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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives have learned with great sorrow of the death of 
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Morris Tellerman at the age of 89; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Morris was born in Novemyasto, Poland, near 
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Random; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Morris hated fighting, but as a boy fought to 
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defend the Jewish people from a Polish pogrom in Przytyk; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Morris escaped the Holocaust by fleeing to Russia, 
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where he volunteered in the Russian Army to fight the Nazis; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Fighting in the siege of Leningrad, Morris was one 
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of only 50 who survived from a battalion of 11,000; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Later in the war, Morris and his fellow soldiers 
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liberated the Majdanek concentration camp; and
 
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    WHEREAS, After the war Morris went to Modena, Italy, where 
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he assisted the Jewish Brigade smuggle Holocaust survivors into 
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what later would become the State of Israel; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, After the war Morris reunited with his beloved 
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wife, Carol Tellerman, who also miraculously survived the 
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Holocaust; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The young couple immigrated to the United States 
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in 1947, first settling in Brooklyn, New York, and then in 
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Flemington, New Jersey, where Morris worked hard and realized 
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the American dream, raising a beautiful family of three girls; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Although a very handsome man, Morris' inner 
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qualities meant far more to him than his outward beauty; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Morris' daughters believe that he was a 
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Lamedvavnik, one of the 36 humble righteous ones mentioned in 
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Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism, who are hidden and unknown even 
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to themselves, too humble to think they are special; and for 
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whose sake, because they respond to the suffering of the world 
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with compassion, God preserves the world; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Morris and Carol eventually retired to the 
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sunshine of Hallandale Beach, Florida, where his conviviality 
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continued to bring joy and happiness to all those who had the 
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privilege of knowing him until he uttered his last words: "I 
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love you", surrounded by his family; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Morris Tellerman's passing will be deeply felt by 
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many, especially his wife, Carol; his three very successful 
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daughters, Dr. Judith Tellerman, a Chicago psychologist, who 
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has testified before a Committee of the House, Deborah 
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Berkowitz, a Florida intellectual property attorney, and Dr. 
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Barbara Tellerman, a Missouri radiologist; his four 
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grandchildren; and his great-grandchild; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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join the family and friends of Morris Tellerman in mourning the 
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loss of this freedom fighter from the "Greatest Generation"; 
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and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Morris Tellerman as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.