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Due to the severe weather warning that has been trumpeted throughout the northeast Ohio area, we are cancelling the Saturday, March 8 folklore lecture "Saints and Sinners"scheduled to begin at 2 pm. |
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lecture WILL BE RESCHEDULED for NEXT Sautrday, March 15, same time 2:00-3:30
pm at the Museum. Please mark your calendars for NEXT Saturday March 15! |
We are asking that you do the following: please notify any friend or family member that you know who was planning to attend; also please send e-mails to persons on your list who may be interested in the lecture. | Magyar Saints and Sinners make for great stories! There are also many exciting activites planned for younger members of the audience featuring everything a young person should know about Magyar Saints! | |
For more information on Folklore lecture series,
click here.
Below
- the Museum's newest special exhibition!
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POSTPONED TO MARCH 15 (from March 8, due to severe
weather)
(- same time, same place, same topics!
Folklore lecture on Saints and Sinners, 2:00-3:30
Click here for details:
2007-2008 MONTHLY SEMINAR SERIES:
Hungarian Folklore: An Intergenerational Series
The hunt of the White Stag, from the Chronicon Pictum, 1360.
See Lecture Series website for more details & registration information.
Experience Hungarian
Folklore!!! Through this interactive series, we expect to learn the meaning
and cultural value that folklore has in the Hungarian community. At each
session, we will review the most widely known and best loved Hungarian legends,
fables, and folk stories.
In addition, we
will offer activities and entertainment for our younger participants.
Concurrently, we
will host focus group interviews with adults to learn about when-where-how
each participant heard about these folk stories and whether it was known
to them in their youth. These interviews will be audio-tape recorded and
become part of our oral history to be preserved on the CHHS website.
All are invited to attend.
The lectures will be held at the Museum.
March 12, Annual Meeting for members, 7:00 p.m. Invitations will be mailed to members.
April 12, folklore lecture on Tall Tales, 2:00-3:30, and May 10th,
folklore lecture focusing on Mothers, 2:00-3:30;
Click here for details.
Sunday, July 27, CHHS sponsored trip to the Ohio Light Opera performance of "Marinka". More informatrin to follow.
NOW PAST EVENT - LECTURE - in ENGLISH - Saturday, February 9. 2008
The Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society cordially invited everyone to a presentation in English by Edward Altmann, architect, archaeologist, soldier, world traveler, entitled:
"AFGHANISTAN"
a personal view, as seen by a Hungarian born, Cleveland raised entrepreneur who has worked and lived in the Muslim world for the past few years. An audio-visual presentation of eastern architecture, culture, archaeological artifacts and personal impressions.
A Clevelandi Magyar Történelmi Társulat szeretettel meghivott mindenkit a Magyar Múzeumba, 2008, február 9.-én szombaton d.u. 3 órakor Altmann Ede, építész, régész, katona, világ utazó
,,Afganisztán"
egy, a muzlim világban több évet eltöltött magyar tapasztalatai és meglátásai." címû angol nyelvû elõadására.
Audio-vizuális bemutatás: keleti építészet, kultúra, régészeti emlékek és személyes történetek.
NOW PAST EVENT -
The Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society hosted adults, children and grandchildren, ages 3-6 to an afternoon visit by MIKULÁS BÁCSI (Saint Nicholas)!
...on Saturday December 8, 2007 at 2-3:30 p.m. at the Hungarian Heritage
Museum, Galleria at Erieview.
Activities focused on Hungarian Christmas customs and treats. This program
was part of the Society’s continuing effort to bring Hungarian traditions
and customs to all children of Hungarian descent.
NOW PAST EVENT
- The Cleveland Hungarian
Heritage Museum joined 5 other nationalities with an exhibit at Cleveland
City Hall throughout November.
Address: 601 Lakeside Ave. in downtown Cleveland.
WHEN -
The Rotunda was
open to the public. On November 19th, Monday, from 5:30 - 6:30 there was
an hour long program in the Rotunda at City Hall, celebrating Hungarian Culture.
This program too was open to the public.
Everyone
was Welcome!
November was Eastern European Cultures month in
the City of Cleveland. We were one of six nationalities participating. Each
nationality was given the opportunity to organize an hour long program. The
Hungarian program featured dancers from the Hungarian Scout Folk Ensemble,
a DVD on Hungary sent to us by the Hungarian Embassy in Washington, and a
presentation on the Hungarian immigrant commnunity in Cleveland. This program
was free and open to the public and sought to educate the audience
on various aspects of Hungarian culture, history and Hungarian life in the
greater Cleveland community.
NOW PAST EVENT !
The Vintner Dinner was a great success!
Thank you to all who patronized our event,
and to those who worked so very hard to plan it!
Eleventh Annual Vintner Dinner
to benefit the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum,
Saturday, October 27, 2007
At Café Sausalito in the Galleria at Erieview, Home of the Museum
Seated formal dinner & gala evening
comparing Hungarian & other varietals at dinner,
featuring the cusine and wines of Hungary.
This year's theme:
"An Evening at the
Gerbeaud"
Click here
for special website on Vintner Dinner
NOW PAST special exhibition -
"The Designing Spirit - Hungarian Folk Art"
CLICK HERE,
ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS, MORE INFORMATION
ON THIS HUNGARIAN FOLK ART EXHIBITION
Our NOW PAST Special Exhibition:
"Domján -
Master of the Color Woodcut"
Centennial Exhibition
Opening was
held on:
Saturday, April 14, at the Museum
CLICK HERE, ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS, DOMJAN
EXHIBITION.
CLICK HERE, ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS, DOMJAN
EXHIBITION.
Our Other Most recent Past Events:
PAST PROGRAMS:
St. Stephen's Day
Szent István napi megemlékezés
NOW PAST - Saturday, August
18, 2007
w/ guest speakers (Magyarul - in Hungarian)
Program / Mûsor
Megnyitó ima: Nt. Tamásy Zoltán
Emlékezés Szent Istvánról: Lendvai-Lintner Imre,
a KMCsSz elnöke
Zenei program: Kis Magyar Kórus
Ünnepi szónok: Bozóki Antal, nemzetközi
jogász, délvidéki publicista:
"Magyarok a Vajdságban"
Verscsokor Hargitai István elõadásában
Záró ének: Kis Magyar Kórus
St. Stephen's Day with guest speakers
( in Hungarian):
Opening prayer by Rev. Zoltán Tamásy; Opening remarks about
St. Stephen by Imre Lendvai-Lintner Imre, Pres., Hungarian Scouts in Exteris;
Musical performances by the Little Hungarian Choir; Poetry recital by
István Hargitai, & guest speaker ANTAL BOZÓKI,
journalist and publicist from Vojvodina
Read more about Szent István /
St. Stephen & his role & importance in Hungarian History &
Culture.
Below - A RECENT PAST EVENT!
'56 Exhibit was a huge success!
Due to popular demand,
'56 exhibit was available until
FEBRUARY 24, 2007 !
"Spirit of Freedom 1956" - "Az 1956-os Forradalom
Ötvenedik Évfordulója"
From October 7 - To February 24,
2007
Official poster & invitations
for exhibit
Opening Reception
(now past) photos.
DATES & TIME OPEN:
Through December 30: Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays: 11 AM.-3
PM, Fridays: 11 AM-5 PM;
LOCATION:
At the Museum located in the Galleria at Erieview at E. 9th Street &
Lakeside Ave. in downtown Cleveland, free parking in underground garage on
Saturdays; phone (216) 523-3900 or phone/fax (440) 442-3466,
or e-mail:
magyarmuzeum@hotmail.com;
Free, but donations welcome.
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, this extensive exhibit includes:
"Chronology of the Revolution":
October 23rd to November 14 & the aftermath, historical accounting
of the daily heroic events described in detail & depicted in photographs;
"Faces of the Revolution": The stories of the courageous freedom fighters told through enlarged photographs taken during the Revolution by Erich Lessing & others;
"Documentary films": On TV monitors, various documentary films about the heroic events of 1956, including the CBS special with Walter Cronkite;
"Support around the World": World Reaction and expression of sympathy & support expressed in poetry & literature by authors around the world, & photos of demonstrations in Cleveland and cities around the world;
"Commemoration in Art ": Works of artists depicting the Revolution, particularly showcasing the works of Hungarian artist Mr. Csaba Kur, including charcoals, paintings and his life-size statue of the freedom fighters of the Revolution;
(Original newpaper from the old Cleveland
News,
1956)
Viewers - Your help
is
needed!!
It's amazing the impression left in people by the '56 Hungarian refugees and freedom fighters, and that after 50 years, people still care enough about them to pursue it. We would like to help some supporters of the Hungarian Revolution, who are also friends of the Museum, and who are seeking our help in identifying and/or learning more about people who were victims of the events of 1956. Please contact us at the Museum at magyarmuzeum@hotmail.com and we will forward the information and/or get you in touch with the individuals.
DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE MAN AND THE BABY IN THIS PHOTO BELOW?
About the above photo- Mr. Charles R. Embrey (USA)
writes us:
"IN DECEMBER 1956 I WAS A NAVY POTOGRAPHER ASSIGNED TO NAVAL AIR TRANSPORT
SIX BASED AT MCGUIRE AFB NJ. I MADE THIS PHOTO ABOARD ONE OF THE FLIGHTS
BRINGING HUNGARIAN REFUGEES FROM MUNICH TO THE U.S. IT WAS PROBABLY TAKEN
ON 20 DEC SOMEWHERE OVER THE ATLANTIC. IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS I HAVE OFTEN
WONDERED WHO THEY WERE, WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE GONE AND WHERE THEY MIGHT BE
TODAY. PERHAPS YOU MIGHT HELP IN MY SEARCH. . . "
Can you help identify these people???
magyarmuzeum@hotmail.com
Erika - A Freedom
Fighter
Henning Schultz of Copenhagen, Denmark, was 15 when he saw the picture of Erika on the front page of the Danish weekly newsmagazine Billed Bladet on November 13, 1956. The photo of Erika haunted Henning and he tried to gather information about her. He succeeded by meeting with a Hungarian refugee who had fled to Copenhagenafter the 1956 Revolution. The man told him that the girl's name was Erika, but didn't mention her last name. She had worked with him at the Hotel Béke in Budapest as a cook trainee, when she was 14, in 1955.
When the Revolution broke out, Erika was 15 years old and along with her boyfriend joined one of the freedom fighter groups in Budapest. She had been involved in several street fighting engagements. Around November 1st or 2nd, the Danish photo-journalist Vagn Hensen took several photos of her including the one you see here. Her now famous picture appeared in newspapers all over the free world. Erika, a demure girl with auburn hair and a charming personality and carrying a submachine-gun, had become an icon of the heroic Hungarian Revolution.
By the time the Russian troops counter-attacked Budapest en masse on November 4th, Erika had been persuaded by her colleagues to lay down her arms, but she continued her struggle by helping the wounded as a Red Cross volunteer. Around November 8th, during heavy street fighting, one of her colleagues was shot. Dressed in her Red Cross uniform and unarmed, she had tried to aid the wounded boy, but she too was gunned down by Russian machine guns, and died. No more about her is known.
Erika had been born in Budapest in 1941 during the second world war. She died at age 15 as a freedom fighter. She would now be around 65 years old, had she lived.
Can you help identify more about Erika and possibly her family???
magyarmuzeum@hotmail.com
BELOW
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The Museum was pleased to host a reception in conjunction with the
3-Day Conference on the 1956 Hungarian Revolution held
on the campus of Case-Western Reserve University. Details
below:
Past Event: Past Event: Past Event: Past Event:
Another Recent Past Event: Past Event: Past Event: Past Event:
BELOW - Past Event: Past Event: Past Event:
Past Event:
The Museum was honored to host Kinga Göncz,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary,
on September 23, 2006. The event was co-sponsored
by the Consulate General of the Republic of Hungary.
Past Event: Past Event: Past Event: Past Event:
MOST RECENT & Now PAST EVENT:
The Museum presented on Saturday, August 19, 2006 a program
commemorating:
ST. STEPHEN'S DAY- with guest speaker
(in Hungarian/Magyarul)
SZENT ISTVÁN NAPI
MEGEMLÉKEZÉS
DR. SÁNDOR SZAKÁLY,
Historian and writer, chief librarian of the National Archives of Hungary,
and a musical program by the
SZIKRA - HUNGARIAN ZITHER ENSEMBLE from
DETROIT
E-mail:
magyarmuzeum@hotmail.com
Call the Museum & Gift Shoppe at the
Galleria at Erieview directly at
216 523-3900
(voice mail when not open)
OPEN:
Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays: 11 AM. - 3 PM
Fridays: 11 AM - 5 PM
LOCATION:
Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum;
in the Galleria at Erieview; 2nd floor;
1309 East 9th street in downtown Cleveland
PARKING:
In underground & heated
parking garage of Galleria,
(Enter off Lakeside Ave. )
FREE on Saturdays!
Need a map?? Click here & try:
Mapquest
-
It will bring you from your door to our door !
(NOTE: use "1309 East 9th Street, Cleveland,
OH"
as your "destination point.")
March 11, Saturday, at 4:30
PM:
Following Museum lecture/presentation described above, Klaudia Kovács,
producer of documentary film "Torn from the Flag" (Lyukas a zászló)
about 1956 Hungarian Revolution & its international effects, appearing
at Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum in Galleria; preview clip of film
will be shown; Ms. Kovács will meet with leaders & members
of Hungarian community & media.
Seating limited - contact Mr. László Buda: 216 255-8025,
440 878-7208, or via e-mail:
LazBuda@yahoo.com
to RSVP.
See website:
http://www.klaudiainc.com/mainpage.html
OTHER Previous Special Exhibitions/Programs:
For archived information on the 2004-2005 Monthly Seminar Series on :
"HUNGARIAN FOOD
FOR MIND AND BODY"
hosted by the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage
Society
*** All food instruction for 2004-2005 was provided by
Mrs. Edith Juhász, whose expertise is based on her professional training
in the culinary arts, as well as her Hungarian
background ***
For archived information about our
"2001-2002
- Seminar Series on Hungarian History"
For archived information about our 2nd lecture series for the 2002-2003
season entitled "Famous Hungarian People"
[includes maps, links to other sites of interest about the many regions of Hungary!]
For Hungarian programs in the
area
or here at the Museum
- - -
Visit our co-sponsored
pages: Hungarian-American
Social & Cultural "Events Calendar-2006" for the Greater Cleveland
Area
including
Links to "Useful Addresses,"Cleveland & Northeast
Ohio"
Please note: New volunteers and continuing volunteers are needed for the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum and also for the GIFT SHOPPE! Friends and Patrons of the Museum -- your help is requested! New volunteers are always most welcome.
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Hungarian Heritage Museum
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Magyar Történelmi Társulat
Cleveland, Ohio USA
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