Rep. Tom Lantos dies

Just noticed that NBC is reporting that Rep. Tom Lantos of California, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, has died.

Rep. Tom Lantos, R-Calif., was serving his 14th term in congress at the time of his death. He 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. You can read the full article here.