In 2018 the Tom Lantos Institute compiled a memorial book to honour the 90th anniversary of the birth of Hungarian-born American Congressman, Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor ever elected to the U.S. Congress. The book is entitled The Noble Banner of Human Rights: Essays in Memory of Tom Lantos (https://brill.com/abstract/title/38919) and is published by the Boston-Leiden-based Brill Academic Publishers.

We cordially invite you to the presentation of the memorial book that will take place on

Date and time: 31 January 2019, 6 PM

Venue: Gala Hall of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
(Budapest, Széchenyi István tér 9, 1051)

Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/A0nQcWlVu8FPQLVu2
(Please register before 25 January 2019)
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Following the remarks of members of the Lantos family, H.E. János Martonyi, President of the Board of the Centre for Democracy Public Foundation, and H.E. David B. Cornstein, Ambassador of the United States to Hungary, students of the Berzsenyi Dániel High School, the Lauder Javne Jewish Community School, the HeMo Musical Studio and Klezmer Band will present their music performance.

We look forward to welcoming you at the event.