[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 87 (Friday, July 1, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: July 1, 1994]
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           ISSUANCE OF POSTAL STAMP HONORING RAOUL WALLENBERG

  Mr. PELL. Mr. President, I rise to register my support for the 
issuance of a commemorative postal stamp in honor of Raoul Wallenberg.
  Wallenberg's heroic efforts to save the lives of Jews during the 
Holocaust are now legendary. He saved the lives of 100,000 Hungarian 
Jews, earmarked to face almost certain extermination in the Nazi death 
camps, by issuing them fabricated passports and identification papers.
  Wallenberg was a Swedish citizen of Lutheran faith, but his 
courageous lifesaving actions transcend all divisions of creed and 
nationality. In recognition of his heroism, Wallenberg was made an 
honorary citizen of the United States in 1981, by an act of Congress 
which I am proud to have originated. Winston Churchill is the only 
other person in history to be made an honorary American citizen.
  It is especially appropriate to include Wallenberg's name on the 1995 
list of postal stamp honorees because 1995 marks the 50th anniversary 
of his tragic and mysterious disappearance. In 1945, Wallenberg was 
arrested by the occupying Russian Army in Budapest, Hungary, and he has 
not been seen or heard from since.
  I am pleased to join the Members of Congress, Governors, religious 
and civil rights leaders, and countless ordinary Americans who are 
crusading to have Raoul Wallenberg's name included on the 1995 list of 
postal stamp honorees. It is an altogether fitting way to keep alive 
the memory of this valiant humanitarian.
  I call on the Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee and the Postmaster 
General to heed our calls for action and place the name of Raoul 
Wallenberg on the 1995 commemorative stamp list.

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