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Shoes on the Danube Bank

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Roland
August 9, 2018
A memory of people drowned in water.
Ilona
February 17, 2022
Shoes Memorial" In winter 1944 Hungarian Arrowcrosslers / Nazis killed several thousend jewish citizens by telling them to take off their shoes and clothing and jump into the ice water of the Danube or shooting them into the river. This is a memorial of the women, children and old man killed by Hungarians
Stuart
October 3, 2021
Wander down the Pest side of the Danube River, and you’ll find one of Budapest’s most poignant and historically relevant memorials. What looks like a collection of old shoes is actually a tribute to the innocent Jewish Hungarians who were slaughtered by the Arrow Cross Party at the height of the Second World War. Known as the Shoes on the Danube Bank, this memorial is a lasting reminder of the dangers of fascism, antisemitism, and xenophobia. Pay your respects to the 20,000 innocent fallen Hungarians during your trip to Budapest. The Shoes on the Danube is located in front of the Hugarian Parliament on the banks of the Danube River.
Wander down the Pest side of the Danube River, and you’ll find one of Budapest’s most poignant and historically relevant memorials. What looks like a collection of old shoes is actually a tribute to the innocent Jewish Hungarians who were slaughtered by the Arrow Cross Party at the height of the Se…
Lolotin
August 1, 2016
It means: Shoes by the Danube. You have to see it! It's shocking.
Dominik
May 5, 2016
As a memento of the dark past it makes us stop and think for a while. The scene is not very happy but dramatically powerful.

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