An International Scientific Conference commemorating the Hungarian Holocaust.

12th to 14th October 2014

The Institute for the Holocaust & Christianity at the John Wesley Theological College in cooperation with the Hickey Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue at Nazareth College of Rochester are pleased to present a joint conference in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the destruction of Hungarian Jewry.

Presentations can address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• The history of anti-semitism between 1920 and 1944
• The first chapter of the Hungarian Holocaust: the 1941 deportation to Galicia
• The Final Solution in Hungary: 1944
• The Roma Holocaust
• Jehovah Witnesses, homosexuals, political opponents of the regime
• Comparative analysis of the Holocaust 
• Rescue and Resistance
• The Holocaust and the Church
• Personal narratives about the Holocaust
• Post-Holocaust in Hungary: from 1945 to the present

Simultaneous translation will be provided in English, French, and German.

The John Wesley Theological College

The John Wesley Theological College views as its mission the commemoration and perpetuation of the historical memory of the Holocaust. It is engaged in the evaluation and re-evaluation of the various manifestations of the Holocaust. It dedicates special efforts to the study and commemoration of a unique chapter of the Hungarian Holocaust: the 1941 deportation of Jews to Galicia and the subsequent massacre of many of them in Kamenetsk Podolsk and elsewhere. 

Nazareth College

As the co-sponsor of this international conference, Nazareth College and its Hickey Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue is dedicated to the power of religious understanding and the promotion of interfaith dialogue for students and members of the local and global community for a peaceful and religiously diverse world.

Please send the abstract of your presentation to theol@wjlf.hu

The conference will be held in the John Wesley Theological College, 11 Dankó St. VIII. Budapest 

Map: http://www.oktatas.uni.hu/keret.cgi?/dankoutca.htm

For additional information, please communicate via email with Dr. Tamás Majsai: theol@wjlf.hu or call +36-1- 210-5400, ext. 137.

In the United Sates you may contact Dr. George Eisen: geisen1@naz.edu or call 585-389-2370.