Rotunda Rite in Remembrance of Holocaust
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WASHINGTON — The Holocaust was remembered Tuesday in the Capitol Rotunda in ceremonies that celebrated the triumph of justice over vengeance in the Nuremberg war crimes trial 50 years ago.
The 1946 trial of major war criminals “remind us that after barbarism came a call for reasoned justice,” said keynote speaker Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer.
Members of Congress, Jewish leaders and five Supreme Court justices gathered for the 15th Rotunda ceremony to mark Yom Hashoah, the Day of Remembrance for the Holocaust, and pay honor to the 6 million Jews and the many thousands of others murdered by the Nazis in World War II.
Shortly after, the House passed, 420 to 0, a resolution deploring individuals who deny the historical reality of the Holocaust.
The tribunal tried 22 leading Nazis for war crimes and--for the first time--crimes against humanity. Ten were hanged, others were sentenced to prison and three were acquitted.
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