{"id":1042223,"date":"2018-11-17T23:16:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T04:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/?p=1042223"},"modified":"2018-11-17T23:17:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T04:17:52","slug":"members-of-friends-of-hungary-awarded-by-bethlen-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/members-of-friends-of-hungary-awarded-by-bethlen-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Members of Friends of Hungary Awarded by Bethlen Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each year, the Bethlen Foundation awards outstanding contributors to Hungarian society. This year, two members of the Friends of Hungary Foundation, publisher of\u00a0Hungary Today, were among the recipients.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The foundation\u2019s most prestigious prize, the Bethlen award, was given to\u00a0J\u00f3zsef Koml\u00f3ssy<\/strong>\u00a0who emigrated from Sopron to Canada during\u00a0the 1956\u00a0revolution. In Canada and later Switzerland, he worked and made a fortune as a forest engineer. At the same time, he worked tirelessly to protect the rights of Hungarian minorities living in the Carpathian Basin. He gave multiple speeches on minority rights at the UN, OSCE and other international organizations and was present for a number of delegations to Transylvania and Vojvodina. In his laudation speech, former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly S\u00e1ndor Lezs\u00e1k highlighted Koml\u00f3ssy\u2019s role in helping to open a pedestrian border crossing in Szelmenc in 2005. In 1946, the village was surrealistically cut in two by the new Soviet-Czechoslovakian border. Later, in recognition of his merits, the village\u2019s main street was named after him.<\/p>\n

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J\u00f3zsef Koml\u00f3ssy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u00c9va Zabolai Csekme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00c9va Zabolai Csekme<\/strong>\u00a0was awarded the Teleki P\u00e1l memorial medal for her efforts in helping Hungarian minorities. As an immigrant, Zabolai Csekme settled down in Geneva, Switzerland, and took an active part in building the Hungarian community. She worked for the World Federation of Hungarians and spent 20 years in the UN. She founded multiple groups intended to protect the rights of Hungarians living beyond the borders. She played an indispensable role in convincing the UN to officially condemn Romanian dictator Nicolae\u00a0Ceau\u0219escu\u2019s notorious village destruction projects which harshly affected ethnic Hungarians.<\/p>\n

In addition, the M\u00e1rton \u00c1ron memorial medal was awarded to Monk Bal\u00e1zs Barsi OFM, chemist Dr. Gy\u00f6rgy Heltai and his family from G\u00f6d\u00f6ll\u0151 and teacher L\u00e1szl\u00f3 P\u00e9k, President of the Hungarian Teachers\u2019 Association in Slovakia. The Tam\u00e1si \u00c1ron prize was awarded to literary historian Endre Papp, the editor-in-chief of \u201cHitel\u201d journal. \u201cFor the future of Szeklerland\u201d scholarships were awarded to students M\u00e1t\u00e9 Bo\u00e9r from Sepsiszentgy\u00f6rgy (Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe) and Attila Medgyesi from Bar\u00f3t (Baraolt).<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Bethlen Foundation<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was founded in 1980 by writer Gyula Illy\u00e9s, poet S\u00e1ndor Cso\u00f3ri and widows of writer L\u00e1szl\u00f3 N\u00e9meth and composer Zolt\u00e1n Kod\u00e1ly. The foundation\u2014through material, intellectual and spiritual support, prizes and scholarships\u2014takes a pioneering role in serving national unity, Central European intellectual cooperation, presenting and promoting the values and renowned representatives of Hungarians living beyond the borders and in the maintenance and nurture of Hungarian relations and solidarity.<\/p>\n

images: Friends of Hungary<\/em><\/p>\n

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Each year, the Bethlen Foundation awards outstanding contributors to Hungarian society. This year, two members of the Friends of Hungary Foundation, publisher of\u00a0Hungary Today, were among the recipients.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The foundation\u2019s most prestigious prize, the Bethlen award, was given to\u00a0J\u00f3zsef Koml\u00f3ssy<\/strong>\u00a0who emigrated from Sopron to Canada during\u00a0the 1956\u00a0revolution. In Canada and later Switzerland, he worked and made a fortune as a forest engineer. At the same time, he worked tirelessly to protect the rights of Hungarian minorities living in the Carpathian Basin. He gave multiple speeches on minority rights at the UN, OSCE and other international organizations and was present for a number of delegations to Transylvania and Vojvodina. In his laudation speech, former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly S\u00e1ndor Lezs\u00e1k highlighted Koml\u00f3ssy\u2019s role in helping to open a pedestrian border crossing in Szelmenc in 2005. In 1946, the village was surrealistically cut in two by the new Soviet-Czechoslovakian border. Later, in recognition of his merits, the village\u2019s main street was named after him.<\/p>\n[caption id=\"attachment_47330\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"675\"]\"\" J\u00f3zsef Koml\u00f3ssy[\/caption]\n[caption id=\"attachment_47320\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"675\"]\"\" \u00c9va Zabolai Csekme[\/caption]\n

\u00c9va Zabolai Csekme<\/strong>\u00a0was awarded the Teleki P\u00e1l memorial medal for her efforts in helping Hungarian minorities. As an immigrant, Zabolai Csekme settled down in Geneva, Switzerland, and took an active part in building the Hungarian community. She worked for the World Federation of Hungarians and spent 20 years in the UN. She founded multiple groups intended to protect the rights of Hungarians living beyond the borders. She played an indispensable role in convincing the UN to officially condemn Romanian dictator Nicolae\u00a0Ceau\u0219escu\u2019s notorious village destruction projects which harshly affected ethnic Hungarians.<\/p>\n

In addition, the M\u00e1rton \u00c1ron memorial medal was awarded to Monk Bal\u00e1zs Barsi OFM, chemist Dr. Gy\u00f6rgy Heltai and his family from G\u00f6d\u00f6ll\u0151 and teacher L\u00e1szl\u00f3 P\u00e9k, President of the Hungarian Teachers\u2019 Association in Slovakia. The Tam\u00e1si \u00c1ron prize was awarded to literary historian Endre Papp, the editor-in-chief of \u201cHitel\u201d journal. \u201cFor the future of Szeklerland\u201d scholarships were awarded to students M\u00e1t\u00e9 Bo\u00e9r from Sepsiszentgy\u00f6rgy (Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe) and Attila Medgyesi from Bar\u00f3t (Baraolt).<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Bethlen Foundation<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was founded in 1980 by writer Gyula Illy\u00e9s, poet S\u00e1ndor Cso\u00f3ri and widows of writer L\u00e1szl\u00f3 N\u00e9meth and composer Zolt\u00e1n Kod\u00e1ly. The foundation\u2014through material, intellectual and spiritual support, prizes and scholarships\u2014takes a pioneering role in serving national unity, Central European intellectual cooperation, presenting and promoting the values and renowned representatives of Hungarians living beyond the borders and in the maintenance and nurture of Hungarian relations and solidarity.<\/p>\n

images: Friends of Hungary<\/em><\/p>\n

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