[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 4, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                   TRIBUTE TO MALA AND HENRY DORFMAN

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I wish to extend my congratulations to Mala 
and Henry Dorfman who will receive the first Holocaust Memorial Center 
Legacy Award for ``exemplary leadership and life-long philanthropy'' at 
the 10th anniversary dinner of the Holocaust Memorial Center in 
Detroit.
  The Dorfmans have been tireless and unstinting supporters of the HMC 
and its educational outreach programs. Both Holocaust survivors, they 
were instrumental in stimulating community interest in creating 
America's first Holocaust Center. Henry Dorfman began raising funds for 
the HMC in 1979 when he became chair of the endowment committee for a 
future museum.
  After the Holocaust Memorial Center was built, Henry Dorfman served 
as chairman of its executive committee, a position he held from 1984-
94. He is now the president of the HMC; he and Mala Dorfman and their 
children continue to be active and generous supporters.
  Henry Dorfman was born in Poland and survived the Holocaust by 
jumping with his father off a train carrying the family to Treblinka. 
Father and son lived underground until the end of the war. Three years 
after his arrival in America, he founded Thorn Apple Valley, which grew 
to be a Fortune 500 company.
  Mala Dorfman survived the Holocaust in a labor camp. She and Henry 
met after the war and lived in Germany before immigrating to the United 
States. Both continue to be active in the Detroit Jewish community and 
are very generous to many organizations, both with their time and 
money.
  I wish them many more years of service in good health and 
contentment.

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