by Pier Marton | May 12, 2014 | Action, Education, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Magyar, Politics, Racism, Roma, Shoah, Spectacle, Time
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...
by Pier Marton | May 9, 2014 | Antisemitism, History, Magyar, Music, Racism, Shoah, Wars, Women
The city where many of my father’s sculptures are in their Art Museum… In 1941 about 3,400 Jews lived in Szombathely, nearly 10% of the population. Starting in 1942, Jewish men were forced into (Hungarian) labor battalions with very few surviving the...
by Pier Marton | Feb 4, 2014 | Future Tech, History, Objects, Tech, Time
– Obsolescence and Coolness in One Package – With 128 KB RAM, 64 KB ROM, a single-sided 3.5 inch 400 KB floppy drive, a 1-bit 512×342 pixel 9 in (23 cm) CRT b&w monitor, a mouse, “System 1.0″and Finder application and a couple of...
by Pier Marton | Jan 28, 2014 | Antisemitism, Doc, Education, History, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Peace, Politics, Shoah, Spectacle, Wars, Women
Ceux qui vivent, vivent des morts/Those that live, live from the dead./Los que viven, viven de los muertos/Azok akik élnek, a hullákból élnek. Antonin Artaud I have a particular relationship to the Shoah that travels with me through time… but what does it mean...
by Pier Marton | Jan 8, 2014 | Antisemitism, Care, Education, Film, Highlights, History, Humor, Ideas, Peace, Politics, Popular, Racism, Shoah, Wars, Women, Youth
The Great Dictator’s Final Speech Transcript: I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone – if possible – Jew, Gentile – black man – white....
by Pier Marton | Dec 28, 2013 | Antisemitism, Doc, History, Jewish, Review, Shoah, Wars
Post-Screening Note & Review: At my recent presentation of the film at the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, it was clear that the audience was enthralled by watching the elder Yoram Gross, the noted Australian animator, passing the baton of history...