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AHF eNews, March 2010
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AHF President discusses Slovak Language Law with OSCE High Commissioner
on National Minorities
20th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Kossuth Bust in the US
Capitol
Hungarian Americans commemorate Hungarian National Day - hear Kossuth
speak!
AHF holds 51st annual General Assembly meeting
Proud to be Hungarian? Büszke hogy magyar? AHF issues Census Alert
[*]1956 National Memorial - A continuing call for support
and donations to finally have a fitting national memorial in the
nation's
capital!
Additional Features
[*]Looking Back: AHF History
[*]AHF Members' Corner
[*]Featured Member
[*]Featured Book or Article
[*]Corporate Sponsor
[*]Upcoming Events
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AHF eNews Archive
3/22/2010 - AHF President discusses Slovak Language Law with OSCE
High
Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek and submits follow
up
letter: "...[Slovakia's] actions include the gerrymandering of the administrat
i
ve division of Slovakia so that Hungarians are in the minority; adopting
a
resolution proposed by extremist Jan Slota ratifying and confirming the
Benes
decrees; and refusing to rehabilitate Janos Esterhazy, who as leader of
the
Hungarian Party in Tiso’s Fascist Slovakia was the only
Member of Parliament to vote against the deportation of Jews in 1942,
yet
who
died in a Czechoslovak prison after the war."
This is the latest in a series of efforts aimed at publicizing and
overturning this law [read more]
3/16/2010 - 20th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Kossuth Bust
in
the
US Capitol... AHF and members of the community joined Congress, the Hungarian
Embassy, and the Lantos Foundation in a commemoration of the 20th anniversary
of the unveiling of the Kossuth Bust in the US Capitol, a gift from AHF
to
the
people of the United States. [read more]
3/15/2009 - Hungarian Americans commemorate Hungarian National Day.
President Obama sends congratulations. The 1848 Hungarian Revolution, under
its
leader Louis Kossuth, sought to
throw off the Austrian Yoke. It failed after Russian intervention, but
its
impact on the United States is felt even today [read more]
3/12/2010 - AHF holds 51st annual General Assembly meeting - AHF
held
its 51st annual meeting at the Hungarian Reformed Church in New Brunswick,
New
Jersey, during March 5-6, 2010. Federation leaders presented their annual
reports; participants discussed various operational and policy issues;
decisions were reached with regard to various issues, including financial
contributions the Federation provides The assembly electred a new slate
of
officers including Frank Koszorus, Jr. as New national President. [read
more]
3/9/2009 - Proud to be Hungarian? AHF issues Census Alert. AHF urges
Americans of Hungarian ethnicity, background and cultural heritage to identify
on the 2010 US Census and asks all organizations to distribute a one page
flyer
on how to do it [read more in English
] [tovább magyarul]
Continuing
News: AHF continues call for support of a 1956 Statue
for the Nation's Capital...AHF's 1956 Commemoration Committee
is seeking your help to erect a statue in Washington, D.C. devoted
to the heroes of the Hungarian Revolution. The AHF plan calls
for
an actual-size statue to be placed prominently in Washington while
we raise funds for its bronze replacement. Seen here with his
prototype
design is renowned sculptor Gyuri Hollosy, who was responsible
for
the Boston Liberty Square memorial. At the recent Capitol Reception
honoring 1848, Congressman Tom Lantos mentioned his intent to
place
a 1956 memorial in Washington. We must ensure this remarkable
design
is selected! [read
more]
AHF Store
on
Buy ALL your books, videos, electronics and other gifts on AHF's
Amazon Store. It costs nothing extra to you, but Amazon contributes
a small percentage to AHF. [go to the store]
The latest member books added:
Lapossy,
Susanna (Zsuzsanna):
Life
Behind the Iron Curtain. [Read
more] about the book or purchase the book on
Simon,
Paul M: "The Old lady and the Fawn," the first
bilingual edition of "Öreg néne ozikéje"
(Hungarian)
Order now at Simpa
Books
Professor
Peter Hargitai's Daughter
of the Revolution: A Novel (2006 - A story of a brave freedom
fighter - a 14 year-old girl)
[read more]
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]
Strength
can only be found in unity! Please join AHF and work
together on common ground issues!
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Cultural
News & Member Events
Members can announce a Hungarian cultural event, by contacting
the AHF Cultural Affairs Committee,
Zoltan Bagdy, Chair [cultural news]
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4/1, Washington, DC: AHF, the Joint Baltic American National Committee,
and Alex Gallery present the award-winning film, "The Soviet Story." See
the
award-winning documentary the Economist Magazine called: "...the most powerful
antidote yet to the sanitization of the past. The film is gripping, audacious,
and uncompromising." Buy it now on AHF's Amazon Store! or
[read more]
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5/15, Washington, DC: SAVE THE DATE for the 5th Annual Hungarian Ball /
Magyar
Bál benefiting Wounded and Recovering Soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital
and
the Hungarian Parochial School in Vaján, Slovakia, to help maintain the
community's Hungarian Cultural Heritage and Language! 6 pm
at the Embassy Suites Hotel
44610 Waxpool Rd, Ashburn, VA 20147
[buy tickets & read more]
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5/8, Boston, MA: the 2010 Hungarian Ball to benefit Boston's Bartok Bela
Hungarian School, Boskola! [more]
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4/15, San Fransisco, CA:
Jenö Jandó in a solo piano recital performing the music of Chopin
and
Schumann,
at the
Green room of the
San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center
401 Van Ness Avenue
Tickets ($28 regular/$18 students) available by contacting matraimusi
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AHF Culture Corner
4/1 - 4/3/2010, Washington, DC: Ivan Fischer, the National Symphony
Orchestra’s Principal Conductor will conduct the choral-tour-de-force,
Bach’s Mass in B minor, with renowned vocal soloists and the University
of Maryland Concert Choir. Ttickets (202) 467-4600.
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4/16/2010, Washington, DC: The Takacs Quartet performs works by Haydn,
Beethoven and Schumann. Pianist Joyce Yang also appears. Music Center
at
Strathmore, in North Bethesda, Maryland. Tickets (301) 581-5100
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Looking
Back... AHF History
The Kossuth Bust in the United States 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. Kossuth was the leader of the 1848-1849 Hungarian War of Liberation
against Austria commemorated on March 1
5th, Hungarian National Day.
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.
[read more] and hear Kossuth speak on an authentic recording!
AHF
Members' Corner
Featured
Member:
Steve Bognar, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and 2010 Oscar Nominee
for
"The Last Truck," a documentary about the closing of a General Motors plant
in Moraine Ohio. He is also the son of a proud father, and AHF Scholarship
Committee Chair, Bela Bognar, a.k.a., "Professor Paprika." Read more about
him
on [Featured Members]
Featured Book
AHF has begun featuring 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-rela
t
ed materials are featured on www.hungary1956.com
The current selection is Banjin, the latest novel by acclaimed Emmy
nominated cinematographer Andrew Laszlo... One reader wote: "BANJIN picks
up
more than 200 years after Shogun. The year is 1843. Another shipwreck.
A
Japanese boy, Masahiro, is blown in storm away from his village to a
desolate
island, rescued by American whalers and brought to New Bedford, Massachusetts
in a voyage that would make Conrad, Melvill
e or Dana proud. As John Mong, the boy is well educated at Exeter, advises
Congress, goes back to sea, joins the Gold Rush in California, and returns
home to Japan. He becomes Lord Tanaka Masahiro, and helps open Japan
to
the
west as a leading character in the Meiji Restoration.
There's enough action, intrigue, passion and character development
to
fill a half-dozen regular novels or Hollywood movies."
[read more and buy it!]
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AHF Thanks these Sponsors:
The
Zala Springs Resort
Hungary's Zala Springs Resort is Hungary’s first master
planned and biggest golf and thermal spa resort community, which is
unique both in Hungary and in Central Europe.
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more]
Author
Susanna (Zsuzsanna) Lápossy is a Freedom Circle Member of the
American Hungarian Federation. Her book, the first part of
a trilogy entitled "Life behind the iron curtain" contains
lesser-known facts about 20th century Hungary as seen through a middle-cla
ss
family.
[Read
more]
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