August 3, 2010
By Lorraine Weideman
Our own New Hungarian Voice Editor Peter Czink was recently awarded the Gold Medal of the Hungarian Ministry of Defence’s Military History Institute and Museum. The medal was awarded “In appreciation of Czink’s significant activity as President of the International Hungarian Military History Preservation Society (IHMHPS),” and for “the most generous donations he has made to and arranged for the institute and museum.”
For more than a decade, Czink has worked tirelessly for the interests of the Hungarian community and culture, and, according to Lieutenant General Dr. József Holló, the Director General of the Hungarian Heritage Prize-winning institution, his “voluntary work for the preservation of Hungarian military traditions and their promotion through the publication of the newsletter Magyar Front in the English language, are held in high esteem.”
In Czink’s own words: “Through the IHMHPS, I have gathered together a great many international experts and enthusiasts in the field of Hungarian military history, and working in cooperation with the staff of the Military History Institute and Museum – the ultimate authorities on subject, I feel that I have truly been able take a significant part in this aspect of Hungarian historical conservation.”
About his colleagues: “The men and women of the museum and the IHMHPS represent everything I hold dear – intelligence, enlightenment, 
loyalty and bravery – and I am very proud to say that among them are the most qualified and tolerant pacifists I have ever had the honour to meet.”
Peter Czink has immersed himself in the rich martial history of his homeland and uses the knowledge he gathers to educate and inspire, examining a tumultuous past in order to take part in lighting the way to a brighter tomorrow.