Shoes on the Danube Bank
This is a memorial to people who were killed. Pause quietly; no photograph, stamp or task is needed here.
Getting there
From Hungarian Parliament › Hungarian Parliament › Shoes on the Danube Bank
Walk south from Parliament square towards the pedestrian access to id. Antall József rakpart and the memorial. Cross only by the authorised pedestrian connection. Stay on the stable embankment, away from the water edge, and do not touch the shoes.
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History
Gyula Pauer and Can Togay’s memorial opened in 2005 for people shot on the Danube bank by Arrow Cross members in 1944–1945. The shoes recall victims’ last possessions. Do not step into the sculptures or use them as props.
Sources
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