Danube River Cruise

 

The Iron Curtain Monument (Vasfüggöny Emlékmu), located outside the House of Terror Museum.

 

The House of Terror Museum contains exhibits related to the fascist and communist regimes in 20th-century Hungary and is a memorial to the victims of these regimes, including those detained, interrogated, tortured or killed in the building. The building was used by the Arrow Cross Party and ÁVH.
The Arrow Cross Party was a far-right Hungarist party, which formed a government in Hungary known as the Government of National Unity. They were in power from 15 October 1944 to 28 March 1945. During its rule, ten to fifteen thousand civilians (many of whom were Jews and Romani) were murdered outright, and 80,000 people were deported from Hungary to various concentration camps in Austria. After the war, Arrow Cross leaders were tried as war criminals by Hungarian courts.
The State Protection Authority (ÁVH) was the secret police of Hungary from 1945 until 1956.

The photo portraits lining the facade are memorial plaques dedicated to victims.