[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 277 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 277

Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Schindler Project should be 
  recognized for its efforts to educate high school seniors about the 
   lessons of the Holocaust and the application of those lessons to 
                         contemporary society.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            October 7 (legislative day, September 12), 1994

  Mr. Specter (for himself, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. 
    Danforth, Mr. DeConcini, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
 Hollings, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Mathews, Ms. 
 Moseley-Braun, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Packwood, Mr. Pressler, Mr. Shelby, 
  Mr. Simon, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Wofford) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                       Labor and Human Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Schindler Project should be 
  recognized for its efforts to educate high school seniors about the 
   lessons of the Holocaust and the application of those lessons to 
                         contemporary society.

Whereas the Schindler Project is a nonprofit organization founded by Marian 
        Ungar Davis under the auspices of the Holocaust Center of the United 
        Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh;
Whereas the Schindler Project has developed a national program to provide every 
        high school senior in the United States with the opportunity to view the 
        feature film, ``Schindler's List'' and then to discuss their views with 
        Holocaust survivors;
Whereas education is the foundation on which we form a strong society;
Whereas teaching future generations about the Holocaust and its lessons for 
        humanity serves as the best assurance that such atrocities will be 
        prevented in the future;
Whereas the movie ``Schindler's List'' depicts the moral catharsis of its 
        central figure Oskar Schindler, from an indifferent observer of the 
        Holocaust to the savior of more than 1,200 Jews; and
Whereas the depiction of Oskar Schindler's actions show in a very compelling 
        way, the profound impact one person's actions can have on the lives of 
        others: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the feature film ``Schindler's List'' is an important 
        tool in educating high school seniors about the Holocaust; and
            (2) the Senate supports the efforts of the Schindler 
        Project to provide students with the opportunity to view the 
        film and discuss its historical implications and the 
        application of those lessons to contemporary society.
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