Programs
October 16, 2013, 3 pm
Horthy and the Jewish Question – Lecture by Dávid Turbucz
Venue: Austrian Cultural Forum, Budapest, Andrássy Road 43, 2nd floor, buzzer 22
In his public appearances, Regent Miklós Horthy has seldom expressed his anti-Semitic convictions. During private encounters however, he has not kept his views secret. Have these opinions evolved during time? If yes, in which manners? What role did he play at the introduction of the Jewish Acts? How much did he know about the Holocaust? What was his role in the deportations of 1944? How can his responsibility be evaluated? Dávid Turbucy will shed light on these issues in his lecture on October 16.
October 22, 2013, 6:30 pm
Henryk Sławik – a Polish Wallenberg– Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Venue: Vienna, Austria, Polish Academy of Sciences, Boerhaavegasse 25
After the film screening Prof. Dr. Szabolcs Szita, managing director of the Holocaust Memorial Center, will represent Hungary in the panel discussion.
October 24, 2013, 5 pm
Screening of the Documentary “Well” – Program by the Friends of the Museum
Venue: Budapest, Páva Street 39, Wallenberg Room
The documentary by Dr. Teréz Virág and András Sipos is an attempt to illustrate the circumstances of the Hungarian society and of the Hungarian Jewry during the transition. A discussion with the psychologist Katalin Bárdos, the daughter of Dr. Teréz Virág, will follow the screening, focusing on the psychological aspects of processing the Holocaust trauma. The movie and the discussion will be in Hungarian, entry is free.
Training Workshop for Teachers
October 11, 2013, 6 pm
‘How to NOT Teach the Holocaust’ – Workshop
Autumn Festival of Museums 2013
During the Teachers’ Night, a workshop will take place discussing the possibilities of teaching and understanding the Holocaust through school programs and museum-pedagogical methods.
“Extinction by Forced Labor 1939-1945” – Accredited Training for Teachers
Deadline: November 5, 2013
The new accredited training program of the Holocaust Memorial Center titled “Extinction by Forced Labor 1939-1945” will provide additional instruction for teachers interested in the history of the Holocaust. The material introduces phases of the persecution in Europe and in Hungary, with special focus on the forced labor service and pedagogical dimensions of remembrance. The training will take place from November 29 to December 1, 2013.
News
Visit of Sir Andrew Burns
Sir Andrew Burns, Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust issues of the United Kingdom visited the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest on September 10. He was welcomed by Prof. Dr. György Haraszti, chairman of the Board of the Center, Prof. Dr. Szabolcs Szita, managing director, and Dr. János Botos, deputy managing director of the institution.
New Publication by Prof. Braham
As a donation by Prof. Randolph L. Braham, the Holocaust Memorial Center has received a valuable set of books, among them the Geographical Encyclopedia of the Holocaust in Hungary
The recently published Encyclopedia contains three volumes that are designed to serve as a reference work for teachers, students, and all those interested in the catastrophe that befell Hungarian Jews. The book is also designed to serve as a monument to the Jewish communities that were destroyed during the Holocaust.
Researchers, students, teachers and interested visitors may consult it at the institution’s Brahamtheque Information Center. The aim of the Center is to collect the research results and publications of Professor Braham and make them available to researchers, educators and to the public in easy accessible digital form.
Visit by US Diplomats
The chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of the United States of America in Budapest, Mr. M. André Goodfriend and the head of the political section, Dr. Kris Fresonke visited the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest on September 24, 2013. The visitors were briefed about the activities of the center by Prof. Dr. György Haraszti, chairman of the Board of the Center, Prof. Dr. Szabolcs Szita, managing director, and Dr. János Botos, deputy managing director of the institution.
Eminent Holocaust Historian Prof. Israel Gutman Died
Professor Israel Gutman was a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto and Auschwitz, witness in the Eichmann Trial and was a trailblazing historian of the Holocaust. He died age 90 in Jerusalem, on October 1. For more details, click here.
Meeting with Representatives of OSCE/ODIHR
At the fringes of the conference Jewish Lives and Anti-Semitism in Europe that took place in the Parliament of the Republic of Hungary on October 1-2, the deputy director of the Holocaust Memorial Center, Dr. Janos Botos met with Floriane Hohenberg, Head of the Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department of the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. The activities of the Holocaust Memorial Center, in particular the programs of teachers’ training and tolerance education were discussed during the meeting.
In the Footsteps of Ferenc Molnár on the Day of the Hungarian Theater
Memories of Ferenc Molnár, an outstanding writer and journalist of the 20th century have been evoked on the walk organised at the occasion of the Day of the Hungarian Theater on September 21. Two institutions from the neighborhood where he has spent his early years and where the site of his famous novel The Paul Street Boys is located, the Holocaust Memorial Center and the Botanical Gardens designed a memorial walk. Walking between the beautiful trees and flowers of the Gardens, the 60 participants visited sites described in the novel. They also learned about the destructions caused to the greenhouse and the botanical rarities during the Second World War.
Background information was provided at the Holocaust Memorial Center, where many documents, posters, documentaries and interactive maps can be consulted about the history of the inter-war period. Here it became clear, why the author of the Paul Street Boys had decided to emigrate to France, Switzerland, and eventually in 1939, to the United States.
During the walk, participants also visited the childhood home of Ferenc Molnár, marked by a memorial plaque at the entrance, walked to the corner of the Paul Street, took a look at the “grund” and stopped by the Paul Street Boys monument, unveiled on the centenary of the publication of the novel.
The walk is an excellent and informative program for families, groups of students or tourists. For further information and registration click here. |
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