I first visited Canada in 1997 at the invitation of my partner, who had left Hungary in 1956 at the age of 16, and I spent half a year with him. On my many visits there, I was always deeply moved whenever I stood before the memorial and I felt grateful for the gesture.
Victoria BC Saanich, Canada
Memorial in front of City Hall and the police station next to it.
Mária Dorogi
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Burlington, Canada
Hungarian Hero’s Memorial
József Vámosi personally erected this monument to commemorate all Hungarian hero’s.
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1956 Hungarian Revolution Cenotaph
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was a brief, nationwide uprising by freedom-loving Hungarians against the tyrannical puppet communist government of Hungary and forced…
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University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Founding of the Sopron Division in Vancouver
The history of the Sopron Division is one of the most moving and cinematic chapters in the stories of Hungarian émigrés. It recounts the unprecedented escape of an entire…
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