{"id":86801,"date":"2023-05-31T18:56:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T16:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/?p=86801"},"modified":"2023-06-12T11:03:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T09:03:27","slug":"heroes-day-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/univet.hu\/en\/2023\/05\/heroes-day-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroes\u2019 Day 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

On May 26th, the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest held its Heroes’ Day commemoration, where Dr. Judit Hammerstein, Deputy Director of the Hungarian National Museum, delivered a ceremonial speech at the plaque located at the building of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. After visiting and laying wreaths at other locations that commemorate the heroes, the statue of Professor Gyula K\u00f3m\u00e1r, a surgeon, created by sculptor Andr\u00e1s Kontur, was unveiled in the park of the University. Rector Dr. P\u00e9ter S\u00f3tonyi praised the life of the esteemed professor.\u00a0The statue was unveiled by Professors Dr. P\u00e9ter S\u00f3tonyi, Dr. J\u00f3zsef T\u00f3th, and Dr. Tibor N\u00e9meth. The family, represented by Dr. Gyula K\u00f3m\u00e1r, a veterinarian and the grandson of Dr. Gyula K\u00f3m\u00e1r, expressed gratitude for the erection of the statue.<\/p>

The University maintains an old tradition with Heroes’ Day commemoration: as early as 1926, a plaque was placed on the wall of the current Library, commemorating the names of veterinarians and veterinary students who fell in the war. This happened shortly after a law was passed in 1924 to commemorate the memory of the fallen heroes of World War I, declaring the last Sunday of May each year as a memorial day.<\/p>

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Photos: Guszt\u00e1v Bal\u00e1zs<\/em><\/p>

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