Monday, October 17, 2005

October 15th, 1944


October 15th marked the anniversary of the 1944 Hungarian Arrow Cross Party (Nyilaskeresztes Part Hungarista Mozgalom) regime takeover, the anti-semitic, pro-German, fascist party of the 1940s. The Arrow Cross Party was responsible for the deportation of approximately 80,000 Jews to concentration camps. In addition, the Arrow Cross militia was responsible for many deaths along the Danube River. This relatively new memorial of sixty pairs of iron shoes recognizes those that were shot from the banks of the Danube by the militia.

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