Donation of documents of János Vargha to the Open Society Archives

In 2016, János Vargha donated his collection about the Danube Circle to the Open Society Archives. István Rév, director of the Archives at the time and formerly member of the Circle, helped facilitate this donation.

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Umiestnenie:
- Budapest Arany János utca 32, Hungary 1051
rok začiatku udalosti:
- 2016
Hlavní aktéri:
- Rév, István
- Vargha, János
Dôležitá udalosť:
- Collection of Vargha János

Publication online

In November 2016, the Józef Piłsudski Institute in London completed digitizing the Prometheus Collection and released its entire content online.

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Umiestnenie:
- London, United Kingdom
rok začiatku udalosti:
- 2016
Dôležitá udalosť:
- Prometheus Collection

Publication: ’Patria nostra’ film and book by Béla Nóvé published, 2016

In late 2016, for the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian revolution, both the documentary film and book Patria nostra by Béla Nóvé were released in Paris, Budapest, and then in other cities. They are based on extensive research as well as filming over a five-year period, 2011–2016. Some of these screenings and book launches were also attended by the Hungarian veterans, the main heroes of the film and book Patria nostra.

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Umiestnenie:
- Budapest, Hungary
- Paris, France
rok začiatku udalosti:
- 2016
Hlavní aktéri:
- Nóvé, Béla
Dôležitá udalosť:
- Veteran Circle of Hungarian Legionists in Provence

Erich-Loest Award

On February 24, 2016, the day Erich Loest would have turned 90, the Media Foundation of Sparkasse Leipzig created the Erich Loest Prize for writers, preferably from the region. The prize is worth 10,000 Euros, and was awarded for the first time in 2017. Erich Loest was a founding member of the Media Foundation in 2001 and an active member of the foundation’s board. The prize is intended to make his literary estate, preserved by the affiliated Cultural and Environmental Foundation, more well known.

2017 the prize was awarded to Guntram Vesper for his novel Frohburg.

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Umiestnenie:
- Leipzig Menckestraße 27, Germany 04155
rok začiatku udalosti:
- 2016
Dôležitá udalosť:
- Erich Loest Archive

Rethinking Poverty: In Memoriam István Kemény. 2016. Exhibition

On September 27 and 28, 2016, the OSA Archívum organized a two day event entitled “Rethinking Poverty: In Memoriam István Kemény.” The adjoining exhibition displayed a selection of documents and photographic records from the cooperative endeavors of István Kemény and Pál Schiffer in the Galeria Centralis. Zsuzsa Zádori served as curator.

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Umiestnenie:
- Budapest Arany János utca 32, Hungary 1051
rok začiatku udalosti:
- 2016
Hlavní aktéri:
- Open Society Archives
- Zádori, Zsuzsanna
Dôležitá udalosť:
- Fortepan