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Shoes On The Danube

Zam-Zam

Senator
A brutal history we must never forget:


IN OCTOBER OF 1944, HITLER overthrew the leader of the Hungarian government, Miklos Horthy, and replaced him with Ferenc Szalasi.

Szalasi, whose ideology closely followed Hitler’s, immediately established the Arrow Cross Party - a fascist, anti-semitic organization that brutally and publicly terrorized the Jews in Budapest by beating and killing them. Nearly 80,000 Jews were expelled from Hungary in a death march to the Austrian border and approximately 20,000 Jews were brutally shot along the banks of the Danube River. The victims were forced to remove their shoes at gunpoint (shoes being a valuable commodity during World War II) and face their executioner before they were shot without mercy, falling over the edge to be washed away by the freezing waters.

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 Danube River in Budapest, the monument consists of 60 pairs of 1940s-style shoes, true to life in size and detail, sculpted out of iron.

This memorial is simple yet chilling, depicting the shoes left behind by the thousands of Jews who were murdered by the Arrow Cross. The style of footwear - a man’s work boot; a business man’s loafer; a woman’s pair of heels; even the tiny shoes of a child - were chosen specifically to illustrate how no one, regardless of age, gender, or occupation was spared. Placed in a casual fashion, as if the people just stepped out of them, these little statues are a grim reminder of the souls who once occupied them - yet they also create a beautiful place of reflection and reverence.

At three points along the memorial are cast iron signs with the following text in Hungarian, English, and Hebrew: “To the memory of the victims shot into the Danube by Arrow Cross militiamen in 1944–45. Erected 16 April 2005.”


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bdtex

Administrator
Staff member
A brutal history we must never forget:


IN OCTOBER OF 1944, HITLER overthrew the leader of the Hungarian government, Miklos Horthy, and replaced him with Ferenc Szalasi.

Szalasi, whose ideology closely followed Hitler’s, immediately established the Arrow Cross Party - a fascist, anti-semitic organization that brutally and publicly terrorized the Jews in Budapest by beating and killing them. Nearly 80,000 Jews were expelled from Hungary in a death march to the Austrian border and approximately 20,000 Jews were brutally shot along the banks of the Danube River. The victims were forced to remove their shoes at gunpoint (shoes being a valuable commodity during World War II) and face their executioner before they were shot without mercy, falling over the edge to be washed away by the freezing waters.

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 Danube River in Budapest, the monument consists of 60 pairs of 1940s-style shoes, true to life in size and detail, sculpted out of iron.

This memorial is simple yet chilling, depicting the shoes left behind by the thousands of Jews who were murdered by the Arrow Cross. The style of footwear - a man’s work boot; a business man’s loafer; a woman’s pair of heels; even the tiny shoes of a child - were chosen specifically to illustrate how no one, regardless of age, gender, or occupation was spared. Placed in a casual fashion, as if the people just stepped out of them, these little statues are a grim reminder of the souls who once occupied them - yet they also create a beautiful place of reflection and reverence.

At three points along the memorial are cast iron signs with the following text in Hungarian, English, and Hebrew: “To the memory of the victims shot into the Danube by Arrow Cross militiamen in 1944–45. Erected 16 April 2005.”


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The open ethnic/religious/racial brutality in the 20th Century is still incomprehensible. As much as I have read and seen about it, it's still incomprehensible. Hatred is taught.
 

Zam-Zam

Senator
The open ethnic/religious/racial brutality in the 20th Century is still incomprehensible. As much as I have read and seen about it, it's still incomprehensible. Hatred is taught.
Unfortunately, history, even modern history, is replete with such atrocities such as the one described above.

Those who wish to destroy history do us all an injustice - To preserve it is to remember, and hopefully someday, learn from it.
 

Corruptbuddha

Governor
The open ethnic/religious/racial brutality in the 20th Century is still incomprehensible. As much as I have read and seen about it, it's still incomprehensible. Hatred is taught.
And yet it pales in comparison to earlier versions. See Gengis Khan.
 
The open ethnic/religious/racial brutality in the 20th Century is still incomprehensible. As much as I have read and seen about it, it's still incomprehensible. Hatred is taught.
Yet your party elects Holocaust deniers like Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, and supports virulent antisemites like Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, and Barack Obama. Look inward.
 

bdtex

Administrator
Staff member
And yet it pales in comparison to earlier versions. See Gengis Khan.
I already have 3 books on order and probably 150-200 unread books in the queue on my shelves. My dad gave me 6 boxes of books a little over a year ago. It may take awhile before I get to Genghis Khan. Reading one about the Battle Of Williamsburg right now. One on Shiloh is next. I am mostly a 19th Century history reader now.
 

FakeName

Governor
A brutal history we must never forget:


IN OCTOBER OF 1944, HITLER overthrew the leader of the Hungarian government, Miklos Horthy, and replaced him with Ferenc Szalasi.

Szalasi, whose ideology closely followed Hitler’s, immediately established the Arrow Cross Party - a fascist, anti-semitic organization that brutally and publicly terrorized the Jews in Budapest by beating and killing them. Nearly 80,000 Jews were expelled from Hungary in a death march to the Austrian border and approximately 20,000 Jews were brutally shot along the banks of the Danube River. The victims were forced to remove their shoes at gunpoint (shoes being a valuable commodity during World War II) and face their executioner before they were shot without mercy, falling over the edge to be washed away by the freezing waters.

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 Danube River in Budapest, the monument consists of 60 pairs of 1940s-style shoes, true to life in size and detail, sculpted out of iron.

This memorial is simple yet chilling, depicting the shoes left behind by the thousands of Jews who were murdered by the Arrow Cross. The style of footwear - a man’s work boot; a business man’s loafer; a woman’s pair of heels; even the tiny shoes of a child - were chosen specifically to illustrate how no one, regardless of age, gender, or occupation was spared. Placed in a casual fashion, as if the people just stepped out of them, these little statues are a grim reminder of the souls who once occupied them - yet they also create a beautiful place of reflection and reverence.

At three points along the memorial are cast iron signs with the following text in Hungarian, English, and Hebrew: “To the memory of the victims shot into the Danube by Arrow Cross militiamen in 1944–45. Erected 16 April 2005.”


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The baby shoes hurt to even look at in that context.
 

FakeName

Governor
Yet your party elects Holocaust deniers like Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, and supports virulent antisemites like Louis Farrakhan, Jesse Jackson, and Barack Obama. Look inward.
Since you made it partisan.....

Modern nazis organized the UNITE THE RIGHT RALLY....not a unite the left rally.

And PJ'S resident nazi, Emily, always sides with Trump supporters on here.

And most American Jews (as well as every other minority group) vote for democrats not Republicans.

Etc.

So much for your attempt to make it partisan.
 

FakeName

Governor
I see you keep making that assertion without evidence. Regardless, your party has recently elected multiple Holocaust deniers and Jew-haters. Why?
It is just a fact.

American Jews tend to favor Democratic candidates, with 71% of Jewish voters choosing Democratic candidates and only 25% choosing Republicans since 1968.

 
It is just a fact.

American Jews tend to favor Democratic candidates, with 71% of Jewish voters choosing Democratic candidates and only 25% choosing Republicans since 1968.

"It is just a fact".

LOL
 
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