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Waterside shoe sculptures memorializing those killed at the river by a fascist party during WWII.
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These 60 pairs of shoes, sculpted from Iron, serve as a memorial to the 1940s atrocities committed against the Jewish people.
The Hungarian militia ordered the Jews to remove their shoes, which could be stolen and resold, before massacring them at the edge of the Danube
The Hungarian militia ordered the Jews to remove their shoes, which could be stolen and resold, before massacring them at the edge of the Danube
Very beautiful and peaceful memorial. Nicely located near the parliament and along the Danube. Can recommend if you are ever nearby.
It's a remarkable place from the point of view of history and as a hommage to those who were murdered as a result of intolerance and antisemitism. Nevertheless I missed a text explaining in detail what happened there in 1944-45. The monument looks neglected and dirty.
It is a monument of a jewish victims in WWII. They ordered them to put off their shoes here. Definetly worth visiting and remember the victims. You can visit it for free walking by the Danube just in front of the Danube bank.
It’s a very sobering experience. As an American, we read about WWII. We’ve seen movies, perhaps, if we were lucky, we met a holocaust survivor. But until you d stepped foot in a concentration camp, until you see shells and ruin of buildings bombed in WWII, until you look at these shoes filled with pebbles as a remembrance of a loved one, you don’t even begin to fathom the depth of pain and suffering. It’s a silent, sobering reminder that we must do everything in our power to not let hate win.
Worth a visit too see and recollect thoughts on historical events that have happened.
A monument for the 550.000 Hungarian Jews who lost their lives between 1944 - 1945 by arrow cross militiamen. Thousands of them were shot at the banks of Danube. Before being shot, they were ordered to leave their shoes ashore. For most of them, this was their only valuable possession. The installation was erected in their memory in April 2005.
