[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 5994]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING EVA GEIRINGER SCHLOSS

  (Mr. HARE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HARE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and commend Eva 
Geiringer Schloss for her efforts to educate our Nation about the evils 
of racism and hate.
  Eva was born in Austria in 1929. When the Nazis invaded, she and her 
family went into hiding in Amsterdam until they were arrested on Eva's 
15th birthday.
  Eva was sent to Auschwitz, where she endured the daily degradation of 
the concentration camp that robbed so many of their lives. Eva's father 
and brother were killed in the Holocaust. She and her mother were 
liberated by the Russian army.
  Eva Geiringer Schloss has traveled throughout the United States 
educating thousands of people about the dangers of unchecked prejudice 
and hate. A play based on Eva's life entitled ``And Then They Came for 
Me'' has been presented all over the country and will be performed in 
my district to mark the Holocaust Remembrance.
  It is my honor to recognize Eva, a courageous woman who endured 
unimaginable brutality and has dedicated her life to fighting 
injustice.

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