A Petition for Hungary to Confront its Past

by Pier Marton | May 12, 2014 | Action, Education, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Magyar, Politics, Racism, Roma, Shoah, Spectacle, Time

Stop Whitewashing History – one more revisionist project by the current Hungarian government

PETITION (by George Gömöri)

Petitioning Mr. János Áder, The President of Hungary (MEP)

Prevent the erection of a memorial planned for Budapest which tries to whitewash Hungary’s role in the Second World War

Recent relevant articles:

Hungarian Spectrum: Randolph L. Braham: The assault on the historical memory of the Holocaust

(March 22, 2014)

JTA: Design of Nazi occupation statue etched in stone, Hungary’s Orban tells Jews

(May 1, 2014)

JTA: U.S. calls for Hungarian dialogue over Holocaust memorial

(April 23, 2014)

Hungarian Spectrum: The last straw: Either true depiction of the Hungarian Holocaust or Jewish boycott

(January 19, 2014)

Hungarian Spectrum:
Viktor Orbán shapes the Holocaust Memorial Year

(May 1, 2014)

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The Nation: Hungary and the End of Politics

(May 6, 2014)

News & Olds

BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus