Annette Lantos. He is now the Senior Adviser to the Secretary ofState for Civil Society and Emerging Democracies (whew!) 2023 jewish telegraphic agency all rights reserved. Yvonne Katrina Swett (ne Lantos; born October 8, 1955) is the President of the Lantos Foundation. Katrina Lantos Swett recalls her father as a proud and patriotic Hungarian before his country turned against him. Tillemann-Dick's late husband, Timber Dick, was an acclaimed inventor and the son of Colorado's first female lieutenant governor. She is now chairwoman of the . 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. Its mission is partly "to promote, defend, and advocate internationally recognized human rights". 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]. After Hungary was liberated, she and her family returned to Budapest, where she and Lantos met again. [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. Under her leadership, The Lantos Foundation has rapidly become a distinguished and respected voice on key human rights concerns. He had become a hunted animal because he was a young Jewish man, Swett said. She was the very opposite of a partisan or an ideologue, said conservative Princeton University professor Robert P. George, who served as the USCIRF chairman in alternating years with Swett. Forgive me. February 11, 2008 / 9:46 AM / AP. Turning a painful past into a passion for human rights
And the doctor who provided Amnesty International with the number of babies killed dropped from 312 to 72 and then 30, 19 of which died before the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. Swett charted an aggressive course on the issues, calling out oppressive governments and even joining with six other commissioners who each offered to take 100 of the 1,000 lashes the Saudi Arabian government sentenced to a liberal blogger. 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]. As he was Jewish, Lantos, then 16, was arrested and sent to a forced labor camp outside of Budapest. 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. Showing Editorial results for annette lantos. Tom Lantos, the lone Holocaust survivor to serve in America's Congress, died Monday morning after a battle with cancer of the esophagus. That day was Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year no one had ever told Katrina existed. 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She read Bible stories to her daughters but showed deference to her husbands wishes. He also remembered visiting with Lantos several years ago at the Budapest synagogue where Lantos had his bar mitzvah. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. English: Mrs. Annette Lantos, wife of the late Mr. Tom Lantos, receives applause in honor her husband who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Thursday, June 19, 2008, in the East Room of the White House. The next in line to chair the House Foreign Affai Four years later, Tom Lantos became the first and only Holocaust survivor to win a seat in Congress. 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. I have no basis for assuming that her story is not true, but the point goes beyond that. Her father was a great man, said Elliott Abrams, a former Reagan administration official who frequently worked with Lantos on human rights issues. Episode 2 captures the incredible journey of faith of Holocaust Survivor Annette Tillemann Lantos. He continued his post-graduate education at the University of California, Berkeley, and received a Ph.D. in economics in 1953. Swett argues the hesitancy on international issues is unnecessary: Democrats and Republicans can and should agree on, among other things, the danger of blasphemy laws and the economic and security benefits of promoting freedom of speech, religion, and conscience. [17], Lantos and his wife had two daughters, Annette Marie and Katrina, and 18 grandchildren, including Levi, an author and energy expert; Tomicah, a former Democratic political speechwriter; and Charity, an opera singer and activist. 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. 1944-2008, 199.35 linear feet. During the Obama presidency, Republicans more often championed traditional human rights, while many Democrats seemed to pull back from them. He keeps me flying straight.. 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). Durant ces dbats, les diverses tendances du . 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. 1928 Tom Lantos was born on February 1, 1928 in Budapest, Hungary as Lantos Tamas Peter. His spouse is Annette Tillemann ( m. 1950) . She later raised the matter with President Jimmy Carter. 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. In January 2006, he traveled to Hungary and attended a ceremony commemorating the 61st anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest Ghetto. Swett attributes her double education at home and school for rapidly preparing her for college. Class of 1978 Denomination: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints To say I am chagrined that it has been so many.many years since I have communicated with the faithful class secretaries would be an understatement. We have to move on., And so he did. Ideas That Animate My Religious Life Annette Tilleman Lantos Read more Events People Works of Art Organizations Occasions Locations 2015 Sunstone Education Foundation Whats the message? 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. On October 4, 2002, Lantos led a narrow majority of Democrats on the House International Relations Committee to a successful vote in support of the Resolution for the Use of Force, seeking the approval of the United Nations and under the condition that President George W. Bush would allow UN weapons inspectors to finish their work and that Bush would need to return to Congress for an actual declaration of war before invading Iraq. Theres no Republican position and there is no Democratic position on international religious freedom, said Swett, age 61, who served on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) from 2012 to 2016. [5] Warm and loving wishes to allplease visit usin Denver when you are in town. Sie wurde vor allem durch ihre Rolle der Lisa in der im Jahr 2000 erschienenen Teenager-Komdie Harte Jungs bekannt, in der sie neben Tobias Schenke und Axel Stein in einer greren Nebenrolle agierte. Menu Log In Sign Up 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. Police, security agencies advise Jews to be on alert ahead of planned National Day of Hate on Shabbat, American citizen killed in latest West Bank shooting amid escalating violence, This Orthodox Jewish model made history at New York Fashion Week. Please consider supporting Sunstone by making a donation. At the same hearing, Lantos drew comparisons between some of the current U.S. activities in Iraq to U.S. support two decades earlier of Islamic militants in Afghanistan: America should not be in the business of arming, training and funding both sides of a religious civil war in Iraq. [42], Lantos supported Morocco's demand to gain sovereignty over Western Sahara, and criticized the Polisario Front, which demands independence for the disputed region. CONCORD, N.H., and WASHINGTON, D.C.On a February morning at the U.S. Capitol, lawmakers, ambassadors, and advocates gathered to award the Lantos Human Rights Prize to Vian Dakhil, a young, articulate member of Iraqs parliament whose 2014 cries for help drew the worlds attention to ISIS atrocities. Papers: ca. 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. One day, young Katrina sent chills up her mothers spine when she wished the family happy new yearin the fall. 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. Thomas Peter "Tom" Lantos (February 1, 1928 - February 11, 2008) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from California, serving from 1981 until his death as the representative from a district that included the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and a portion of southwestern San Francisco.Lantos had announced in early January 2008 that he would not run for . Annette M. Tillemann-Dick, M.A.R. However, Lantos, then 17, returned home only to discover that his mother and other family members had all been murdered by the Germans, along with 440,000 other Hungarian Jews, during the preceding 10 months of their occupation. Why are we now repeating the short-sighted patterns of the past? The death of Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., likely will trigger a congressional reshuffling that will have implications for the entertainment industry. [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. Gbor testvre, Tilleman Szebasztian lnya, az 1931-ben szletett Tilleman Anett nagynnje, aki Budapesten szletett, eredeti nevn Lantos Pter Tamshoz, Tom Lantos ksbbi amerikai kpviselhz ment felesgl. (Her husband, former U.S. Rep. Richard Swett, was a Clinton-appointed ambassador to Denmark.) Forgetting about our music lessons, forgetting about our ballgames, he continued. And in his place we'll install a pro-Western dictator, who will be good for us and for you. She named Reps. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., Jim McGovern, D-Mass., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as consistent advocates, but said, It pains me that in some instances leaders in my party are not leading the charge any longer on human rights.. Did it affect his Judaism? WASHINGTON (JTA) In Jewish Washington, it was the fraught and thorny question that inevitably came up in discussions about Tom Lantos: What about the Mormon thing? All rights reserved. As a young adult, Swett also became a Mormon and went on to raise her seven children in both religious traditions. I;m sorry this is asconcise as I could be at this time of night/day. In 1982, Nicholas W. Kudrovzeff, American Independent Party, received 1,250 votes (1%). [59] On August 8, 2009, she gave sworn testimony about Lantos and others during a witness deposition before the Ohio Elections Commission in the Schmidt v. Krikorian case, in which she alleged that he had engaged in "[N]ot only bribe[ry], but also disclosing highest level protected U.S. intelligence and weapons technology information both to Israel and to Turkey. Recalling his early life, he announced his retirement by stating to Congress, "I will never be able to express fully my profoundly felt gratitude to this great country. The family had sought refuge in Switzerland, but the Swiss had expelled them. The next three are students at Yale,though currently Mercina has stopped out to serve a full-time mission for ourchurch, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Ambassador for International Religious Freedom (2018-2021) & Coc-Chair of the IRF Summit, Lantos Foundation, 6 Dixon Ave, Suite 100, Concord, NH 03301. Personal details about Annette include: political affiliation is unknown; ethnicity is Caucasian; and religious . But Swett said she didnt find it difficult: If I felt it was the right thing to do, it never bothered me to ally with Republican colleagues.. Annette Lantos, who was rescued by Wallenberg, started campaigning in USA to urge Soviet Union to justify the latter's disappearance. Due to the pandemic, this Memory Project interview was conducted via Zoom, with Annette Lantos (now 90) and her daughter Katrina in Concord, NH, Andrea Lauer Rice in Atlanta, GA, and Rka Pigniczky in Budapest, Hungary. In 1981, Lantos sponsored a bill making Wallenberg an Honorary Citizen of the United States, and became a member of the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation. On the wall hangs a painted portrait of her father casting an adoring glance at his wife. [33] In later hearings on the war, Lantos continued his enthusiastic support. His behavior warrants a searching inquiry by the House Ethics Committee."[32]. We encourage humanitarian service, honest inquiry, and responsible interchange of ideas that is respectful of all people and what they hold sacred. Annette married Thomas Peter Lantos on month day 1950, at age 19 at marriage place. 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. Our efforts in Iraq are a mess, and throwing in more troops will not improve it."[34]. Annette Lantos received a Portuguese passport, arranged by Wallenberg, and spent the war years in Switzerland. In subsequent years, he worked as a business consultant and television commentator on subjects of foreign policy. [22][23], Lantos was a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and repeatedly called for reforms to the nation's health-care system, reduction of the national budget deficit and the national debt, repeal of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. In 2011, the institute was set up in Budapest to promote tolerance and support minority issues in central and eastern Europe and in the world.[7]. Instead, the younger Annette suggested, he admired his wifes beliefs but did not embrace them: He had faith in the sustaining power of her faith in spirituality, she said. And the message of Tom: Maximize your stay on earth, and be a blessing.. Although the Swedish humanitarian was never found, Annette and Congressman Lantos have been instrumental in honoring his legacy through numerous legislative initiatives. "[47], In 2008, the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, which he founded in 1983, was renamed The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. I apologize in the words ofE.B. Our second baby, Kimber Rainbow, anotherYalie, has three adorable babies of her own; she, her amazing husband (whohas kept me from all sorts of disasters.financial and otherwise sinceTimber's been gone) and their sweet gang live in Washington DC, from whereshe blogs with her sisters on Fivetdsisters.blogspot.com. In the summer of 1950, Tom Lantos married his childhood sweetheart, Annette Tillemann. The Tom Lantos papers document the career of a Hungarian-born American politician who was the only Holocaust survivor to have served in the United States Congress. We maintain our publications and recordings on this website so that each new generation can explore and interrogate the pasts effect on Mormon communities and cultures. His occupation was Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. Moreover, it is a culture that encourages conversion and does not easily accommodate intermarriage. "[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. Ji Wolf (1952. janur 5., Jindichv Hradec , Csehszlovkia ) a Charta 77 alrja , volt politikai fogoly, antikommunista, meseknyv szerz, valamint radiklis ellenzje s kritikusa a "Charta nemessgnek", amely vlemnye szerint Vclav Havel s szmos ms, a volt cseh elnkhz kzeli szemly.. Wolfot elszr 1978. februr 16-n tartztattk le, miutn a . She was previously married to Tibor Heltai, George Sanders, Tony Gallucci, Sidney R. Warren, William Rankin and Jan de Bichovsky. Turning a painful past into a passion for human rights: The story of Annette Tilleman Lantos. - Bethesda, 2008. februr 11.) I do not believe in death. In 2007, in his effort to help the people of China and Tibet, he presented the Dalai Lama with the Congressional Gold Medal. 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. We also advodate for organ donationforobvious reasons of abject gratitude. I presided over that wonderful, memorable celebration and we sang Siman tov umazal tov, a Jewish song of joy, Schneier said of that synagogue visit. Swett would know. She then went to Europe, continuing to train and. 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. 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. Now, aren't you dreadfully sorry you asked to catch up! I truly appreciate your constancy andremember with gratitude your band's vital contribution to our production ofGOdspell so many years ago. Les Controverses Anna Freud-Melanie Klein (1941-1945) est un ouvrage rassemblant les procs-verbaux et les textes thoriques lis aux dbats scientifiques qui se sont drouls au sein du mouvement psychanalytique britannique durant les annes 1941 1945. These alleged atrocities figured prominently in the rhetoric at the time about Iraqi abuses in Kuwait. J.C.D. 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Following her fathers 2008 death, Swett, her mother, and her sister launched the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice to continue advancing causes around the globe. All content 2023 The Keeper: A Human Rights Podcast. [48] Lantos's daughter, Katrina Lantos Swett, serves as the Foundation's president and CEO. I think her father would be very proud.. Annette Lantos is a Chairman of The Lantos Foundation at Lantos Foundation based in Concord, New Hampshire. The mission of The Sunstone Education Foundation is to sponsor open forums of Mormon thought and experience. Lantos and his wife Annette had two daughters, Annette and Katrina, and 17 grandchildren. The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice was founded later that year to carry out that wish. White House photo by Shealah Craighead. [50], Lantos received the Grand Cross, Hungary's highest civilian honor. The facility was funded with a naming gift in the Lantos's honor by Oracle founder, Larry Ellison, and his wife, Melanie. He later rediscovered his Jewish identity but was not eager to raise his two daughters in any particular religion.. 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. He died before finishing his term. [49], Budapest named a promenade in the city in honor of Lantos in 2016. The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice was founded later that year to carry out that wish. But the fact remains, gentlemen, that the Administration has sent you here today to convince the members of these two Committees and the Congress that victory is at hand. [27] In 2004, he sponsored a bill to stop the spread of anti-semitism. Lantos was criticized by some (including fellow Congressman Joe Scarborough) for this comment. 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