We were the same.. Senators, and in 1980, he was elected to the U.S. Congress, where he remained until his death in February 2008. He had become a hunted animal because he was a young Jewish man, Swett said. 1944-2008, 199.35 linear feet. White, who once wrote to a friend, "I've written you a long letterbecause I did not have time to write a short one." Tom didnt believe in God in the way that most of us do, his widow said at the service Feb. 14 in the Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building, where his family including 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren were present. 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. She moved from her home in Colorado to Baltimore to be treated at Johns Hopkins University, where she also studied at the Peabody Conservatory. Yvonne Katrina Swett (ne Lantos; born October 8, 1955) is the President of the Lantos Foundation. Mother Annette Lantos eventually joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He drove over a young boy's foot and then failed to stop his vehicle and was later fined over the incident for inattentive driving. Lantos considered himself a secular Jew. On September 10, 2011, the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA officially opened the Tom and Annette Lantos Center for Compassion, located at 1450 Rollins Road in Burlingame, California. Among his many international battles, Lantos frequently criticized abuses in China, spoke out against Communism, and steadfastly supported Israel. Her independence at times ran afoul of other Democratic-appointed commissioners who wanted to mitigate criticism of the Obama administration and move USCIRF from nonpartisan to bipartisanincluding Republican and Democratic staffs. She served as the unpaid Executive Director of the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, which Congressman Lantos co-founded. (Her husband, former U.S. Rep. Richard Swett, was a Clinton-appointed ambassador to Denmark.) Contact. Annette Lantos is a niece of Jolie Gabor, whose brother Sebastian was Mrs. Lantos' father, making actresses Zsa Zsa, Magda and Eva Gabor, Jolie's daughters, all originally from Budapest, Annette Lantos's cousins. in 1949 and an M.A. A short while earlier, they had fled from Hungary where Jews wer. It's on the race to electrify cars that has been ragingamongst the US,Japan and China. 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. Annette Lantos noted during the memorial ceremony that differences of faith with her husband informed even his final days, in the finality of death Lantos embraced and the eternal life that her church preaches. Tillemann-Dick's late husband, Timber Dick, was an acclaimed inventor and the son of Colorado's first female lieutenant governor. We all go through that one-way street that leads to the grave, there is no immunity from the grave, we all have to meet our maker sooner or later. Richard Belzer was a Jewish comedian. It absolutely transcends party lines.. On the night in January 2007 that Bush announced his plan, Lantos responded, "I oppose the so-called surge that constitutes the centerpiece of the President's plan. Your complete guide to Annette Lantos; including news, articles, pictures, and videos. Salt Lake City, Utah 84103, HELP DESK HOURS J.C.D. "[56] He later denied saying this, but Avital confirmed it, according to Ben Terrall, an adviser to Maad H. Abu-Ghazalah, a Libertarian Party candidate who ran against Lantos that year. In 1982, Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff, American Independent Party, received 1,250 votes (1%). They remained married until his death in 2008. In a 2007 letter he asked Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of Slovakia to distance themselves from the Bene decrees, a reasonable process in the Hedvig Malina case, and to treat members of the Hungarian minority as equal. That first production number was followed by many moreeleven living babesin all, stillborn twins and a beautiful adopted teenager from Honduras. Dr. Lantos Swett also serves on the Advisory Board of UN Watch, the annual Anne Frank Award and Lecture, and The Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership, and Public Policy. Step into Swetts office in downtown Concord, N.H., and it takes only seconds to see how much the legacies of father and daughter intertwine. I truly appreciate your constancy andremember with gratitude your band's vital contribution to our production ofGOdspell so many years ago. "[47], In 2008, the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, which he founded in 1983, was renamed The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. The family had sought refuge in Switzerland, but the Swiss had expelled them. Annette Lantos is the Chairman of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice. Swett would know. "You were the light of Tom's life," Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., said to her. All Photographs courtesy of Babette Rittmeyer, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice. He died before finishing his term. On the C-SPAN Networks: Annette Lantos is a Spouse with four videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1995 Ceremony.The year with the highest average number . There, he hid with an aunt in a safe house set up by Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat. 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 was married to Annette Tillemann. Annette Lantos. Check out the latest pictures, photos and images of Annette Lantos. 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. [50], Lantos received the Grand Cross, Hungary's highest civilian honor. The event was held at the Great Synagogue in Budapest,[12] today the largest synagogue in Europe. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Order Transcripts and Replacement Diploma, Office of International Students and Scholars, Application Instructions and Requirements, Accreditation and Educational Effectiveness, Libraries, Collections, and Other University Sources. Ideas That Animate My Religious Life Annette Tilleman Lantos. [9] Wallenberg, for his part, was later credited with saving the lives of thousands of other Hungarian Jews. She was an actress, known for Mai lnyok (1937), Tokaji rapszdia (1937) and The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950). After emigrating to the United States, they married on July 13, 1950. Now, aren't you dreadfully sorry you asked to catch up! Vote Smart provides free, unbiased, in-depth information about current officials, candidates, issues, legislation, and voting. And he was fiercely pro-Israel, using his powerful position to advance the pro-Israel lobbys agenda. [5] 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. She has spearheaded numerous efforts to help . He continued his post-graduate education at the University of California, Berkeley, and received a Ph.D. in economics in 1953. White House photo by Shealah Craighead. He supported same-sex marriage rights and marijuana for medical use, was a strong proponent of gun control and adamantly pro-choice. A short while earlier, they had fled from Hungary where Jews were Former U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf, who served for 27 years with Lantos, wrote the 1998 legislation that created USCIRF and called Swett one of the best commissioners the body has ever had: Shes a tribute to her dad. Moreover, it is a culture that encourages conversion and does not easily accommodate intermarriage. By submitting the above I agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of JTA.org. They were protesting the role of the Sudanese government in carrying out genocide in the Darfur conflict and were arrested for disorderly conduct. 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. Personal details about Annette include: political affiliation is unknown; ethnicity is Caucasian; and religious . She voted her conscience all the time., Principled stands dont come without risk: As a political appointee, Swett could be less likely to receive a future appointment. His daughter, Annette, said in her eulogy that her father was a man of profound faith and listed his beliefs: in the U.S. Constitution, in education, in friendship, in the responsibility to change the world for the better, even in the power of dogs to heal but notably, belief in a deity was lacking. Annette is the distinguished founder of the International Free Wallenberg Committee, established in 1977 to raise awareness of Raoul Wallenberg's incredible humanitarian mission in Hungary during the Second World War. The resolution later passed the House and the Senate with a total of 373 members of Congress supporting it. His the best movie is The Last Days. [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. Atop a bookcase sit separate photos of her father shaking hands with Bill Clinton and Barack Obamanear a photo of her smiling parents with Condoleezza Rice. Under her leadership, The Lantos Foundation has rapidly become a distinguished and respected voice on key human rights concerns. Swett was at times the lone Democrat voting with four Republicans on the nine-member commission. 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 . USCIRFs mandate requires it to collect facts and offer independent policy recommendations to the president, the secretary of state, and Congress on religious freedom issuesputting commissioners in close contact with policymakers. She said the Iraq War and the rise of LGBT activism have caused some to back away from global human rights issuesespecially religious freedom. She has also been instrumental in fighting for animal rights and assisted her husband in co-founding the Congressional Friends of Animals Caucus. He escaped, but was soon caught by the Germans and beaten severely, then returned to the labor camp. She recalled Lantoss last visit to Israel last year, where they toured military installations along the northern border and heard pleas from military commanders to keep Israel safe. C-SPAN, an acronym for Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, is an American cable television network that offers coverage of federal government proceedings and other public affairs programming via its three television channels (C-SPAN, C-SPAN2 and C-SPAN3), one radio station and a group of. The other child inDenver, Liberty Belle (born on Sept 17, 1987, the bi-centennial of the USConstitution)is a short trip from home and works for Dan Yergin, the PulitzerPrize winning author, while her husband Pramel is doing a residency inradiology at CU Medical Center. 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. His daughter Annette was married to Timber . Lantos defeated Royer by 5,700 votes. [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. Annette Lantos, the wife of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, worked full-time in her husband's office throughout his nearly three decades in the U.S. House of Representatives. This could go on and on and could getrather deadly. Why are we now repeating the short-sighted patterns of the past? He was 80. Please consider supporting Sunstone by making a donation. She noted that Lantos likened his life to a vacation at his beloved Lake Balaton in Hungary. This produced tangible results: Katrina and her sister Annette took it upon themselves to rebuild the family and had a combined 17 children. Date: 19 June 2008, 09:57:20: Is it any wonder that on the subject of Iraq, more and more Americans have little confidence in this Administration? Her late husband Tom Lantos (February 1, 1928 - February 11, 2008) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until his death and a powerful champion of human rights around the world. Only 13 at the time, she knew that she and her mother needed to immediately leave their home and go into hiding. The first Lantos Human Rights Prize, named in the congressman's memory, was presented to the 14th Dalai Lama in 2009. 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 h. - Listen to Episode 4 : Annette Lantos by The Keeper instantly on your tablet, phone or browser - no downloads needed. [35], On April 28, 2006, Lantos and four other Democratic U.S. Some observers cite a reluctance to criticize ones own president as the prime cause for the shift, but Swett sees issues that wont be solved with a Republican in the White House. During a joint House hearing on September 10, 2007, featuring General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, Lantos said: The Administration's myopic policies in Iraq have created a fiasco. She is now chairwoman of the . [30], "Nurse Nayirah" later turned out to be the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States. One of the videos viewed at the first annual Lantos Human Rights Prize ceremony. Warm and loving wishes to allplease visit usin Denver when you are in town. At least three links on his congressional Web site detailed his biography as the youthful fighter in the Hungarian resistance who discovered after the war that the Nazis had killed most of his family. So we were highly reproductive. 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