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Tom Lantos. Thomas Peter Lantos (born Tamás Péter Lantos; February 1, 1928 – February 11, 2008) [1] was a Hungarian-born American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his death in 2008.
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Feb 12, 2008 · Feb. 12, 2008. WASHINGTON Representative Tom Lantos of California, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in Congress, died on Monday. He...
Tom Lantos is the only Holocaust survivor ever elected to Congress. He is a Democratic representative from California, a human rights statesman and an expert in foreign policy. He was born in Budapest in 1928, a child of Jewish parents who managed to survive the Nazi occupation and the Holocaust. He was saved by Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg and worked in an underground anti-Nazi group.
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Feb 13, 2008 · Tom Lantos was the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the U.S. Congress, where he became a leading voice on human rights and Israel. He was born in Hungary, escaped from a labor camp, and immigrated to America, where he became a professor, adviser, and legislator.
Feb 11, 2008 · Rep. Tom Lantos, who as a teenager twice escaped from a Nazi-run forced labor camp in Hungary and became the only Holocaust survivor to win a seat in Congress, has died at 80. He was a Democrat who chaired the House Foreign Affairs Committee and spoke out on human rights issues, often courting controversy. He was also a champion of human rights in Central-Eastern Europe and a friend of Raoul Wallenberg.
Feb 11, 2008 · California Democratic Rep. Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor in Congress, has died, his spokeswoman said Monday. He was 80. Lantos, who since 1980 represented California's 12th District...
Learn about the origins and mission of the bipartisan commission named after the late Congressman Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the U.S. Congress. Find out how he co-founded the Congressional Human Rights Caucus and championed human rights around the world.
