Science academy to host conference on 1956 Revolution

Budapest, May 22 (MTI) – The Hungarian Academy of Sciences will host a three-day conference on the 1956 Hungarian Revolution starting Tuesday, the head of the National Remembrance Committee (NEB) told MTI on Sunday.

Réka Kiss Földváry said researchers from Russia, the US, Germany, the UK, Austria, Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic and Hungary would share their work at the conference, organised by the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity.

The conference will focus on the path to revolution, the international assessment of the uprising, its consequences and its impact on culture and collective memory.

The “European Remembrance” symposium will be opened by Minister for Human Resources Zoltán Balog.

Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters