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March 8, 2021 - In honor of Women's History Month in March, the International Documentary Association this week is saluting Sister Margaret Slachta, who was the first woman elected to Hungary's Parliament. The subject of Zala Films' Angel of Mercy, a work in progress, Slachta was a teacher and activist who openly defied Nazis and communists in her fight for social justice. Slachta and the Sisters of Social Service, the order she founded, are credited with saving over 1,000 lives through their heroic acts of courage during the Hungarian Holocaust of 1944-45. March 9, 2020 - George Csicsery will present a sample clip from his film Angel of Mercy at the 50th Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches at the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. The presentation will be part of the "Revisiting History" session on March 9 at 4 p.m. Click here for the conference program (pdf). December 14, 2019 - A Charmed Life, the autobiography of Marika Somogyi edited by George Csicsery, will officially launch at a book opening on Saturday, December 14, at 3:30 p.m., at the newly opened Orly Museum of Hungarian Culture, 1720 Arch Street, Berkeley. Read more about the book at the website or at Amazon (paid Amazon affiliate link). Marika Somogyi's experiences during the Holocaust and afterwards form key sections of the documentary film, Angel of Mercy, a biography of Sister Margit Slachta, scheduled for completion by 2021. October 1, 2019 - Zala Films producer/director George Csicsery announces the publication of Marika Somogyi's autobiography, A Charmed Life, now available on Amazon and Kindle. George Csicsery is the book's editor. Marika Somogyi's experiences during the Holocaust and afterwards form key sections of the documentary film, Angel of Mercy, a biography of Sister Margit Slachta, scheduled for completion by 2021.
June 18, 2019 - George Csicsery screened sample clips from Angel of Mercy at From Holocaust by Bullets to Auschwitz: Regional Dimensions of the Final Solution, a three-day conference held June 16-18 at Uzhhorod National University in Transcarpathia, Ukraine.
May 1, 2016 - Sample scenes from Angel of Mercy will be screened at the City of Berkeley 14th Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day events on Sunday, May 1, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the new Magnes Museum. The event will honor Marika and Laszlo Somogyi, Distinguished Survivors, who are featured as main characters in the film about Sister Margaret Slachta and her role in saving Jewish children during the Hungarian Holocaust. Click here for an informational flyer in .pdf format. July 30, 2015 - Angel of Mercy in Canada - a film about Sister Margit Slachta, an article by George Lázár, published in the Hungarian Free Press following the Toronto screening of Angel of Mercy. The article discusses the film's subject, the courageous Hungarian teacher and activist, Sister Margaret, and several other Zala Films releases.
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