in detail
In 1944, a Jewish ghetto was created in Budapest. It was located directly adjacent to the Jewish Museum in the city. That same year, more than 500,000 Hungarian Jews were deported, most to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp.
In 1985, a memorial park was laid out at at the edge of the historical grounds of the Jewish ghetto. In the rear section of the park is a metal sculpture in the form of a weeping willow on whose leaves the names of Holocaust victims are written.
1944
Creation of a Jewish ghetto in Budapest and the deportation of more than 500,000 Hungarian Jews, most to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp.
1985
Setting up of a memorial park at the edge of the historical grounds of the ghetto.
In the rear section of the park is a metal sculpture in the form of a weeping willow on whose leaves the names of Holocaust victims are written.
Budapest, 2005, Artificial tree with names of the victims of the Holocaust instead of leaves, Thomas Lutz/Topographie des Terrors.
Budapest, 2005, Artificial tree with names of the victims of the Holocaust instead of leaves, Thomas Lutz/Topographie des Terrors.
Budapest, 2005, Plaque from the inauguration of the memorial park at the edge of the historical grounds of the Jewish ghetto 1985, Thomas Lutz/Topographie des Terrors.
