Democratic Party (Pa.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Political Ephemera
Collection
Identifier: M266
Abstract
Material relating to the assassinations of Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy and material relating to President Obama and the Democratic National Convention in Denver. The collection includes clippings and newspaper articles covering Lincoln's assassination, a copy of the Associated Press book "The Torch is Passed" on the Kennedy assassination, materials from the Democratic National Convention, and inaugural programs and materials.
Dates:
Other: 1865-2008
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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Political Ephemera
Tom Lantos, August 3, 1994 - December 30, 2000
File
Identifier: B111.06.0006.0013
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...
Dates:
August 3, 1994 - December 30, 2000