The President of the Republic emphasized the need to pass on the ideas and lessons of 1956 at a Thursday commemoration held in Nyíregyháza on the 70th anniversary of the revolution and war of independence.
At the event held at the county and city library, András Baka said in his opening remarks that preserving historical memory requires respect, thorough and objective preparation, and knowledge of the facts — a task in which historians play an indispensable role.
He recalled that for a long time it was not possible to speak about 1956, that it could not become part of public discourse or historical memory, and that when it finally could have, the struggles of everyday life left too little attention for it.
“We are here on the 70th anniversary, which gives us an opportunity to come closer to the events of ’56, to understand what this historical turning point meant for Hungary, and what 1956 offers to Hungarians today and to Hungary today,” he said.
He stressed that “it is up to us to ensure” that the generation which did not live through the events of that time, and which heard little or nothing about 1956, preserves its ideas and passes on its thoughts and lessons.
Artificial intelligence was used for the translation of parts of the original Hungarian text.
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