The award goes to two people each year, in recognition of their efforts to promote historic events that are part of our national or historical identity, the foundation said in a statement.

At the ceremony, Székely, who is a co-leader of the Christian-Jewish Council, said it was his ambition to create a curriculum for secondary schools about the achievements of Hungarian Jewish artists and businesspeople.

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