One of the reasons why Andy and I choose to see Budapest was that the city was under Soviet Communist occupation for numerous years before it broke down into today's democratic rule. As both of us have been born, raised and lived in a democratic country, it was important and carious for us to see the other side of the political spectrum.There were two famous places within the town that both domestic people and international tourist can visit to remind themselves the horrors and terrors that the Soviet regime did for many years.
House of Terror is a museum located at Andrassy ut 60 in Budapest, Hungary. It contains exhibits related to the two dictatorial regimes in 20th century Hungary, fascism and communism. It is also a memorial to the victims of these regimes, including those detained, interrogated, tortured or even killed in the building.Source: Wikipedia
With regard to communism and fascism, the exhibition contains material on the nation's relationships to Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. It also contains exhibits related to Hungarian organisations such as the fascist Arrow Cross Party and the communist ÁVH (which is similar to the KGB in the Soviet Union). Part of the exhibition takes visitors to the basement, where they can see examples of the cells that the ÁVH used to break the will of their prisoners.
Much of the information and the exhibits is in Hungarian, although each room has an extensive information sheet in both English and Hungarian. Audio guides in English and German are also available.
The background music to the exhibition was composed by Ákos Kovács. The scoring includes the work of a string orchestra, special stereophonic mixes, and sound effects.
The last place that we went to was the Lenin Statue park which was located just outside of the City (go figure) and hosted numerous figures & Communist monuments dating back to the Lenin era. Click here to view the Passionate Traveler's photos at the statue park...
