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Magda Steiner celebrates her 100th birthday.
August 10, 2023, 6:43 am
Holocaust survivor celebrates 100th
The family made a new life in Australia, settling in Burwood then East St Kilda, and later in Caulfield.
By Mia Gardiner
At the launch of her book, Suzi Smeed with Israel’s ambassador Amir Maimon (left) and Queensland Jewish Board of Deputies president Jason Steinberg.
June 5, 2023, 7:03 am
Survivor lauded in Parliament
She and her mother were smuggled out by a lay priest, Jonas Ochiny. Reunited with her father who had escaped a labour camp, the family went into hiding.
By Peter Kohn
Josh Frydenberg marking Anzac Day in Israel earlier this year.
November 9, 2017, 12:00 am
Frydenberg citizenship saga ‘absurd’
Federal MP Josh Frydenberg says he has been overwhelmed by the support he has received from politicians and the community in the wake of allegations he is a dual citizen and therefore ineligible to sit in Parliament.
By Joshua Levi
Agnes Walder with the books of poetry and plays written by her father, Lajos Walder, that she translated from Hungarian to English. Photo: Noel Kessel
February 23, 2017, 9:58 am
Honouring a father’s literary legacy
A lifelong dream has come true for Agnes Walder as her father’s plays – written in Hungary as World War II loomed and hidden from the Nazis – have just been published in America.
Dr Katrina Lantos Swett
September 8, 2016, 12:01 am
Protest over Hungarian honour
Dr Katrina Lantos Swett is returning a state award she received from the Hungarian government to protest the same award being presented to a nationalist journalist described as racist and anti-Semitic.
Vera Danos pictured in Melbourne this week. Photo: Peter Haskin.
February 11, 2016, 12:00 am
Survivor suing Hungarian government
SEVEN decades after Melbourne resident Vera Danos was liberated from a German camp, she has joined 13 other Holocaust survivors in a class action against the Hungarian government, seeking court-ordered compensation in the United States.
May 21, 2013, 12:00 am
Tackling hate in Hungary
ON the streets of Budapest, Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) president Danny Lamm had a personal brush with the growing spectre of anti-Semitism in Hungary, when he and other visitors were accosted by thugs. Lamm was attending the World Jewish Congress (WJC) 2013 plenum this month and was walking with other delegates in a central city neighbourhood when the incident occurred.
By Peter Kohn
January 18, 2013, 12:00 am
Team punished for supporters’ anti-Semitism
Hungary’s national soccer team will face sanctions because of anti-Semitic chants by its fans in August, the FIFA soccer association said.
November 14, 2012, 12:47 pm
Reunited in love after decades apart
August 15, 2012, 2:34 pm
Court rejects Zentai extradition
THE near seven year legal battle to see Perth man Charles (Karoly) Zentai extradited to Hungary for his alleged role in the murder of a Jewish man in wartime Budapest has suffered another blow, with the High Court rejecting an appeal from the Commonwealth on Wednesday.
July 19, 2011, 6:03 am
Hungary acquits Sandor Kepiro of war crimes
June 28, 2011, 11:00 am
Hungary honours Cassab
ARTIST Judy Cassab completed a unique treble last week when she was honoured by the Hungarian Government with the highest award bestowed upon a civilian, the Gold Cross of Merit.
By Joshua Levi
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