[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 165 (Thursday, December 20, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S8305]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 626--DESIGNATING APRIL 24, 2014, AS ``JAN KARSKI 
                                 DAY''

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

                              S. Res. 626

       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, 1 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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