,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #hib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,march #aj1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,allred 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,olson1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,texas1 ,mr4  
,weber of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,wright1 ,mr4    
,arrington1 ,mr4 ,taylor1 ,ms4 ,escobar1
 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,ms4 ,garcia
 of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,hurd of ,texas1 ,mr4  
,mc,caul1 and ,mr4 ,marchant7 submitted 
the following resolution2 which was     
referred to the ,committee on ,foreign  
,affairs  ,,resolution  ,resolution to  
honor the life and legacy of ,jack      
,repp4  ,whereas ,jack ,repp was born on
 ,august #af1 #aibc1 in ,radom1 ,poland1
 to ,lazar and ,chava ,rzepkowicz as one
 of five children1 with his brothers1   
,srulik1 ,david1 and ,jankel1 and his   
sister1 ,nannette2 ,whereas ,nazi       
,germany invaded ,poland beginning in   
,september #aici2 ,whereas1 in #aida1   
,jack and family were interned in the   
,radom ghetto1 during which time his    
father passed away two years later and  

his family was separated to different   
labor and concentration camps2 ,whereas1
 from #aida to #aidb1 he worked in a    
,radom labor camp2 ,whereas1 from #aidb 
to #aidc1 he worked in a ,radom         
concentration camp until he was moved to
 an ammunition factory2 ,whereas1 at the
 end of #aidc1 he was moved to          
,auschwitz ,concentration ,camp2        
,whereas eventually he was moved to     
,dachau ,concentration ,camp where he   
was liberated by ,united ,states forces 
on ,april #bi1 #aide2 ,whereas1 on      
,november #ag1 #aidi1 he moved to the   
,united ,states to join relatives in    
,greenville1 ,texas2 ,whereas1 in ,march
 #aiej1 he settled in ,dallas1 ,texas2  
,whereas1 after the war1 he met his wife
 ,edna in a displaced persons camp and  
they went on to have three children3    
,lotty1 ,david1 and ,stanley1 and       
enjoyed a happy marriage for #ej years  
until ,edna passed away in #aiie2       
,whereas1 after his wife's passing1 he  
met ,sara ,yarrin at ,temple ,emanu-,el 

and began another loving relationship   
that lasted #bc years2 ,whereas1 for #bj
 years1 ,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 
again2 ,whereas1 in #bjag1 he and ,rabbi
 ,lewin published a book that told his  
story in ,dreams and ,jealousy3 ,the    
,story of ,holocaust ,survivor ,jack    
,repp2 ,whereas he has lectured to      
thousands of people at museums1 public  
and private schools1 universities1 and  
military bases and remained an active   
part of the ,jewish community as a      
member of ,temple ,emanu-,el1 ,temple   
,shearith ,israel1 and a speaker at the 
,dallas ,holocaust ,museum_/,center for 
,education and ,tolerance2 ,whereas     
,jack ,repp passed away peacefully at   
the age of #if on ,january #ad1 #bjbj2  
and ,whereas ,jack ,repp was one of the 

last ,holocaust survivors living in     
,dallas1 and with his death1 our country
 loses another connection to the past   
and a storyteller of the horrors of the 
,holocaust3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that
 the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7  
extends its heartfelt sympathy to the   
family of ,jack ,repp on the occasion of
 his death2  7#b7 honors the life and   
legacy of ,jack ,repp2 and  7#c7 honors 
and expresses deep appreciation to ,jack
 ,repp on the behalf of the ,united     
,states for continuing to share his     
story of his experience during the      
,holocaust4