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The
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies convened a symposium entitled
The Holocaust in Hungary: Confrontation with the Past on November
9, 1999 to examine the legacy of the Holocaust in Hungary, particularly
the country’s attempts This website contains brief biographies of the participants in addition to the audio files of the talks.
10 – 11 a.m. Session I: Welcoming Remarks and Background Presentation Welcoming Remarks Paul Shapiro, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum ‘Hungary, the Holocaust, and Hungarians: Remembering Whose History?’ Tim Cole, Lecturer, Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol, and 1999-2000 Pearl Resnick Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum 11 – 1 p.m. Session II: The Holocaust in Hungary Three scholars offer their perspectives on how Hungary has come to terms with its involvement in the Holocaust. ‘Continuities and Transformations in Post-War Anti-Semitism in Hungary’ Paul A. Hanebrink, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, University of Chicago, and Fellow, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum ‘Retribution or Revenge? War Crimes Trials in Post World War II Hungary’ István Deák, Seth Low Professor, Department of History, Columbia University ‘Assault on Historical Memory: Hungarian Nationalists and the Holocaust’ Randolph Braham, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Director, Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies, City University of New York 2 – 4 p.m. Session III: Survivors’ Perspectives of the Holocaust in Hungary
4 – 5 p.m. Session IV: Closing Address Charles Fenyvesi, Senior Writer, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and author, When the World was Whole |
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come to terms with this most horrific period. The morning session comprised
Professors Randolph Braham and István Deák, who are both
senior scholars and have played preeminent roles in establishing and
elucidating this area of study, and Dr. Tim Cole and Paul Hanebrink,
who have recently entered the field and are conducting exciting, new
research based on the archival collections lately released from Eastern
Europe. The afternoon session consisted of five survivors of the Holocaust
in Hungary, who interwove historical data and personal recollections
in order to show how the Holocaust affected both Jewish and non-Jewish
Hungarian citizens and offer a course of action by which Hungary could
confront its role in the Holocaust. The participants of this panel comprised
George Pick, Mrs. Eva Hevesi-Ehrlich, Dr. Albert Lichtmann, and Rabbi
Laszlo Berkowits with a closing commentary by Charles Fenyvesi.