Menetelés az életért - Marsch des lebens in Ungarn

Konrád György Kossuth- díjas író beszéde a "Menetelés az Életért" budapesten tartott megemlékezésén a Parlament oldalában felállított színpadon.



2014. április 22-27. között a Menetelés az életért közösség tagjai közel 300-an, az 1944-es halálmenetre emlékező gyaloglással több várost is felkerestek, ahol a Második Világháború alatt a német nácik, a magyar nyilaskeresztesek közreműködésével zsidókat, köztük gyermekeket mészároltak halomra.

A menetben olyan német, és magyar keresztény fiatalok kérték bocsánatukat a magyarországi zsidóságtól, akiknek nagyszülei között a náci és nyilaskeresztes népirtások elkövetői vannak.

Protesters blocked WWII monument construction site

On Friday protesters have removed the fence around the construction site of controversial WW II monument. Take a look at the photos below what else happened and think about that why....

Greenpeace activists protest in Budapest

Greenpeace activists in Budapest have taken over the Kossuth square in front of the Parliament to protest the proposed expansion of Hungary’s only nuclear power station.

March of Life breaking the veil of silence

70 years after the mass deportations, massacres, and death marches, almost 300 international participants joined the March of Life, which followed the route of the historic death marches in November 1944, Hungary. The event organized by Jobst Bittner, founder of the non-denominational Charismatic church and ministry TOS of Tubingen, Germany. Among the participants were numerous Hungarian and German descendants of members of the Wehrmacht or the SS and the Arrow Cross Party (Hungarian Nazi movement), who had been involved in the Holocaust in Hungary. They had come to break the veil of silence covering their forebears’ guilt and asked Holocaust survivors present forgiveness for the crimes of their forefathers. György Konrád, author, who lived through the Holocaust as a child, also attended the event.

Save, Love Kishantos

Sölétormos Jenő a Krisna Völgy alapítója és egykori vezetője Húsvétkor 1 hetes böjttel hívta fel a figyelmet a kishantosi biogazdasággal történtekre a Parlamentnél.

Hunger strike for Kishantos

Hungarian Jenő Sölétormos (1st photo, middle), founder of Hare Krishna Valley in Hungary has been on hunger strike at this week to protest against grabbing in front of the Parliament of Hungary.

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Press conference against the controversial WWII Monument

Fruzsina Magyar, Gabor Popper and Andrea Zoltai holding press conference against the controversial WWII Monument.

 

Protest continue against controversial WWII Monument in Budapest

Protest continue against the controversial monument dedicated to the victims of the German occupation of Hungary during WW II, in Freedom Square Budapest, Hungary. 

Photo 1. Fruzsina Magyar expresses her feeling against Nazism on construction fence, covered by plastic. 

Photo 2. Fruzsina Magyar and Andrea Zoltai organizers having conversation with a supporter right nearby the construction side. 

Photo 3. Construction workers started to build the fund of the monument

Photo 4. Zoltan Lovas journalist reading the report just a half an hour after he was released from the police department for vandalizing plastic covered construction fence. Being questioned for hours, his fingerprints and pics were taken 

Tiltakozás a német megszállás emlékműve ellen

Video a civilek és a baloldali összefogás pártjainak tiltakozásáról a Szabadság téri német megszállási emlékmű ellen. Az eseményen kb. 300-an vettek részt. A felszólalók beszéde után a jelenlévők együttesen lebontották a kormány által felállított kordont, mely a szobor talapzatának leendő helyét volt hivatott elkeríteni.

Protest against Controversial WWII Monument in Budapest

A demonstration was held against the controversial monument dedicated to the victims of the German occupation of Hungary during WW II, held by the opposition Democratic Coalition party in Freedom Square Budapest, Hungary. Members of the Jewish community were among the demonstrators and argued that the memorial removes any responsibility from the Hungarian government of that time for the death of Hungarian Jews. The protesters blocked work on a controversial monument.

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Picture 1.     Szabolcs Kerek-Barczy, member of the Democratic Coalition party (DK) 

Picture 4.     Csaba Horvath, member of the opposition Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)

Picture 5.     Klara Dobrev, wife of previous PM of Hungary, Ferenc Gyurcsany

                         

Lajos Bokros MOMA

Lajos Bokros, controversial former Socialist Finance Minister of Hungary, MEP and founder of Movement for a Modern Hungary (Moma), collected signatures to run for the EU Parliamentary Election at Budapest Western Railway Terminal.

The party entered into an agreement with Unity 2014 movement "Összefogás 2014" in February to support the oppositions "from outside" but would not run on the alliance's party list or field individual candidates.

Lajos Bokros is best known for the so-called "Bokros package" a string of austerity measures implemented during his term as Finance Minister.

Parliamentary election was held in Hungary on 6 April 2014 (yesterday). The left conceded defeat.