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Queen Elizabeth II to award Hungarian Holocaust survivors
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Queen Elizabeth II awards chosen people to bear special titles each year. This New Year’s she has chosen Hungarian Holocaust survivors among actors, politicians and musicians.
These royal honours are given out twice a year; on the “official” birthday of the Queen in June and at New Year’s Eve, reports Index.
The list of acknowledgements consists of 1097 people, and 51% of them are women. The majority of them, 72% received their title for their work in local communities.
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John Paul Hajdu is among the recipients who is an 82-year-old survivor of the Holocaust from Hungary.
He was born in Budapest as János Hajdu and immigrated to England in 1956. He received the MBE title which means he is the Member of the Order of the British Empire from now on.
Queen Elizabeth II noted that Hajdu received the esteemed title for his work in preserving the memory of Holocaust victims and educating about the horrors of the Holocaust. Hajdu is a member of the Holocaust Educational Trust in London.