C7AC - Mourn Passing of Holocaust Survivor Schaecter

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE CITY’S MOURNING FOR THE PASSING OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND COMMUNITY LEADER DAVID SCHAECTER; HONORING HIS LIFE, LEGACY, AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND BEYOND; RECOGNIZING HIS COURAGE IN EDUCATING GENERATIONS ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AND HIS WORK TO FIGHT ANTISEMITISM IN ALL FORMS; EXPRESSING THE CITY’S STRONGEST SUPPORT FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY; THANKING HIS WIFE SYDNEY FOR HER DEVOTION DURING HIS LATER YEARS; AND DECLARING APRIL 30 AS “DAVID SCHAECTER DAY” IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, COMMEMORATING THE DAY HE TESTIFIED BEFORE THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AT AGE 95 TO WARN AGAINST THE DANGERS OF ANTISEMITISM AND HATE.