28 result(s) for auschwitz- birkenau
Ecumenical Commemoration In Budapest Marks Roma Holocaust, Roma Murders
- 4 Aug 2014 10:00 AM
- community & culture
The Sant’ Egidio community held an ecumenical commemoration of the Roma Holocaust in Budapest on Sunday evening. The event also marked the fifth anniversary of the murder of a 45-year-old Roma woman in Kisléta in north-eastern Hungary.
Hungarian Pilgrims At Auschwitz-Birkenau Intl March
- 29 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian pilgrims are leading this year’s international March of the Living that set out from Auschwitz to Birkenau at 1pm on Monday. The Hungarian participants of the 26th march between the former Nazi death camps include Holocaust survivors, secondary school students, Jews and non-Jewish people and many Roma commemorating the Roma Holocaust.
Commemorating The Roma Holocaust In Hungary
- 5 Aug 2013 2:00 AM
- current affairs
On 2 August 1944, three thousand Roma people were murdered in the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. What happened on that day only became fully known to history several decades later. 2 August was declared International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day by the World Romani Congress in 1972. On this day, we remember the tens of thousands of Sinti and Roma people who were murdered throughout Europe ...
Hungarian Holocaust Memorial Year 2014
- 20 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In early 2013, the Government of Hungary set up a Memorial Committee in order to properly commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Holocaust, an important step towards facing our history.
Hungarian PM's Statement On International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- 29 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
68 years ago today, the concentration camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau were liberated. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Hungarian Government pays its respects to the victims. The painful anniversary compels every good-hearted Hungarian to pay their tributes
U.S. Embassy Report: Remembering The Roma Holocaust
- 6 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On August 2, commemoration events were held around Hungary in memory of the Roma victims of the Holocaust. Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis lit a candle at the Holocaust Memorial Center at an event co-organized by the Tom Lantos Institute. Award winning author and Holocaust survivor Aranka Siegal also participated in this event. Mrs. Siegal’s visit to Hungary, where she is meeting with ...
Commemorating The Roma Holocaust In Hungary
- 2 Aug 2012 11:00 AM
- community & culture
On the occasion of Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day, a commemorative event takes place in Budapest today organized by the Holocaust Memorial Centre and the Tom Lantos Institute. During the event among others speeches are delivered by State Secretary György Hölvényi of the Human Resources Ministry, Rita Izsák, the Director of the Budapest based Tom Lantos Institute, as well as by representatives of ...
International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony In Budapest, 2 August 2012
- 2 Aug 2012 10:00 AM
- community & culture
At 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 2, an International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony will be held in Budapest at the Roma Holocaust Memorial statue at Nehru part in the 9th District. Video of the event last year (in Hungarian):
Getaway From Budapest To Krakkow With Ryanair
- 17 May 2012 4:35 AM
- travel
This medieval city looks like it has fallen straight out of a fairytale book, with its bustling market square, spiraling gothic towers, castles and legends about dragons. Explore the narrow backstreets, hidden courtyards and the network of underground cellars and tunnels. Krakow is known as the cultural capital of Poland through its love of music, poetry and theatre. After years of occupation and ...
Ecumenical Commemoration In Budapest Marks Roma Holocaust, Roma Murders
- 4 Aug 2014 10:00 AM
- community & culture
The Sant’ Egidio community held an ecumenical commemoration of the Roma Holocaust in Budapest on Sunday evening. The event also marked the fifth anniversary of the murder of a 45-year-old Roma woman in Kisléta in north-eastern Hungary.
Hungarian Pilgrims At Auschwitz-Birkenau Intl March
- 29 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian pilgrims are leading this year’s international March of the Living that set out from Auschwitz to Birkenau at 1pm on Monday. The Hungarian participants of the 26th march between the former Nazi death camps include Holocaust survivors, secondary school students, Jews and non-Jewish people and many Roma commemorating the Roma Holocaust.
Commemorating The Roma Holocaust In Hungary
- 5 Aug 2013 2:00 AM
- current affairs
On 2 August 1944, three thousand Roma people were murdered in the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. What happened on that day only became fully known to history several decades later. 2 August was declared International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day by the World Romani Congress in 1972. On this day, we remember the tens of thousands of Sinti and Roma people who were murdered throughout Europe ...
Hungarian Holocaust Memorial Year 2014
- 20 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In early 2013, the Government of Hungary set up a Memorial Committee in order to properly commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian Holocaust, an important step towards facing our history.
Hungarian PM's Statement On International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- 29 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
68 years ago today, the concentration camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau were liberated. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Hungarian Government pays its respects to the victims. The painful anniversary compels every good-hearted Hungarian to pay their tributes
U.S. Embassy Report: Remembering The Roma Holocaust
- 6 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On August 2, commemoration events were held around Hungary in memory of the Roma victims of the Holocaust. Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis lit a candle at the Holocaust Memorial Center at an event co-organized by the Tom Lantos Institute. Award winning author and Holocaust survivor Aranka Siegal also participated in this event. Mrs. Siegal’s visit to Hungary, where she is meeting with ...
Commemorating The Roma Holocaust In Hungary
- 2 Aug 2012 11:00 AM
- community & culture
On the occasion of Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day, a commemorative event takes place in Budapest today organized by the Holocaust Memorial Centre and the Tom Lantos Institute. During the event among others speeches are delivered by State Secretary György Hölvényi of the Human Resources Ministry, Rita Izsák, the Director of the Budapest based Tom Lantos Institute, as well as by representatives of ...
International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony In Budapest, 2 August 2012
- 2 Aug 2012 10:00 AM
- community & culture
At 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 2, an International Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony will be held in Budapest at the Roma Holocaust Memorial statue at Nehru part in the 9th District. Video of the event last year (in Hungarian):
Getaway From Budapest To Krakkow With Ryanair
- 17 May 2012 4:35 AM
- travel
This medieval city looks like it has fallen straight out of a fairytale book, with its bustling market square, spiraling gothic towers, castles and legends about dragons. Explore the narrow backstreets, hidden courtyards and the network of underground cellars and tunnels. Krakow is known as the cultural capital of Poland through its love of music, poetry and theatre. After years of occupation and ...