Holocaust Memorial Center Budapest

The permanent exhibition From Deprivation of Rights to Genocide in the basement of the center and in the synagogue (1500 m² exhibition space) is a highly educative, modern, interactive presentation of the history of the Jewish and Roma Holocaust. Periodic exhibitions with special topics mostly take place in the gallery of the refurbished synagogue and/or the court yard of the center. Moving (Traveling) exhibitions are within the Memorial Center. The architects of the building complex were awarded several prices, in 2005 and 2006. See also Tower of Lost Communities, erected in 2007, in the courtyard. There are 1441 settlements listed. The Páva Street Synagogue, today a place for cultural events, conferences and exhibitions, was built in style of Eclecticism by famous architect Lipót (Leopold) Baumhorn in 1923 and 1924 and worked actively until 1944. In 1999, the Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary offered the building for the purpose of housing the Holocaust Documentation Center. Reconstruction and construction works were done between 2003 – 2005/2006. See also the Memorial Wall of Victims: The engraved names of the victims serve as an eternal memento. Empty name tags represent unknown, anonymous victims. Please respect the dignity of the place.

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