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Holocaust Memorial Center


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 159 attractions in Budapest
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Attraction type: History museum
Address: Pava u. 39 Budapest 1094
Hungary

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5 of 5 stars
AlanQuinn   2 contributions
Cork, Ireland
Dec 8, 2009

This isn't the type of place that you would recommend to everybody, it's quite a sobering and disturbing experience. However, it's excellent and very professionally done. We spent a couple of hours in here without realising. I really like the way they've presented the information in stages, it gives you a great overall picture of what happened. more

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5 of 5 stars
Scar604   29 contributions
Vancouver BC
Nov 10, 2009
1
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Having been to Auschwitz Birkenau and the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, I have to say that the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest was the most informative and well organized display I've seen. There is a lot of stuff to read and it can be a little confusing at first because it isn't organized chronologically but by phases of persecution, but... more

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5 of 5 stars
blueeyedlady   79 contributions
Livingston, Texas
Oct 20, 2009
1
person found this review helpful

This was an outstanding museum that should not be missed. It takes a little extra effort to get there but it is well worth it. All exhibit items have Hungarian and English story boards or subtitles or audio commentaries and are very thoughtfully done. The displays use technology in a masterful way to tell the story of the Hungarian Jewish... more

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5 of 5 stars
lb-budget-traveler   9 contributions
Long Beach, CA
Jul 30, 2009

The museum is on par (though much smaller) than the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. It doesn't try to cover the entire Holocaust, just the part involving Hungary. Also, unlike the "House of Terror Museum," it doesn't whitewash Hungarian complicity in the Holocaust. The opening room introduces us to several Hungarian families, mostly Jewish, with one Roma, reflecting the diversity of... more

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5 of 5 stars
czilbo   9 contributions
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Jul 21, 2009

When in Budapest and its wonderful atractions, I would like to recommend the HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER. It is a very special and new museum about the Hungarian tragedy during the II WW with a fantastic and modern museological proposal.Unfortunatelly not very visited because it is not in the "jewish quarter"near Dolhany St Synagogue. web site is:http://www.hdke.hu/index.php? and it is located... more

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4 of 5 stars
poyayaan   24 contributions
東京
Dec 22, 2009

ベルリンにあるホロコーストミュージアム以上の迫力でした。 ナチスによるユダヤ人虐待の残虐さが展示の映像資料から伺えます... more

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Pava u. 39, Budapest 1094, Hungary