 2/16/2009 - AHF urges OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to increase pressure on Slovakia to repeal oppressive language law. "The language law is the latest manifestation of the Slovak government’s intolerance toward its Hungarian minority. Not surprisingly, the Slovak National Party (“SNS”) is a member of the ruling coalition. Its chairman Jan Slota is known for his xenophobia: “Hungarians are the cancer of the Slovak nation, without delay we need to remove them from the body of the nation.” [read more]
![AHF urges Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to "publicly and unambiguously express [her] concern relative to the language law that took effect on September 1, 2009 in Slovakia. By curtailing or eliminating the use of minority languages from the public sphere, that discriminatory law threatens the Hungarian minority’s culture and infringes on fundamental freedoms.](http://www.americanhungarianfederation.org/images/hillary_clinton.jpg) 2/3/2009 - AHF urges Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to "publicly and unambiguously express [her] concern relative to the Slovak language law. By curtailing or eliminating the use of minority languages from the public sphere, that discriminatory law threatens the Hungarian minority’s culture and infringes on fundamental freedoms." [read more]
 1/12/10 -- AHF urged Vice President Biden to discuss policies with his "Romanian interlocutors that they should adopt to strengthen Romania's democratic institutions and respect the rights of its Hungarian minority" during his trip to Romania. Frank Koszorus, Jr., co-president and chairman of the Federation's International Relations Committee reports, "We understand that issues relating to the Hungarian minority were raised." [read more]
 1/9/10 -- AHF calls upon Vice President Biden to discuss Slovakia's language law with Hungarian Prime Minister Bajnai during the latter's trip to Washington, "with a resolution that Slovakia be urged to repeal this discriminatory law." [Read more]
 1/9/10 -- The American Hungarian Federation participates in meeting with Ambassador John Beyrle, On January 8, 2010, members of the Central East European Coalition (CEEC) met with Amb. Beyrle, a career Foreign Service Officer and specialist in Russian and Eastern European affairs who currently is Ambassador of the United States to the Russian Federation. The participants discussed various issues during the more that two hour-long meeting with Amb. Beyrle, including U.S. / Russian relations, Russian policies toward Europe, including Central and Eastern Europe, and energy security.
 11/27/09 -- American Hungarian Federation and others express their concern about sweeping statements made by Ambassador in interview concerning Hungary. The Washington Times publishes Federation's letter and former Foreign Service Officer pens letter to the Ambassador. "[The Ambassador is] ignoring an exceedingly complex social problem that not even the government has been able to address effectively. While discussing prejudice, he also could have referred to the intolerance toward the Hungarian minorities throughout the region." [read more]
 11/24/09 -- "Elfogadhatatlan a szlovák politika." The American Hungarian Federation's call for greater cooperation among Hungarian American organizations in raising the ill-advised and discriminatory Slovak language law published in Heti Valasz. The same letter questions conclusions about various foreign policy issues made in an earlier interview. [read more]
 11/06/2009 -- 20th Anniverary of the Fall of the Berlin wall - 1989 - 2009! American Hungarian Federation calls on Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton to recognize the significant role Hungary played
in the fall of the Berlin Wall and the demise of communist regimes in
Central and Eastern Europe. Read the AHF Letter/White House Release. [read more]
 10/24/2009 -- Federation thanks Press Secretary for statement on the 53rd anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution and raises fact that not all Hungarians in the region enjoy the full benefits of democracy, referring to the discriminatory language law in Slovakia and the failure of Romania to restore the Hungarian Babes/Bolyai University in Cluj / Kolozsvar or grant the Szeklerland autonomy.
Read More - AHF Letter / Press Secretary's statement
 10/19/2009 - Former Hungarian Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the United States Geza Jeszenszky Writes Article entitled, "Magyar lobby Amerikában?" about the American Hungarian Federation and Other Hungarian American Organizations. "Koszorús Ferenc washingtoni ügyvéd, az 1944-es Horthy- és zsidóellenes puccskísérletet meghiúsító Koszorús ezredes fia, kiváló szakember a kongresszusi kapcsolatok, a politikai lobbizás tekintetében is, ő a legpatinásabb amerikai magyar szervezet, a több mint száz éves Amerikai Magyar Szövetség társelnöke. A közelmúltban az alábbi helyzetképet adta a magyar érdekek amerikai érvényesítésével kapcsolatban." [read more]
 9/26/2009 - AHF holds its more than 100 years of service celebration... The American Hungarian Federation (AHF) celebrated its more than 100 years of service to the Hungarian American community with a magnificent Gala Ball at the Hungarian American Athletic Club in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The gala program began with a moving candlelight ceremony signifying the eternal flame that unites American Hungarians with Hungarians throughout the world. [more]
 Continuing
News: AHF continues call for support of a 1956 Statue
for the Nation's Capital...AHF's 1956 Commemoration Committee
is seeking your help to erect a statue in Washington, D.C. devoted
to the heroes of the Hungarian Revolution. The AHF plan calls for
an actual-size statue to be placed prominently in Washington while
we raise funds for its bronze replacement. Seen here with his prototype
design is renowned sculptor Gyuri Hollosy, who was responsible for
the Boston Liberty Square memorial. At the recent Capitol Reception
honoring 1848, Congressman Tom Lantos mentioned his intent to place
a 1956 memorial in Washington. We must ensure this remarkable design
is selected! [read
more]
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Portal for publications devoted to 1956.
The latest member books added:
 Lapossy,
Susanna (Zsuzsanna):
Life
Behind the Iron Curtain. [Read
more] about the book or purchase the book on
 Simon,
Paul M: "The Old lady and the Fawn," the first
bilingual edition of "Öreg néne ozikéje"
(Hungarian)
 Rebecca
McEldowney's "Soul of Flesh: A Novel of the 1956 Hungarian
Revolution" [ read
more]
 Dr.
Katalin Kadar Lynn's "Tibor Eckhardt in His Own Words:
An Autobiography" [ read
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Cultural
News & Member Events
Members can announce a Hungarian cultural event, by contacting
the AHF Cultural Affairs Committee,
Zoltan Bagdy, Chair [cultural news]
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3/7, San Diego, CA: Rock legend János Bródy
at an exceptional performance at San Diego Hungarian House of Hungary! [more]
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 3/14, Washington, DC: March 15th Celebration. Hungarian National Day! American University, Kay Spirtual Center, 2:30 pm [more and directions]
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3/14, New Brunswick, NJ: March 15th Celebration. Hungarian National Day! A Magyar Amerikai Atléta Klub Dísztermében, 233 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ [tovább]
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5/8, Boston, MA: Hungarian Ball to benefit Boston's Hungarian School, Boskola [more]
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 Kati Marton Interviewed on the PBS Newshour - Margaret Warner interviewed author Kati Marton about her latest book, “Enemies of the People” in which she describes the arrest of her parents, journalists Ilona and Endre Marton during the Cold War period in Budapest. In preparation for the book, she researched the Hungarian secret police files on her family. To view the interview, click here.
Buy her book on AHF's Amazon Store!
Looking
Back... AHF History
 "The Movement for Independent Hungary," seeking to extract Hungary
from
the Axis sphere...On the 31st of
December 1940, the Amerikai Magyar Népszava, the most
influential Hungarian language daily at the time, published a front-page editorial headlined “The Hour has Struck.” The
editorial proclaimed that it was the “the historic mission
of Americans of Hungarian origin to give voice to the
cries of the silenced people of Hungary and to give their
whole hearted effort to the liberation of their mother
country which is clubbed into submission by the Nazi terror.” [read more]
AHF
Members' Corner
Featured
Member:
 Steve Bognar, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and 2010 Oscar Nominee for "The Last Truck," a documentary about the closing of a General Motors plant in Moraine Ohio. He is also the son of a proud father, and AHF Scholarship Committee Chair, Bela Bognar, a.k.a., "Professor Paprika." Read more about him on [Featured Members]
Featured Book
AHF has begun featuring articles written by distinguished AHF members. AHF encourages all members to submit scholarly essays, books, and other materials which will be featured on our Publications page. 1956 Revolution-related materials are featured on www.hungary1956.com
 The current selection is Banjin, the latest novel by acclaimed Emmy nominated cinematographer Andrew Laszlo...  One reader wote: "BANJIN picks up more than 200 years after Shogun. The year is 1843. Another shipwreck. A Japanese boy, Masahiro, is blown in storm away from his village to a desolate island, rescued by American whalers and brought to New Bedford, Massachusetts in a voyage that would make Conrad, Melville or Dana proud. As John Mong, the boy is well educated at Exeter, advises Congress, goes back to sea, joins the Gold Rush in California, and returns home to Japan. He becomes Lord Tanaka Masahiro, and helps open Japan to the west as a leading character in the Meiji Restoration.
There's enough action, intrigue, passion and character development to fill a half-dozen regular novels or Hollywood movies."
[read more and buy it!]
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