Bill Text: IL HR0459 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Harold Katz on his bar mitzvah.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0459 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0459-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Harold Katz on the | ||||||
4 | occasion of his bar mitzvah on May 28, 2017; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Harold Katz first prepared for his bar mitzvah 76 | ||||||
6 | years ago in his hometown of Tarn,
Czechoslovakia; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Shortly before the time of his bar mitzvah, Harold | ||||||
8 | Katz fled on the back of a wagonload of lumber from | ||||||
9 | Czechoslovakia to
Budapest, Hungary to escape Nazi forces; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Harold Katz spent the next four years in Budapest | ||||||
11 | hiding from the Nazis by obtaining
false identity papers; he | ||||||
12 | faced many trials during his time in Budapest, including
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13 | escaping from prison three times and trying to obtain passage | ||||||
14 | to Jerusalem; and
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15 | WHEREAS, While Harold Katz was hiding, his parents, | ||||||
16 | brothers, and sisters were transported to
Auschwitz, where his | ||||||
17 | entire family, except his brother, Maurie, were killed; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Harold Katz and Maurie were reunited after World | ||||||
19 | War II; they located family in the United
States and moved to | ||||||
20 | Chicago; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Harold Katz began working as a sewing machine | ||||||
2 | operator and opened a
construction company with his brother; | ||||||
3 | and
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4 | WHEREAS, Harold Katz met his wife, Judy, a survivor of | ||||||
5 | Auschwitz, at the Jewish People's Institute in
Chicago, where | ||||||
6 | they were learning English; they later had a daughter and two | ||||||
7 | sons; therefore, be it
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8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
9 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
10 | congratulate Harold Katz on his bar mitzvah
and we wish him and | ||||||
11 | his family all the best during the momentous occasion; and be | ||||||
12 | it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | presented to Harold Katz as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
15 | respect.
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