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. Although the Swedish humanitarian was never found, Annette and Congressman Lantos have been instrumental in honoring his legacy through numerous legislative initiatives. 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. Non-partisan and nonprofit since 1988. Tillemann-Dick's late husband, Timber Dick, was an acclaimed inventor and the son of Colorado's first female lieutenant governor. "[47], In 2008, the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, which he founded in 1983, was renamed The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. Her family had managed to escape to Switzerland, using Swedish passports issued by Raoul Wallenberg. 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. 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. 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. 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. [citation needed]. 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And he was fiercely pro-Israel, using his powerful position to advance the pro-Israel lobbys agenda. He supported same-sex marriage rights and marijuana for medical use, was a strong proponent of gun control and adamantly pro-choice. 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. 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. Lantos Swett earned a Political Science degree from Yale University at the age of 18, a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and a PhD in History from The University of Southern Denmark. At Wallenberg's prompting, similar protective passports were issued by the Swiss and Spanish governments and the Vatican. Yet he was a politician who wore his Jewish experience on his sleeve. Swett flashed one of her frequent smiles and said she has her father looking down on me from every corner of my office. And in my eyes, the Star of David that was just formed from a yellow Star of David on the torn clothing of a victim into a shining blue Star of David emblazoned on an American Air Force jet and flown by an Israeli fighter pilot, that shining star is Tom Lantos., She finished with the Hebrew blessing, May his memory be blessed.. In 2007, he backed Morocco's proposal to make the region autonomous under Moroccan rule, saying: "I urge the leadership of the Polisario to realize that they will never again get such a good deal for the population they purport to represent."[43]. Her mothers Holocaust-era ID card sits on a shelf. [27] He declared Turkey's mass killings of Armenians during World War I to be genocide. Lantos, first elected to Congress in 1980 as a Democratic lawmaker from California, was remembered as a champion of human rights, from his work on the 1980s on behalf of Soviet Jewry, to recent times, defending the rights of civilians in Darfur and free speech advocates in China and promoting access to HIV/AIDS treatment in Africa. He then emigrated to the U.S., and studied economics at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he earned a B.A. Warm and loving wishes to allplease visit usin Denver when you are in town. Speaker: Annette Tilleman Lantos January 1, 1997 What Do I Believe? Please consider supporting Sunstone by making a donation. Lantos was an immediate and consistent critic of the troop surge advocated by President Bush. Lantos was referring to Schrder's ties to energy business in Russia, and remarked that this appellation would offend prostitutes. 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. 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. Senators, and in 1980, he was elected to the U.S. Congress, where he remained until his death in February 2008. His long-standing efforts to protect open space brought thousands of acres under the protection of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, including Mori Point, Sweeney Ridge, and Rancho Corral de Tierra, which will keep its watersheds and delicate habitats free from development permanently. Mother Annette Lantos eventually joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Anita and Peter Deyneka, Jr. Papers, SC-048. 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. [42], Lantos supported Morocco's demand to gain sovereignty over Western Sahara, and criticized the Polisario Front, which demands independence for the disputed region. The Lantoses' daughter Annette was married to Timber Dick, an independent businessman in Colorado,[18] until his accidental death in 2008. The familys political connections have aided the foundations growth, but Swetts persistent work has swiftly turned the organization into a respected human rights institution. He was 80. [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. [2][3] A Hungarian Jew, Lantos was the only Holocaust survivor to have served in the United States Congress; he survived the genocide with help from Raoul Wallenberg. We also advodate for organ donationforobvious reasons of abject gratitude. Speakers included Ban Ki-moon, the U.N. secretary-general; Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust memorialist and Nobel laureate; and Bono, the rock star and Africa advocate who led the mourning in singing All You Need is Love as a Valentines Day paean to the Lantos marriage. 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. Is it any wonder that on the subject of Iraq, more and more Americans have little confidence in this Administration? During hearings of the House International Relations Committee, where he was then the ranking member, Lantos repeatedly praised the investigative work of the office of the Special Inspector of Iraq Reconstruction General Stuart Bowen, which uncovered evidence of waste, fraud and abuse in the use of U.S. taxpayer dollars intended to help secure and rebuild Iraq. Why didnt his obituaries say so? Annette Lantos. 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. The foundation uses three primary means to do so: The Lantos Congressional Fellows program provides mentoring and support for about 10 young human rights activists each year; the Front Line Fund awards grants to small organizations and individuals doing unheralded work; the Lantos Prize for Human Rights annually honors a person for outstanding advocacylike Vian Dakhil. You can look her up on theinterneteither by checking out some of her TED talks or just Google "Operasinger-lung transplants". Over fifty years ago the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about the fierce urgency of now as he sought to make America at long last live up to the promises of our founding. 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