With his passing. our country has lost a great champion for human rights. His dedication to his fellow human beings was rooted in having survived the Holocaust. His story of survival and escape from Nazi forced labor camps in Hungary during the Second World War is inspirational. but it was the memory of those. including his mother. whom he lost. that motivated him in his extraordinary career of public service. TOM LANTOS story was also the story of an immigrant. He said he was an American by choice. Coming to the United States through an academic scholarship. he worked hard and made the most of the opportunities that only America can offer.
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