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Rep. Lantos Reflects on Auschwitz Anniversary

NPR | By Robert Siegel
Published January 26, 2005 at 10:00 PM MST

Rep. Tom Lantos of California shares his thoughts after taking part in a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. Lantos himself survived a labor camp, and served in the underground opposing Nazi domination in Eastern Europe. Many members of his family died in the Holocaust.

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Robert Siegel
Prior to his retirement, Robert Siegel was the senior host of NPR's award-winning evening newsmagazine All Things Considered. With 40 years of experience working in radio news, Siegel hosted the country's most-listened-to, afternoon-drive-time news radio program and reported on stories and happenings all over the globe, and reported from a variety of locations across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. He signed off in his final broadcast of All Things Considered on January 5, 2018.
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