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History

September
2018

Based on government resolution 1422/2018. (IX.7.), EMIH is given an important role in finalizing the exhibition concept of the House of Fates museum and in accomplishing the tasks necessary for opening the museum.

October
2018

EMIH engages experts who create a new exhibition concept.

February
2019

The design is presented to the Prime Minister’s Office, and in March, a written confirmation is received that the development of the exhibition can proceed according to this concept.

April
2019

EMIH funds the Hungarian Holocaust Research and Education Centre (Magyar Holokauszt Kutató és Oktatási Központ (MHKOK)) to develop the exhibition and then maintain it and to hire several internationally acclaimed historians, curators and museum developers.

May
2019

The MHKOK team goes on a tour of museums in the USA to learn about Holocaust and World War II museum trends and to see how the House of Fates could provide something new.

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July
2019

The Basic Feasibility Study of the House of Fates exhibition design is completed.

August
2019

MHKOK and Gallagher & Associates start working on the design concept of the exhibition.

September
2019

MHKOK begins recording personal interviews for the exhibition. To this date, almost 150 life interviews have been conducted with Holocaust survivors and their rescuers.

October
2019

MHKOK purchases an almost 20,000-piece collection consisting of artifacts and documents.

July
2020

The completed design concept is presented to the Prime Minister’s Office.

September
2020

Minister Gergely Gulyás indicates that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the museum opening will be delayed, but the government will contribute HUF 200 million for continued research and exhibition development.

June
2021

The design for the 72 stations of the exhibition timeline is completed. Ten international and Hungarian experts are requested to review and comment on the design, thus assisting in the final implementation.

October
2021

The expert opinions are received, and based on these, revision of the design concept begins.

January
2022

In memory of the liberation of the Budapest Ghetto, 77 short versions of the personal interviews produced for the House of Fates exhibition are made public on the emlekezes77.hu website