Németh Szandra - Saly Noémi: Catering for guests, being a guest. Permanent exhibition on Hungarian hospitality (Budapest, 2016)
8 ery to the groundfloor, and his family lived upstairs. His son, Elemér spent his apprenticeship in the friendly Hauer Confectionery, and later he was also sent abroad to study. He spent years in London and Lisbon. ?e house on Krisztina Square got hit by a bomb and collapsed during the war. Elemér Auguszt was captured by the Russian army. His father re-opened the confectionery that was rebuilt after the demolition using whatever was saved from the ruins. Upon his return, Elemér continued his father’s work. Elemér married Olga Resetka who had a café on the square that is now called Ferenciek tere. Soon both of their shops were nationalised. On a dawn in 1951, the family by then with three children were ordered on train and deported to Taktaszada in Borsod County. In 1954, they could move back to Budapest. After the revolution in 1956, Olga Resetka and Elemér Auguszt could finally start their own private business next to the market in Fény Street in Buda. ?is confectionery has been managed by their son, József Auguszt since 1988. ?eir daughter, Olga Auguszt has also opened another confectionery on Kossuth Lajos Street in Pest. Family tradition has been surviving in the fifth generation since the start. In 2001, they opened the Auguszt Pavilion in Farkasrét. In 2003, József Auguszt’s son, Olivér as well as Auguszta and Flóra, Olga’s daughters acquired their qualifications as confectioners and they all work in the family business. ◆ Interior of József Auguszt’s confectionery (3 Krisztina Square, Budapest I.), 1930s ◆ Staffof the confectionery in Fény Street, 1990s ◆ E. József Auguszt in the 1880s
