AHF Action Alert: April 9, 2008 |
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Benes Decrees Petition Drive! Only a few days left! On September 20, 2007, the Slovak Parliament adopted a resolution proposed by extremist
Jan Slota ratifying and confirming the Benes decrees. Slota said "Hungarians are the cancer of the Slovak nation, without delay we need to remove them from the body of the nation." This is unacceptable.
Make your feelings known. Signed petitions will be delivered to the European Parliament on April 22nd. The American Hungarian Federation is planning an extended petition drive to coincide with a planned symposium in US Congress in September. About the Benes Decrees: The peace treaty of Trianon (1920) resulted in the dismemberment of the thousand-year-old Hungarian Kingdom. The consequence to Hungary was a loss of 71.5% of its territory and 63.6% of its population. Trianon forced three and a half million Magyars to live, without their consent, in Czechoslovakia, the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenians (Yugoslavia), and Rumania, with the stroke of a pen. The right of self-determination of nations, solemnly promised in the 14 points of US President Woodrow Wilson, was forgotten. There are presently about 578,000 ethnic Hungarians, or Magyars, living in scattered settlements along the southern border areas of the Slovakia and constitute the largest ethnic minority in the country. This is 10.8% of the Slovak Republic's population of 5,353,000 as estimated from a 1991 census and country population review from the UN. These numbers are easily argued as many ethnic Hungarians do not self-identify to avoid discrimination. In either case, these Magyars are what remains of the Hungarians in what was "Upper Hungary" for about 1000 years until 1919, when "Czechoslovakia" was created. How to Help! Announcements / AHF Member News
MAGYAR BÁL INVITATION / MEGHIVÓ: April 12th, 2008!The Annual Hungarian Spring Ball - A very special evening benefitting the Hungarian Scouts of Washington and AHF's 2008 programs. The phenomenal New York Continental Band and traditional dance performance by local scouts will make for another very special evening of dancing and debutantes. $120 Tickets may be ordered ONLINE! INVITATION / MEGHIVÓ: May 17th, 2008! 24th Semi-Annual Hungarian Picnic! Kedves Los Angeles-i Magyarok!! Tavaly összel a szlovák parlament elé került a Benes dekrétum kérdése, amely dekrétum a II. világháború után a magyarokat és a szudéta németeket egységesen megbélyegezte, állampolgárságuktól, vagyonuktól megfosztotta. A szlovákiai magyarságot 1945 és '48 között szervezett, programozott népirtással pusztították. A mostani szlovák parlament nemhogy nem itélte el az akkori bünöket, hanem megerösitette a Benes dekrétumot. A szlovák politikát bizonyos értelemben - a Benes-dekrétumokhoz való görcsös ragaszkodással - ma is a kollektív bűnösség elvének elfogadása jellemzi, a magyar nemzet hallgatólagos megbélyegzése. Ez ellen készül a világ magyarságának összefogása A tiltakozásunk helyszine: A tiltakozásunk időpontja: Los Angeles-i Magyar Kör, Osapay Gyorgy: lamk@cyberhungary.net TILTAKOZÁS / DEMONSTRATION - TARTSATOK VELÜNK!!! 2008. április 19 - Meghivó Meghivó - A Hungarian Heritage Center - 2008 aprilis 11-en penteken,
este 7:30-kor Meghivó / Invitation! Hungarian Meeting in Charlotte, NC More: Andras Debreczeni ,(803) 586 8847, dczandras@yahoo.com TILTAKOZÁS - ÁPRILIS 19-ÉN,
DÉLUTÁN 4 ÓRAKOR SZLOVÁK KONZULÁTUS ELÕTT A KANADAI MAGYAR FÓRUM RENDEZÉSÉBEN. TILTAKOZÁS - ÁPRILIS 19-ÉN, DÉLUTÁN 4 ÓRAKOR KANADAI PARLAMENT ELÕTT - Tovább: Gyula <bibifarcadi@yahoo.ca> The American Hungarian Federation (AHF), was founded in 1906 in Cleveland, Ohio. Among the oldest ethnic organizations in the US, AHF was established as an association of Hungarian societies, institutions and churches to "defend the interest of Americans of Hungarian origin in the United States." The American Hungarian Federation strives to unite the American Hungarian community through work that supports common goals. AHF is a national, non-partisan, independent umbrella organization representing the interests of the Hungarian American community. [more about us] There are two easy ways to Join and Support us! 1) Online Processing (fastest): Join online! AHF accepts all major credit cards and checks. AHF is a 501c(3) non-profit organization. Your donations may be tax deductible. Your information is secure not shared with anyone. [Join Online Here] 2) The Old-Fashioned Way: If you are uncomfortable or unable to process an Internet transaction, download the AHF Membership Registration Form and mail it in with your check payable to "American Hungarian Federation." NOTE: If you are sending a donation for a specific fund, please be sure to include that on the form. (You do not need to become a member to donate): American Hungarian Federation For technical assistance, contact bryandawson@americanhungarianfederation.org MORE AHF NEWS and eNewsletters: www.americanhungarianfederation.org/news.htm |
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