Joint declaration of Jewish organizations and alliances in Hungary against the idolization of authors that spread hatred and anti-Semitism during their lives <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Underwritten, representatives of Jewish organizations are shocked by the fact that four authors, known for their obvious anti-Semitic views, are included in the Hungarian school curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
J\u00f3zsef Ny\u00edr\u00f6 (1889-1953) was a supporter of the terrifying \u201cArrow Cross\u201d regime (national socialist\u00a0party led by\u00a0Ferenc Sz\u00e1lasi, which led to a government in Hungary known as the \u201cGovernment of National Unity\u201d, from October 15th 1944 to March 28th 1945.), whose coup resulted in the death of hundreds of thousands, and he persisted in the Arrow Cross government and stood by Ferenc Sz\u00e1lasi (1897 -1946) until the very last minute. He used his talent even in Sopron (Hungarian city on the border with Austria) to support the hordes of murderers led by Sz\u00e1lasi, all of which induced immense suffering for the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We find it unacceptable that the Hungarian parliament is directly involved in the reburial arrangements of such supporters of murderers, and by doing so attempting to idolize them in front of the Hungarian nation. (Memorial was held for writer J\u00f3zsef Ny\u00edr\u00f6, attended by Hungarian National Assembly Speaker L\u00e1szl\u00f3 K\u00f6v\u00e9r, who was a member of the Nazi-sympathizing fascist \u201cArrow Cross\u201d party in the Hungarian parliament during World War II.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Istv\u00e1n Sinka (1987-1969) wrote prevailingly harsh, anti-Jewish poems, fuelling up the emotions of the population against the persecuted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the work of Dezs\u00f6 Szab\u00f3 (1879-1945), instigations against Jews reemerge. He contributed greatly to the public opinion, which enabled the passing of anti-Semitic laws in Hungary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Albert Wass (1908-1998) proudly claimed to be anti-Semitic. He was condemned as a war criminal, a verdict still in effect today. It is shocking that the works of Imre Kert\u00e9sz (1929-), the only Hungarian who ever won a Nobel prize in literature, are not included in the section of the school curriculum dealing with Hungarian literature, but in a separate section for \u201cliterature prizes\u201d, thus excluding him from the history of Hungarian literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We call on the Hungarian government to immediately reconsider the adopted school curriculum, and to take out the works of J\u00f3zsef Ny\u00edr\u00f6, Istv\u00e1n Sinka, Dezs\u00f6 Szab\u00f3 and Albert Wass, since these individuals were the ones spreading the blight of hatred and anti-Semitism, with implications even today. It is unacceptable that they would form part of the education of young Hungarian people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
March of the Living Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
B\u2019nai B\u2019rith Budapest<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hungarian Jewish Cultural Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zionist Alliance in Hungary<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Committee for People Under Nazi Persecution<\/p>\n\n\n\n
European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Union des Etudiants Juifs de France (UEJF)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Joint declaration of Jewish organizations and alliances in Hungary against the idolization of authors that spread hatred and anti-Semitism during their lives Underwritten, representatives of Jewish organizations are shocked by the fact that four authors, known for their obvious anti-Semitic views, are included in the Hungarian school curriculum. J\u00f3zsef Ny\u00edr\u00f6 (1889-1953) was a supporter of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[36,37],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n