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Standard EC715/2007*195/2013W www.diplomacy-club.com Interview Interview of the first countries to recognize AN: Hungary has the fourth largest harrowing chapter of recent history. Israel back in 1948, and that the Jewish community in Europe, after In Hungary, there is still a lot to rupture of diplomatic relations in France, England and Germany, about learn about that matter. I was invited 1967 was part of a decision of the 100,000 people. I was told that the to the Memorial of the Carpathian Soviet Communist Party, in which Hungarian Jewish community is the Jewry at the Memorial Museum of it demanded that all members of the most vibrant one, which might be the the Hungarian Speaking Jewry in Soviet Bloc sever diplomatic relations result of the renaissance of the Jewish Safed. There, I realized, for the first with Israel as a protest against the community in Hungary following the time in my life, that the Hungarian Six-Day War. Hungary resumed end of the Soviet era. The 100,000 government at the time took part in diplomatic relations with Israel as Hungarians of Jewish origin and the the deportation of Jews, even though soon, or even shortly before, it gained 250,000 Israelis of Hungarian descent the Hungarian Jews then were mainly independence from the Soviet Bloc form strong bridges between the two assimilated and felt more Hungarian in 1989. countries. than Jewish. Actually, the embassy we are sitting in Interestingly, the father of Zionism, now has an interesting history in that The Holocaust was Theodor Herzl, was born in Pest, respect. Hungary had already bought that would later merge with Buda the building in 1957; however, it did only introduced to the and become Budapest. Yet, he had to not sell it when diplomatic ties were Hungarian educational leave Hungary to find followers for severed with Israel. Instead, it was his Zionist program as the Hungarian used as the Swedish embassy between curriculum after 1989, but Jews showed no interest at all in 1967 and 1989, a period during which a whole generation grew leaving Hungary. Hungary was a Sweden was the representative of relatively good place for Hungarian Hungary in Israel. up in complete ignorance of Jews until the Nazi invasion in On September 18, 1989, Hungary was that harrowing chapter of 1944, as the Hungarian government, the first country from the Soviet Bloc refused to deport Hungarian Jews to to reestablish ties with Israel. In order recent history extermination camps. to do so, it had to request and obtain 2014 was the 70th anniversary of a special permit from the Soviet This is particularly vivid to me the Hungarian Holocaust, and Communist Party, as the resumption whenever I am walking in the street I have participated in several or going to the playground with my DR. ANDOR NAgy– of diplomatic relations took place commemorative events here in Israel. children, speaking Hungarian with even before Hungary formally began I particularly remember a film showed them. By-passers routinely notice the its transition to democracy, which in the Knesset at such an event last First-TIME AMBASSADOR language we use and talk to me, eager culminated on October 23. This February. In this movie, an elderly to connect with fellow Hungarians. DC: How long have you been in before moving to Budapest, where we year, on that date, we celebrated the Hungarian Jewish woman in her On another topic, I have to tell you By Patricia de Hemricourt Israel? met and became very close friends. 25th anniversary of the Hungarian eighties was interviewed in front of Though back then in 2003, I had never revolution against the Soviet Union. that the Holocaust touches me very Mengele’s house. The movie was in warm and profoundly human AN: I have been here for one year thought I would ever be sent to Israel At the Embassy, we were honored by deeply. When I was a child, under Hebrew and, although I am learning and one month. This is my first- individual, Dr. Andor Nagy as an ambassador, it is such a blessing the presence of two eminent guests for the communist regime, we never Hebrew, my current knowledge of the ever diplomatic post, as I am coming is representing Hungary in now to have them here in the country, the Hungary National Day: the Israeli heard about the Holocaust during language is still woefully inadequate A from politics after 10 years in the history lessons. It was not part of the Israel as its ambassador since August Hungarian parliament, where I especially as they make us feel like Minister of Finance Yair Lapid, who so I did not understand most of curriculum under the Soviet regime. 2013. So far, during his short stay, Dr. was erstwhile Head of the Chief of we are part of the family. gave a beautiful speech on behalf of her interview. Yet, suddenly, in the Nagy has experienced many facets Staff of the Prime Minister. I have the Israeli government, and Tzachi Actually, it was forbidden to even talk middle of her interview, she said Last September marked of life in Israel, including war, as to say that Israel is so exciting, a DC: Hanegbi, the Deputy Minister of about it.