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A resolution honoring Dr. Feng Shan Ho, a man of great courage and humanity, who saved the lives of thousands of Austrian Jews between 1938 and 1940.

Introduced: June 6, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Jun 6, 2008
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5374-5375; text as passed Senate: CR S5375; text of measure as introduced: CR S5372-5373)
Jun 6, 2008
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5374-5375; text as passed Senate: CR S5375; text of measure as introduced: CR S5372-5373)
Jun 6, 2008
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Honors the courage and humanity of Dr. Feng Shan Ho for acting at great personal risk to issue Chinese visas to Jews in Vienna between 1938 and 1940.

Recognizes his heroic deeds in saving the lives of thousands of Jewish persons by allowing them to escape the Holocaust.

What's happening now June 6, 2008

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5374-5375; text as passed Senate: CR S5375; text of measure as introduced: CR S5372-5373)

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 Cosponsors 2
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Barrasso, John
Wyoming · Jun 6, 2008
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jun 6, 2008
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 588: A resolution honoring Dr. Feng Shan Ho, a man of great courage and humanity, who saved the lives of thousands of Austrian Jews between 1938 and 1940.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SRES-588/
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"S. Res. 588: A resolution honoring Dr. Feng Shan Ho, a man of great courage and humanity, who saved the lives of thousands of Austrian Jews between 1938 and 1940.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SRES-588/.
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S. Res. 588, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SRES-588/.
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