The Secret – The Story of Csanád Szegedi
In this powerful lecture, Roni Kuban tells the extraordinary true story of Csanád Szegedi, a leading Hungarian nationalist politician who built his career on antisemitism—only to discover at the height of his power that he himself was Jewish.
Szegedi, once a senior figure in Hungary’s far-right party and a Member of the European Parliament, learned that his grandmother was a Holocaust survivor from Auschwitz who had hidden her Jewish identity to protect future generations. The revelation shattered his world and forced him into a profound personal reckoning.
Through exclusive footage and intimate storytelling, Kuban follows Szegedi’s dramatic transformation from neo-Nazi leader to a man confronting his Jewish roots in modern-day Hungary. The lecture explores identity, denial, antisemitism, and the possibility of change.
Roni Kuban is one of Israel’s leading journalists, documentary filmmakers, and interviewers. An eight-time winner of the Israeli Television Academy Award for his acclaimed interview program “Meeting” (פגישה), and recipient of the Documentary Creators Forum Award for his series on Hanoch Levin, Kuban is widely regarded as one of Israel’s sharpest and most empathetic interviewers. His work has shaped public discourse and earned critical acclaim in Israel and abroad.
