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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 892 

Resolution to honor the life and legacy of Jack Repp. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 10, 2020 

Mr. ALLRED (for himself, Mr. OLSON, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. WEBER

of Texas, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. TAYLOR, Ms. ESCOBAR, 

Mr. BABIN, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. HURD of Texas, Mr. 

MCCAUL, and Mr. MARCHANT) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Resolution to honor the life and legacy of Jack Repp. 

Whereas Jack Repp was born on August 16, 1923, in 

Radom, Poland, to Lazar and Chava Rzepkowicz as one 

of five children, with his brothers, Srulik, David, and 

Jankel, and his sister, Nannette; 

Whereas Nazi Germany invaded Poland beginning in September 1939; 

Whereas, in 1941, Jack and family were interned in the 

Radom ghetto, during which time his father passed away 

two years later and his family was separated to different 

labor and concentration camps; 

Whereas, from 1941 to 1942, he worked in a Radom labor 

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Whereas, from 1942 to 1943, he worked in a Radom concentration camp until he was moved to an ammunition 

factory; 

Whereas, at the end of 1943, he was moved to Auschwitz 

Concentration Camp; 

Whereas eventually he was moved to Dachau Concentration 

Camp where he was liberated by United States forces on 

April 29, 1945; 

Whereas, on November 17, 1949, he moved to the United 

States to join relatives in Greenville, Texas; 

Whereas, in March 1950, he settled in Dallas, Texas; 

Whereas, after the war, he met his wife Edna in a displaced 

persons camp and they went on to have three children: 

Lotty, David, and Stanley, and enjoyed a happy marriage 

for 50 years until Edna passed away in 1995; 

Whereas, after his wife’s passing, he met Sara Yarrin at 

Temple Emanu-El and began another loving relationship 

that lasted 23 years; 

Whereas, for 20 years, Jack Repp has been sharing his life 

story of the horrors that happened against the Jewish 

people and in the concentration camps under the Nazi regime in the hopes that by sharing this story people would 

learn from the past to prevent these horrors from happening again; 

Whereas, in 2017, he and Rabbi Lewin published a book that 

told his story in Dreams and Jealousy: The Story of Holocaust Survivor Jack Repp; 

Whereas he has lectured to thousands of people at museums, 

public and private schools, universities, and military 

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nity as a member of Temple Emanu-El, Temple Shearith 

Israel, and a speaker at the Dallas Holocaust Museum/ 

Center for Education and Tolerance; 

Whereas Jack Repp passed away peacefully at the age of 96 

on January 14, 2020; and 

Whereas Jack Repp was one of the last Holocaust survivors 

living in Dallas, and with his death, our country loses another connection to the past and a storyteller of the horrors of the Holocaust: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) extends its heartfelt sympathy to the family 

3 of Jack Repp on the occasion of his death; 

4 (2) honors the life and legacy of Jack Repp; 

5 and 

6 (3) honors and expresses deep appreciation to 

7 Jack Repp on the behalf of the United States for 

8 continuing to share his story of his experience dur9 ing the Holocaust. 

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