35 result(s) for roma holocaust in Current Affairs
Terror Museum Budapest Remembers Roma Heroes, Victims On Int’l Roma Day
- 8 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Roma heroes of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution and the Roma victims of the Holocaust will be remembered in the Budapest House of Terror museum on Friday, International Roma Day. Guests will launch a textbook presenting the history of the Roma Holocaust through personal accounts and memories to the Hungarian youth, director of research Márton Békés said.
Treating A War Criminal At The Budapest Jewish Hospital
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Béla Biszku, who died at age 94 last week, was Hungary’s most infamous unrepentant hard-line communist and the only official of the former pre-1989 regime ever prosecuted for crimes against humanity. Biszku served in the Hungarian Workers’ Party (Magyar Dolgozók Pártja) from 1949, as well as in its successor, the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt – MSZMP), ...
Hungary Committed To Zero Tolerance On Holocaust Denial
- 16 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is committed to a zero tolerance approach toward Holocaust denial and all forms of hate speech, the state secretary for European affairs said in Zagreb. Opening a conference and exhibition about the Jewish and Roma Holocaust, Szabolcs Takács said Hungary has acknowledged the role its then-ruling government had in the Holocaust.
Hungary Committed To Combatting Antisemitism, Says State Secretary
- 11 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is fully committed to combating all forms of anti- Semitism and did its utmost during its chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) over the past year to advance research and education about the Holocaust, the state secretary for European affairs said at a ceremony marking the conclusion of Hungary’s IHRA chairmanship in Brussels.
Balog Hails Roma Culture At Holocaust Remembrance
- 2 Mar 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The human resources minister commended Hungarian Roma culture and history at an event in Budapest held to remember the Roma Holocaust. Zoltán Balog said that it is “our duty to liberate the huge reserves of power” in Roma culture “to serve our common future.” He said Hungarians by now had no excuse not to be aware of the “dreadful tragedy” of the Roma Holocaust.
PM's Office: "We Must Be Better Hungarians"
- 19 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In a speech given on the Memorial Day for Hungarian Victims of the Holocaust, János Lázár said that “the nation is more than just a community of interests: the nation is a community of fates”. (You can turn the English subtitle on by clicking on the "captions" icon at the right bottom of the video.)
German Occupation Memorial In Budapest Completed Under Cover Of Darkness
- 24 Jul 2014 11:40 AM
- current affairs
The controversial German occupation memorial was erected under cover of darkness early Sunday morning. Shortly after midnight some 100 police officers closed off the Szabadság square as workmen installed a timpanum with a bronze eagle, representing Nazi Germany. Below the eagle was erected a bronze statue of the Archangel Gabriel, representing “innocent Hungary”, holding an orb, representing the ...
Hungary: Loving It, Leaving It
- 23 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By David Landry: When I first came here, local folks mostly asked me “Why Hungary?” Now when I tell them I’m leaving, they say “It’s a good time.” So what has happened in the past 19 years?
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.
Terror Museum Budapest Remembers Roma Heroes, Victims On Int’l Roma Day
- 8 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Roma heroes of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution and the Roma victims of the Holocaust will be remembered in the Budapest House of Terror museum on Friday, International Roma Day. Guests will launch a textbook presenting the history of the Roma Holocaust through personal accounts and memories to the Hungarian youth, director of research Márton Békés said.
Treating A War Criminal At The Budapest Jewish Hospital
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Béla Biszku, who died at age 94 last week, was Hungary’s most infamous unrepentant hard-line communist and the only official of the former pre-1989 regime ever prosecuted for crimes against humanity. Biszku served in the Hungarian Workers’ Party (Magyar Dolgozók Pártja) from 1949, as well as in its successor, the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt – MSZMP), ...
Hungary Committed To Zero Tolerance On Holocaust Denial
- 16 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is committed to a zero tolerance approach toward Holocaust denial and all forms of hate speech, the state secretary for European affairs said in Zagreb. Opening a conference and exhibition about the Jewish and Roma Holocaust, Szabolcs Takács said Hungary has acknowledged the role its then-ruling government had in the Holocaust.
Hungary Committed To Combatting Antisemitism, Says State Secretary
- 11 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is fully committed to combating all forms of anti- Semitism and did its utmost during its chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) over the past year to advance research and education about the Holocaust, the state secretary for European affairs said at a ceremony marking the conclusion of Hungary’s IHRA chairmanship in Brussels.
Balog Hails Roma Culture At Holocaust Remembrance
- 2 Mar 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The human resources minister commended Hungarian Roma culture and history at an event in Budapest held to remember the Roma Holocaust. Zoltán Balog said that it is “our duty to liberate the huge reserves of power” in Roma culture “to serve our common future.” He said Hungarians by now had no excuse not to be aware of the “dreadful tragedy” of the Roma Holocaust.
PM's Office: "We Must Be Better Hungarians"
- 19 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In a speech given on the Memorial Day for Hungarian Victims of the Holocaust, János Lázár said that “the nation is more than just a community of interests: the nation is a community of fates”. (You can turn the English subtitle on by clicking on the "captions" icon at the right bottom of the video.)
German Occupation Memorial In Budapest Completed Under Cover Of Darkness
- 24 Jul 2014 11:40 AM
- current affairs
The controversial German occupation memorial was erected under cover of darkness early Sunday morning. Shortly after midnight some 100 police officers closed off the Szabadság square as workmen installed a timpanum with a bronze eagle, representing Nazi Germany. Below the eagle was erected a bronze statue of the Archangel Gabriel, representing “innocent Hungary”, holding an orb, representing the ...
Hungary: Loving It, Leaving It
- 23 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By David Landry: When I first came here, local folks mostly asked me “Why Hungary?” Now when I tell them I’m leaving, they say “It’s a good time.” So what has happened in the past 19 years?
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.