Memorial Day of the Victims of the Hungarian Holocaust

It is Europe's shared responsibility to ensure future generations learn from the sins of the past, understand their context and reflect on their consequences, the deputy state secretary for civil and social relations, Vince Szalay-Bobrovniczky said, marking the Memorial Day of the Victims of the Hungarian Holocaust on Thursday.

Speaking at the Holocaust Memorial Center, deputy state secretary said the Holocaust was a "living wound on humanity's conscience", and "a tragedy that obliges us to uphold human dignity in all times and circumstances."

"Our duty is not only to remember, but to act," Vince Szalay-Bobrovniczky said. "We must defend human dignity under all conditions and stand against all forms of hatred, exclusion and anti-Semitism."

Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary president Andor Grósz said that preventing another Holocaust was the Jewish community's top priority. "Whoever shares this goal is our ally," he said, adding that, as in the past, they would consider anyone who actively supported their efforts a partner in the future.

The event was attended by Péter Magyar, leader of the election-winning Tisza Party, and János Bóka, the minister of European Union affairs, among others.