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1956 revolution and freedom fight

Anna Szakály

A Conversation with Documentary Filmmaker, Editor, and Historical Researcher Anna Szakály

‘It’s important to me that the kids know about their family history. One assignment I give my grade 6 class is to interview a family member who immigrated to Canada, and if that person is no longer alive, to interview…

‘Sometimes you have to open your wallet for the community’ — A Conversation with László Oroszlány

‘My life very often turned out completely differently than I had planned. History intervened several times; for example, World War II, the final phase of which I experienced in Hungary as a child aged 8–9; the communist dictatorship that followed;…
ForraiTamasatya_at Scout Camp, Fillmore, NY, 2023

‘Assimilation is inherent in the diaspora’ — A Conversation with Jesuit Father Tamás Forrai

‘It’s very interesting to see to what extent we can acknowledge the fact that diaspora life automatically implies linguistic and cultural assimilation. There’s a growing geographical dispersion; mobility is very characteristic in North America…In 2018 we finally started to talk…about…
Kerkay Emesével, Passaic, NJ

Photo-Documenting Markers of the Hungarian Diaspora — A Conversation with Gergely Tóth

An in-depth interview with German teacher Gergely Tóth, who went to the University of Berkeley, California 26 years ago for a doctoral program, then soon became immersed in local Hungarian community life. Since then, his voluntary work has extended from…
Foreign Ministry State Secretary Gyula Horn welcomes János Kádár at the Ferihegy Airport as the Communist leader returns from his trip to Berlin in December 1987.

Budapest Fidesz: Gyula Horn Walkway Should Be Renamed after the Pest Lads

‘Hungarian law explicitly forbids public spaces from bearing the names of individuals who played a part in establishing, consolidating, or perpetuating the totalitarian political regimes of the 20th century. Those who respect Horn’s accomplishments in his later years as prime…
Deputy House Speaker Anna Kéthly, standing next to Minister of Industry Antal Bán, leans out of the window of a railcarriage as she departs for a Social Democrat conference in Zurich in 1947.

Anna Kéthly, the Female Parliamentarian who Stood Up Against Totalitarianism

Iconic social democrat politician Anna Kéthly was the second woman to serve in the Hungarian National Assembly. Born into a working-class family, she dedicated her life to advocating for the rights of workers and women in particular. Forced into hiding…

‘We no longer have enough members in our community to do things separately’ — A Conversation with the Megyeri Couple from Chicago

An in-depth interview with Erika and József Megyeri, former and current presidents of the Hungarian Communion of Friends, about their families’ emigration to the U.S., their involvement in the life of the local Hungarian community as teenagers, and how and…

The Spirit of ’56

‘This 4th of July, my own country’s independence day, Americans can look with solidarity to the struggles of Hungary and of all democracies against the many faces of tyranny in these last few centuries.’…

The Tomorrow That Never Came — A Conversation with 95-year-old 56er István Üsztöke

On 23 October 1956, István Üsztöke participated in the production of the famous sixteen points demanding democracy as a printer, for which he had to flee from Hungary. He emigrated to the US, where he worked as a printer until…
Pál Kepenyes in front of his 15-metre-high public artwork titled The People of the Sun in Acapulco, Mexico.

Showcasing a Journey from Tragedy to Triumph — The Life’s Work of Hungarian Mexican Artist Pál Kepenyes

The exhibition, which features Pál Kepenyes’s small sculptures, life-size statues, and large-format photographs of his works, will be open until 9 March at the Aba-Novák Agora Cultural Center….

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