Shoes ... May 24, 2009

On the Danube river, just next to Parliament and across the river from Castle Hill is an exhibit honoring the memory of the Jews that were shot on the banks of the Danube during World War II. The memorial depicts the shoes left behind by the victims of the Arrow Cross militiamen who had them take off their shoes before shooting them, using the Danube as a simpler alternative means of burial. There are 3 plaques along the memorial in Hebrew, English, and Hungarian: "To the memory of the victims shot into the Danube by Arrow Cross militiamen in 1944–45. Erected 16 April [[2005."