Amerikai Magyar Hírlap, 2016 (28. évfolyam, 14-50. szám)

2016-09-02 / 34. szám

Hungary Erects Memorial In Manhattan A memorial honouring Hungary’s 1956 anti- Soviet revolution will be erected in Manhattan, Ferenc Kumin, Hungary’s consul general to New York, said. Ferenc Kumin says the memo­rial in NY could be ready by the Hungarian revolution’s 60th anniversary The new monument, which will be placed beside the existing statue of Hungarian revolu­tionary Lajos Kossuth, will depict the constella­tions visible on October 23, 1956, Kumin told public news channel Ml. He said there was a good chance that the memorial could be ready by the revolution’s 60th anniversary. Preparations and fundraising for the memorial have been ongoing for ten years but now all the necessary permits have been obtained, Kumin added. The design of the Memorial is the result of an open, international competition. The selection was decided by an impartial, international jury of six art professionals from the U.S. and Canada, some of whom were born in Hungary. Due to extremely restrictive guidelines required by the various municipal authorities, the design possibilities were limited to only abstract, symbolic elements. The jury was unanimous in its choice of the design entered by Professor Tamás Nagy of Budapest, Hungary. The Memorial consists of two adjacent stone sections, one rectangular and one that is round. The rect­angular section in part forms a seating structure facing the Kossuth Statue and is ideal for rest and quiet contemplation in the serenity of the location. Part of this element is also ideal for the placement of memorial candles and wreaths. An appropriate memorial text is etched in the stone. The adjacent round stone structure supports the main decorative element, a constellation of stars made up of metal studs sunk into the stone, to represent stars. The constellation thus pictured is the same as the one that was visible in the night sky above Budapest on October 23rd, 1956. This poetic symbolism is representative of an emotional, ancient human custom of looking to the sky or the heavens for hope, inspiration and help. Clearly, this is a beautiful representation of the feelings and strivings of the Hungarian people at the time of their revolt against com­munist tyranny in 1956. Designer’s Biography: Tamás Nagy (born 1951, Csorna, Hungary) received his diploma in architecture in 1975 from the Technical University of Budapest. After working on commissions in Hungary, he spent 3 years in New York City working in the offices of Haines Lundberg Waehler Architects (1986-89). Upon his return to Budapest, he worked for a year in the design studio of the renowned Hungarian architect Imre Makovecz. In 1990, with two partners, established the AXIS Architectural firm, where he worked for 10 years. In 2000, he started his own firm, the LINT Architecture & Design Studio, where he is still the chief architect. He has been teaching at various institutions since 1979 and since 2004. He is the director of the Architecture Department of Moholy Nagy University in Budapest. Tamás Nagy is the recipient of numerous professional awards including the prestigious Ybl Prize, hmgaryl956nyc.org hungarytoday.hu Hungarian Roots Celebrities - artists, actors, musicians, sport stars and scientists - who have some Hungarian origin, yet only few would consider them as “par excellence Hungarians”. In many cases even the person concerned knows only very little about his or her Hungarian roots, while others are proud of their “magyar” back­ground despite lacking the ability to say a word or two in the language of their parents or grandparents. William Fox, The Man Who Founded 20th Century Fox William Fox was born as Vilmos Fried on New Year’s Eve (1 January) in 1879. He was born far away from New York, in a little village in the northeastern part of Hungary called Tolcsva, part of the wine region of Tokaj. His par­ents, Michael Fried and Hannah Fuchs, were both German Jews. The family emigrated to the United States when William was nine months old and settled in the Big Apple where they had twelve more children, of whom only six survived. Vilmos, or Wilhelm in German, worked as a newsboy and in the fur and garment industry as a youth, then later changed his name to William Fox, his new surname being the English equivalent of his mother’s German surname, Fuchs. In 1900, he started his own company when he was 21 years old. This one he sold in 1904 to purchase his first nickelodeon. By 1913, he was one of the most powerful of the independent exhibitors and distributors and led their successful fight against the Motion Picture Patents Company, an attempted monopoly of the industry. Perhaps he got his nickname “the man who forgets to sleep” this time because of his work and successful life. He formed the Fox Film Corporation on February 1, 1915, with insurance and banking money. The company’s first film studio was leased in Fort Lee, New Jersey, where many other early film studios were based at the beginning of the 20th century. His idea was to build the whole film-industry into one system and technology from the shooting to the film screening. He did not advertise the writers or the movies but the boosted, and promoted the actors of the films This wav he started to use and “invented” the concept of the “stars” what changed a lot in the way of thinking, dressing and acting all around the world in the whole society. He was the first who statred to make soundfilms, and he was the first who started to screen these new films in the his cinamas with great succes. This times ended the age of silent movies. Fox lost control of the Fox Film Corporation in 1930 during a hostile takeover. A combination of the stock market crash, Fox’s car accident injury, and government antitrust action forced him into a protracted seven-year struggle to fight off bankruptcy. At his bank­ruptcy hearing in 1936, he attempted to bribe judge John Warren Davis and committed perjury, for which he was sentenced to six months in prison. After serving his time, Fox retired from the film business. He died more or less unnoticed in 1952 at the age of 73 in New York City. No Hollywood producers came to his funeral. He is buried Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn. hungarytoday.hu ANGYALFI RENT- A-CAR AUTÓBÉRLÉS MAGYARORSZÁGON A. Suzuki Swift 1.0 manual 150 usd/hét B. Fiat Punto 1.2, Opel Corsa 1.2, Suzuki Swift II 1.3 manual, air.c 190 usd/hét C. Suzuki SX4 1.5 manual, air.c 220 usd/hét D. Opel Astra 1.4 manual, air.c 250 usd/hét E. Honda City 1.5, Chevrolet Aveo 1.6 automatic, air.c 270 usd/hét Korlátlan km használattal, biztosítással és adóval. Repülőtéri átadással és átvétellel Bécsben is (plusz költség). Toll free: 1-888-532-0168 Tel.: 011-36-30-934-2351, Tel./fax.: 011-36-25-411-321 Email: info@angyalfirentacar.com Web: www.angyalfirentacar.com Szeptember 2, 2016 ÍD Tales Of One Of The Oldest Canadian Who Is A 110-Years- Old Hungarian Chess Master It’s safe to say Mr. Zoltán Sárosy is the only man in Canada who remembers where he was at the beginning of the First World War since he was bom in Budapest, 1906. Mr. Sárosy celebrates his 110th birthday on the 23rd of Aug., while there are official registrar papers that could make him easily the oldest man in Canada. The Globe and Mail interviewed the Hungarian descendant chess player about the story of his life; living through two world wars, emigrating to the west, starting a new life. On the 28th of June 1914 the First World War triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Chotek in Sarajevo. This time the little two months old Zoltán Sárosy was living at a military base on the Adriatic where his father was a doctor. The young boy’s parents saw the sinister signs and didn’t hesitate to find a safer life to live. “One morning I came out from my room and saw that my mother is packing. She told me the war is coming, we have to leave in 12 hours” says Mr. Sárosy. They found a torpedo boat to Herzegovina, then the family took a passenger ship to Trieste. By the end Zoltán and his par­ents could arrive to Budapest in safe. One and a half years later, during the days of the war Zoltán was walking with this mother when they met a boy who was playing chess. This is the moment when Zoltán started to get interested about the strategy board game. “I was with my mother and I saw a boy playing chess and I asked, ‘What is that?’ The next day I was back at the park. That boy’s mother wouldn’t let me play with him but I found others,” said Mr. Sárosy. After this day the chess became the part of the young player’s life. He played throughout school and at university. He studied international trade in Vienna, graduated in 1928, then he returned to Budapest, and soon became a grandmaster. „In 1943,1 played in the Hungarian champi­onship and gained the Hungarian chess master title” says Mr. Sárosy. Zoltán spoke German and Hungarian fluently thereby he served in the Second World War as a volunteer translator, while his generation was drafted and sent to the battle front. When the war was over, he left Hungary and tryed not to get caught by the Russians. Although for his own safe Zoltán had to leave his wife and daughter in Hungary and chose emigration instead of hiding. On the 27th December 1950 Mr. Sárosy after a long trip arrived to Halifax, Canada finally. Later he moved to Toronto, found a room on Kendall Avenue and started to work as a plasterer, laying tiles on an upper floor at the new Bank of Nova Scotia building. “I started my career in Toronto at a high level,” he jokes with his life-story. After a while he started to selling cosmetics as he didn’t like to work for other people. After that Zoltán could settle in Canada, he tried to move his family as well from Budapest but they didn’t want to leave the Hungary, so they got divorced. Couple of years later Mr. Sárosy married with Esto­nian Heino Mallo and lived together until 1998, when Heino died. In 2000 Sárosy decided to move to the seniors’ home at the age of 94. Meanwhile, he never stopped playing chess. He continued his chess carrier as well, he won the first championship in Canada in 1955 and was Canadian Correspondence Champion on 1967, 1972 and 1981. He is also the member of the Canadian Chess Hall of Fame. He has a couple of ideas: He tried smoking when he was a teenager, but he didn’t like it so he quit; he was a light drinker, just the occasional brandy. But he still hasn’t figured it all out quite yet. “I’m still working on the formula. However, when I get it, I’ll go to the patent office,” he says. “I’m like an old used car with rusty body, wobbly wheels but a good engine.” he responded to the question of The Globe and Mail. When a reporter asked Mr. Sárosy about the secret to his long life he started to laugh. 24.hu; daitynewshungary.com; the globeandmail.com hungarytoday.hu DUNA Travel 8530 Holloway Dr. If 102 W. Hollywood, CA 90069 Spa, Hotel foglalások Kocsi bérlés Kedvezményes repülőjegy árak HAJÓUTAK BÁRHOVÁ A VILÁGON Hívják ZSUZSÁT TEL: (310) 652-5294 FAX: (310) 693-5320 1-888-532-0168 dunatravel@earthlink.net .....................................................— AMERIKAI Hfagyar Hírlap

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