,,iii #aacth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 ,,res4 #deh ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,may #bb1 #bjad ,mr4 ,cardin 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,kirk1 ,mr4 ,durbin1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,ms4 ,mikulski1 ,mr4 ,nelson1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 and ,mr4 ,portman7 submitted the following resolution2 which was considered and agreed to ,,resolution ,recognizing ,may as ,jewish ,american ,heritage ,month and honoring ,holocaust survivors and their contributions to the ,united ,states of ,america4 ,whereas in ,may of each year1 people across the ,united ,states recognize and celebrate over #cej years of ,jewish contributions to the ,united ,states through ,jewish ,american ,heritage ,month2 ,whereas during the ,holocaust1 the ,nazi regime murdered approximately #f1jjj1jjj ,jews1 in addition to millions of non-,jews1 between #aicc and #aide2 ,whereas the ,nazi regime also imprisoned1 persecuted1 and tortured hundreds of thousands of ,jewish victims who nonetheless survived2 ,whereas the ,united ,states ,holocaust ,memorial ,museum ,holocaust ,encyclopedia estimates that more than #bjj1jjj persecuted ,jews found refuge in the ,united ,states between #aicc and #aide1 and that approximately #acg1jjj ,jewish refugees settled in the ,united ,states after ,world ,war ,,ii in the years between #aide and #aieb2 ,whereas in subsequent decades1 ,jewish refugees continued to immigrate to the ,united ,states from ,europe1 the ,middle ,east1 and the former ,soviet ,union2 ,whereas many survivors of the ,holocaust have dedicated their lives to educating future generations about the dangers of bigotry and anti-,semitism and the resiliency of the human spirit2 and ,whereas countless survivors of the ,holocaust living in the ,united ,states have made numerous and substantial contributions to society in the areas of the humanities1 science1 government1 law1 history1 medicine1 military service1 philosophy1 social justice1 technology1 and more1 including-- 7#a7 a ,marylander who bravely led the decades-long fight for reparations from the ,french rail companies that transported victims to ,nazi concentration camps and killing centers2 7#b7 a former judge on the ,international ,court of ,justice and the ,inter-,american ,court of ,human ,rights1 who was a member of the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,committee1 and who is currently a professor specializing in international justice at ,the ,george ,washington ,university ,law ,school2 7#c7 a native of ,france who survived a series of ,nazi concentration camps and became a well-known author1 lecturer1 and actor who appeared as ,corporal ,louis ,le,beau on the #aifjs television series ,hogan's ,heroes2 7#d7 a native of ,poland who spent his childhood in a ,nazi labor camp1 was educated in the ,united ,states1 and became a renowned chemist1 author1 professor1 and poet1 winning the #aiha ,nobel ,prize in ,chemistry2 7#e7 a former ,member of the ,house of ,representatives and ,chairman of the ,house ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and founder of the ,congressional ,human ,rights ,caucus1 who1 along with his wife and fellow survivor1 devoted his life to championing human rights and freedom around the world2 7#f7 a ,polish-born author1 historian1 educator1 member of the ,united ,states ,holocaust ,commission1 and recipient of the #bjaj ,presidential ,medal of ,freedom2 7#g7 an ,austrian native1 literary scholar1 and professor who authored a #aiib autobiography1 ,still ,alive3 ,a ,holocaust ,girlhood ,remembered1 and numerous scholarly publications on the ,holocaust and anti-,semitism2 7#h7 a ,croatian-born survivor who helped produce the movie ,schindler's ,list and became an advisor to the ,,usc ,shoah ,foundation1 an archive of testimonies of genocide survivors chaired by ,steven ,spielberg2 7#i7 an ,illinoisan who created the ,international ,monetary ,market1 served as chairman of the ,chicago ,mercantile ,exchange1 and revolutionized markets by creating financial futures after fleeing ,holocaust-era ,poland as a child2 7#aj7 a ,hungarian survivor who served in the ,united ,states ,army in the ,korean ,war and who was awarded the ,medal of ,honor in #bjje for his heroic actions while being held in a ,chinese ,,pow camp that saved the lives of at least #dj fellow soldiers2 7#aa7 a native of ,germany who escaped ,nazi ,germany as a teenager1 served as a corporal in the ,united ,states ,army1 was an interpreter and analyst during the ,nuremberg ,trials1 served in the ,foreign ,service of the ,department of ,state1 and authored a book about a ,jewish resistor who assassinated a ,nazi official and another about ,allied intelligence near the end of ,world ,war ,,ii2 7#ab7 a world-renowned psychosexual therapist1 radio and television personality1 professor1 and author who escaped ,nazi ,germany as a child and fought in the ,israeli ,war of ,independence2 and 7#ac7 the winner of the #aihf ,nobel ,peace ,prize1 an author1 professor1 and activist1 whose memoir ,night is an internationally acclaimed account of the terrors of the ,holocaust3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 recognizes ,may #bjad as ,jewish ,american ,heritage ,month2 7#b7 expresses appreciation for the substantial and varied contributions made to the ,united ,states by the survivors of the ,holocaust2 7#c7 encourages the people of the ,united ,states to learn about the efforts and achievements of ,holocaust survivors who immigrated to the ,united ,states in the years following ,world ,war ,,ii2 7#d7 expresses admiration for the more than #ajj1jjj ,holocaust survivors living in the ,united ,states who continue to bear witness to their personal stories and educate the world2 and 7#e7 understands the hardships ,holocaust survivors have endured1 and supports their desire to age with dignity and comfort in their homes and communities4