Chief
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, President of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation and
spiritual leader of the Park East Synagogue, the
Embassy of Hungary and the Hungarian Consulate General marked the 60th
Anniversary of the Holocaust of Hungarian Jews at the Park East Synagogue in
New York today. Speakers at the commemoration included Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Ambassador András Simonyi, State Secretary Attila Wéber, Chief
of Staff to the Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, Ms. Katalin Szili, ,
Consul General Gábor Horváth, New York State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi,
New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Rep. Anthony D. Weiner
(D-NY), and Ambassador Edward B. O'Donnell, the State Department's Special
Envoy for Holocaust Issues. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and his wife,
Ms. Nane Annan Wallenberg, cousin of Raul Wallenberg, were also in
attendance. Other dignitaries present included the representative of the
Holy See and the Swiss Consul General in New York.
Ambassador Simonyi with Rabbi Arthur Schneier
(second from left) and State Secretary Attila Wéber
Rabbi Arthur Schneier presented Consul General
Gábor Horváth with a commemorative certificate from NYC Mayor Michael
Bloomberg in which the mayor proclaims April 15, 2004, Hungarian Holocaust
Day
UN Secretary General confers with Ambassador
Simonyi
Ambassador Simonyi and Rabbi Schneier light a
candle prior to the commemoration in the Park East Synagogue
