The Chevra Kadisha of Budapest yesterday consecrated a huge granite and marble memorial in honor of the thousands of Hungarian Jews who died as victims of the fascists and Nazis. Thousands of Jews and many leading governmental, religious, cultural and Jewish community leaders attended the services.
On the front of the memorial, which bears the names of 7,000 victims who were identified, is inscribed the following: “Hate Killed Them, Let Love Preserve Their Memory.” The inscription is carved in Hebrew and Hungarian. The memorial was designed by four leading Jewish architects.
The religious services were led by Chief Rabbi Josef Katora, while Lajos Stoekler, president of the Jewish community, opened the meeting following the reciting of prayers. Among the Hungarians who attended were representatives of Protestant churches and a sect known as the Ancient Catholics, Undersecretary of the Education Ministry Laszlo Boka, a representative of the Hungarian Workers Party, the chairman of the parliament and the head of the national police. A police band supplied the music for the affair.
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