Programs
December 4, 2013, 3 pm
Latest results of the archeological research in Mauthausen – LECTURE
Venue: Austrian Cultural Forum, Budapest, Andrássy Road 43, 2nd floor, buzzer 22
The Austrian Cultural Forum, the Holocaust Memorial Center and its partners have invited Prof. Claudia Theune-Vogt, director of the Institute of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna to deliver a lecture on the topic: “Results of the archeological research of the sub-camps of KL Mauthausen”. For more details see the website of the Holocaust Memorial Center.
December 5, 2013,
Commemoration of the Fortifications’ Forced Labor Servicemen
COMMEMORATION – CONFERENCE
Venue: Sopron-Balf, József Attila Culture Club, Fő Street 27,
National Literature and Historic Memorial
At the conference devoted to commemorating the forced laborers engaged in fortification constructions outstanding historians from Slovakia and Hungary, including Dr. Sándor Szakály, Prof. Dr. Szabolcs Szita and Dr. Tamás Lang, will shed light on the events that took place in the winter of 1944/45 in the border area of Hungary and Austria. The program will be closed by commemorations and laying wreaths at the memorial stone of the rescuers and at the monument of the displaced Germans. For participating to the event, please register at the regisztracio@hdke.hue-mail address.
December 9, 2013, 11 am
70th Anniversary of the Rescue of the Danish Jews
Venue: Holocaust Memorial Center, Budapest, Páva Street 39
In 1943, in German-occupied Denmark, the Danish people realized that all 7,500 Danish Jews were about to be rounded up and deported to German concentration camps. Danish citizens spontaneously made their own decision to prevent the deportation. Risking their own lives, the Danes quickly rallied round to save their fellow citizens, and almost all of the country’s Jews were able to escape the clutches of the Nazis and find refuge in neutral Sweden. This remarkable episode that took place 70 years ago will be commemorated at an event organized by the Danish Embassy in Budapest and the Holocaust Memorial Center. A lecture will be delivered by Dr. Therkel Stræde, Professor of Contemporary History, University of Southern Denmark. Speakers include H.E. Mr. Tom Nørring, Ambassador of Denmark, H.E. Ms. Karin Olofsdotter, Ambassador of Sweden and Prof. Dr. Szita Szabolcs DSc., acting director of the Holocaust Memorial Center. Simultaneous English-Hungarian translation will be provided. Registration to the event at the sansev@um.dk e-mail address. During the night of 9-10 November 1938, hundreds of synagogues were burned, Jewish owned shops were demolished and looted in Germany. The pogrom, approved by Hitler, was organized by Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda and Reinhard Heydrich, leader of the SS. At the 75th anniversary of the tragical events, the director of the Holocaust Memorial Center, Prof. Dr. Szabolcs Szita will talk about the episode. Entry is free; language Hungarian.
News
Refurbished Corporate Identity of the Holocaust Memorial Center
A public call for designing the new logo and corporate visual identity solutions of the Holocaust Memorial Center was closed on 18 November. There were 36 graphical solutions submitted. Although most of the works were excellent, none of the designs met all the criteria of the tender. The jury asked Mr. Endre Eskulits, the winner of the 2nd prize, to fine-tune his design and complete the final form of the institutions new logo.
Wallenberg’s Rescue Action on 28 November 1944
Forced labor serviceman Walter Heller, and many of his comrades were rescued from deportation at the Józsefváros railway station by Raoul Wallenberg on 28 November, 1944. The Swedish diplomat and Tamás Veres photographer escorted those forced labor servicemen, who possessed Swedish “protection letters” to the Szent István Park, and kept them there until they were safe to disperse. Based on the photos taken by Tamás Veres during the day, with lot of research efforts it was possible to identify Walter Heller, as participant to the events. A video interview with the 90 year old survivor, made by the director of the Holocaust Memorial Center, Prof. Dr. Szabolcs Szita is available on our website in Hungarian.
End of Year Opening Hours
In planning your visit to the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest during the end-of-the-year holidays season, please note that the exhibition will be closed from December 23 to 26. On December 27, 28 and 29, visitors are welcome during the usual business hours, from 10 am to 6 pm. The museum will also be closed for the New Year, on December 30, 31 and on January 1. It will be reopened for the visitors on January 2, 2014.
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