Every year, we commemorate the heroes at the memorial with a wreath-laying ceremony and the lighting of candles. For us Hungarians living here in the diaspora, it is very important to preserve and pass on our identity. Despite the difficult times we have been, we are, and we will stay here—and we will do everything we can to remain!
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1956
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