AHF eNews, February 2010: The American Hungarian Federation - Founded 1906
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AHF eNews, February 2010
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[*]AHF urges OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to increase
pressure on Slovakia to repeal oppressive language law
[*]AHF urges Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to "publicly and
unambiguously express her concern relative to the Slovak language law
[*] AHF urged Vice President Biden to discuss policies to strengthen
Romania's democratic institutions and respect the rights of its Hungarian
minority
[*]AHF calls upon Vice President Biden to discuss Slovakia's language
law with Hungarian Prime Minister Bajnai
[*]AHF participates in meeting with Ambassador John Beyrle
[*]AHF expresses concern about sweeping statements made by Hungarian
Ambassador
[*]"Elfogadhatatlan a szlovák politika." The American Hungarian Federatio
n's call for greater cooperation among Hungarian American organizations
in
raising the ill-advised and discriminatory Slovak language law published
in
Heti Valasz.
[*]AHF calls on Hillary Clinton to recognize the significant role
Hungary played
in the fall of the Berlin Wall and the demise of communist regimes
[*]Federation thanks Press Secretary for statement on the 53rd anniversar
y of the Hungarian Revolution and raises fact that not all Hungarians in
the
region enjoy the full benefits of democracy
[*]Former Hungarian Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the United
States Geza Jeszenszky Writes Article entitled, "Magyar lobby Amerikában?"
[*]AHF holds its more than 100 years of service celebration!
[*]1956 National Memorial - A 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
[*]AHF / Amazon Store - Buy Online!
[*]This Month's Famous Hungarian
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AHF eNews Archive
2/16/2009 - AHF urges OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
to
increase pressure on Slovakia to repeal oppressive language law. "The language
law is the latest manifestation of the Slovak government’s intolerance
toward its Hungarian minority. Not surprisingly, the Slovak National Party
(“SNS”) is a member of the ruling coalition. Its chairman
Jan
Slota is known for his xenophobia: “Hungarians are the cancer of
the
Slovak nation, without delay we need to remove them from the body of the
nation.” [read more]
2/3/2009 - AHF urges Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to "publicly
and
unambiguously express [her] concern relative to the Slovak language law.
By
curtailing or eliminating the use of minority languages from the public
sphere,
that discriminatory law threatens the Hungarian minority’s culture
and
infringes on fundamental freedoms." [read more]
1/12/10 -- AHF urged Vice President Biden to discuss policies with
his
"Romanian interlocutors that they should adopt to strengthen Romania's
democratic institutions and respect the rights of its Hungarian minority"
during his trip to Romania. Frank Koszorus, Jr., co-president and chairman
of
the Federation's International Relations Committee reports, "We understand
that issues relating to the Hungarian minority were raised." [read more]
1/9/10 -- AHF calls upon Vice President Biden to discuss Slovakia's
language law with Hungarian Prime Minister Bajnai during the latter's
trip
to
Washington, "with a resolution that Slovakia be urged to repeal this discrimin
a
tory law." [Read more]
1/9/10 -- The American Hungarian Federation participates in meeting
with
Ambassador John Beyrle, On January 8, 2010, members of the Central East
European Coalition (CEEC) met with Amb. Beyrle, a career Foreign Service
Officer and specialist in Russian and Eastern European affairs who currently
is Ambassador of the United States to the Russian Federation. The participant
s
discussed various issues during the more that two hour-long meeting with
Amb.
Beyrle, including U.S. / Russian relations, Russian policies toward Europe,
including Central and Eastern Europe, and energy security.
11/27/09 -- American Hungarian Federation and others express their
concern about sweeping statements made by Ambassador in interview concerning
Hungary. The Washington Times publishes Federation's letter and former
Foreign
Service Officer pens letter to the Ambassador. "[The Ambassador is] ignoring
an
exceedingly complex social problem that not even the government has been
able
to address effectively. While discussing prejudice, he also could have
referred to the intolerance toward the Hungarian minorities throughout
the
region." [read more]
11/24/09 -- "Elfogadhatatlan a szlovák politika." The American Hungarian
Federation's call for greater cooperation among Hungarian American organization
s
in raising the ill-advised and discriminatory Slovak language law published
in
Heti Valasz. The same letter questions conclusions about various foreign
policy issues made in an earlier interview. [read more]
11/06/2009 -- 20th Anniverary of the Fall of the Berlin wall - 1989
-
2009! American Hungarian Federation calls on Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton to recognize the significant role Hungary
played
in the fall of the Berlin Wall and the demise of communist regimes
in
Central and Eastern Europe. Read the AHF Letter/White House Release.
[read more]
10/24/2009 -- Federation thanks Press Secretary for statement on the
53rd
anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution and raises fact that not all Hungarians
in the region enjoy the full benefits of democracy, referring to the discrimin
a
tory language law in Slovakia and the failure of Romania to restore the
Hungarian Babes/Bolyai University in Cluj / Kolozsvar or grant the Szeklerland
autonomy.
Read More - AHF Letter / Press Secretary's statement
10/19/2009 - Former Hungarian Foreign Minister and Ambassador to
the
United States Geza Jeszenszky Writes Article entitled, "Magyar lobby Amerikában
?
" about the American Hungarian Federation and Other Hungarian American
Organizations. "Koszorús Ferenc washingtoni ügyvéd, az 1944-es Horthy-
és
zsidóellenes puccskísérletet meghiúsító Koszorús ezredes fia, kiváló
szakember
a kongresszusi kapcsolatok, a politikai lobbiz&aac
ute;s tekintetében is, ő a legpatinásabb amerikai magyar szervezet,
a
több mint száz éves Amerikai Magyar Szövetség társelnöke. A közelmúltban
az
alábbi helyzetképet adta a magyar érdekek amerikai érvényesítésével kapcsolat
b
an." [read more]
9/26/2009 - AHF holds its more than 100 years of service celebration...
The American Hungarian Federation (AHF) celebrated its more than 100 years
of
service to the Hungarian American community with a magnificent Gala Ball
at
the Hungarian American Athletic Club in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
The
gala
program began with a moving candlelight ceremony signifying the eternal
flame
that unites American Hungarians with Hungarians throughout the world. [more]
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. The AHF store features books and
articles
written by AHF members on both our main
site and our 1956
Portal for publications devoted to 1956.
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]
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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]
-----
3/7, San Diego, CA: Rock legend János Bródy
at an exceptional performance at San Diego Hungarian House of Hungary!
[more]
----
3/14, Washington, DC: March 15th Celebration. Hungarian National Day! American
University, Kay Spirtual Center, 2:30 pm [more and directions]
----
3/14, New Brunswick, NJ: March 15th Celebration. Hungarian National Day!
A
Magyar Amerikai Atléta Klub Dísztermében, 233 Somerset Street, New
Brunswick
, NJ [tovább]
----
5/8, Boston, MA: Hungarian Ball to benefit Boston's Hungarian School, Boskola
[more]
-----
Kati Marton Interviewed on the PBS Newshour - Margaret Warner interviewed
author Kati Marton about her latest book, “Enemies of the People”
in which she describes the arrest of her parents, journalists Ilona and
Endre
Marton during the Cold War period in Budapest. In preparation for the
book,
she researched the Hungarian secret police files on her family. To view
the
interview, click here.
Buy her book on AHF's Amazon Store!
Looking
Back... AHF History
"The Movement for Independent Hungary," seeking to extract Hungary
from
the Axis sphere...On the 31st of
December 1940, the Amerikai Magyar Népszava, the most
influential Hungarian language daily at the time, published a front-page
editorial headlined “The Hour has Struck.” The
editorial proclaimed that it was the “the historic mission
of Americans of Hungarian origin to give voice to the
cries of the silenced people of Hungary and to give their
whole hearted effort to the liberation of their mother
country which is clubbed into submission by the Nazi terror.”
[read more]
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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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
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