1/27/2019 – Lessons in Hungarian History: July 1944. Lessons in Hungarian History: July 1944. On January 27, the Kossuth Foundation sponsored and hosted a lecture on a scholarly volume, July 1944: The Deportation of the Jews in Budapest Foiled. (Ed. Geza Jeszenszky and published by Helena History Press). The book, supported in part by a grant from AHF made possible by the Hungarian Initiatives Foundation, relates to the military intervention of Colonel Ferenc Koszorus and the First Armored Division under his command in July 1944 that blocked the deportation to the Nazi German death camps of a quarter of a million Jews living in Budapest. The late Congressman Tom Lantos, a victim of the Holocaust himself, had paid tribute to Colonel Koszorus (reprinted in the book), stating on the floor of Congress in 1994: that “it is with great honor and pride that I rise today in recognition of the valiant, patriotic efforts of Ferenc Koszorús. Many thousands of families are alive today as a result of the heroic actions of one man who stood up for his beliefs in a very uncertain and dangerous time. His loyalty to his country and love of humanity are an inspiration to all who struggle against oppression and the vile bigotry of racism. Too often the efforts of those who struggled against the Nazi oppression go unrecognized… I am proud to honor Colonel Koszorús, a patriot, a humanitarian, and a hero.”
The Kossuth House lecture was delivered by Frank Koszorus, Jr., Esq., former national president of AHF and the son of Colonel Koszorus. He also contributed an essay to the volume. Theodore Boone, Esq. was the moderator of the program held in the Kossuth House in Washington D.C. His Excellency the Hungarian Ambassador Dr. Laszlo Szabo, M.D., his wife, Dr. Ivonn Szeverenyi, M.D., the Honorable Aniko Gaal Schott, and officers of the Foundation were among the participants of the well-attended event. July 1944 can be purchased on Amazon.” For an abstract read here. For a review of the book click here.
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