Duna TV to Mark Holocaust Remembrance Days

The channel's Port Extra programme will focus on the day of remembrance with several special guests: the actor András Bálint, the director Diana Groó and the sociologist András Kovács. Aliza Bin-Noun, the Israeli ambassador to Hungary, will be a guest on Duna TV's Forum programme.

 

Duna TV will also show several films to remember the day, in 1944, when the first ghetto in Hungary was established. András Sipos's documentary Emigrants delves into the family histories of three famous Hungarian scientists: Albert Szentgyörgyi, Mihály Polányi and Imre Bródy. András Salamon's short Tell Your Children revisits the mass murder of Jews along the banks of the Danube by the fascist Arrow Cross in January of 1945. The feature film for the evening, The Story of Edmond Batignole, tells the story of WWII from the viewpoint of a person of no great importance.

 

On April 21, this year's International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Duna TV will broadcast a concert by the pianist Lívia Rév in memory of László Ocskay. The Komors, a documentary film about the history of the Komor family is also on the programme. In the afternoon, viewers can see a programme called Jewish Identity in Hungary. Simon - Scenes From the Life of a Man, shows the adventurous life of the Israeli actor Simon Segali. Nina's Journey tells the story of war through the eyes of a young Polish girl.