IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 434 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
should be issued honoring Varian Fry, and that the Citizens’ Stamp 
Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that 
such a stamp be issued. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2006 
Mr. ROTHMAN submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative 
postage stamp should be issued honoring Varian Fry, 
and that the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee should 
recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp 
be issued. 
Whereas Varian Mackey Fry, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, em-
bodied the spirit of American heroism and demonstrated 
personal bravery of the highest order during the Holo-
caust; 
Whereas while serving as a representative of the Emergency 
Refugee Committee in Occupied Vichy, France between 
1940 and 1941, Varian Fry helped save the lives of 
1,500 Jews and hundreds of other anti-Nazi refugees; 
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•HCON 434 IH 
Whereas Varian Fry established a legal French relief organi-
zation, the Centre Ame´ricain de Secou, as a cover for his 
heroic but sometimes unlawful actions on behalf of the 
refugees, including securing false visas, planning daring 
escape routes through the mountains of Southern France, 
illegally chartering ships to transport refugees out of the 
country, and exchanging funding for these operations on 
the black market; 
Whereas in order to save thousands of Jews and refugees 
threatened by the Nazis, Varian Fry risked his personal 
safety, forfeited his employment as a writer with the For-
eign Policy Association, and was ultimately expelled from 
France because his actions contravened the policies of the 
Vichy French government; 
Whereas Varian Fry’s efforts resulted in the rescue of some 
2,000 persons, including such distinguished artists and 
intellectuals as Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Hannah 
Arendt, 
Franz 
Werfel, 
Jacques 
Lipchitz, 
Lion 
Feuchtwanger, and Heinrich Mann; 
Whereas in 1967, for his heroic actions, Varian Fry received 
the Croix de Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, 
1 of France’s highest civilian honors; and 
Whereas in 1996, Varian Fry was named as ‘‘Righteous 
Among the Nations’’ by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust 
Heros and Martyrs Remembrance Authority in Jeru-
salem, making him the first American recipient of 
Israel’s highest honor for rescuers during the Holocaust: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that— 
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•HCON 434 IH 
(1) a commemorative postage stamp should be 
issued by the United States Postal Service honoring 
Varian Fry; and 
(2) the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee 
should recommend to the Postmaster General that 
such a stamp be issued. 
Æ 
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