Henryk Sławik és id. Antall József emlékműve

It’s very good that I was just going to never see the gorge before.

Medieval sculpture, without any originality, without artistry. On the other hand, it’s a fact that it upsets the monotony of the neighborhood a bit.

This is not the worst statue in Budapest. Not so much a statue as a memorial.

Looking at the figure of József Antall Sr., the strong resemblance between his father and son, the former prime minister, is immediately apparent. The work is based on a contemporary photograph in which the two historical personalities, but also good friends, talk to each other. The creator of the work is Wladyslaw Dudek. The inscription on the monument: "Between 1939 and 1944, he was a legendary organizer and heroic patron of the reception of more than 30,000 Polish civilian refugees in Hungary. He saved the lives of about 5,000 Polish Jewish refugees. He is the two outstanding holders of the" True to the World "award. The grateful Poles " The inscription is also available in English. Antecedents of the statement of the monument in chronological order: -2016. In the spring, the section of the Buda embankment between Rákóczi Bridge and Petőfi Bridge was named after Henryk Sławik. - In November 2016, the "twin brother" of this work was inaugurated in Warsaw - then with the express intention that a copy would be made for Budapest as well. The short life of the Polish diplomat in the Mauthausen concentration camp ended after the German occupation of Hungary, where he was tortured and then murdered. József Antal Sr. survived World War II (arrested by the Gestapo during the 1944 occupation), actively politicized until 1953, being Minister of Reconstruction in 1945-1946. He died in 1974.

Wikipedia: Editing Henryk Sławik (Szeroka, July 1, 1894 - Gusen, August 23, 1944) is a Polish left-wing journalist and politician, emigrant diplomat, martyred lifeguard. In collaboration with József Antall Sr., between 1939 and 1945, he saved the lives of more than 30,000 Polish refugees in Hungary, including 5,000 Polish Jews, by issuing a fake passport in their name and issuing a false certificate of belonging to the Catholic denomination. After the German occupation of Hungary, he was arrested and tortured, and then suffered voluntary martyrdom in the Gusen concentration camps.

Many times I only saw it from a car (with half an eye, while cornering), but I went for it on foot today, so I took a good look at the composition. It is also one of the creations that one can enter, anyone can become a part of it, because there is an empty chair where one can sit. An imaginative, characterful, memorable sculpture ensemble. I liked it. It was claimed in the summer of 2017.