Washington, Jan. 27 -- Congressman Steny H. Hoyer issued the following press release:
Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) released the following statement in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day:
"Today, I join in observing International Holocaust Remembrance Day. We cannot afford to forget what Allied troops saw when they liberated the Nazi death camps eighty-one years ago. The Nazis' industrial murder of 6 million Jews and millions of other victims revealed the darkest side of humanity.
"That oppression did not begin in the camps, however. First, Jews were removed from the civil service, universities, and other institutions. Then, they were stripped of their rights and their property. Eventually, the Nazis confi...