The Terror Museum sits on Andrassy st. 60, the previous headquarters for the secret police of both the Nazis and the Communists. It was in this building hundreds of people were tortured and murdered for their political affiliations. Note the carved out "TERROR" on the re-designed roof...when the sun projects through these letters, it depicts the "terror" that projected down on Hungary during the Nazi/Communist regimes.I took a tour of the museum which depicts the history of the Nazi and Communist regimes and illustrates the terror that occurred during the 70 years of bondage by one of the two regimes. Some believe that it is politically slanted to over-embelish the Hungarian victims, alluding to the fact that Hungary played a bigger part as the victimizers than the victims. Either way, a lot of people and their posterities suffered for many years and still suffer some sort of effect, especially considering where the economy and infrastructure could be today if they had been allowed to truly develop it. But that is just my opinion.
They didn't allow any photos or video inside, but trust me, it was sobering. Especially the elevator ride to the prison basement where they show you a video of a guard explaining the execution process.
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