The Hungarian Wallenberg Exhibition and the Holocaust Educational Programme were warmly and appreciatively received at the conference organized by the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research (ITF) held in Belgium on 28 June 2012, Deputy Secretary of State Gergely Prőhle declared in a statement.

The conference highlighted the particular importance of a speech delivered by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in January 2012 at the opening ceremony of the exhibition.

The Deputy Secretary of State also explained that the Holocaust Educational Programme had been elaborated in partnership with the Zachor Foundation of Budapest and the American Shoa Institute, and was based on the recollections of Holocaust victims, as well as of Wallenberg’s friends and colleagues.

The head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Mark Weitzman, reported on the current situation in Hungary, which, according to Gergely Prőhle, provided a balanced picture. He also underlined that the meeting was especially important due to the need for a common educational method on the Holocaust. While the ITF has no right to sanction, it dedicates particular attention to national educational programmes.

(kormany.hu)