Éva Fahidi official

"I've dedicated my life to tell children, not to let hatred lead societies. And if they are incited to hate, then protest against it. Man is not born to hate, man is born to be good." (Éva Fahidi)

The Éva Fahidi prize was founded by world renowned conductor Adam Fischer and Éva's partner Andor Andrasi on Éva's 99. birthday, one year after she had passed. Once in every year those, who work for the next generations living in a world with less hatred and more acceptance can be awarded.

Éva Fahidi (22. October 1925–11 September 2023) was 18 when she and her family were deported to Auschwitz in 1944. She lost 49 family members during the Holocaust. After liberation, she was an export sales agent in Hungary and did not speak about the Holocaust for 59 years. 
She wrote her life story in the books The Soul of Things and The Subject and Object of Love. Her life was the subject of a contemporary dance play called Sea Levander, and a multi-award-winning documentary film The Euphoria of Being.