memory of the Holocaust in postcommunist Hungary. Part 1: The politics of Holocaust memory

In 2004 the Budapest city council debated whether there should be a statue of former prime minister, Pal Teleki in Hungary's capital city.Was he a hero or a villain? The debate in Hungary shows there was very little concensus about the place of the Holocaust in Hungarian history. Hungarians remain divided over issues of guilt and responsibility. They are assessing the past as they chart the postcommunist future