[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6643]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 111--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE 
 CITIZEN'S STAMP ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHOULD RECOMMEND TO THE POSTMASTER 
GENERAL THAT A COMMEMORATIVE STAMP BE ISSUED HONORING THE LIFE OF OSKAR 
                               SCHINDLER

  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:

                              S. Res. 111

       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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