tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10183882.post8765111796578228239..comments2024-02-16T22:14:46.997-05:00Comments on Deborah Lipstadt’s Blog: The bell tolls once again: Tom Lantos, Member of House of Representatives and Holocaust Survivor, is deadDeborah Lipstadthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10459645888846468575noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10183882.post-22413791686747393592008-02-11T23:33:00.000-05:002008-02-11T23:33:00.000-05:00Agreed -- Rep. Lantos will be sorely missed. I wa...Agreed -- Rep. Lantos will be sorely missed. I was also going to recommend "The Last Days" to those who do not know his story -- for he is one of the subjects of that intensely moving, very well-done production tracing the history of several survivors as they left the camps and re-entered the "real world." Obviously, Tom Lantos survived and thrived, rising to become a successful politician, community activist, and world-renowned champion of civil liberties, despite (and, surely, because of) the tragedy and horror of his youth and young adult years.<BR/><BR/>To Dr. Lipstadt and all other Holocaust historians, both academic and armchair (like me), I know that the passing of each Survivor is a reminder of the urgency of your work, for one day we will no longer have the opportunity to speak to those who were there. As a bulwark against the deniers, their evidence must be recorded before it is too late -- hats off to Mr. Spielberg for funding the Holocaust History Project, I might add. <BR/><BR/>~Edward Poole, Silver Spring, MDUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14378612174906504630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10183882.post-38900715631878422612008-02-11T22:32:00.000-05:002008-02-11T22:32:00.000-05:00I've admired Tom Lantos for some time. It was end...I've admired Tom Lantos for some time. <BR/><BR/>It was endearing when he recounted how, as a survivor coming to the United States, He said that he was coming to a place called "Seetle" (Seattle.) This was his comment in the documentary, <I>The Last Days</I>.<BR/><BR/>After being elected to Congress, he was a champion for human rights.<BR/><BR/>Tom Lantos will be sorely missed.<BR/><BR/>Sharon GibsonSharon from WIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14155610179394019676noreply@blogger.com