AHF Headlines
10/23/2012 - AHF Issues Statement on the 56th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution entitled, "The Hungarian 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight:
A Nation of Heroes." 1956 was not the first time in Hungary’s thousand year history that the Hungarian nation -- the people -- stood up for liberty, independence and democracy. One just needs to remember the Revolution of 1848 when Hungarians rose up against Hapsburg oppression and with Lajos Kossuth at the helm championed freedom and democracy. Or one can recall July 1944 when a Hungarian armored division blocked the deportation of more than 200,000 Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary. Or one can point to 1945 when despite Soviet occupation, Hungarians resoundingly rejected the Communist Party and elected the Smallholders Party. [read more]
October 23, 2012 - AHF Honors the heroes of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, the first tear in
the Iron Curtain where Hungarians from all walks of life rose up against insurmountable
odds to fight the brutal Soviet-installed Hungarian communist government. Thousands died fighting, others were later tortured and executed, while 200,000 were
forced to flee. October 23, 2012 marks the 56thAnniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
[Read more] and see Photos and Videos on AHF's 1956 Portal.
„Magyarország elkötelezettje a demokratikus értékeknek” – '56-os ünnepségek az USA-ban: "...Az Amerikai Magyar Szövetség a történelem más eseményeivel kapcsolatban is bizonyítja a magyar nép töretlen szabadságvágyát. Példaként hozza az 1848-as forradalmat és szabadságharcot, azt az eseményt, amikor 1944-ben magyar páncélos ezred mentett meg kétszázezer zsidót a deportálástól a nácik által megszállt Magyarországon.
„Aki nem ismeri Magyarország gazdag történelmét, a nemzeti karaktert, arra az elhamarkodott következtetésre juthat – és képes a külföldi közvéleménnyel elhitetni –, hogy Magyarország ma nem igazán elkötelezett a demokrácia megőrzésében. Az igazság azonban az, hogy Magyarország továbbra is erős elkötelezettje a demokratikus értékeknek. A NATO tagjaként továbbra is szolgálja a szabadságot a NATO küldetések teljesítésében – írja Koszorús Ferenc, az Amerikai Magyar Szövetség elnöke." [tovább]
10/19/2012 - Commemorating the 56th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Congressman Diaz-Balart, and Gov. George Pataki were among the guests of honor at the "56 at 56" Gala Dinner sponsored by the Embassy of Hungary in Washington, D.C. marking the 56th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution 1956. Additional speakers included Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi and Hungarian-American two-time Gold Medal winner Susan (Zsuzsanna) Francia. [read more]
10/5/2012 - "'The Diplomats' Pursue Rock-And-Roll Outreach." NPR's Metro Connection, hosted by Rebecca Sheir, featured the Hungarian Embassy's Rock Band. Bryan Dawson, AHF's Executive Chairman, sings for the group. Rebecca and her popular NPR program has recently been exploring unique ways diplomacy works. The bandmembers shared their experiences with communism and the suppression of creative freedom. The peoples of the captive nations had to find unique ways to express their discontent while staying under the radar of communist authorities to avoid sometimes harsh punishment. One of the songs the Diplomats perform is by a Hungarian group formed in 1982 called Bikini. Akos Veisz, the band's saxophonist and bass player explained, "The Hungarian title is "Adj helyet magad mellett," which is, like, "Give Me a Place Right Next To You." So they were trying to write songs, which had these double meanings. So this one is about love, one meaning, the other is the love for freedom." [Read more] and listen to the radio program!
8/21/2012 - AHF sends letter to Romanian Ambassador and Chairmen of the US Helsinki Commission regarding the Szekely-Miko Case: AHF is "deeply concerned that the prosecution of former state secretary
Attila Marko, Silviu Vlim and Tamas Marosan in connection with the restitution to the Reformed Diocese of
Transylvania of the Szekely Miko Evangelical Reformed College (“MEC”) in Sfantu-Gheorghe, Romania was not justified. It only serves to further stall, and in this instance reverse, the lawful restitution of church properties and discriminate against Romania’s Hungarian minority... [read more]
8/31/2012 - Amerikai magyarok is tiltakoznak a Mikó Kollégium ügyében: „A magyar kisebbség érthető okok miatt nem csupán egy restitúciós problémát lát a sepsiszentgyörgyi Mikó Kollégium ügyében, hanem egy közösség elleni célirányos tevékenységet, az intolerancia, diszkrimináció megnyilvánulását. A bigottság, az intolerancia a demokráciában hívő emberek meggyalázása, és sérti a nyugati értékeket, normákat” [tovább]
22.08.2012 - Indokolatlannak tartja a sepsiszentgyörgyi Székely Mikó Kollégium restitúciója ügyében érintett személyek elleni bűnvádi eljárást az Amerikai Magyar Szövetség (AMSZ). Tízezres nagyságrendben várnak tüntetőket Sepsiszentgyörgyre a Székely Mikó Kollégium visszaállamosítása elleni tüntetésre szeptember elsején. [tovább]
London 2012 saw Hungary repeat its historic Olympic excellence. Some have called Hungary's 2012 Olympic performance a "miracle," but in reality, the miracle has been Hungary's historic performance since 1896. Hungary's 17 medals and incredible 8th ranking in total Gold in London is exemplary of where Hungary has been for the last century! Hungary ranked 5th in Gold per Capita!
As we celebrate the Spirit of the Games and the success of Hungary and all the Olympic athletes and express our gratitiude for their excellence and to their families who have sacrificed so much, we also also take the opportunity to congratulate Hungarian-Americans Rebecca Soni (Sőni) (2 Golds and a Silver with 2 World Records) and Susan (Zsuzsanna) Francia (Gold Medalist and 5-time World Champion!), and Julie Zetlin, (the United States’ only representative for Rhythmic gymnastics and the first and only rhythmic gymnast to qualify from the United States since 2004) on their fantastic London 2012 performances for the United States! We also congratulate the Hungarian Paralympians who earned an additional 14 medals (2 gold, 6 Silver, and 6 Bronze!)
As of 2012, Hungary Ranks 8th in Gold Medals! More than Russia, Australia and Japan! Hungary also Ranks 8th Overall! More than China, more than Russia! [read more] on Bryan Dawson's "Nobel Prize Winners and Famous Hungarians."
Featured Books & Articles
AHF presents articles written by distinguished AHF members. AHF encourages all members to submit scholarly essays, books, and other materials which will be featured on our Publications page. 1956 Revolution-related materials are featured on www.hungary1956.com
T. Zane Reeves: "Shoes Along the Danube." Based on a true story, this amazing book follows the lives of two extended Hungarian families, the Rézlers and the Földes, one gentile and the other Jewish, through three decades. The story begins in pre-World War II Budapest, as increasing fascism and anti-Semitism lead Hungary to become an ally of Germany. In 1944, Germany invades Hungary to exterminate Europe’s last remaining group of Jews at the infamous Auschwitz death camp. The story builds through the siege of Budapest, the Russian occupation of Hungary, and separation by exile. It includes the story of Col. Ferenc Koszorus and the battle against Nazi forces. Buy [his books] and other products on the AHF Amazon Store ![Help AHF by purchasing products using the AHF Amazon Store!](http://www.americanhungarianfederation.org/images/pubs/amazon.gif)
[read more] about Zane and "Shoes Along the Danube"
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Through an American Lens, Hungary, 1938: Photographs of Margaret Bourke-White. Kadar Lynn's recently discovered a treasure trove of mostly unpublished photographs taken during the artist's month-long trip to Hungary in 1938 by Life Magazine's most renowned photojournalist, Margaret Bourke-White. The photographs not only furnish us with a look at pre-WWII Hungary and its people, but because Bourke-White took unsentimental portraits of the major political figures in Hungary, from the far right to the far left, Communists, Fascists, Socialists, Social Democrats, Smallholders, as well as the primary government officials, it provides us with an insight into these individuals and history provides us with the consequences of their actions. Purchase this book on [read more]
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Hungary in World War II: Caught in the Cauldron by Deborah Cornelius, Fordham University Press, New York, 2011. Csaba Zoltani writes: "Deborah Cornelius’ Hungary in World War II: Caught in the Cauldron (Fordham University Press, New York 2011) gives an excellent overview of the events leading up to and the horrendous events of World War II in Hungary. The effect of the Treaty of Trianon, that without plebiscites, truncated Hungary and deprived it of its natural resources and forced a sizeable portion of its population to live under alien jurisdiction, set the political and sociological climate in Hungary from the 1920's on. Cornelius gives an excellent overview of the readjustment that expressed itself in the politics and led to the belief that revision of the treaty was only possible through German intervention." [read more] Buy it now on AHF's Amazon Store! ![Buy it now on AHF's Amazon Store!](images/pubs/amazon.gif)
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New Zsuzsa Hanto, book published: "Kitiltott Családok" (Banished families.
Communist repression of "class enemies" in Hungary) Hantó Zsuzsa az elszenvedők és visszaemlékezők emlékeit is magában foglaló könyv történész szerzője nem kevesebbre vállalkozik, mint az 1950-ben és 1951-ben vidékről és Budapestről a kommunista rezsin által kitelepített, kitiltott családok szenvedéseit, megpróbáltatásait, nem egyszer pusztulását mutatja be. [tovább]
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Tokaji Wine: Fame, Fate, Tradition: A Journey into Tokaji Wine History - By AHF's Miles Lambert-Gocs. This is a book that Wine Spectator called "the most comprehensive reference book on Tokaji available in the English language."
How did a wine from a remote corner of Europe gain unparalleled fame worldwide? This is the central question answered on virtually every page of Tokaji Wine: Fame, Fate, Tradition, a new book that promises to be a touchstone for all future writing on Tokaji. The world's first botrytis wine, Hungary's Tokaji won an enviable reputation centuries ago. But never before have the development of its winetypes and the story of its ups and downs in fame and prestige been presented so fully in English. [read more] or Buy his books now on the AHF Amazon Store ![Help AHF by purchasing products using the AHF Amazon Store!](http://www.americanhungarianfederation.org/images/pubs/amazon.gif)
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Scarlett Antaloczy's "FREEDOM ’56: True Stories of the Hungarian Revolution"... is a timely compilation of true accounts of the Hungarian freedom fight of 1956. What started out as a personal family tribute to Scarlett’s parents blossomed into a worldwide journey leading to a host of discoveries and the posing of serious questions about civilization, global domination and political agendas. FREEDOM ’56 is derived from a wealth of interviews and submissions of first-hand information from survivors and friends of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 against the Soviet occupation and the Hungarian Communist party. These are the personal experiences and reflections of individual contributors, from all walks of life and from all over the world, who looked back across more than fifty years of history to share their still-vivid memories of the Revolution with readers of FREEDOM ’56. [read more] and Buy her book now on the AHF Amazon Store ![Help AHF by purchasing products using the AHF Amazon Store!](http://www.americanhungarianfederation.org/images/pubs/amazon.gif)
Simon,
Paul M: "The Old lady and the Fawn," the first
bilingual edition of "Öreg néne ozikéje"
(Hungarian)
Rebecca
McEldowney's "Soul of Flesh: A Novel of the 1956 Hungarian
Revolution" [ read
more]
Dr.
Katalin Kadar Lynn's "Tibor Eckhardt in His Own Words:
An Autobiography" [ read
more]
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2012 Membership Appeal...
Strength
can only be found in unity! AHF and its volunteers and members have been serving the community for over century. In this Season of Giving, please join and support your AHF, an all-volunteer, non-partisan, non-profit 501(C)(3), charitable and educational organization. Your donations may be tax deductible.
Looking Back: AHF History
1990: Kossuth in the US Capitol:
"The spirit of our age is Democracy. All for the people and all by the people. Nothing about the people, without the people. That is Democracy, and that is the ruling tendency of the spirit of our age." - Louis Kossuth, spoken before the Ohio State Legislature, February 16, 1852, more than a decade before Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Speaking to half the population of the United States at the time and witnessed by heroic welcomes across the country, Louis Kossuth's impact on the United States was nothing short of historic. Kossuth was the first foreign statesman since the Marquis de Lafayette to address a joint session of Congress.
To celebrate and commemorate the friendship and shared values between the people of the United States and those of Hungarian descent, The American Hungarian Federation commissioned a bronze bust of Lajos Kossuth and offered it to U.S. Congress. House Concurrent Resolution 251 (Introduced by Congressman Tom Lantos,
cosponsored by Congressman William Broomfield and a Senate support motion
by Sen. Pell) called for placement of the statue in the US Capitol. It
was adopted on Feb 27, 1990 (House) and March 1 (Senate).
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AHF
Members' Corner
Featured Members
Liz (Szabo) Vos
Magyar Marketing (originally based in Youngstown, OH) was founded in 1988 by Elizabeth A. Szabo in response to requests of Hungarians in the US interested in preserving and sharing their Hungarian heritage with their friends and family. Over the years, Elizabeth A. Szabo (Liz's mom) patiently developed Magyar Marketing into a connecting point for Hungarians all over the US for Hungarian foods, recipes, encouragement, and unique gifts with Hungarian themes. Although Elizabeth passed away in 2008, Liz and her family have continued the business and are committed to helping you discover, celebrate, and share your Hungarian heritage in a variety of ways.
Please check her website at www.magyarmarketing.com which shows their product line as well as information and ideas about how you can continue a Hungarian influence in the future generations of your family. Liz is the second generation to be born in the US (most of her grandparents came from Hungary in the early 1900s) and lives in Evansville, IN with her husband and four children. Sign up now to receive a catalog of all her great Hungarian-themed products in the mail and her monthly e-newsletter. [see all Featured Members]
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Gabby Tary is an artist and comedian originally from Budapest, Hungary. She now resides in Santa Monica, and recently authored her first book, "Congratulations, it's a Communism." She was a principal on television favorities including "The Arsenio Hall Show" and has performed at multiple theatres and comedy venues across the United States and in Hungary.
Gabby Tary was born in Budapest, Hungary. Growing up in Budapest during the communist regime, Gabby has an intense sense of history and a profound insight into human nature, influencing her work. Respect and love for people was instilled in her from childhood experiencing the human on human brutality, where life had changed little during the cruel authority of Stalin's terror. The family left Hungary in 1956 following the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Gabby fought in the Hungarian revolution and has intense love for democracy and freedom. Frustrated with the the success of teh Tea Party movement which she saw as a threat to democracy in the United States, she decided to write her first book. [Read more] and buy [her book] and other products on the AHF Amazon Store ![Help AHF by purchasing products using the AHF Amazon Store!](http://www.americanhungarianfederation.org/images/pubs/amazon.gif)
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AHF Book Highlights & Reviews
AHF presents articles written by distinguished AHF members. AHF encourages all members to submit scholarly essays, books, and other materials which will be featured on our Publications page. 1956 Revolution-related materials are featured on www.hungary1956.com
AHF Book Review: Rememberance (Pamięć): Polish Refugees in Hungary 1939-1946 (Emlékezés - Lengyel Menekültek Magyarorszagon 1939-1946) by Grzegorz and Krystyna Lubczyk. Throughout its history, Hungary offered refuge to a wide variety of ethnicities trying to escape persecution in their homelands. At the beginning and throughout the Second World War, Poles, including considerable number of its military, sought and received refuge from Nazi and Stalinist persecution. Eventually most of the soldiers went on and joined the Allied war effort and played an important part in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
A new two volume work by the former Polish ambassador to Hungary, Grzegorz Łubczyk and his wife Krystyna under the patronage of the Polish president, document the story of the Polish refugees in Hungary in Emlékezés (Pamięć or Rememberance) Polish Refugees in Hungary 1939-1946. The first volume gives an overview of what transpired and the second volume gives personal stories of many of the nearly 120,000 Polish refugees who were granted redoubt at nearly 200 locations scattered throughout Hungary. [Read the AHF Book Review] by Csaba Zoltani.
Tokaji Wine: Fame, Fate, Tradition: A Journey into Tokaji Wine History -a book that Wine Spectator called "the most comprehensive reference book on Tokaji available in the English language."
How did a wine from a remote corner of Europe gain unparalleled fame worldwide? This is the central question answered on virtually every page of Tokaji Wine: Fame, Fate, Tradition, a new book that promises to be a touchstone for all future writing on Tokaji. The world's first botrytis wine, Hungary's Tokaji won an enviable reputation centuries ago. But never before have the development of its winetypes and the story of its ups and downs in fame and prestige been presented so fully in English. [read more] and Buy his books now on the AHF Amazon Store ![Help AHF by purchasing products using the AHF Amazon Store!](http://www.americanhungarianfederation.org/images/pubs/amazon.gif)
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Announcements and
Upcoming Events
November 10 - 11:
Washington, DC
Karácsonyi Vásár / Annual Hungarian Christmas Bazaar!
Womans Club Of Bethesda
5500 Sonoma Road
Bethesda, MD 20817
november 10. szombat 1-től 7-ig
november 11. vasárnap 11-től 5-ig
Jó magyar ételek, édességek, sütemények, borok, szalámi, kolbász, szaloncukor,
népművészet, kézimunka, képeslap - and more!
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New Brunswick, NJ
Széchenyi Hungarian School
English as a Second Language Course (ESL) is offered at the Széchenyi Hungarian School in New Brunswick by an experienced college graduate who majored in Education with a specialization in Teaching English as a Second Language.
Pre-School Program for Toddlers started in September!
We are happy to announce that the Szechenyi Hungarian school will be starting a new program for the schoolyear of 2012, which is a Pre-school Program for toddlers. It is open to children 2.5 -3 years of age to participate in a two and a half hour program on Saturdays.
More information: [magyariskolanj@gmail.com]
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Oct 17 - Nov 30
New York, NY
Reviving the Light:
New Zsolnay Eosin Ceramics ILIAD Gallery (212 East 57th Street, New York, NY, 10022
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ONGOING: Washington, D.C. Péter Bacsó Film Club is back!
Tuesday's, 7pm
Embassy of Hungary
2950 Spring of Freedom Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008
Dress code: Casual
For further information: www.huembwas.org
R.S.V.P. by (202) 362-6730/201
or email: rsvp.was@kum.hu
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2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival!
June 26–June 30 and
July 3–July 7
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival Program features "Hungarian Heritage:
Roots to Revival"
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![Klaudia Kovacs’ multi-award-winning sociopolitical historical documentary is about the international decline of communism and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Torn from the Flag was the last film of legendary cinematographer László Kovács.](http://www.americanhungarianfederation.org/images/pubs/TornFromTheFlag_Poster_med.jpg)
We are thrilled to announce the DVD RELEASE
of 8-time-award-winning documentary TORN FROM THE FLAG!
Klaudia Kovacs’ multi-award-winning sociopolitical historical documentary is about the international decline of communism and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Torn from the Flag was the last film of legendary cinematographer László Kovács. As Klaudia and krew continue their '56 AROUND THE WORLD campaign, the public-use DVD continues to be available for rental in the USA, Canada and now in Australia and New Zealand for educational screenings (kindly note that private/personal-use DVDs may not be used for group/public screenings).
[Buy or Rent] this historic film, movie posters, post cards, and invite the producer to your event! [read more]
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