Tom Lantos: “Mr. Speaker, as the only survivor of the Holocaust ever elected to the Congress of the United States, I want to commend…”

“Mr. Speaker, as the only survivor of the Holocaust ever elected to the Congress of the United States, I want to commend the gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley), a valued member of our committee, for his outstanding resolution and for his untiring efforts in calling attention to the scourge of anti-Semitism in Europe. Mr. Speaker, anti-Semitism in Europe has resulted in vicious attacks against Jews on an almost daily basis. Our resolution highlights some of these incredibly brutal, medieval incidents. In France, Jewish organizations recorded more than 300 anti-Semitic attacks in the month of April alone: Desecration of Jewish cemeteries, physical and verbal assaults against Jewish children in playgrounds and on soccer fields, fire bombing and vandalizing of Jewish institutions.”