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Memorial for Victims of the German Occupation

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147: 156: 52: 135:, stating that the memorial "fails to recognise that almost all Hungarian citizens murdered during the Holocaust were Jews" and that the memorial deflects responsibility for the Holocaust by suggesting that "all Hungarians were innocent victims of the Nazi Occupation" without acknowledging that "Hungarian citizens were complicit in the process of rounding up Jews and putting them into ghettos and onto trains to be transported to camps." 119:, the eagle representing the Nazi invasion and occupation of Hungary in March, 1944. The date "1944" in on the eagle's ankle. The inscription at the base of the monument reads "In memory of the victims." The statue is the interpretation of the Millenium Monument of the Heroes Square in Budapest. 225: 83:. The memorial has sparked controversy and angered Jewish community organizations, with critics alleging that the monument absolves the Hungarian state and Hungarians of their collaboration with 364: 329: 115:
of the Hungarian kings, the national symbol of Hungary and Hungarian sovereignty, and this later is about to be grabbed by an eagle with extended claws that resembles the
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First announced in late 2013 and approved in a closed cabinet session on New Year's Eve of 2013, the memorial was built on the night of July 20/21, 2014.
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47°30′17″N 19°01′01″E / 47.50472°N 19.01694°E / 47.50472; 19.01694

Hungarian
German invasion of Hungary
Budapest
Liberty Square
Nazi Germany
Holocaust
Archangel Gabriel
globus cruciger
German coat of arms
Holocaust Educational Trust
Holocaust distortion


"Controversial monument divides Hungarians, angers Jewish community"
EURACTIV
"Hungary's World War II memorial under fire"
Al Jazeera English
"Erect a memorial – erase the past. The Memorial to the victims of the German occupation in Budapest and the controversy around it"
EUSTORY
"Statue in Budapest based on Second World War evokes dark history"
The Globe and Mail
"Monuments and Holocaust Distortion"
Holocaust Educational Trust
Memorial for Victims of the German Occupation
Atlas Obscura
Categories
Antisemitism in Hungary
Belváros-Lipótváros

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