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Year 2003

November

• Polgári-kör archivum (in Hungarian)
• 2003.11.27 The first time since its establishment in 1995, the Open Society Archives organizes a press conference. Date/Time: November 28, 2003 at 11 am on Friday. Place: Open Society Archives Research Room,1051 Budapest Nador u.9.

October

• Film Library at the Open Society Archives. A significant collection of films -- fiction and non-fiction -- relating to the Cold War and Communism and totalitarianism is now open to the public... 

September

• Comintern (Communist International)

April

• OSA is recording Iraqi television broadcasts: Off-air recordings of political programs of the pre-war period (starting 11 March 2003). Continuous, 24-hour basis recordings of broadcasts of the “official” Iraqi television since the war began. More than 400 hours of broadcast materials so far. Highlights of the programs are the “Saddam clips”, the so-called music programs. They are not for entertainment, but purely for political propaganda. Political speeches of prominent Iraqi officials, press conferences (also in English), press surveys, religious programs, war reports and news programs also comprise part of this collection. Television monitoring will be open to the public at mid-April.

March

• OSA in 2003, also available in RTF

February

• Stalin concert cancelled: see Official CEU Press Release and OSA statement in Hungarian
• CANCELLED Stalin concert organized as part of exhibition at Galeria Centralis
  Budafoki Dohnányi Ernő Symphony Orchestra and the Budapest Academy Choir Society. Conducted by Leon Botstein.
  Prokofiev, Sergei: Zhdravitsa, Hail to Stalin, Opus 85., cantata for mixed chorus accompanied by symphonic orchestra (1939).
  Khatchaturian, Aram: Poem (Song) of Stalin Op. 41. The premiere was on 29 November 1938. This is a very typical Khatchaturian piece with Russian-Georgian-Armenian folk music roots. The tunes are exotic and vigorous, if we can ignore the words.
  Shostakovich, Dmitri: Symphony No. 10, Op. 93.
• February 3-4, 2003
  5 pm, CEU auditorium
  February 3, Monday
  Saddam's Killing Fields (1992), 58'
  This BBC-TV/Frontline production charts Iraqi dissident writer Kanan Makiya's secret return to Northern Iraq to investigate rumors of an official extermination program (the Anfal) aimed at the Kurds.
  Saddam's Killing Fields (1993), 53'
  This is a three-piece documentary produced by Viewpoint ‘93/ITV about the planned persecution of the Shiites in the post-Gulf War period, the situation in the Hawaiza Marsh, and the captured secret documentation of the Iraqi government's plans to drain the marshes.
  February 4, Tuesday
  Unfinished Business: The CIA and Saddam Hussein (1998), 45'
  This ABC documentary presents the details of a covert operation by the CIA to get rid of Saddam Hussein. CIA-Iraqi infiltrators, various Iraqi opposition members and CIA and US government officials speak about the complete failure of this secret campaign.
  The Survival of Saddam (1999), 55'
  This Frontline production documents the history of Saddam's rise to power and his ability to survive crises in his rule, including the Gulf War, the post-war uprisings and sanctions against his regime.

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