Holocaust Memorial Center - Holocaust Memorial Center

This is my first holocaust memorial I have been to. It was very interesting and sad at the same time. It is in two different languages, so no trouble for Americans to read. I loved watching the videos to fully grasp the details. The synagogue was gorgeous and make sure to go upstairs to read some scriptures from diaries and look at the artifacts. Prepare to spend at least 2 hours here to see and read all the details.

Very moving and informative, with more than just the story of Jewish people and the Holocaust, it takes you through the background and the aftermath too. Recommended.

Good, descriptive information about the victims of the Holocaust and Hungarian people who would work in terrible conditions, and chilling videos shown. I felt like I didn’t learn anything new, but this was a good place to visit. Very pretty interiors.

It is hard to see what happened to the people those times! I strongly recommend to visit the museum and never forget what happened!

Interesting modern building. Free entry.rather spoilt by groups of students being given talks. We couldn't see half the exhibits. A shame because there is a tragic story to be told.

Once you locate and enter the memorial, you realise how quiet it is. Despite being close to busy roads and restaurants, there is peaceful feel to the place. The information throughout is translated from Hungarian into English, and you can use your smartphone for additional audio guides (if you have QR code and Internet enabled). It's a harrowing place to visit, but important in history. The synagogue situated in the building is spectacular.

Holocaust Memorial Center is a national institution established by the Government in 1999. In 2002, it decided to construct the building of the Center in Páva Street, outside of the traditional Jewish quarter, further emphasizing its national character. The invading German troops included a Sonderkommando led by SS officer Adolf Eichmann, who arrived in Budapest to supervise the deportation of the country's Jews to the Auschwitz concentration camp in occupied Poland. Between 15 May and 9 July 1944, over 434,000 Jews were deported on 147 trains, most of them to Auschwitz, where about 80 percent were gassed on arrival. The deportation was powerfully assisted by Hungarian authorities. The Holocaust Memorial Center focuses entirely on Holocaust research and education. The visitors are welcomed into a unique space that was named as the most impressive in Budapest, beside the city’s panorama itself by Frank Owen Gehry, one of the leading architects in our time. The modern building is organically linked to the Páva Street Synagogue, an authentic venue that once used to be the second largest site for Jewish worship in Budapest. The Institution is a center for scientific research education and culture. It welcomes visitors with interactive permanent and special periodic exhibitions, experience-based museum pedagogical programs and cultural performances. Guided tours are available in five languages and special, thematically focused tours are offered regularly. A bookshop and a cozy coffee shop contribute to a memorable visit. A toilet is also available for visitors.

Important memorial place with interesting details and histories provided. Prepare yourself for a lot of reading to fully admire this centre, although at some point I had an impression that the same information was given in different part of the centre just on slightly different words. If you are sensitive, better not follow the last video material, it can really squeeze the tears out of you, as it contains terrible icons of deceased and rescued camp's prisoners.