,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #eid  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december 
#d1 #bjad ,ms4 ,mikulski 7for herself   
and ,mr4 ,kirk7 submitted the following 
resolution2 which was considered and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,celebrating   
the centennial year of the birth of ,jan
 ,karski and honoring his extraordinary 
and courageous life4  ,whereas ,jan     
,karski was born on ,april #bd1 #aiad1  
as ,jan ,kozielewski1 in ,lodz1 ,poland2
 ,whereas ,jan ,karski served in the    
,polish diplomatic service1 enlisted in 
the military1 and was serving in the    
,polish army when ,german soldiers      
invaded ,poland in #aici2 ,whereas ,jan 
,karski was captured by the ,red ,army  
when the ,soviet ,union invaded ,poland2
 ,whereas in #aidj1 ,jan ,karski escaped
 the horrific ,katyn ,massacre1 in which
 an estimated #bb1jjj ,poles1 including 
#h1jjj ,polish military officers1 were  
brutally slain by ,soviet soldiers2     
,whereas ,jan ,karski escaped to ,warsaw

 and joined the ,polish underground     
resistance movement1 where he served as 
a courier delivering messages to the    
,polish government-in-exile detailing   
the horrific brutality of the ,nazis in 
,warsaw2 ,whereas ,jan ,karski risked   
his life on several occasions1 including
 when he infiltrated the ,warsaw ghetto 
and the ,izbica transit camp1 and       
provided some of the first eyewitness   
accounts of the ,holocaust to the       
,polish government-in-exile1 the        
,british government1 and the ,united    
,states ,government2 ,whereas in ,july  
of #aidc1 ,jan ,karski traveled to the  
,united ,states to meet with ,president 
,roosevelt to describe the horrors of   
the ,nazi genocide he had witnessed2    
,whereas ,jan ,karski remained dedicated
 throughout his life to raising global  
awareness of the atrocities of the      
,holocaust2 ,whereas after ,world ,war  
,,ii1 ,jan ,karski moved to the ,united 
,states and enrolled in ,georgetown     
,university1 earning a ,ph4,d4 in #aieb 

and teaching at the university's ,edmund
 ,a4 ,walsh ,school of ,foreign ,service
 for #ce years until his retirement in  
#aihd2 ,whereas ,jan ,karski became a   
citizen of the ,united ,states in #aied2
 ,whereas ,jan ,karski was posthumously 
awarded the ,presidential ,medal of     
,freedom in #bjab for his courageous    
efforts in uncovering the atrocities of 
the ,holocaust and his commitment to    
sharing what he witnessed with the      
world2 ,whereas the ,parliament of the  
,republic of ,poland has designated     
#bjad as ,the ,year of ,jan ,karski2 and
 ,whereas on ,april #a1 #bjad1 to mark  
,jan ,karski's #ajjth birthday1 the     
,senate unanimously passed a resolution 
honoring his bravery and dedication in  
telling the world of the atrocities that
 took place in ,poland during the       
,holocaust3 ,now1 therefore1 be it      
,that the ,senate--  7#a7 celebrates    
#bjad as the centennial year of the     
birth of ,jan ,karski2 and  7#b7 honors 
the life and legacy of ,jan ,karski4