73 result(s) for holocaust survivor
Israel Recognises Hungarians Helping Jews During Holocaust
- 30 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Sándor Pintér, Hungary’s interior minister, and Israeli ambassador to Hungary Ilan Mor handed over Israel’s Righteous Among the Nations honours to Hungarians helping Jews during WWII, at a ceremony in Budapest. In his address at the ceremony, Pintér voiced the Hungarian state’s commitment to protecting each of its citizens from “murderous intent, external enemy or internal treason”.
Hungarian Auschwitz Survivor To Testify In Nazi Camp Officer’s Trial
- 22 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Holocaust survivor Éva Pusztai-Fahidi will testify as a witness and plaintiff in a trial of a former Nazi SS officer accused of being an accessory to the murder of more than 300,000 people at the Auschwitz death camp.
Ministry Condemns Vandalism At Budapest Holocaust Photo Exhibition
- 7 Apr 2015 5:00 AM
- community & culture
The human resources ministry has strongly condemned the damaging of images displayed at an openair Holocaust exhibition in central Budapest, calling the vandalism “shocking and appalling”. “The perpetrators desecrated not only Holocaust survivors, but the entire Jewish community, the whole of the Hungarian nation, all decent Hungarians by their mindless, vandal act,” the ministry said.
70th Anniversary Of Liberation Of Budapest Ghetto Marked
- 19 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A commemoration was held on Sunday at the Dohány Street Synagogue to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest ghetto. Head of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz) András Heisler said this day is determined by the twin feelings of mourning for the dead and the joy of the liberation.
Hungarian Govt To Work With Jewish Orgs On House Of Fates Project
- 10 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will seek support and advice from Hungarian and international Jewish organisations when setting up the House of Fates memorial project, which is aimed to honour the child victims of the Holocaust, János Lázár, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said after a meeting of the Jewish Roundtable on Tuesday.
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.
Police Disperse Budapest Szabadság Tér Protest
- 30 Apr 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police removed one by one the demonstrators who had gathered at Szabadság tér on Tuesday to protest the construction of a monument to victims of the German occupation in World War II.
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.
The Hungarian Holocaust: President Ader Asked To Represent Same Views At Home As Abroad
- 29 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Holocaust survivors and other protesters dismantle a construction fence around a planned memorial to the victims of the 19 March 1944 German invasion of Hungary.
Israel Recognises Hungarians Helping Jews During Holocaust
- 30 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Sándor Pintér, Hungary’s interior minister, and Israeli ambassador to Hungary Ilan Mor handed over Israel’s Righteous Among the Nations honours to Hungarians helping Jews during WWII, at a ceremony in Budapest. In his address at the ceremony, Pintér voiced the Hungarian state’s commitment to protecting each of its citizens from “murderous intent, external enemy or internal treason”.
Hungarian Auschwitz Survivor To Testify In Nazi Camp Officer’s Trial
- 22 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Holocaust survivor Éva Pusztai-Fahidi will testify as a witness and plaintiff in a trial of a former Nazi SS officer accused of being an accessory to the murder of more than 300,000 people at the Auschwitz death camp.
Ministry Condemns Vandalism At Budapest Holocaust Photo Exhibition
- 7 Apr 2015 5:00 AM
- community & culture
The human resources ministry has strongly condemned the damaging of images displayed at an openair Holocaust exhibition in central Budapest, calling the vandalism “shocking and appalling”. “The perpetrators desecrated not only Holocaust survivors, but the entire Jewish community, the whole of the Hungarian nation, all decent Hungarians by their mindless, vandal act,” the ministry said.
70th Anniversary Of Liberation Of Budapest Ghetto Marked
- 19 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A commemoration was held on Sunday at the Dohány Street Synagogue to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Budapest ghetto. Head of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz) András Heisler said this day is determined by the twin feelings of mourning for the dead and the joy of the liberation.
Hungarian Govt To Work With Jewish Orgs On House Of Fates Project
- 10 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will seek support and advice from Hungarian and international Jewish organisations when setting up the House of Fates memorial project, which is aimed to honour the child victims of the Holocaust, János Lázár, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said after a meeting of the Jewish Roundtable on Tuesday.
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.
Police Disperse Budapest Szabadság Tér Protest
- 30 Apr 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police removed one by one the demonstrators who had gathered at Szabadság tér on Tuesday to protest the construction of a monument to victims of the German occupation in World War II.
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.
The Hungarian Holocaust: President Ader Asked To Represent Same Views At Home As Abroad
- 29 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Holocaust survivors and other protesters dismantle a construction fence around a planned memorial to the victims of the 19 March 1944 German invasion of Hungary.