MFA State Secretary Zsolt Németh held a lecture at a conference entitled „Jews in Hungary in the 20th and 21st Centuries”, hosted by the Gáspár Károli Calvinist University.

The Hungarian MFA State Secretary pointed out that when we speak about the future of Hungarian Jews and about a blossoming Jewish „renaissance”, we must also reflect on Hungary’s past. Therefore, we must speak about the Holocaust in Hungary and the responsibility of Hungarians, particularly about the responsibility of the Hungarian government before and after 19 March 1944.

State Secretary Németh recalled that the Government of Hungary had declared many times that anti-Semitism was unacceptable in Hungary, and he also emphasised that anti-Semitism was incompatible with Christianity and was harmful not only to democracy but also to the Hungarian nation itself.

For State Secretary Németh's full speech please see here.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)