Tom Lantos, August 3, 1994 - December 30, 2000
Abstract
Tom Lantos was a Holocaust survivor who served in the U.S. House of Representatives, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the U.S. Congress. As a Hungarian-born Jew, he escaped German labor camps by seeking refuge in a Budapest building protected by the diplomatic standing of the Swedish Raoul Wallenberg. After the end of the war, Lantos found that his immediate family had been killed, but his sweetheart Annette Tillemann was still alive in Switzerland. They were married for over 50 years. During his career, he advocated for human rights and the eradication of oppression.
Dates
- August 3, 1994 - December 30, 2000
Extent
From the File: 1 Items (Contains 25 file folders.) : legal document box
Scope and Contents
Folder contains articles and correspondence given by his daughter Annette Tillermann-Dick of Denver.
Creator
- From the Collection: University of Denver. Center for Judaic Studies. Ira M. Beck Memorial Collection of Rocky Mountain Jewish History (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository