The history of the Holocaust greatly affected the Jewish population of Hungary. In April …show more content…
. There are many museums, and memorial is Hungary in memory of the holocaust. On the Danube river bank there are 60 pairs of iron shoes. The shoes are there to temper the people who were forced to strip, and were shot in the back, falling into the river, and being washed away. “Different sizes and styles reflect how nobody was spared from the brutality of the Arrow Cross militia (the shoes depict children, women, businessmen, sportsmen etc)” (Watkins). The different sizes and styles of shoes represent children, women, businessmen, sportsmen etc. Behind the shoes there is a 40 meter long, and 70 cm high bench with three iron points. On them there is text in Hungarian, Hebrew, and English that read: “to the memory of the victims shot into the Danube by Arrow Cross Militiamen in 1944-45. Erected 16 April 2005.” At the memorial people may see flowers or light candles to honor the shot people. At night the glow of the candles and moon present a different image of solitude. The Holocaust has a historical, economical, and social effect on Hungary. In historical times the Jewish people were deported to ghettos and tortured to death. There are currently many museums and memorials in Hungary remembering these devastating times, and the current Jews have regrown as wealthy, successful, and well educated people. The Holocaust did many disastrous things to the Hungarian Jewish population, but the Jews have learned a lot from the Holocaust, and have become fortunate