Lipótváros in Budapest, Hungary — Central Europe
"Shoes on the Danube Bank"
Cipők a Duna-parton
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, September 29, 2022
1. "Shoes on the Danube Bank" Marker
Erected 2005.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Notable Events • War, World II. A significant historical month for this entry is December 1944.
Location. 47° 30.234′ N, 19° 2.684′ E. Memorial is in Budapest. It is in Lipótváros. It can be reached from Id. Antall József rfk. close to Zoltán Street, on the left when traveling north. The memorial is located on the riverside promenade. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Budapest 1054, Hungary. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, the Carpathian States, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, the Schengen Area, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Ottoman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 2 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Marastoni Jakab (approx. one kilometer away); Tisztelgés A „Sír Nélküli Hős“ Előtt / Tribute to a "Hero Without a Grave" (approx. 3.7 kilometers away).
More about this memorial. "One picture (is) worth ten thousand words." Chinese proverb
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1. Shoes on the Danube Bank.
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They were ordered to take off their shoes (shoes were valuable and could be stolen and resold by the militia after the massacre), and were shot at the edge of the water so that their bodies fell into the river and were carried away. The memorial represents their shoes left behind on the bank. -- Wikipedia (Submitted on October 23, 2022, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.)
2. The Shoes on the Danube Promenade – Commemoration of the Tragedy - Yad Vashem. The memorial is so effective because the touchable, corporeal shoes along the river, left behind empty and without their owners, force us to confront the question: whose shoes were they? Who were the people that are missing from the sculpture? (Submitted on October 23, 2022, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.)
Photographed by Sue Swackhamer, September 29, 2022
2. "Shoes on the Danube Bank" Memorial
Photographed by Sue Swackhamer, September 29, 2022
3. "Shoes on the Danube Bank" Memorial
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, September 29, 2022
4. "Shoes on the Danube Bank" Memorial
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, September 29, 2022
5. "Shoes on the Danube Bank" Memorial
To the memory of the victims shot into the Danube by Arrow Cross militiamen in 1944–45. Erected 16 April 2005.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, September 29, 2022
6. "Shoes on the Danube Bank" Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on October 23, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 23, 2022, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 305 times since then and 59 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on October 23, 2022, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
