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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Balint Homan

Protesters at a 2014 rally in Budapest against the Hungarian government's planned statue that was seen as minimizing Hungarian complicity during the Holocaust. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
March 12, 2016, 11:37 pm
Jews and evangelicals remind Hungary’s politicians to never forget
Non-Jewish activists link arms with Hungarian Jews to stop commemoration of anti-Semitic WWII-era politicians in ‘symbols war’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A flyer advertising a Hungarian Veteran's Day event scheduled for February 6, 2016 featuring an SS officer titled 'Remembering the Heroes.' (courtesy)
February 6, 2016, 12:55 am
Wiesenthal Center raps Hungary for neo-Nazi memorial
Flyer for a Veteran’s Day event in town of Szekesfehervar featuring SS veteran shows a Nazi underneath the banner ‘Remember the Heroes!’
By ToI Staff
Balint Homan served as Hungary's Minister of Religion and Education during World War II. (Wikimedia Commons)
December 24, 2015, 12:01 am
US hails Hungary’s decision to cancel statue for Nazi collaborator
Congressional Task Force for Combatting Anti-Semitism says Holocaust ‘must be neither revised nor forgotten’
By JTA
Ira Forman (L), Special Envoy of the US government to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism lights a torch on the last day of Hanukkah in Szekesfehervar on December 13, 2015, during a joint commemoration for Hanukkah and a silent demonstration to protest against plans for a statue in honor of anti-Semitic Holocaust-era lawmaker Balint Homan. (AFP PHOTO/ATTILA KISBENEDEK)
December 18, 2015, 7:58 pm
Hungary scraps planned statue of WWII-era anti-Semitic lawmaker
Following protests, group behind memorial to Balint Homan ‘reversed its decision’; unveiling had already been delayed
By JTA
The covered statue base of a planned statue in honor of Balint Homan who as a Hungarian minister during the World War II era drafted legislation that restricted the rights of Hungarian Jews and called for their deportation, December 13, 2015. (AFP/ATTILA KISBENEDEK)
December 16, 2015, 3:51 pm
Hungary delays anti-Semitic statue unveiling after protests
Threats allegedly made against group behind memorial to civic leader Balint Homan, who legislated against Jews in 1930s
By AFP
Balint Homan served as Hungary's Minister of Religion and Education during World War II. (Wikimedia Commons)
December 7, 2015, 1:56 am
US lawmakers protest statue honoring Hungarian who deported Jews
House leaders say Balint Homan, a minister during WWII, ‘spearheaded anti-Jewish legislation, paved way for atrocities’
By JTA
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