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"Every nation, every country, must perform its own national self-examination. Let us not forget the single, unrepeatable homicide, humanity’s biggest atrocity, the Shoah. We Hungarians must face the moral burden that at a time of crisis, we let German Nazis and Hungarian collaborators tear 550 000 Jewish fellow-countrymen from our nation, including the Hungarian poet and martyr, Miklós Radnóti, who describes the era in his poem ’Fragment’ as follows: ’
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Several monuments have been erected, documentation centres have been opened, and much has been published on the subject in Europe, but the most important monument to the Shoah should be within the hearts of all European citizens. Facing history was not easy for Hungary, and even today it is still difficult. In Western Europe, national self-examination took place earlier and more thoroughly than in the ten new Member States. However, I can proudly report that we have designated a Holocaust Memorial Day, we have written coursebooks for students, and we finally opened the Holocaust Memorial Centre in Páva Street last spring. Moreover, although it came after a 60-year delay, the Hungarian Prime Minister has declared Hungarian collaborators accountable.
In the spring we shall more strictly enforce legislation on hate speech and the denial of Auschwitz. Today it is essential that any form of racist animosity and open or coded hate speech are combated with legal action and moral condemnation without hesitation. We Hungarians would like to play a leading role in the European fight against discrimination, in protecting national, ethnic, religious, sexual and any other minorities, and in promoting the battle against discrimination. In addition to declarations and assertions condemning discrimination and hate speech, we need stable European legislation which can be universally enforced and which implements appropriate punitive sanctions. A working system is needed for the protection of minority rights within the Union, as this is our only way of protecting the minorities of Europe. This is the Union’s obligation and the Shoah’s moral commandment."@en1
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