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14HUNGARIAN HISTORICAL RE-ENACTINGMilitary re-enacting is almost as old as warfare itself. Early men would have undoubtedly been keen on demonstratingtheir martial exploits, and modern veterans can often be found re-living their wartime memories. Once stripped of theirbravado, military tales become history, to be communicated to future generations through education.From ancient Grecian amphitheatres to American Civil War battlefield re-enactments, what once served to glorify Hellenicheroes has become not only a dynamic hobby, but also an exciting way for people to immerse themselves in living history.John Hajnal’s “profound respect and admiration for those who have served their country, whatever country that may be,”prompted him to become involved in re-enacting, and considering his heritage, his country of choice was Hungary. Beingborn and raised in the United States and speaking little Hungarian, he quickly realized the obscurity of his interest – the onlyHungarian military re-enactment groups were in Hungary, and the hobby still in its infancy at that. He persevered, and overthe next few years, he put together a complete WW II Hungarian infantryman’s kit, and has started the first Hungarianmilitary re-enactment group in North America – a tribute to the 6 th Royal Hungarian Infantry Regiment.“It is our goal to expand our unit to help to educate people about Hungarian participation in World War II – we would liketo attend more events, and we’re looking for new members,” says Hajnal. Re-enacting is growing in popularity, and is anexciting way for people to immerse themselves in whatever period of history that fascinates them most. Hajnal sees it as selfeducationthat encourages historical preservation. “I enjoy re-enacting because it gives me a better understanding of what thesoldiers went through. Once, while at a weekend re-enactment in -5° weather, I woke-up and realized that I had no feeling inmy legs – I could imagine how much worse the soldiers must have had it, yet they carried on.”John Hajnal is excited about the future of re-enacting: “I have a love for Hungarian military history. This hobby is popularin Hungary, but for me to start a unit over here will be a long process. My plans are to reach out to the re-enacting communityto get more people interested, and to spread knowledge about Hungary’s part in World War II.”As a society, it has become much easier to choose pastimes that are dictated to us by the media and its advertisers.Especially for young people, military history isn’t in the top ten list of popular interests. Re-enacting is a very clever anddynamic way to promote interest in military history, and to educate the people around us.John Hajnal’s new website is a work in progress - have a look: http://web.mac.com/magyarsoldat/Site/Home.htmlYou can spend a lot of time looking through the various other re-enactment sites on the internet - here are just a few:Hungarian Huszárs - www.magyarhuszar.hu/site/index.html WW I Austro-Hungarians - http://kuk.armiam.com/WW II Soldiers - www.kiralyihagyomanyorzok.eu/index_1.html Post WW II Re-Enactors - www.veteranmilitari.hu/
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