Why didnt his obituaries say so? 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. [54], On May 3, 2000, Lantos was involved in an automobile accident while driving on Capitol Hill. On the domestic front, Democratic Rep. Chuck Schumernow the Senate minority leaderintroduced the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which President Bill Clinton later signed into law. 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. What role did this play in Lantos own beliefs? Please consider supporting Sunstone by making a donation. 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. Igor and Irina Ratushinskaia, Tom Lantos, Kent Hill, and Annette Lantos, undated, Item 842, Box: 191. 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. All Photographs courtesy of Babette Rittmeyer, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice. [21], Lantos made his first run for office in 1980, challenging Republican Congressman Bill Royer, who had won a 1979 special election after Democrat Leo Ryan was killed in the Jonestown massacre. His wife, Annette Lantos (born Tilleman), was a first cousin, once removed, of actresses Magda Gabor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Eva Gabor. Her parents explained it wasnt a new year, but the little girl insisted otherwise. We like to think we punch above our weight, Swett said before taking me on a tour of her orderly office. 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[48] Lantos's daughter, Katrina Lantos Swett, serves as the Foundation's president and CEO. After the war, she was reunited with her childhood sweetheart, Tom Lantos, who later, in 1981, became the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the U.S. Congress (1981 - 2008, D-California). 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. Representatives, along with six other activists, took part in a civil disobedience action in front of the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C. During his childhood, he met his future wife, Annette Tillemann (or Tilleman; born June 27, 1931), then using the name Agnes Ethel Seymour. Katrina Lantos Swett's sister, Annette Lantos Tillemann-Dick, graduated from Yale in 1978 and is the mother of six Yale grads ("A modern-day record," Biden claimed at that 2015 class day). Since Timber's death, almost six years ago, oneof our daughters, Charity Sunshine (fourth baby), has undergone twobi-lateral lung transplants. The girl's account was later challenged by independent human rights monitors. She moved from her home in Colorado to Baltimore to be treated at Johns Hopkins University, where she also studied at the Peabody Conservatory. John BroderickFormer Chief Justice, NH Supreme Court, Dr. Kay Atkinson KingFormer Director, Office of Inter Parliamentary AffairsUS House of Representatives, Ambassador Nancy G. BrinkerFormer U.S. Mother Annette Lantos eventually joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1944-2008, 199.35 linear feet. I do believe in different forms of life. 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. Read more : https://world.wng.org/2017/04/her_father_s_daughter, Tagged: Katrina Lantos Swett, Religious Freedom, Holocaust, Interview, Lantos Foundation Statement - Russia Jehovah's Witness Ruling, Lantos Foundation Chair Calls on Hungary to Defend Academic Freedom, Lantos Foundation, 6 Dixon Ave, Suite 100, Concord, NH 03301. Annette married Thomas Peter Lantos on month day 1950, at age 19 at marriage place. She has also been instrumental in fighting for animal rights and assisted her husband in co-founding the Congressional Friends of Animals Caucus. [19][20], Lantos's younger daughter, Katrina, is married to ambassador and former U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, Richard Swett, and was herself a candidate for Congress in New Hampshire. Politician who represented the Democratic Party and served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1981 until 2008 and was the Chairman of the House Committee on International Relations from 2007 until 2008. I apologize in the words ofE.B. She said the Obama administration often took the right positions, but then didnt back them up with policies. Updated: December 06, 2013 Interview by Andrea Lauer Rice & Rka Pigniczky, Hungarian American Visual History Archive. 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. Rep. Tom Lantos, who as a teenager twice escaped from a Nazi-run forced labor camp in Hungary and became the only Holocaust survivor to win a seat in Congress . J.C.D. His daughter Annette was married to Timber . I don't buy it. She is also the daughter of the late California Congressman Tom Lantos, a Hungarian native, who was the only Holocaust survivor to be elected to the US Congress. guys who need constant female attention; 8th infantry division baumholder germany. The couple reconnected after the war, married in 1950, and settled in California. 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. Search instead in Creative? His life in Hungary would change after the "Third Reich" annexing of Austria in 1938, with the Austrian border just 100 miles (160km) from Budapest. [4] In speaking before the House of Representatives after his death, Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated that Lantos "devoted his public life to shining a bright light on the dark corners of oppression. Annette Lantos. 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. I do not believe in death. Vote Smart provides free, unbiased, in-depth information about current officials, candidates, issues, legislation, and voting. Dr. Lantos Swett is the former Chair and Vice-Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and teaches Human Rights and American Foreign Policy at Tufts University. Speakers included Senator Joe Biden, Bono of U2, Rep. Steny Hoyer, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Rep. Christopher Shays and Elie Wiesel.[46]. Swett would know. 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. Timeline 1981 Democrat member of the US House of Representatives from California; term of service: 3 January 1981 - 11 February 2008 (died in office). [52], During a 1996 congressional inquiry into the Filegate scandal, Lantos told witness Craig Livingstone that "with an infinitely more distinguished public record than yours, Admiral Boorda committed suicide when he may have committed a minor mistake". As a young adult, Swett also became a Mormon and went on to raise her seven children in both religious traditions. He would go on to help found the Congressional Human Rights Caucusrenamed the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission after his deathand chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee. To say I am chagrined that it has been so many.many years since I havecommunicated with the faithful class secretaries would be an understatement. Afterward, they saw a film about the American failure to bomb Auschwitz. [27] In 2004, he sponsored a bill to stop the spread of anti-semitism. But her father and numerous relatives were murdered in the Nazi death camps. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. We have to move on., And so he did. He died before finishing his term. The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice was founded later that year to carry out that wish. [citation needed], In June 2007, Lantos called former German Chancellor Gerhard Schrder a "political prostitute" at the dedication ceremony of the Victims of Communism Memorial, which caused a political backlash from the German government. He later rediscovered his Jewish identity but was not eager to raise his two daughters in any particular religion.. Previously city included Denver CO. View Annette Lantos's record in Washington, DC including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. 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. Its mission is partly "to promote, defend and advocate internationally recognized human rights." Annette Lantos is the author of A Quiet Courage (3.22 avg rating, 9 ratings, 3 reviews, published 1997) 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. "Many of them like my family were deeply patriotic and included military officers, university professors, writers and they were enormously proud of . 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. Lantos was an immediate and consistent critic of the troop surge advocated by President Bush. We'll be rid of the bastard soon enough. And in his place we'll install a pro-Western dictator, who will be good for us and for you. He again escaped, this time making his way back to Budapest, 40 miles (64km) away. Previously, Annette was a Board of Adv isors Member at Airline Ambassadors International and also held positions at Falun Gong, Years. Menu Log In Sign Up 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. 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. Sometimes Annette goes by various nicknames including Annette T Lantos, Annette P Lantos, Annette M Lantos and Annette Tillemanlantos. After skipping high school, she earned a political science degree from Yale University at age 18, graduated from law school 2 years later, and landed on the staff of then-Sen. Joe Biden at age 21. It absolutely transcends party lines.. 20 Annette Lantos pictures. He never again faced such a close contest, and was re-elected 13 times. The first Lantos Human Rights Prize, named in the congressman's memory, was presented to the 14th Dalai Lama in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 11th congressional district until 1993, and from then the 12th congressional district, which both included the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and a portion of the southwestern part of San Francisco after redistricting. So we were highly reproductive. He escaped, but was soon caught by the Germans and beaten severely, then returned to the labor camp. [28], On other aspects of American foreign policy, Lantos spoke out against waste, fraud and abuse in the multi-billion dollar U.S. reconstruction program in Iraq, and warned that the U.S. could lose Afghanistan to the Taliban if the Bush administration failed to take decisive action to halt the current decline in political stability there. In 1988, Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff, American Independent Party, received 1,893 votes (1%). 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. She noted that Lantos likened his life to a vacation at his beloved Lake Balaton in Hungary. [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. He had 2 children Katrina Swett, Annette Tillemann-Dick. 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. 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. 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. ANNETTE LANTOS BIO TOM LANTOS LIFE STORY - AS TOLD BY ANNETTE LANTOS. A short while earlier, they had fled from Hungary where Jews wer. Dick is alive, she says, because Andrew Rosenberg had a fire extinguisher in his vehicle when he and Scott Boylan stopped to help Dick. After escaping a slave labor camp, her father hid in a safe house established by Raoul Wallenberg, the famed Swedish diplomat who saved as many as 100,000 Hungarian Jews. Starting in early 2006, Lantos distanced himself from the Bush Administration's Iraq policy, making critical statements at hearings, on the House floor and in published media interviews about the conduct of the war. By submitting the above I agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of JTA.org. Like Lantos widow, Schneier also quoted the late congressman as invoking the finality of death: He has a message for all of us, he said. In January 2006, he traveled to Hungary and attended a ceremony commemorating the 61st anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest Ghetto. In 1982, Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff, American Independent Party, received 1,250 votes (1%). [9] Wallenberg, for his part, was later credited with saving the lives of thousands of other Hungarian Jews. Forgetting about our music lessons, forgetting about our ballgames, he continued. Non-partisan and nonprofit since 1988. 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