[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 44 (Wednesday, April 20, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                     TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS IN HUNGARY

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                         HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 20, 1994

  Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
pay tribute to the hundreds of innocent victims who died during the 
German invasion on March 19, 1944. This day marked the tragedy of 
months of darkness in Hungary's history. It began as the Nazi Germans 
deprived the Hungarian people of their sovereign state. The tragedy 
continued as the nation was victimized to horrors of an organized mass 
extermination of Hungarian Jews.
  We must never forget the sufferance that occurred 50 years ago to the 
Hungarian people. The Hungarian Government is in accordance with this 
notion in that it maintains its commitment to parliamentary democracy. 
It will instill the principles of its Constitution and reject any acts 
contradictory to it. Moreover, the government believes that the 
remembrance of the Holocaust and the continuation of its present 
democracy will lead to a nation of dignity and peace.
  I believe that these acts are essential. It is important to learn 
from these past tragedies in order to prevent another defeat to mankind 
from ever occurring.

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