[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20804]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING SIMON WIESENTHAL

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Holocaust survivor 
and freedom advocate Simon Wiesenthal. An extraordinary man of courage, 
he believed there can be no freedom without justice.
  Dedicating his life to this pursuit, he was responsible for finding 
and bringing to trial over 1,100 Nazi war criminals. A survivor of 
several different concentration camps through the course of World War 
II, he was finally liberated May 5, 1945. Sadly, most of his family had 
perished in the camps, over 89 persons. However, he cherished their 
memories and was strengthened with purpose.
  In an interview years later he said, ``I want to be their mouthpiece. 
I want to keep their memory alive, to make sure the dead live on in 
that memory.''
  Simon Wiesenthal is a legendary example of what a person with a 
vision and a will can do. They can change the world.

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