[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3432-3433]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         NEW DOCUMENTARY FEATURES MEMBER AS HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, a new documentary by renowned 
filmmaker Steven Spielberg, entitled ``The Last Days,'' tells the 
tragic tale of the Nazi Holocaust through the eyes of five Hungarian 
Jews who personally experienced and survived this horrific period of 
history.
  One of the survivors featured in the documentary is one of the most 
articulate Members of Congress, our colleague from California, Tom 
Lantos. Tom is one of the five Hungarian Jews who describes their 
experiences in a Nazi war camp. Fortunately, unlike an estimated 
438,000 other Hungarian Jews and millions of other Jews in Europe, our 
colleague was able to escape his death sentence.

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  It is to Tom's credit that, decades after his experience with 
totalitarianism, he has not forgotten those around the world who live 
under repressive regimes. From China to Cuba, Tom gives voice to those 
who are forced to remain silent by repressive regimes. I urge all of 
our colleagues to view ``The Last Days'' to remind ourselves that we 
must always fight against tyranny.

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