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  2. The Shoes on the Danube Bank (Hungarian: Cipők a Duna-parton) is a memorial erected on 16 April 2005, in Budapest, Hungary. Conceived by film director Can Togay , he created it on the east bank of the Danube River with sculptor Gyula Pauer [ hu ] to honour the Jews who were massacred by fascist Hungarian militia belonging to the Arrow Cross ...

  3. Nov 27, 2017 · On the banks of the Danube, just in front of the Hungarian Parliament Building, stand 60 pairs of iron shoes, pointed towards the river. Poignant in their simplicity, a tragic story lies behind this memorial to the hundreds who lost their lives as a result of the atrocities committed by Budapest’s Arrow Cross militiamen during the Second ...

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  4. The "Shoes on the Danube Bank" memorial in Budapest, Hungary, consists of 60 pairs of iron shoes, all of which are life-sized to represent real shoes of men, women, and children. The shoes are modeled after styles worn in the 1940s, reflecting the period when the victims were killed.

  5. Shoes 1. On the banks of the Danube River in Budapest, not far from the Hungarian Parliament building, sit sixty pairs of old-fashioned shoes, the type people wore in the 1940s. There are women's shoes, there are men's shoes and there are children's shoes.

  6. Nov 13, 2014 · Shoes on the Danube Promenade is a haunting tribute to this horrific time in history, created by film director Can Togay and the sculptor, Gyula Pauer. Installed along the bank of the...

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  7. The “Shoes on the Danube Bank” is a poignant and powerful memorial in Budapest, Hungary, dedicated to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Here are some key aspects of this memorial:

  8. Jan 8, 2018 · Shoes on the Danube Bank memorial. The monument contains 60 pairs of iron shoes, forming a row of about 130 feet. On the night of 8 January 1945, an Arrow Cross execution brigade forced all the inhabitants of the building on Vadasz Street to the banks of the Danube.

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