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...marketing. We don't put the swastika on our labels. We have canceled all the swastikas." German law bars any trade using Hitler portraits, swastikas or National Socialist symbols. What is not forbidden is importing Hitler wine for private use. Péter Zsolt, vice director of the new Budapest Holocaust Museum, says: "It's both sad that it can be sold and even more shocking that people buy it. We are trying to educate people as to how Hungary could get to the point where people were taken to gas chambers. This is exactly how it started, with small...
...fastest swimmer and perhaps the finest distance shooter in the world. If the two-time world player of the year finds top form in Athens, Hungary may be unbeatable. Kásás "has such a feeling for the ball," says Gergely Csurka, a writer for the Budapest weekly Képes Sport. At his peak, "he's the best in the world." The whole Hungarian team will need to be at its best in Athens, where they meet Serbia-Montenegro and Croatia in the preliminary round of competition - Hungary lost to both in its opening contests in Sydney...
...horrors of World War I. That war was just as cruel as WW II. On many days thousands of soldiers lost their lives. Why aren't we creating elaborate new memorials for them? Is it because most of the soldiers involved in that conflict were not Americans? Igor Tyolgovatsor Budapest After the Rebellion "Two faces of china" [June 14] reported how the 1989 protests and their brutal suppression by the government are rapidly fading from the Chinese people's memory. That is too bad. China is still haunted by the ghosts of Tiananmen Square, as the Communist Party continues...
...only do these vital virtuosos continue to perform, but most also teach, providing a critical link to a celebrated musical past. Bass player Homer Mensch, 89, learned orchestra playing from conducting greats Arturo Toscanini and Leonard Bernstein. Sandor grew up studying piano at Budapest's Liszt Academy with Bela Bartok, one of the 20th century's greatest composers. "[Bartok] listened to you and then played whatever you were trying to play," says Sandor of his teacher. "Technique is a difficult thing to put into words...
...MARGARET ISLAND Shared by a couple of four-star hotels (the 1970s Danubius Thermal Hotel Margitsziget and the turn-of-the-century Danubius Grand Hotel Margitsziget), this is Budapest's largest private spa. Renovated in 2002, it includes two thermal pools, a swimming pool, sauna and a 400-sq-m fitness center. A one-day package (several relaxation treatments, such as massage and aroma bath, a light meal and access to pools and fitness center) costs $56.50 on weekdays, plus an extra $4.90 on weekends...