Prohászka László: Polish Monuments - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2001)

time grande dame of the Hungarian stage, who was a Czartoryski countess on her father’s line. (She used her mother’s name as an actress.) The inscription in two languages reads: Here lived for half a century up to her death / the outstanding Hungarian actress / of Polish noble descent / Mária Lázár, born Czartoryski (18.4.1895 -1.10.1983) / Castle District Local Authority / Castle District Polish Council

Two outstanding events for the Poles not only of Budapest but of the whole country were the inauguration of the centre of the National Council of the Polish Minority in Hungary—which had been formed in 1995—in the redecorated building at Állomás utca 10 in Kőbánya in late 1997, and the opening there of the Museum and Archives of the Polish Community in Hungary on 15 September 1998. The museum, which is open to the public, aims to present Hungarian- Polish relations and the history of the Polish community of Hungary. Its permanent exhibition, which

The building of the National Council of the Polish Minority of Hungary

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