RESOLUTION 89-19721 RESOLUTION NO. 89-19721
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CALLING FOR THE MOVING
OF THE CARMELITE CONVENT FROM THE SITE OF THE
FORMER AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE AND CALLING UPON ALL MANKIND TO PUT
ASIDE BIGOTRY AND HATRED AND UNITE IN MUTUAL
RESPECT AND HARMONY SO THAT THE HOLOCAUST WILL
NEVER AGAIN BE REPEATED.
WHEREAS, the Holocaust which occured during World War II was
the worst tragedy in human history, with six million Jews
exterminated during that time, and
WHEREAS, Auschwitz was a Concentration Camp in which over two
million Jews were destroyed and is a memorial and final resting
place for those souls, and
WHEREAS, an Agreement was made in 1987 between Catholic and
Jewish leaders to move the convent off of the Auschwitz grounds to
a nearby Interfaith Center by February 22 , 1989, which date has
long since passed, and
WHEREAS, certain prelates of the Catholic Church have refused
to honor the Agreement of 1987 , and
WHEREAS, the construction and continuation of the Carmelite
Convent at the site of the former Auschwitz Concentration Camp
grounds is contrary to the Agreement and to the memory of those
martyred Jews;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the City Commission hereby
calls for the honoring of the Agreement by the moving of the
Carmelite Convent from the site of the former Auschwitz
Concentration Camp as soon as possible, so that the sanctity of
martyred Jews will be maintained as we commemorate the 50th
anniversary of the beginning of World War I I, on September 1, 1939 ;
and that the City Commission calls upon all mankind to learn the
bitter lessons of that painful event by putting aside bigotry and
hatred and uniting in a spirit of mutual respect and harmony, so
that such an awful event never again be repeated.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 6th day of September , 1989 .
ioolgOler
MA`OR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
Requested by Commissioner Abe Resnick
FORM APPROVED
LEGAL DEPT.
By
Date
ORIGINAL
RESOLUTION NO. o9-197_21
Calling for the moving of the Carmelite
Convent from the cite of the former
Auschwitz Concentration Camp as soon as
possible and calling upon all mankind to
put aside bigotry and hatred and unit in
mutual respect and harmony so that the
Holocaust will never again be repeated.