The Last Days of Budapest by Adam LeBor: I almost hope my family died in an air raid — the alternative’s too awful
In Adam LeBor's new book, The Last Days of Budapest, Ysenda Maxtone Graham unearths the tragic plight of Hungary's Jews.
The New York Times12d
GYPSY MUSIC IN HUNGARY.
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Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
Why is he a Trailblazer? For many years the sound of the Hungarian Gypsy travelling bands could be heard in the countryside and cities of Europe. Trailblazer Johannes Brahms was fascinated by the ...
Walking Europe’s Last Wilderness — the beauty and bitter history of the Carpathians
The Carpathians stretch from Slovakia through Poland, Ukraine and Romania in a “dark ring” or “magnificent horseshoe” some ...
History Extra6d
The liberation of Auschwitz: 80 years on
The largest camp in the entire system of Nazi concentration and extermination camps, where more than 1 million people ...
The Holocaust poets who can help us to understand genocides past and present
It is only by listening to these individual voices that we can really begin to understand what the many millions of Holocaust ...
The Taipei Times11d
‘Tell what happened to us’: The last death camp survivors
“We must pass the torch to the young,” said Marek Dunin-Wasowicz, who was in the Polish resistance, and survived the death ...
Cyprus Mail on MSN9d
Auschwitz survivors at 80th anniversary of camp’s liberation
Auschwitz survivors were being joined by world leaders on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi ...
ThePrint9d
Leaders to hear Auschwitz survivors at 80th anniversary of camp’s liberation
By Barbara Erling and Kuba Stezycki OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) -Auschwitz survivors were being joined by world leaders on ...
Geopolitical15d
Hungary’s Democratic Crisis: A Test for Western Resolve
Budapest benefits from NATO and the EU while simultaneously undermining them. Both institutions must hold Budapest to account, or risk further democratic backsliding in Hungary and elsewhere.