I hadn't realised how very late in the war the Nazis invaded Hungary - late 1944. A population of 600,000 Jews was reduced to 100,000 in the space of a whole fortnight. Especially tragic given the war in Europe was over by June 1945.
The old synagogue (above left) is being restored. The new one looks more like a church on the inside, but anyway. Out back is has a beautiful memorial garden, the gift of the Tony Curtis Foundation. There is a name on every leaf of the menorah shaped weeping willow.
And Raoul Wallenberg of Schindler's List fame is remembered here too. That's him in the bust. He was whisked off behind the Iron Curtain when the Soviets liberated Hungary and was never heard of again.
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