From Belsen to London: Peter Lantos

Visiting guest speaker, Peter Lantos, was deported to Bergen-Belsen from Hungary; he survived, studied medicine, became Professor of Neuropathology in London, and on retirement exchanged the writing of medical papers for writing books and plays. 

“Words of hate can turn into actions of hate, in relation to my childhood experience of the Holocaust and the aftermath under Communist dictatorship in Hungary. Remembering these events may help all of us to reach an understanding and forgiveness”.