Holokauszt Emlékközpont
The Holocaust Memorial Center, or Holokauszt Emlékközpont, sits at 39 Páva utca, in a building that began life as the Páva Street Synagogue, completed in the 1920s. Opened as a memorial and museum in 2004, it’s the first Holocaust Memorial Center in Central Europe established by a state, and it’s a national institution in Hungary. The museum is dedicated to commemorating Hungarian Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust, while also acknowledging discrimination and killings of Romani people, homosexuals, and the disabled. Architecturally, the center was designed by István Mányi and Attila Gáti, with an asymmetric form that invites visitors into a space where a set of stairs leads up to the exhibitions, symbolizing the twisted times of the era. Inside, you’ll find permanent and temporary exhibits, plus a research center that helps people search for family records and add names to the museum’s database. …
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