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Tom Lantos archive donated to the Bancroft Library


Tom Lantos archive donated to the Bancroft Library

Link: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/24_lantos.shtml

Tom Lantos "The papers of the late Tom Lantos of California, a leading champion of human rights and the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the U.S. Congress, are now part of the University of California, Berkeley's Bancroft Library.

The materials reflect how Lantos's lifelong dedication to human justice sprung from his remarkable early experience: the loss of his family to the Holocaust, his escape from a forced labor camp in his native Hungary during World War II; and his participation as a youth in the Nazi resistance. Years after emigrating from post-war Communist Hungary to the United States, he became known as an outspoken defender of 21st century human rights around the globe, from Sudan and Tibet to Central Europe and the former Soviet Union." - Kathleen Maclay, Media Relations

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Jun 30, 2008 | Categories: News | lkolker

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