Conference: Remembering the Past, Shaping the Future – Győr’s Jewish Heritage

A Conference of the Holocaust Documentation and Memorial Centre (HDKE) as well as the Jewish Roots in Győr Foundation

Draft Programme

Győr, Famulus Hotel, 5 July 2024, 9:30 – 16:50 h

Morning plenary session

  • 9:33 Welcome Address – Dr Péter Krausz, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Győr Roots of Jews Foundation
  • 9:35 Opening speech – Prof. Dr Andor Grósz, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the HDKE, Mazsihisz President
  • 9:45 What happened to the Jews and Gypsies in and around Győr during World War II, the lifesaving activities of Vilmos Apor – Dr László Karsai, historian, professor emeritus
  • 10:15 The Past is not Past – Frank N. Schubert, US military historian, author of the book of the same title

10:45 Coffee break for invited guests


  • 11:15 The drama and memory of the Holocaust in contemporary Hungary – Dr György Csepeli, sociologist, professor emeritus
  • 11:45 Mission of the Holocaust Documentation and Memorial Centre – Dr András Zima, Director of HDKE
  • 12:15 Presentation of the winning team of the Jewish Roots in Győr Foundation student competition – …, representative of the winning student team
  • 12:45 Discussion / Comments
  • 13:05 Closing remarks – moderator

13:15 Conference buffet lunch for invited guests


Afternoon breakout session

  • 14:15 Opening – Dr.András Zima, Director of HDKE
  • 14:20 Emil Róth, Neologue and Snyders Ben-Zion, Orthodox rabbis’ role in community-building in Győr before the Great Tragedy – speaker to be determined
  • 14:50 Research on the extermination of rural Jewry, recent findings – Attila Jakab, historian, HDKE
  • 15:20 Basic research behind the “Győr Exhibition” – Tünde Csendes, PhD student, ORZsE
  • 15:50 Challenge to the curator of the “Győr exhibition”, solutions – Norbert Glässer, cultural anthropologist, HDKE
  • 16:20 Discussion / Comments
  • 16:50 Closing remarks – Dr András Zima, Director of HDKE