The conference commemorating the 100th birth anniversary of Szabolcs Vajay, with whom Otto von Habsburg corresponded and met several times in person, was organized in order to shed light on the methods of processing and sharing a great person’s heritage as well. The conference was co-organized by the Otto von Habsburg Foundation, the József Károlyi Foundation and many others.
The program is the last section of a two-day conference organized jointly with the József Károlyi Foundation, Eötvös Loránd University and the University of Szeged.
On May 26, 2021, György Károlyi and his wife hosted some of our Foundation’s staff at the Károlyi Castle in Fehérvárcsurgó. In recent years, several important documents have been deposited in the castle.
The Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 flu pandemic, was the first worldwide epidemic in history, wiping out about 3 to 5 percent of the world’s population. 98 years ago Charles IV, the father of Otto von Habsburg and the last Hungarian king, was among those who lost his life battling the disease.
