[Unicum] December 10 - Human Rights Day at the State Department - Unearthing a History of the Holocaust in Hungary

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor will host a showing of the celebrated documentary "There Was Once…" on December 10th in commemoration of Human Rights Day. This powerful film relates the story of a Hungarian high school teacher, Gyongyi Mago, who uncovers the secret of the deportation of all and extermination of many of the Jews of her small Hungarian town during World War II. In her search for survivors and relatives of the victims, she contacted filmmaker Gabor Kalman, who had lived in that same town for the first 10 years of his life.

 

This event is open to the public and the press, entering at the 23^rd Street Entrance only.

Members of the public should send their name, date of birth, and driver's license state and number or passport number to DRL-Events@state.gov no later than 5:00 PM on Monday, December 9, 2013. Please arrive at the State Department's 23^rd Street Entrance by 12:45 PM.

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/218501.htm