A Budapest Memorial
Oct 24, 2018 09:55:44 #
There is a synagogue there with a Metal Tree and each leaf has a name for each of the Jews that were killed during WWII. Really a sad reminder of the past!
Oct 24, 2018 09:56:34 #
Oct 24, 2018 10:25:13 #
That's a very moving memorial. A very utilitarian question: How do they keep the shoes from deteriorating?
Oct 24, 2018 10:35:54 #
Fstop12 wrote:
We recently spent 4 days in Budapest. Budapest is a beautiful city. I hope you had time to explore it. Thanks for posting your photo. It took me back there again.
It's two cities. One city, Budda is on one side of the river. The second, Pest, is on the opposite side of the river.
Oct 24, 2018 11:06:00 #
StevenG
Loc: Long Island, NY
NotAnselAdams wrote:
On the Pest side of the Danube is a memorial to about 2000 Jewish Hungarians. They were murdered between December 1944 and January 1945. The shoes represent the point where they were shot and the bodies thrown in the Danube.
Very moving and very sad. Nicely photographed.
Steve
Oct 24, 2018 13:39:27 #
What we do to fellow beings.....saddens me.We never learn,to make it worse....
Oct 24, 2018 13:46:14 #
Thanks for bringing this memorial to our attention with your pictures. Sad, indeed, but mankind needs the occasional reminder of the horror some are capable of inflicting upon others.
Oct 24, 2018 14:23:24 #
I and thought I had read so much about WWII! A true atrocity, especially by countrymen to countrymen. The saving of bullets is almost too grotesque to consider. Another case of man's inhumanity to man! Sad, Sad, Sad! Thanks for sharing these images and for the other postings that explained them. I may not sleep well tonight.
Oct 24, 2018 14:56:14 #
A simple memorial that evokes contemplation, reflection, and discussion. It is so much better than statues of heroic figures with guns and flags.
Oct 24, 2018 15:26:58 #
NotAnselAdams wrote:
On the Pest side of the Danube is a memorial to about 2000 Jewish Hungarians. They were murdered between December 1944 and January 1945. The shoes represent the point where they were shot and the bodies thrown in the Danube.
Throughout the world and history, there are those of whom nothing was left to remember. So, monuments as seen above are just a small reminder of what has been done by one human being to another. The worst part of this is that we know that it will continue to happen again and again.. We have to listen to our fellow human beings , to strive to lessen the probabilities that it will happen again. There can easily be a river bank nearby that should rightfully have a similar monument. Even in the USA.
Oct 24, 2018 15:33:01 #
Oct 24, 2018 16:20:31 #
Just been there during the summer it gives me horrible memories great reminder never to happen again
Oct 24, 2018 19:09:20 #
So incredibly sad. I did not know about the memorial nor the story behind it. It never ceases to amaze me- man's capacity for evil.
Fran
Fran
Oct 24, 2018 21:00:16 #
Very Heavy. Lest we forget, do not repeat. The Germans would make the people do the deed or die. Russians Japanese also. Not a good time in human history. Nice remembrance of what not to do. My grandfather is 96 and still alive. Patton's third army. Met my refuge grandmother in Belgium in '44. My wife is Latvian and I've been to Europe twice. God Bless America. AND, All the people who also want to be free from tyranny of any kind on this world we all have to live on. Thank you....
Oct 24, 2018 21:24:32 #
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