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Shoes on the Danube Bank
Sixty pairs of iron shoes on the riverbank, a memorial to Jews shot into the Danube in 1944 and 1945.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 20 minutes
- Address
- Id. Antall József rakpart, 1054 BudapestDirections
- Getting There
- Tram 2, or a 5-minute walk from the Parliament.
Why Go
Members of the Arrow Cross militia made victims take off their shoes before shooting them at the water's edge. The memorial was set up in 2005.
It's a short walk south of the Parliament.
Nearby in Budapest
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