III 108th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 451 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 7, 2004 Mr. Lautenberg submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the Senate that a postage stamp should be issued honoring Oskar Schindler.

Whereas during the Nazi occupation of Poland, Oskar Schindler personally risked his life and that of his wife to provide food and medical care and saved the lives of over 1,000 Jews, many of whom later made their homes in the United States; Whereas Oskar Schindler also rescued about 100 Jewish men and women from the Golezow concentration camp, who lay trapped and partly frozen in 2 sealed train cars stranded near Brunnlitz; Whereas millions of Americans have been made aware of the story of Schindler's bravery; Whereas on April 28, 1962, Oskar Schindler was named a Righteous Gentile by Yad Vashem; and Whereas Oskar Schindler is a true hero and humanitarian deserving of honor by the United States Government: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of the Senate that the Postal Service should issue a stamp honoring the life of Oskar Schindler.