STATEMENT COMMEMORATING INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

January 27

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we pause to remember one of the darkest chapters in human history—the systematic, state-sponsored annihilation of six million Jewish men, women, and children, and the persecution and murder of millions of others, carried out with chilling deliberation under the Nazi regime.

The Holocaust stands as a permanent warning of what occurs when law is severed from moral truth, when the inherent dignity of the human person is denied, and when the power of the state is unleashed without restraint by conscience, natural law, or accountability. It was not lawlessness that enabled the Holocaust, but perverted law—law stripped of justice, deployed in service of ideology, and enforced without regard for the sanctity of human life.

The lessons of the Holocaust are therefore not merely historical; they are enduring. They remind us that human rights do not originate with governments and may not be withdrawn by them. Human dignity is not conferred by the state, but is inherent—because every human being bears the image of God. When that truth is rejected, no group is ultimately safe.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day also calls us to vigilance. Antisemitism did not begin with Auschwitz, and it did not end there. Wherever Jews are maligned, marginalized, or threatened because of their faith or identity, the warning lights of history are flashing. Silence, indifference, and moral equivocation are never neutral; they are invitations to repetition.

As a people committed to the rule of law, to ordered liberty, and to the protection of fundamental rights, we bear a solemn responsibility: to remember truthfully, to speak clearly, and to act courageously. “Never again” is not a slogan; it is a moral obligation—one that requires both memory and resolve.

May this day strengthen our commitment to justice anchored in truth, liberty grounded in moral order, and the unwavering defense of human dignity for all.

The author gratefully acknowledges the use of AI-assisted drafting tools (i.e., OpenAI’s ChatGPT) in the preparation of this Issue Brief. All ideas, structural decisions, analysis, and final edits are solely the author’s own, and the author bears full responsibility for the content.