October 23, 2006 - United Nations, NYC

NATIONAL DAY OF THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY

Special Commemorative Event to mark

THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FREEDOM FIGHT AND REVOLUTION

Keynote Speaker:

The Honourable Henry A. Kissinger

with the introductory words of

H.E. Mr. Gábor Bródi

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Hungary to the United Nations

followed by a piano recital by

Roberto McClausland

and the opening of the photo exhibition

"1956 The Hope of Freedom - The Hungarian Revolution"

Photos: Gabriella Gyorffy and Angelo Rivera

Introductory words by H.E. Mr. Gábor Bródi

Permanent Representative of the Republic of Hungary to the United Nations

Keynote Speaker:
The Honoruable Henry A. Kissinger

Guests lighted candles of remembrance:

Hon. László Mandúr, Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament
and Hon. Henry A. Kissinger

Vera Blinken and Peter Tufo, former US Ambassador to Hungary

Edina Zsarnai and Karl Bardosh,
representatives of Hungarian media in New York...

Pianist Roberto McCausland-Dieppa's program was based on the main theme of Beethoven's Eroica, built together with Béla Bartók's Funeral March, and Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No.5., as well as the Hungarian popular song "Tavaszi szél vizet áraszt" and the Hungarian-American Hymn "Gift to be Simple"

Mr. McCausland-Dieppa, born in Columbia, has developed an
affinity for Hungarian classical music and in March 2006 he was
presented with the Pro Cultura Hungarica Award

Hon. Henry A. Kissinger and George L. Lovas, Co-Chairman,
Federation of the American Hungarian Freedom Fighters, recent recepient of
The Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary

Dr. Mária Findrik, Hon. Henry A. Kissinger,
Ambassador Gábor Bródi, and Roberto McCausland-Dieppa

The Photo Exhibition

"1956 The Hope of Freedom - The Hungarian Revolution"

was opened by Ambassador Gábor Bródi and Michael Korda,
author and Editor in Chief Emeritus of Simon & Schuster,
son of actress Gertrude Musgrove and film production designer
Vincent Korda and nephew of director, producer Sir Alexander Korda

In 1956 Michael Korda was a student at Oxford. In October, with three other friends, he drove to Budapest to bring badly needed medicine and to participate, at street level, in the Revolution.

In his book Journey to a Revolution: A History and Memoir of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, he writes with brilliant detail, suspense, occasional humor, and sustained anger a vivid and richly detailed picture of the events and the people.

 

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