July 16, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 119 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                 IN HONOR OF THE LIFE OF EVA MOZES KOR

  (Mr. BUCSHON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BUCSHON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the incredible life 
of Eva Mozes Kor. Eva was a friend, a Holocaust survivor, and an 
inspiration to us all.
  As a young girl, Eva and her family were held at the Auschwitz 
concentration camp. While at Auschwitz, Eva and her twin sister, 
Miriam, were subjected to inhumane medical experiments by the Nazi 
doctor Josef Mengele until their liberation in 1945.
  Eva and her sister were the only members of their family to survive 
the horrors of Auschwitz. Despite this dark atrocity, Eva used her life 
to spread the message of forgiveness.
  Eva married Michael Kor in 1960 and later that year moved to Terre 
Haute, Indiana, in my district, where they raised two children.
  Eva also spent decades teaching Hoosiers the importance of finding 
peace, healing, and hope. In 1995, Eva opened the CANDLES Holocaust 
Museum in Terre Haute, creating a permanent home to remind us of the 
power of forgiveness and compassion.
  Eva passed away, peacefully, at the age of 84 during her annual trip 
to Poland.
  Eva Kor was an incredible woman of integrity, spirit, and 
forgiveness, and her story will be shared for generations to come. May 
her memory be a blessing.

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