Full Text of SR1292 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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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| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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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