Magyar News, 1997. szeptember-1998. augusztus (8. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1997-10-01 / 2. szám

߀FOft€ AND AFTCR (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) Also Hungarians from the North by the tens of thousands were packed up and transported to Sudetaland, into forced labor camps and the Benes Government formally declared Hungarians as slaves. The local population was given the oppor­tunity to select from the Hungarian groups the most suitable for the work they w anted them to do. The Hungarian-Czechoslovak “exchange of people” from the northern part of what was Hungary was truly ethnic cleansing. From the Russian death camps hardly anybody returned. The torture and murders by the Rumanian Nationalists was only comparable to the Serbs. The United Nations never received any documentation of these brutalities. The representatives of the leading powers knew about all this, but in New York it didn’t seem to matter. Now. at the end of the recent war in the Balkan, they are looking for war criminals, and they find seasoned criminals, torturers, arsonists and sadist murderers. Facing his­tory’s judgement there should be four war criminals; Clemenceau. Lloyd George. Orlando and Wilson. They created Europe’s twentieth century tragedy-series. The question of East or West has been modified. East was replaced by the chok­ing ring around the crippled Hungary inside the Carpathian Basin. Has any Western politician raised his voice if not for the Hungarians but at least for the human rights of the Hungarians? They did­n’t blink an eye at the bloodbath in Marosvasarhely or at the murder and expulsion from the Balkan countries. The Hungarian language is forbidden in Slovakia and Transylvania. The Rumanians, who received schools and the first Bible translation in their language, from the Hungarians, are closing the Hungarian schools. There is a blackmail on behalf of the big powers demanding that we sign a basic treaty with the surrounding nations so we would be accepted into the European organizations. Do they want us to give up the minority Hungarians in the neighboring countries? So what could the future be? The life of the peoples in the Carpathian Basin flourished during the time when the whole area was under uniformed leader­ship. Then the interest of all was dominant, and selfish goals that interfered with coop­eration did not prevail. As of now it would be impossible to to have one state envelop­ing all the people. If neighboring countries would look for cooperation instead of adversary and form a coalition it would be to the benefit of all. It would make sense for all the areas to complement each other with energy, production, transportation, market etc. Every ethnic group should chose leaders who are for peaceful co-exis­tence and not to stir hatred among each other. Will it be possible to have such unity among the peoples living in the Carpathian basin? Is there a need to chose between East and West? In these days the European Union is taking shape. Some countries of the “Eastern Block”, among them Hungary, are on the verge of of becoming part of it. It should not be forgotten though, neither by the world nor Europe, that just like during the Turkish occupation, this time the freedom of Eastern Europe started by the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. We received this article from Dr. István Gedai, director general of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest. SEPT. 20. SUNDAY 10 ÁM-4 PM at Bessemer Center ANNUAL FLEAMAR­­KET. Indoors & Outdoors. 45 dealers on two floors. Hungarian food and pastries Admission 50 cents OCT. 2. 3. 4. THURSDAY & FRIDAY 6-10 PM. SATURDAY 10 am to 10 PM. at Holy Trinity Hall. Scofield Ave.. ANNUAL BAZAAR. Games, chances, delicious Hungarian food and pastries. Fun for the whole family . OCT. 5. SUNDAY at Noon APPRECIA­TION LUNCHEON at the Bessemer Center with chicken paprikas. For reserva­tion call Barbara 367-5213. OCT. 11. SATURDAY at St. Ladislaus Social Center in Norwalk from 7:30-11:30 PM HARVEST DINNER DANCE Roast pork and stuifed cabbage dinner. Music by Stan Scott Trio. Tickets are $20.00 per person, set-ups and door prizes included. For reservation call Béla Szabó (203)866-6871. OCT. 11. SATURDAY UCC Women’s Guild is sponsoring a BUS TRIP TO LED YARD from United Church of Christ. Ample parking in the parking lot Call Betty K. at 334-2004. OCT. 12. SUNDAY at Umted Hall on Clinton Ave 45th ANNUAL HUNGARI­AN FESTIVAL. Dinner at 12 noon. Hungarian booths and displays. OCT. 25. SATURDAY at Holv Trinity Hall ANNUAL GRAPE FESTIVAL (Szüreti Bál). Dinner starts at 7:30 PM. Music by Gypsy Joe and Orchestra. Tickets $20.00 per person. For reserva­tions call Elizabeth 255-1668, Steve 386- 1812 or Fr. Andor 334-7089; SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS ARC AVAILAALC IN SCPTCMACA The American Hungarian Heritage Association, as in every7 year, is announc­ing the 1998 Mary Katona Scholarship. The application forms will be at the Hungarian churches in September. One could also obtain it from the Scholarship Committee Chairman. Bette Johnson. 245 Unquowa Road. Fairfield. CT 06430. The submission date for the proper appli­cations and the accompanying essay is November 31. 1997. A Night at the Budapest Operaház by Antonio Procaccini Earlier this year I wrote in the Magyar News about my brief visit to Hungary in January of this year and my meeting former ÜB scholar Toth Balázs and Frank Fekete, my high-school class­mate and fellow native Fairfielder. Dunng the last few months I have undertaken a somewhat senous part­­time study of the Hungarian language and an even stronger interest in the Ferenc Erkel opera Bánk Bán. I purchased the CD to Bánk Bán while in Budapest and was very lucky to find the vocal score (music for piano and voice) in New York City recently. This vocal score was published in 1957 by Editio Musica Budapest and even the publishers themselves do not have original copies for sale. I find the drama, language and music of Bánk Bán simply intoxicating! I'll be return­ing to Hungary in October with the specific intention, among others, of seeing Bánk Bán in the stupendous Budapest Operaház. I promise to report in depth about this trip and specifically about the opera in forth­coming issues of Magyar News. Page 2

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