Hungary 

Day of Remembrance: 16 April 

Historical Background:
On 16 April 1944, the first Jewish ghetto was established in Hungary, in the town of Munkaćs (in eastern Hungary). Half a million Hungarian Jews were murdered in the Holocaust.

Hungary and the Holocaust:
Lexicon entry from Yad Vashem's online Holocaust Resource Center: Hungary   

Educational Activities:
As in all commemorating countries, activities include commemoration of the Holocaust and of the various instances of genocide in the 20th century, reflection on ways to promote human rights, tolerance, and inter-religious and intercultural dialogue. Copies of “Fateless” by Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész have been distributed to all school libraries in Hungary. Since 1997, Hungarian educators, in conjunction with the Hungarian Ministry of Education, have attended seminars annually at Yad Vashem.

Websites and Teaching Aids:
Budapest Holocaust Memorial Center: www.hdke.hu
The Hannah Arendt Association: www.hae.hu
Yad Vashem website in Hungarian-Magyar:
www1.yadvashem.org/education/hungarian/homepage.htm

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