holocaust memorial month
as the Hungarian Holocaust Memorial Day to be commemorated in the Parliament of Hungary and all Hungarian secondary schools every year. This particular date was chosen because April 16, 1944 was the first day of the Hungarian Jewry being forced into ghettos. Ever since 2001, this Memorial Day serves as official Holocaust commemoration in Hungary and wherever Hungarians may live worldwide. The Embassy of Hungary organizes a Holocaust Memorial Month in Washington, DC in April 2012 to commemorate those who perished during the Holocaust, to pay tribute to the men and women who rescued Hungarian Jews from being