[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 111 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 111

 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory 
      Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that a 
  commemorative stamp be issued honoring the life of Oskar Schindler.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 19, 2007

  Mr. Coleman (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
   Levin, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Specter, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Lautenberg, Mrs. 
    Feinstein, Mr. Kohl, and Mr. Menendez) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory 
      Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that a 
  commemorative stamp be issued honoring the life of Oskar Schindler.

Whereas Oskar Schindler acted as a hero during the Nazi occupation of Poland and 
        selflessly rescued 1,200 Jewish men, women, and children by employing 
        them in his factory, at risk to his own life and that of his wife;
Whereas Oskar Schindler also rescued approximately 100 Jewish men and women from 
        the Goleszow concentration camp, who lay trapped and partly frozen in 2 
        sealed train cars stranded near Runlets;
Whereas Oskar Schindler embodied ideals of the United States, such as the 
        pursuit of freedom, liberty, and opposition to tyranny, and many of the 
        Jewish people who fled the Nazi occupation made the United States their 
        home;
Whereas millions of people in the United States have been made aware of the 
        story of Oskar Schindler's bravery;
Whereas, on July 18, 1967, Yad Vashem decided to recognize Oskar Schindler as 
        one of the Righteous Among the Nations, or ``righteous Gentiles'', an 
        honor awarded by Israel to non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust 
        at great personal risk;
Whereas the 100th anniversary of Oskar Schindler's birth is April 28, 2008; and
Whereas Oskar Schindler is a true humanitarian, deserving of honor by the United 
        States Government: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the Citizens' 
Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General 
that a commemorative stamp be issued honoring the life of Oskar 
Schindler.
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