RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Hannah Messinger was born on October 16, 1920, in Carlsbad, now known as Karlovy Vary, a historic spa town in the Sudetenland, an area in the west of Czechoslovakia bordering Germany; and
WHEREAS, Hannah Messinger's parents, Irma and Emil Lowy, raised her in a rich cultural atmosphere of books, music and art; and
WHEREAS, In September 1944, the Messingers were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp; and
WHEREAS, Hannah Messinger was transferred to Sackisch and then Merzdorf forced labor camps; and
WHEREAS, On May 8, 1945, Hannah Messinger was liberated by the Soviet Army where she was found emaciated and weighing only 70 pounds; and
WHEREAS, After being nursed back to health, Hannah Messinger returned to Prague and learned that all her family members had been murdered by the Nazis; and
WHEREAS, Hannah Messinger immigrated to Chicago in 1947 and has lived in Lincolnwood for more than forty years; and
WHEREAS, Hannah Messinger is truly an example of what journalist Tom Brokaw called "Our Greatest Generation;" and
WHEREAS, Hannah Messinger was honored at a special celebration held on the eve of Veteran's Day at Wintrust's Grand Banking Hall, 231 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Hannah Messinger is exceedingly worthy of our highest admiration and esteem; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this eighteenth day of November, 2015 do hereby express our sincere respect to Hannah Messinger; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Hannah Messinger.
Alderman - 14th Ward