NY – In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Senator David Carlucci recognized members of the Rockland community who are working to make a difference and educate the Hudson Valley about the atrocities surrounding the Holocaust so they may never happen again.

On Tuesday, Senator Carlucci passed a resolution on the New York State Senate floor, formally recognizing it as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in New York State. In attendance for the resolution, staff from Suffern’s Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education, along with Rockland County resident, 93-year-old, Alan Moskin who fought in WWII against the Nazis and helped liberate the Gunskirchen concentration camp in Austria on May 4, 1945.

Senator David Carlucci said, “It’s important we always remember. One day does not seem enough to mark the gravity of one of the greatest human tragedies in history. With International Holocaust Remembrance Day comes a commitment among all of us to better educate everyone about the more than 11 million people killed, 6 million of whom were Jews. It is by telling residents about resources for education like the Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education and highlighting their work in local school districts that we raise awareness. I thank the museum for its continued efforts to educate against hate. I also thank WWII veteran, Alan Moskin who has shared his story with the museum and continues to talk with to thousands of young people about the horrors he saw when he liberated the Gunskirchen concentration camp. By speaking to young people, Moskin has a true impact on them and is ensuring they know hate has no place in our society.”

View view from the ceremony above.