[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 23, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1010]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    GERTRUDE AND SOL SLOAN--INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, I recently met with an 
extraordinary American by the name of Gertrude Sloan. Today, I rise to 
share her story and that of her late husband, Sol, both Holocaust 
survivors.
  Sol and Gertrude were born in Romania into Jewish families, and both 
were taken by the Nazi regime and held in a camp in Auschwitz. In an 
oral history, Sol tells the horrors of the concentration camps: 
starvation, beatings, and family separations with fatal endings.
  Of the 1.3 million people taken to Auschwitz, an estimated 1.1 
million were killed. Sol and Gertrude made it out alive. They met at a 
displaced person's camp and were later sponsored by relatives to come 
to America. In 1955, they opened Sloan's Antiques on Buffalo's east 
side, which continues to be operated by their son Max today.
  I share the Sloans' story as we prepare to recognize International 
Holocaust Remembrance Day. May it be a reminder of the unspeakable 
grief for the Holocaust and for the inspirational stories of those who 
survived.

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