[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 626 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 626

           Designating April 24, 2014, as ``Jan Karski Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 20, 2012

Mr. Lugar submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
           Designating April 24, 2014, as ``Jan Karski Day''.

Whereas Jan Karski was born on April 24, 1914, in Lodz, Poland;
Whereas Jan Karski escaped the Soviet massacre in the Katyn forest in 1940;
Whereas Jan Karski became a key emissary in the Polish underground resistance 
        against Nazi occupation;
Whereas Jan Karski chose to risk his own life by staying in Poland after 
        escaping a prisoner of war camp and enduring Gestapo torture in order to 
        provide critical intelligence to the Allied war effort and alert Allied 
        governments about the Holocaust;
Whereas Jan Karski provided eyewitness testimony during the war about the 
        horrors in occupied Poland to British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden and 
        United States President Franklin Roosevelt;
Whereas Jan Karski enrolled in Georgetown University after World War II and 
        earned a doctor of philosophy in 1952;
Whereas Jan Karski became a United States citizen and taught at Georgetown 
        University for 40 years, dedicating the rest of his life to ensuring 
        that the full extent of the Nazi atrocities are never forgotten; and
Whereas Jan Karski was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously on 
        May 29, 2012, one of the highest civilian honors in the United States: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates April 24, 2014, as ``Jan Karski Day'';
            (2) recognizes the life and legacy of Dr. Jan Karski and 
        expresses its gratitude for his efforts in informing the free 
        world of the atrocities committed by Nazi and totalitarian 
        forces in Poland during World War II;
            (3) applauds the awarding of the Presidential Medal of 
        Freedom to Jan Karski for his efforts during World War II and 
        in reaffirming the importance of the United States-Polish 
        bilateral relationship; and
            (4) requests that the Secretary transmit an enrolled copy 
        of this resolution to the family of Jan Karski and to the 
        Ambassador of Poland to the United States.
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