Gábor Székely, who heads the foundation that runs Budapest's Holocaust Memorial Center and established the prize, said the award will be presented each year from now on. It will not go to researchers of the Holocaust, but to those people who increase awareness and understanding of the Holocaust in education and in the public conscience.
Székely praised Gábor Gordon for establishing the Élet Menete Foundation, which organizes annual memorial trips to Auschwitz. He lauded Tamás Verő for his years of service as head of the Jewish congregation in Frankel Leó u. and for his efforts to educate young Hungarian pupils and students about anti-Semitism. Székely thanked Ágnes Horváth for her academic work as well as for organising an exhibition of photographs from Auschwitz in Eger.
A letter from Paulinka Kreisberg -- the daughter of the Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal - acknowledging the prize winners was read aloud at the award ceremony.
Source: Múlt-kor / Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
