Terror House
There’s a building in downtown Budapest with a terrible history. During WWII the Nazi’s used it to interrogate and torture those suspected of being against the totalitarian state or sympathizing with those who did. Religious leaders, civic leaders, their families and friends were brought there.
After the Allies defeated Germany, it was decided that Hungary would be under the rule of the Soviet Union. They went from the frying pan into the fire. While the communists celebrated how they “liberated” Hungary, they soon put this building to the same use it experienced under Nazi fascism. The torture continued. Hungarians were targets of their own state.
The building was recently turned into a museum; a monument to honor the victims and to put names and faces to evil committed there. It’s now called “Terror Haza” – Terror House. There’s no video/photo allowed inside, except for one wall which honors the victims. The Nazi’s and communists kept detailed records of their interrogations, records which helped to construct the monument.
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