The only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, Representative Tom Lantos of California, died this morning from a life-long battle with esophegeal cancer.
"Lantos, who referred to himself as "an American by choice," was born to Jewish parents in Budapest, Hungary, and was 16 when Adolf Hitler occupied Hungary in 1944. He survived by escaping twice from a forced labor camp and coming under the protection of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who used his official status and visa-issuing powers to save thousands of Hungarian Jews".
A leader in Congress, a leader of his people and a leader in his fight to battle cancer. Tom will be sorely missed by everyone.
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