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Shoes on the Danube Bank

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WHY ARE THERE SHOES ON THE EDGE OF THE DANUBE?

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Shoes on the Danube - 4K Holocaust Memorial - Budapest Hungary

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BUDAPEST Parliament, Columbo Statue, Shoes On The Danube, & Veli Bej Bath

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The Art of Memory: The Shoes on the Danube

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Shoes on the Danube Tribute Memorial to the victims of WW2 Militiamen Riverbank Sculpture Budabest

The Shoes on the Danube Bank is a memorial in Budapest, Hungary. Conceived by film director Can Togay, he created it on the east bank of the Danube River with sculptor Gyula Pauer to honour the Jews who were killed by fascist Arrow Cross militiamen in Budapest during World War II. They were ordered to take off their shoes, and were shot at the edge of the water so that their bodies fell into the river and were carried away. It represents their shoes left behind on the bank.