Bill Text: IL SR1292 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Frieda "Fritzie" (Weiss) Fritzshall.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-01-06 - Resolution Adopted [SR1292 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR1292-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
3 | to learn of the death of Frieda "Fritzie" (Weiss) Fritzshall, | ||||||
4 | who passed away on June 19, 2021; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Fritzie Fritzshall was born in Klucarky, | ||||||
6 | Czechoslovakia on August 21, 1929; when the Nazis invaded her | ||||||
7 | country in 1944, her family was forced into a ghetto before | ||||||
8 | being deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, | ||||||
9 | and the Nazis murdered her mother, two younger brothers, and | ||||||
10 | other family members; she endured torture at Auschwitz and a | ||||||
11 | related forced labor camp for one year; after escaping during | ||||||
12 | a death march, she was finally freed by the Soviet Army in | ||||||
13 | 1945; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Fritzie Fritzshall immigrated to the United | ||||||
15 | States after the war, where she was reunited with her father; | ||||||
16 | she married Norman Fritzshall, a World War II veteran who had | ||||||
17 | been a prisoner of war in the Pacific theater, and he preceded | ||||||
18 | her in death in 2003; she worked as a hairdresser; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Fritzie Fritzshall was a longtime advocate for | ||||||
20 | preserving the stories and legacy of Holocaust survivors; she | ||||||
21 | served as president of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & | ||||||
22 | Education Center, the third largest Holocaust museum in the |
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1 | world; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Fritzie Fritzshall spent her life fighting | ||||||
3 | against hatred and prejudice and encouraging people to become | ||||||
4 | upstanders rather than bystanders; she was relentless in | ||||||
5 | combatting hatred by sharing her story as a survivor of the | ||||||
6 | Holocaust and her insights on anti-Semitism and the refugee | ||||||
7 | crisis; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Fritzie Fritzshall was the wife of the late | ||||||
9 | Norman; the mother of Steven (Hinda Meadow) Fritzshall; the | ||||||
10 | grandmother of Scott and Andy Fritzshall; the sister of two | ||||||
11 | late brothers; the daughter of the late Herman and Sarah; and | ||||||
12 | the aunt, cousin, and friend of many; therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
15 | Frieda "Fritzie" (Weiss) Fritzshall and honor her service to | ||||||
16 | the people of Illinois; and be it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to the family of Fritzie Fritzshall as an expression | ||||||
19 | of our deepest sympathy and in gratitude for her work and her | ||||||
20 | lifetime of public service.
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