IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1743 
Congratulating Gerda Weissmann Klein on being selected to receive the 
Presidential Medal of Freedom. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 1, 2010 
Mr. MITCHELL (for himself and Mrs. SCHMIDT) submitted the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating Gerda Weissmann Klein on being selected 
to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 
Whereas Gerda Weissmann was born in Bielsko, Poland in 
1924; 
Whereas within months of the German invasion of Poland in 
1939, Ms. Weissmann’s brother Arthur was taken away 
by the Germans and the remainder of her family was 
forced to live in a ghetto; 
Whereas Ms. Weissmann was soon separated from her par-
ents, who were sent to Auschwitz; 
Whereas Ms. Weissmann was forced to spend the next 3 
years in a succession of slave-labor and concentration 
camps; 
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Whereas in 1945, Ms. Weissmann was forced to walk in a 
350-mile death march during which 2,000 women, includ-
ing Ms. Weissmann, were subjected to starvation, expo-
sure, and arbitrary execution; 
Whereas the death march ended in Volary, Czechoslovakia, 
when the survivors were liberated by the United States 
Army; 
Whereas Ms. Weissmann was one of less than 120 women to 
survive the death march; 
Whereas one of the American Army officers who helped lib-
erate the survivors was German-born Lieutenant Kurt 
Klein, whose parents had been murdered in Auschwitz; 
Whereas Ms. Weissmann and Lieutenant Klein fell in love, 
got married, and moved to the United States to start a 
family; 
Whereas upon moving to the United States, Mrs. Weissmann 
Klein worked vigilantly to promote Holocaust education 
and remembrance, teach tolerance, and combat hunger; 
Whereas Mrs. Weissmann Klein’s first book, All But My Life, 
was published in 1957, and chronicles her courageous 
struggle for survival during the Holocaust; 
Whereas One Survivor Remembers, a documentary about Mrs. 
Weissmann Klein’s experiences during the Holocaust, 
won an Academy Award in 1996; 
Whereas the Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation, a public non- 
profit foundation, promotes education which teaches tol-
erance, respect for others, and the value of community 
service; 
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Whereas Mrs. Weissmann Klein’s life and work have inspired 
generations of Americans and countless individuals from 
around the world; and 
Whereas, on November 17, 2010, President Barack Obama 
announced that Gerda Weissmann Klein would be award-
ed the Presidential Medal of Freedom: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives con-
gratulates Gerda Weissmann Klein on being selected to 
receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 
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