[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10752]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING STEVEN SCHWARZ

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, last week I attended a ceremony in the 
Capitol Rotunda to commemorate the 2007 Holocaust Days of Remembrance.
  Fred Zeidman and Joel Geiderman, Chairman and Vice Chairman of the 
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, spoke eloquently about the horror and 
courage, the unspeakable tragedy and unimaginable heroism that even 62 
years later we cannot begin to comprehend.
  Sara Bloomfield, Director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
well as my colleague, Senator Joe Lieberman, added their own powerful 
words.
  I was privileged to sit beside Steven Schwarz. As we sat together, 
Steven listened silently, tears streaming down his face. Afterward, he 
told me his story.
  Born in Poland, Steven lost both parents and a brother in the 
Holocaust. Forged with sheer willpower and blessings from God, he, his 
late wife Tina, and his brother Henryk managed to survive by hiding out 
in Poland. In 1953, they came to the United States and were welcomed 
with open arms. In the years that followed, Steven and his brother rose 
to become prominent and successful businessmen, overcoming great 
suffering to live the American dream.
  Steven Schwarz embodies the grace and fortitude of all those who 
wrested triumph from despair. I am honored to have shared that day of 
remembrance with him and pleased to now pay tribute to his life story 
in the Record of the U.S. Congress as a powerful and poignant example 
of the unbreakable human spirit.

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