And therefore I feel with great certainty that Tom is alive, and that hes here right now listening to our farewell before he will depart into the light for a joyous reunion with his friends and deceased family.. Katrina Lantos Swett, president of the Lantos Foundation, later called it the height of irony that the ban would block one of ISIS most effective and ardent foes. Dakhil eventually received a waiver to attend the eventa process the administration created to address situations like hersbut Swett urged event attendees to consider what an America First policy could mean for human rights. Forgetting about our music lessons, forgetting about our ballgames, he continued. [48] Lantos's daughter, Katrina Lantos Swett, serves as the Foundation's president and CEO. [2] [3] [4] She is also an American educator and the former chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom from 2012 to 2013, and then in 2014 to 2015. As a young adult, Swett also became a Mormon and went on to raise her seven children in both religious traditions. Here is all you want to know, and more! [13], In 1946, Lantos enrolled at the University of Budapest. Dick is alive, she says, because Andrew Rosenberg had a fire extinguisher in his vehicle when he and Scott Boylan stopped to help Dick. Annette Lantos is the author of A Quiet Courage (3.22 avg rating, 9 ratings, 3 reviews, published 1997) Tzipi Livni, Israels foreign minister, also delivered a eulogy. The familys political connections have aided the foundations growth, but Swetts persistent work has swiftly turned the organization into a respected human rights institution. Ideas That Animate My Religious Life Annette Tilleman Lantos. He had 2 children Katrina Swett, Annette Tillemann-Dick. "The train is now on its way", said Lantos after the resolution successfully passed both houses of Congress. I think her father would be very proud.. Class of 1978 Denomination: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints To say I am chagrined that it has been so many.many years since I have communicated with the faithful class secretaries would be an understatement. It would have been so much easier to just die," said Annette Lantos Tillemann-Dick, at a press conference today to thank the good Samaritans who put out the flames devouring his body. I do believe in different forms of life. [6], In 2008, after his death, the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, which he founded in 1983, was re-named the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. [11], Lantos described some of his experiences in the Academy Award-winning documentary film The Last Days (1998), produced by Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation. Previously city included Denver CO. If you are still reading this(it iscertainly understandable if you are not)I am wildly enthusiastic to berecently associated with an outstanding group, Facing History and Ourselves,that develops and offers for free, in-depth, thoughtful curriculum andteacher- training designed to meaningfully share with youth the sad butvitally important stories of bigotry, genocide and racism that we must learnfrom or risk repeating in new and awful ways. The question of Lantos faith had long presented a dilemma: Questions of taste and fears of Lantos notorious wrath kept it from being asked aloud while he lived. [39][40], The American Hungarian Federation recognized Congressman Lantos for his "Leadership in Support of Democracy, Human Rights and Minority Rights in Central and Eastern Europe", awarding him the organization's highest award, the "Col. Commandant Michael Kovats Medal of Freedom", at the October 19, 2005, Congressional Reception commemorating the 49th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. other very serious criminal conduct."[60][61]. WASHINGTON (JTA) In Jewish Washington, it was the fraught and thorny question that inevitably came up in discussions about Tom Lantos: What about the Mormon thing? In his floor speeches as a congressman, he sometimes referred to himself as one of the few living members of Congress who had fought against fascism. He opposed Social Security privatization efforts. The question of Lantos' faith had long presented a dilemma: Questions of taste and fears of Lantos' notorious wrath kept it from being asked aloud while he lived. 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He again escaped, this time making his way back to Budapest, 40 miles (64km) away. Warm and loving wishes to allplease visit usin Denver when you are in town. I don't buy it. He also remembered visiting with Lantos several years ago at the Budapest synagogue where Lantos had his bar mitzvah. Timeline 1981 Democrat member of the US House of Representatives from California; term of service: 3 January 1981 - 11 February 2008 (died in office). She served as the unpaid Executive Director of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, which Congressman Lantos co-founded. What a journey it has been from the valley of dry bones to the heights of human achievement., A number of Jews in public life are intermarried, but Lantos wife had not merely converted, she had embraced a faith the Church of Latter Day Saints that until the 1970s had preached the inferiority of blacks and until the 1990s had conducted posthumous baptisms of Jews, including Holocaust victims. account of the 36 years that have elapsed since graduation39since our production of Godspell. She noted that Lantos likened his life to a vacation at his beloved Lake Balaton in Hungary. He keeps me flying straight.. In the final weeks of his life, Lantos asked that a non-profit be established to carry on the work he felt so passionately about. 2008. janur 2-n bejelentette, hogy nyelcsrkja miatt az v . You won't have any problem with Saddam. I will never be able to express fully my profoundly felt gratitude to this great country. "[27], Lantos died of complications from esophageal cancer on February 11, 2008, before finishing his term. [9] Wallenberg, for his part, was later credited with saving the lives of thousands of other Hungarian Jews. Showing Editorial results for annette lantos. In 2011, the Tom Lantos Institute was set up in Budapest to promote tolerance and support minority issues in Central Europe and Eastern Europe, as well as around the world. Why didnt his obituaries say so? She is now chairwoman of the . His friend, Rabbi Arthur Schneier of New York, recalled singing Hebrew psalms with Lantos days before he died. Our guest on this episode of The Keeper is . Sie wurde vor allem durch ihre Rolle der Lisa in der im Jahr 2000 erschienenen Teenager-Komdie Harte Jungs bekannt, in der sie neben Tobias Schenke und Axel Stein in einer greren Nebenrolle agierte. There, he hid with an aunt in a safe house set up by Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat. Tillemann-Dick's late husband, Timber Dick, was an acclaimed inventor and the son of Colorado's first female lieutenant governor. As a formidable team, Annette and Tom turned their trauma and grief into a passionate, decades-long fight to promote human rights and the rights of minorities around the world. At the same hearing, Lantos drew comparisons between some of the current U.S. activities in Iraq to U.S. support two decades earlier of Islamic militants in Afghanistan: America should not be in the business of arming, training and funding both sides of a religious civil war in Iraq. Since Timber's death, almost six years ago, oneof our daughters, Charity Sunshine (fourth baby), has undergone twobi-lateral lung transplants. "[45], A memorial service was held for Lantos on February 14, 2008, at Statuary Hall in the Capitol. He later rediscovered his Jewish identity but was not eager to raise his two daughters in any particular religion.. He is a celebrity politician. Thanks somuch for your ongoing effort to keep us updated on your lives and those ofour Div School classmates and friends. This is not a knock on you, General Petraeus, or on you, Ambassador Crocker. He eventually became a senior advisor to various U.S. Simon and Schuster is scheduled to publish the book of oursecond son, Levi. The next in line to chair the House Foreign Affai Instead, the younger Annette suggested, he admired his wifes beliefs but did not embrace them: He had faith in the sustaining power of her faith in spirituality, she said. She read Bible stories to her daughters but showed deference to her husband's wishes. He served 14 terms, from 1981-2008, in the United States House of Representatives as Congressman for the California district encompassing . 1944-2008, 199.35 linear feet. [25][26], While Lantos initially supported the Iraq War, from 2006 onward he distanced himself, making increasingly critical statements about the conduct of the war. [51], Project Vote Smart provides the following results from congressional scorecards. Agnes Ethel Lantos became a naturalized United States citizen on May 17, 1954, under that name. Mrs. Annette Lantos shares some of her story of that terrible night and how she survived to become one of our countrys great advocates for human rights all around the world.ANNETTE LANTOS BIOTOM LANTOS LIFE STORY - AS TOLD BY ANNETTE LANTOS. [24], Lantos was an advocate on behalf of the environment, receiving consistently high ratings from the League of Conservation Voters and other environmental organizations for his legislative record. His wife, Annette Lantos (born Tilleman), was a first cousin, once removed, of actresses Magda Gabor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Eva Gabor. I continue to enjoy the fruits of all those labors. [7], Lantos was born Tams Pter Lantos (Hungarian:[tma petr lnto]) into a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, the son of Anna, a high school English teacher, and Pl Lantos, a banker. CONCORD, N.H., and WASHINGTON, D.C.On a February morning at the U.S. Capitol, lawmakers, ambassadors, and advocates gathered to award the Lantos Human Rights Prize to Vian Dakhil, a young, articulate member of Iraqs parliament whose 2014 cries for help drew the worlds attention to ISIS atrocities. The girl's account was later challenged by independent human rights monitors. His occupation was Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. Her efforts to locate and free Wallenberg from the Soviet Union resulted in several interviews on national news programs such as CBS's 60 Minutes. But the fact remains, gentlemen, that the Administration has sent you here today to convince the members of these two Committees and the Congress that victory is at hand. and, much moreimportantly, with a great wife, has produced four adorable grand children. Annette Lantos received a Portuguese passport, arranged by Wallenberg, and spent the war years in Switzerland. She said the Iraq War and the rise of LGBT activism have caused some to back away from global human rights issuesespecially religious freedom. [29], Lantos was a strong supporter of the 1991 Persian Gulf War. [9], Lantos joined Wallenberg's network; his fair hair and blue eyes, which to the Nazis were physical signs of "Aryanism", enabled him to serve as a courier and deliver food and medicine to Jews living in other safe houses. After the war, The New York Times wrote, "It's plainly wrong for a member of congress to collaborate with a public relations firm to produce knowingly deceptive testimony on an important issue. Zen, our youngest, is a relatively normal 17 year old boyand skateboards daily to Regis U where he is a sophomore majoring inPhilosophy, Economics and Biology. In 2007, in his effort to help the people of China and Tibet, he presented the Dalai Lama with the Congressional Gold Medal. Katrina Lantos Swett recalls her father as a proud and patriotic Hungarian before his country turned against him. Why are we now repeating the short-sighted patterns of the past? Among his many international battles, Lantos frequently criticized abuses in China, spoke out against Communism, and steadfastly supported Israel. And in his place we'll install a pro-Western dictator, who will be good for us and for you. She named Reps. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., Jim McGovern, D-Mass., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as consistent advocates, but said, It pains me that in some instances leaders in my party are not leading the charge any longer on human rights.. [5] "[5] U2 lead singer Bono called him a "prizefighter", whose stamina would make him go "any amount of rounds, with anyone, anywhere, to protect human rights and common decency". Biography - A Short Wiki. That just leaves our third son, Corban, who hasadded to our United Nations kind of family with a brilliant, beautiful wifeborn and raised in South Korea. I;m sorry this is asconcise as I could be at this time of night/day. Her Hungarian parents, Tom and Annette Lantos, both lost most of their families in the Holocaust. Turning a painful past into a passion for human rights: The story of Annette Tilleman Lantos. Lantos was referring to Schrder's ties to energy business in Russia, and remarked that this appellation would offend prostitutes. After a few years, they were able to purchase a modest home in San Bruno, and later they bought a home in Millbrae, where their two daughters attended public schools and where Tom served for several . Schneier said that in Lantos final days, he and his wife joined Annette and Lantos in their Washington apartment, reciting the psalms together, and singing the Shma Israel, the Jewish invocation of Gods oneness that gains special meaning when it is said close to death. His the best movie is The Last Days. The next three are students at Yale,though currently Mercina has stopped out to serve a full-time mission for ourchurch, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They say the reforms she helped defeat would have rendered the body impotent. 1928 Tom Lantos was born on February 1, 1928 in Budapest, Hungary as Lantos Tamas Peter. 343 North Third West Sometimes Annette goes by various nicknames including Annette T Lantos, Annette P Lantos, Annette M Lantos and Annette Tillemanlantos. His spouse is Annette Tillemann ( m. 1950) . He continued his post-graduate education at the University of California, Berkeley, and received a Ph.D. in economics in 1953. White, who once wrote to a friend, "I've written you a long letterbecause I did not have time to write a short one." "The bulk of the Jews of Budapest were utterly assimilated," Lantos said. Did the Administration learn nothing from our country's actions in Afghanistan two decades ago, when by supporting Islamist militants against the Soviet Union, we helped pave the way for the rise of the Taliban? BOARD OF TRUSTEESJohn Paul Schnapper-CasterasChairmanAnnette LantosChair Emeritus, Evelyn SzelenyiSecretaryTomicah Tillemann, Dr. Katrina Lantos SwettPresident, Ex-officio Non-voting Member, Ambassador John ShattuckPresident Emeritus of Central European University, BonoMusician/Activist, Co-founder of ONE and (RED), Richard GereFounder and President, The Gere Foundation, Hon. After Hungary was liberated, she and her family returned to Budapest, where she and Lantos met again. His behavior warrants a searching inquiry by the House Ethics Committee."[32]. Lantos earned a reputation as a champion for various human rights causes, such as having Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang testify at a congressional hearing, when the company turned over the email records of two Chinese dissidents to the Chinese government, allowing them to be traced and one sentenced to jail. For a lifetime of leadership, for his commitment to liberty, and for his devoted service to his adopted nation, I am proud to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously, to Tom Lantos, and proud that his loving wife Annette will receive the award on behalf of his family. Miraculously she has emerged, smiling andsinging, from very near death both times. Rhetoric is always easier than policy, Swett said. Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett serves as President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, established in 2008 to continue the legacy of her father, the late Congressman Tom Lantos. He is now the Senior Adviser to the Secretary ofState for Civil Society and Emerging Democracies (whew!) Sometimes, she said, Democrats hear religious freedom and they transpose it into this domestic context where they may feel that religious freedom claims conflict with what they view as robust protection of civil rights for everybody in our society.. [55], In 2002, Lantos, who was on the House Committee on International Affairs, took Colette Avital, a Labor Party member of the Israeli Knesset, by the hand and, according to Haaretz, tried to reassure her with these words: "My dear Colette, don't worry. Annette Lantos is a Chairman of The Lantos Foundation at Lantos Foundation based in Concord, New Hampshire. Lantos was against U.S. military aid to Egypt as the Egyptian military had failed to stop the flow of money and weapons across the Egyptian border to Hamas in Gaza, and Egypt had not contributed troops to the peacekeeping efforts in Afghanistan and elsewhere. J.C.D. I try to serve as Co-Chairman of the Advisory Committeeof the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice which we established tocarry forward the voice of my dad, Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivorever elected to the US Congress. [15] [16] Annette (formerly Agnes) Lantos is a niece of Jolie Gabor, whose brother Sebastian was Mrs. Lantos's father, making Magda, Zsa Zsa, and Eva Gabor, Jolie's daughters, first cousins to Annette Lantos. [42], Lantos supported Morocco's demand to gain sovereignty over Western Sahara, and criticized the Polisario Front, which demands independence for the disputed region. 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We can not take ANY of this Administration's assertions on Iraq at face value anymore, and no amount of charts or statistics will improve its credibility. A special election was held to fill his seat on April 8, 2008, and was won by former State Senator Jackie Speier, whom Lantos had endorsed. Tom and Annette have two daughters - Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett and Annette Lantos Tillemann-Dick - and 18 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. On a bitter cold Christmas eve in 1944, a little Jewish girl, 13 years old but with her diminutive size and Shirley Temple curls looked closer to 8, kissed her mother goodbye and alone began to make her way towards the Swiss border. 65 Comments Post navigation Updated: December 06, 2013 A resident of Denver, Colorado for nearly 30 years, she has been active in promoting the issues of global HIV/AIDS, child vaccinations, and other life threatening conditions. Her parents explained it wasnt a new year, but the little girl insisted otherwise. The resolution later passed the House and the Senate with a total of 373 members of Congress supporting it. In 2011, the institute was set up in Budapest to promote tolerance and support minority issues in central and eastern Europe and in the world.[7]. Please be aware that some presenters and historical figures included in this content may have troubling histories of prejudice, criminal activity, violence, and abusesexual or otherwise. Did it affect his Judaism? In den folgenden Jahren war sie bevorzugt in diversen Fernsehkrimis wie Polizeiruf 110, Tatort, oder Die Kommissarin zu sehen, spielte aber auch in den Kinofilmen Wie Feuer und . Some conservative observers might dismiss Swetts Trump criticism, since shes a Democrat, but Swett has crafted a reputation as a forceful and fiercely independent advocate for human rightsand specifically international religious freedom. In 2015, Swett supported USCIRFs call for the U.S. government to recognize ISIS genocide against all affected groupsin the face of pressure to name only Yazidis. He was 80. The tide turned after 9/11, when wars in Iraq and Afghanistan created a fear of over-engagement, especially among Democrats. Annette Tillemann's childhood was joyous until March 19, 1944, when German SS Troops entered Hungary and began the immediate and mass deportation of Hungary's Jews. He never again faced such a close contest, and was re-elected 13 times. Swett would know. ALL MATERIAL: COPYRIGHT CALIFORNIA EUROPEAN CULTURAL INITIATIVE/MEMORY PROJECT Mother Annette Lantos eventually joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Menu Log In Sign Up All content 2023 The Keeper: A Human Rights Podcast. Recalling his early life, he announced his retirement by stating to Congress, "I will never be able to express fully my profoundly felt gratitude to this great country. magyar zsid szrmazs amerikai demokrata prti politikus, 1981-tl hallig az amerikai kpviselhz tagja, ahol Kalifornia 12. szm vlasztkerlett kpviselte, a hz egyedli holokauszt-tlljeknt. Swett argues the hesitancy on international issues is unnecessary: Democrats and Republicans can and should agree on, among other things, the danger of blasphemy laws and the economic and security benefits of promoting freedom of speech, religion, and conscience. We have to move on., And so he did. Six years later, in March 1944, the German military invaded Hungary and occupied Budapest, its capital. Annette Lantos, the widow of Rep. Tom Lantos, is a Holocaust survivor who worked with her late husband as the unpaid director of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. He was buried in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C. 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