Pres. Bush and Hungary
5/11/2005 - Washington Times publishes AHF Letter to the Editor
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Attila József: The Seventh
"Let yourself be the seventh one!"
Translated from the Hungarian by John Bátki
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Gulag Survivor George Z. Bien Dies at 76
Washington Post Monday, June 20, 2005; B05
Gulag Survivor George Z. Bien Dies at 76
By Joe Holley
Washington Post Staff Writer
George Zoltan Bien, 76, an Arlington resident who survived imprisonment in the Soviet gulag after World War II and was forced to flee his native Hungary after the uprising against Soviet occupation in 1956, died of pancreatic cancer June 16 at the Halquist Memorial Inpatient Center in Arlington. He was a Fairfax resident.
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Hungarian Language & Culture Course at the University of Szeged
From the University of Szeged
Particular thanks for getting this educational program going over thirty years ago is due to Professor Louis Elteto, one of our MBK founder, and is given credit for the initiative in the article.
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Real Madrid to Play Testimonial for Puskás
BUDAPEST, June 21 (Reuters) - Real Madrid will play a testimonial game in Budapest on August 14 to raise money for former Real and Hungary great Ferenc Puskas, organisers said on Tuesday.
Puskas, 78, is in hospital suffering from Alzheimer's disease and the funds raised from ticket sales will be used to pay his medical expenses.
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Sándor Márai: Robinson
"...every adventure that begins with bulging sails and dolphins, ends in a Robinson-like existence. We're sitting on the island of our lonesomeness..."
Note: Translated by Laszlo G. Fulop/1999
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Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright: on the Occasion of Accession to NATO
Speech by Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright on the Occasion of the Accession of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
at the Truman Presidential Library, Independence, Missouri March 12, 1999
This speech sets essential guidelines for NATO mission and operations that may be important guides for certain aspects of USA-Hungary relations in the future. Preserved for Hungarian-American organizations by Bika Juli, Editor of 'Nyugati Magyarság' and Unicum News, March 1999
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Téka Ensemble To Play Transylvanian Music At The Kennedy School
THE TÉKA ENSMBLE will present a concert beginning at 6:30 p.m. June 27, 2005 at McMenamins Kennedy School at 5736 NE 33rd Avenue. Musicians Beatrix Tárnoki (vocals, lute), Balázs Vizeli (violin), György Lányi (viola, bagpipe, lute), and Pál Havasréti (bass, hurdy-gurdy, zither, percussion) will play rich folk music from Hungary and Romania.
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Edith Lauer : Historic Day in Budapest
MBK member Edit Lauer was present in the Hungarian parliament during the election of the President of Hungary and sends the following report regarding the tactics that help win the the presidency for Dr. László Sólyom.
Note: Forwared to the MBK by László Fülöp.
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Dr. László Sólyom - Hungary's New President
On June 7, 2005 the Congress of the Hungarian Parliament elected Dr. László Sólyom, a former President of Hungary's Constitutional Court, to be Hungary's next President. As President of Hungary, he will succeed Dr. Ferenc Mádl and is slated serve a five-year term. His mandate begins August 5, 2005.
Dr. Sólyom's Curriculum Vitae is as follows:
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Iván T. Berend Reflecting on Hungary From Afar
UCLA's Daily Bruin has an interesting interview with Professor Iván T. Berend titled Hungarian natives reflect on home.
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50th anniversary of the Hungarian American Foundation
The Home News Tribune of New Jersey has an article on 50th anniversary of the American Hungarian Foundation by Rick Malwitz. The MBK wishes to congratulate the American Hungarian Foundation on 50 years of service to the Hungarian community in the United States.
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Remembering Trianon
REMEMBERING TRIANON
The 85th Anniversary of the Greatest Tragedy in Hungarian History
on Sunday, June 5, 2005
at the American Hungarian Citizen's League
21 New Schley St. Garfield, NJ 07026
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Fragments of History VI. - End of WW.II.
Escapees testify - Deposition #6
"... in October of 1944 when the Hungarian and German troops gave up Szenttamás, the Russian troops and Tito guerrillas arrived to town. At that time the town's population was 18,000, today it is only 15,000..."
Note: Translation to English by L. G. Fulop
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Fragments Of History V. - End of WW.II.
Escapees testify - Deposition #5.
"...I know at the very least 1,500 Hungarians were executed in Csurog, no difference between women and men. I also should mention that those children whose parents were slaughtered were taken to camps..."
Note: Translation to English by Laszlo G. Fulop.
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Judith Liptak Papp
Judith Liptak, Mrs. Laszlo Papp passed away on March 31, 2005.
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Fragments of History IV. - End of WW.II.
Escapees testify - Deposition #4
Excerpts from the book "Berkes and the Monk" (pp. 156-165) by Ferenc Fiala published as "Berkes és a szerzetes" in Munich (München), Germany, 1979
Translation to English by Laszlo G. Fulop
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Fragments of History III. - End of WW.II.
Escapees testify - Deposition #3.
"...I lived in Zsablya when Tito's guerrillas occupied the town. It was on October 25, around four in the afternoon when the guerrillas moved into town. Before long they arrested Peter Fekete, a Hungarian compatriot and hung him on a mulberry tree in front of the Town Hall..."
Excerpts from the book “Berkes and the Monk” (pp. 156-165) by Ferenc Fiala, Published as “Berkes és a szerzetes” in Munich (München), Germany, 1979
Note: Translated to English by Laszlo G. Fulop.
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Draft Law on National Minorities in Romania
In accordance with its campaign promise, during the last three weeks, the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania has elaborated the draft law on minorities, which was made public and put forward to the widest possible social debate. Thanks to its role in government, the Alliance has achieved that the adoption of the law figures as a priority in the government program.
Note: Read the Draft Law on the Statute of Minorities elaborated by the DAHR.
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Fragments of History II. - End of WW.II.
Escapees testify - Deposition #2
"I lived in Péterrév when the Hungarians gave up and the guerillas moved into our town. This happened on the 8th or 10th of October in 1944. I remember that when the guerrillas moved in, they gathered up right away those who served under the Hungarian regime, the policemen, our parson..."
Excerpts from the book “Berkes and the Monk” (pp. 156-165) by Ferenc Fiala, Published as “Berkes és a szerzetes” in Munich (München), Germany, 1979
Note: Translation to English by Laszlo G. Fulop.
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Petition for Autonomy of Székely-land
By the
SZÉKELYFÖLDI NEMZETI BIZOTTMÁNY Csíksomlyó (Csíkszereda), Kájoni János u. 1. Fodor HázForwarded to us by Olga Zoltai
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Fragments of History I. - End of WW.II.
Escapees testify - Deposition #1
Excerpts from the book “Berkes and the Monk” (pp. 156-165) by Ferenc Fiala, Published as “Berkes és a szerzetes” in Munich (München), Germany, 1979
Translation to English by Laszlo G. Fulop
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Bird Poaching Moves South
Budapest, March 25 (MTI) - It appears that foreign poachers of Hungary's protected birds have moved to other hunting grounds. While common sense suggests hunters would take advantage of Hungary's newly open borders with the rest of the European Union, no poacher has been caught red-handed over the past year, a daily paper said.
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Álom - Való
Arany János verse. - Arany, mint igazi próféta, előre megjósolta, milyen lesz a 48-as, lázas lelkesedésnek a vége...
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