Hungary’s contribution to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, set up to support the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, will be incorporated into the 2014 national budget according to current plans – said Gábor Kaleta, Head of the Press Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The task of the Foundation is to amass a sum of €120 million for the Perpetual Fund.

The Hungarian daily Népszabadság reported that the Hungarian Government would announce the sum earmarked for the Foundation next year, when the commemorative events marking the seventieth anniversary of the Holocaust in Hungary are launched. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs press chief said that „financial planning regarding the Hungarian contribution is still ongoing”. Gábor Kaleta added that according to current plans, Hungary’s contribution would be incorporated into the 2014 national budget, and that the final decision could be expected within a short time.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)