,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #cga  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #e1
 #bjad ,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,kirk1 and ,mr4 ,durbin7 submitted the 
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on the ,judiciary    
,,resolution  ,honoring the legacy of   
,jan ,karski by designating ,april #bd1 
#bjad1 as ,jan ,karski ,day4  ,whereas  
,jan ,karski was born on ,april #bd1    
#aiad1 in ,lodz1 ,poland2 ,whereas ,jan 
,karski managed to escape the ,soviet   
massacre in the ,katyn ,forest in #aidj1
 in which almost #bb1jjj ,polish        
citizens lost their lives2 ,whereas ,jan
 ,karski became a key emissary in the   
,polish underground resistance1 the     
,home ,army1 against ,nazi occupation2  
,whereas ,jan ,karski risked his own    
life after escaping a prisoner-of-war   
camp1 having endured ,gestapo torture1  
to continue to act as an emissary for   
the ,polish ,underground1 in order to   
provide critical intelligence to the    

,allied war effort and alert ,allied    
governments about the ,holocaust and the
 dire situation on the ground in        
,german-occupied ,poland2 ,whereas ,jan 
,karski traveled to ,allied capitals and
 provided critical eyewitness testimony 
about the horrors of ,hitler's ,final   
,solution and the extermination of ,jews
 and others in ,nazi-occupied ,poland to
 ,british ,foreign ,minister ,anthony   
,eden and ,united ,states ,president    
,franklin ,roosevelt2 ,whereas ,jan     
,karski1 after living through the       
atrocities of ,world ,war ,,ii1 went on 
to earn a ,ph4,d4 from ,georgetown      
,university in #aieb2 ,whereas ,jan     
,karski became a ,united ,states citizen
 and taught generations of students of  
foreign policy at ,georgetown           
,university for #dj years1 dedicating   
the rest of his life to strengthening   
the idea of tolerance and respect for   
different religions and cultures and    
ensuring that the full extent of the    
,nazi atrocities are never forgotten2   

and ,whereas ,jan ,karski was awarded   
the ,presidential ,medal of ,freedom    
posthumously on ,may #bi1 #bjab1 one of 
the highest civilian honors in the      
,united ,states3 ,now1 therefore1 be it 
,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 designates     
,april #bd1 #bjad1 as ,jan ,karski ,day2
  7#b7 recognizes the life and legacy of
 ,dr4 ,jan ,karski1 and expresses its   
gratitude for his efforts alerting the  
free world about the atrocities         
committed by ,nazi and totalitarian     
forces in occupied ,poland during ,world
 ,war ,,ii2 and  7#c7 applauds the      
awarding of the ,presidential ,medal of 
,freedom to ,jan ,karski for his efforts
 during ,world ,war ,,ii and reaffirms  
the importance of the ,united           
,states-,poland bilateral relationship4