To the Memory of the Heroes

The All Souls’s Day commemoration continued in the Budaörs German-Hungarian cemetery. Brigadier General Ernő Baráth and Colonel Dr. Tamás Csikány paid tribute to the memory of the soldiers, fallen in World War II, resting in the cemetery. At the Central Monument established on the outskirts of Budaörs wreaths were laid on behalf of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany by Lieutenant Colonel Uwe Patz, the exchange and liaison officer of the HDF Joint Force Command delegated from the Bundeswehr, Mr. Imre Kalóczi, the Vice Mayor of Budaőrs and Mr. András Zsák, the staff member of the Budaőrs Mayor’s Office. Ms. Olívia Schubert, the President of the National Self-Government of the Germans in Hungary, and György Boros, the President of the Budaőrs German Nationality Self-Government also bowed their heads at the Monument.

The memory of the soldiers killed in the war was honoured in Solymár, in the Commonwealth War Cemetery, where the English, American, Australian, South-African, French, Canadian, Polish and New-Zealand soldiers buried in our homeland were remembered. The heroes of Polish origin were honoured by Colonel Tomasz Trzcinski, the Defence and Air Attaché of the Republic of Poland. The South African soldiers were remembered by Mr. Pumla Nene, the First Secretary of the South African Republic. On behalf of the United States of America Colonel Donald R. Baker, the Defence Attaché, on behalf of the Canadian Embassy Counsellor Mr. Peter Kolakovics placed their wreaths. After placing the wreath of the British Embassy at the Central Monument, Brigadier General Ernő Baráth and Colonel Dr. Tamás Csikány, and also Dr. Kálmán Szente, the Mayor of Solymár commemorated the war heroes.

Photos of László Tóth and the author