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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Riva Kremer of Houston marked the special milestone |
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of her 100th birthday on August 12, 2006, at a celebration held in |
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her honor at the Holocaust Museum Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on August 12, 1906, Mrs. Kremer spent her early |
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life in Grodno, Poland, where she ran a dry cleaning business with |
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her husband; in the summer of 1941, Nazi forces invaded the town and |
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transported Mr. and Mrs. Kremer and their two children to |
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Treblinka, a notorious Nazi death camp; and |
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WHEREAS, Surviving the atrocities of four camps, Mrs. Kremer |
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and her daughter, Linda, were liberated by Allied troops on May 8, |
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1945, and came to the United States in 1951; Mrs. Kremer lived in |
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New York until 1965, when she moved to Houston to be with Linda and |
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her husband, Morris Penn; and |
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WHEREAS, Now residing in the Meyerland/South Post Oak area, |
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Mrs. Kremer is the oldest Holocaust survivor in Houston, and she |
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shares memories of the heartbreak and heroism with the local |
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Holocaust Museum; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Kremer's century of life represents a survival |
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of hope beyond suffering and loss, the awakening of dreams |
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following unspeakable horror, and a prayer that tomorrow may bring |
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a consciousness of morality and decency that enables all people to |
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transcend prejudice and hatred; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Riva Kremer on the occasion of her 100th |
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birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Kremer as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |