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Memorial for Victims of the German Occupation — Attraction in Budapest

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Memorial for Victims of the German Occupation
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The Memorial for Victims of the German Occupation is a monument created in memory of the German invasion of Hungary, located in Budapest's Liberty Square.
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Liberty Square
Budapest, Szabadság tér, 1054 Hungary
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Soviet War Memorial
Budapest, Szabadság tér 14, 1054 Hungary
Frog Breki mini statue by Kolodko
Budapest, Szabadság tér, 1054 Hungary
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Memorial for Victims of the German Occupation

Budapest, Szabadság tér 1, 1054 Hungary
4.0(105)
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The Memorial for Victims of the German Occupation is a monument created in memory of the German invasion of Hungary, located in Budapest's Liberty Square.

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attractions: Liberty Square, St. Stephen's Basilica, Light Art Museum, Soviet War Memorial, Frog Breki mini statue by Kolodko, Liberty Square Interactive Fountain, Ronald Reagan Statue, Shoes on the Danube Bank, Harry Hill Bandholtz statue, Budapest Retro Élményközpont, restaurants: Forni di Napoli Bazilika, Cookie Beacon Brunch, Strudel House Budapest, Első Pesti Rétesház, Blueberry Brunch, Mythos The Greek, Kisharang Étkezde, Trattoria Pomo D'Oro, Iguana Bar and Grill, Flava Kitchen & More, Terv Bisztró
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Nearby attractions of Memorial for Victims of the German Occupation

Liberty Square

St. Stephen's Basilica

Light Art Museum

Soviet War Memorial

Frog Breki mini statue by Kolodko

Liberty Square Interactive Fountain

Ronald Reagan Statue

Shoes on the Danube Bank

Harry Hill Bandholtz statue

Budapest Retro Élményközpont

Liberty Square

Liberty Square

4.5

(8.2K)

Open until 12:00 AM
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St. Stephen's Basilica

St. Stephen's Basilica

4.7

(23.8K)

Open 24 hours
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Light Art Museum

Light Art Museum

4.1

(2.5K)

Open 24 hours
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Soviet War Memorial

Soviet War Memorial

4.0

(835)

Open 24 hours
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Nearby restaurants of Memorial for Victims of the German Occupation

Forni di Napoli Bazilika

Cookie Beacon Brunch

Strudel House Budapest, Első Pesti Rétesház

Blueberry Brunch

Mythos The Greek

Kisharang Étkezde

Trattoria Pomo D'Oro

Iguana Bar and Grill

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Forni di Napoli Bazilika

Forni di Napoli Bazilika

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Cookie Beacon Brunch

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Strudel House Budapest, Első Pesti Rétesház

4.3

(2.3K)

$$

Open until 11:00 PM
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Blueberry Brunch

4.8

(2.8K)

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Amy Watson Sanchez CuoqAmy Watson Sanchez Cuoq
I recently visited Liberty Square and the very controversial memorial for the victims the German occupation. The square is very nice, even has a statue of Ronald Reagan, but the intriguing part is the daily or weekly march where decendents of Hungarian Jewish holocaust victims end in front of the memorial and lay artifacts of their lost family members. They leave shoes, suitcases, clothes, glasses....very personal reminders to those who were forced into the concentration camps, etc. Someone was kind enough to have left an explanation for the personal effects in English and Hungarian.
Alicia PachuckiAlicia Pachucki
Absolutely unacceptable way to white wash Hungarian participation in the killing of thousands upon thousands of Hungarian Jews during WWII. In front of this monument is a Civilian Protest Against Monument Falsifying History and it is tastefully, thoughtfully done. The descendants of Hungarian Jews sent to death by their own have left tokens, artifacts, personal items and the stories of their loved ones to show how Hungary participated in the heinous acts of WWII. If you visit, read their stories. See their faces. Remember them. Hungary was not innocent.
AntonAnton
Bla-bla-bla... How can modern government do such bullshit.. look photos, that's installation against this monument, made by local civilians, who had lost there relatives murdered by the nazi government of Hungary.. no occupation, when you were the most faithful ally of the Hitler till the end..
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I recently visited Liberty Square and the very controversial memorial for the victims the German occupation. The square is very nice, even has a statue of Ronald Reagan, but the intriguing part is the daily or weekly march where decendents of Hungarian Jewish holocaust victims end in front of the memorial and lay artifacts of their lost family members. They leave shoes, suitcases, clothes, glasses....very personal reminders to those who were forced into the concentration camps, etc. Someone was kind enough to have left an explanation for the personal effects in English and Hungarian.
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Absolutely unacceptable way to white wash Hungarian participation in the killing of thousands upon thousands of Hungarian Jews during WWII. In front of this monument is a Civilian Protest Against Monument Falsifying History and it is tastefully, thoughtfully done. The descendants of Hungarian Jews sent to death by their own have left tokens, artifacts, personal items and the stories of their loved ones to show how Hungary participated in the heinous acts of WWII. If you visit, read their stories. See their faces. Remember them. Hungary was not innocent.
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Bla-bla-bla... How can modern government do such bullshit.. look photos, that's installation against this monument, made by local civilians, who had lost there relatives murdered by the nazi government of Hungary.. no occupation, when you were the most faithful ally of the Hitler till the end..
Anton

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The statue is incredibly powerful. It depicts a guardian angel holding the world (symbolizing a weak and seemingly peaceful Hungary that was unable to fend for itself) being attacked by an extremely large and vicious black eagle (Nazi Germany) and is meant to show that Germany Took over and committed the atrocities during WW2. History says that Hungary supported the Nazi's and thus huge controversy for those that want Hungary to acknowledge their part in it and take responsibility.

I'm no historian, I wasn't there. So I can't comment on the historical accuracy of the claims. But I do think it's inadvertently caused more talk and dialogue than any accurate statue could have created. So I think that it created exactly what a rememberence statue should have done. Even though the Hungarian civilians want...

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Máig vitatott történelmi időszakunk sokat vitatott szobra született. A mű alkotója Párkányi Raab Péter. 2014 július 20-án került helyére a szoborcsoport, de sohasem kapott hivatalos avatást. Magyarországot Gábriel arkangyal jelképezi országalmával a kezében, a mögötte lévő kapuzat felől félelmetes sas készül rá lecsapni. A sas lábán gyűrű "1944" felirattal. A kompozíció jobb oldalán „Az áldozatok emlékére” felirat olvasható magyar, angol, német, orosz és héber nyelven.

A felépítése után komoly felháborodás, tüntetések kísérték, főképpen, mert Magyarország vétlen áldozatnak tűnik, mindent a birodalmi sas "visz". Folyamatosak a mű előtt a zsidó áldozatok fényképeit, tárgyait, utazótáskákat felvonultató jelképek. Nemritkán Gábriel arkangyal kezeibe adnak feliratot a zsidó törvényekre emlékeztetve, amelyeket Magyarország még nem a birodalmi sas árnyékában alkotott meg, vagy éppen az Újvidéki hideg napokat eszünkbe juttatva. Ottjártamkor is több kartonlapon szerepeltek Magyarország II. világháborúban elkövetett bűnei, a lapok pedig piros fonállal Gábriel arkangyal kezeihez erősítve, és továbbfonva a sas karmai közé.

A felháborodás másik síkja az értelmiség részéről érkezett: a mű elkészültét, megrendelését nem előzte meg pályázat, hosszan tartó bírálófolyamat. Kormányhatározat döntött a mű felépítéséről és odaítéléséről.

Párkányi Raab Péter írása a műről: "Az én széttárt karú angyalom kezében van az országot jelképező országalma, amint éppen kiesik Gábriel ujjai közül. Ezt mindenki figyelmen kívül hagyta, pedig ez a kicsi tárgy a főszereplő. A műleírás tehát a következő gondolatot akarta közvetíteni: az államot és ezen keresztül az áldozatokat a hazánk patrónusa, Gábriel kezéből kihulló országalma testesíti meg. Annak az arkangyalnak a kezéből, aki ezer évig védett bennünket, most viszont lehunyt szemmel tűri, ahogy lecsap rá a birodalmi sas - ami egyébként, a vádakkal ellentétben nem is...

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I recently visited Liberty Square and the very controversial memorial for the victims the German occupation. The square is very nice, even has a statue of Ronald Reagan, but the intriguing part is the daily or weekly march where decendents of Hungarian Jewish holocaust victims end in front of the memorial and lay artifacts of their lost family members. They leave shoes, suitcases, clothes, glasses....very personal reminders to those who were forced into the concentration camps, etc. Someone was kind enough to have left an explanation for the personal effects in English...

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