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IN MEMORIAM 1956 October 25th

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👍 25TH OCTOBER 1956 MEMORIAL The 25th October 1956 memorial and exhibition are located within an underground tunnel to the left of the Parliament building. This space, originally designed for the building's cooling, heating, and ventilation system, has been repurposed to house the memorial site dedica... People often mention exhibition, Hungarian, October, Kossuth, Soviet, victims, memorial, people, free, space,


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Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 6-8, 1055 Hungary

Website

inmemoriam1956.hu

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4.40 (107 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 10 AM to 2 PM, 2:45 to 6 PM
  • Thursday: 10 AM to 2 PM, 2:45 to 6 PM
  • Friday: (Good Friday), 10 AM to 2 PM, 2:45 to 6 PM, Hours might differ
  • Saturday: 10 AM to 2 PM, 2:45 to 6 PM
  • Sunday: (Easter), 10 AM to 2 PM, 2:45 to 6 PM, Hours might differ
  • Monday: (Easter Monday), Closed, Hours might differ
  • Tuesday: 10 AM to 2 PM, 2:45 to 6 PM

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  • 4/5 Orestis -. 8 months ago on Google
    25TH OCTOBER 1956 MEMORIAL The 25th October 1956 memorial and exhibition are located within an underground tunnel to the left of the Parliament building. This space, originally designed for the building's cooling, heating, and ventilation system, has been repurposed to house the memorial site dedicated to the victims of the massacre on 25th October 1956. The In Memoriam 25 October 1956 Memorial Site and Exhibition, inaugurated on 25th October 2014, consists of two distinct yet complementary elements: an exhibition that recounts the brutal massacre that occurred at Kossuth Square on that fateful day in 1956, and a rotunda-shaped memorial site that provides visitors a space to express grief, pay respects, and honor the victims. The exhibition presents an account of the tragic events through museum artifacts, projected period images, and screened documentaries. Survivors' recollections vividly portray the intense inhumanity of that era. The rotunda features a brick wall adorned with plaques bearing the names of victims or symbolizing those whose identities remain unknown. This combined memorial and exhibition offers both a historical perspective and a somber space for contemplation and remembrance.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 B S. 1 year ago on Google
    It’s closed (either temporarily or permanently, I don’t know) and Google has not been updated. Otherwise it is an interesting museum (from a previous visit)
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kavin L. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) In Budapest, there is a Kossuth Square, named after Kossuth, the leader of the 1848 Hungarian revolutionary struggle for independence and freedom. One side of the square is the famous Parliament building and the other side is the Ministry of Agriculture building. On a pillar of the Ministry of Agriculture building, it was covered with dense bullet holes and a bronze medal next to it, written in Hungarian: "Commemorating the victims of the bloody Thursday on October 25, 1956 - survivors" . On that day, the Soviet army exchanged fire with the army of the Hungarian Security Bureau. Nearly 100 people were killed in the square, and the injured were countless. The ambulance was used to transport dead and wounded people. Later, because it was not enough, it was transported by bus and truck. The roads that these vehicles passed left long blood. This is a bloody day in the Hungarian incident. In this incident, the former Soviet Union sent a total of 12 divisions to fully occupy Hungary. According to statistics, during the spontaneous resistance to the Soviet invasion, the total number of casualties of Hungarian citizens reached 21,728, of which 2,052 were deaths. Najib and other reformist leaders entered the Yugoslav embassy to seek refuge after the Soviet invasion. They were later abducted by the Soviets after being forced to leave the embassy. They were then sent to Romania for custody and finally sent back to the country for trial. The charge was executed on June 16, 1958. The Kadar government has punished a large number of people involved in the 1956 incident. Between December 1956 and July 1957, a total of 28,601 people were interrogated nationwide, and 6211 of them were sentenced and 298 were sentenced to death. Afterwards, some people were successively sentenced, and nearly 500 people were sentenced to death before and after. The entire Hungarian nation paid a huge price in the 1956 incident. In 1989, after a lapse of 33 years, the Hungarian government rehabilitated the 1956 incident and found it was a "people uprising" rather than a counter-revolutionary event. Since then, the Hungarian Communist Party has agreed to hold a reburial ceremony for Najib and his companions on June 16, 1989, the 31st anniversary of Najib’s execution. In order to commemorate, let the world always remember this incident, keep the bullet holes, and to prevent damage, use a steel ball to block the bullet holes. What we see is such a historical background. (Original) 在布达佩斯,有个科苏特广场,它是以1848年匈牙利争取民族争取独立和自由的革命的领导人科苏特的名字命名的。广场的一侧是著名的国会大厦,另一侧是农业部大楼。在农业部大楼的一个立柱上,布满了密密麻麻的弹孔标记,旁边有一块铜牌,上面用匈牙利文写着:“纪念1956年10月25日血色星期四中的遇难者——幸存者立”。那一天在这里苏军与匈牙利保安局的军队交火,广场上近百人被打死,受伤者更是不计其数。一开始是用救护车运送死伤者,后来因为不够用,便用公共汽车和卡车来运。这些车辆经过的马路上留下了长长的血迹。这就是匈牙利事件中血腥的一天。 在此次事件中,前苏联派出总计12个师的兵力对匈牙利进行了全面占领,据统计,在自发抵抗苏军入侵的过程中,匈牙利公民总计伤亡达21728人,其中死亡2052人。纳吉等改革派领导人在苏军入侵后进入南斯拉夫大使馆寻求避难,后来在被迫离开大使馆后被苏联人劫持,继而押送到罗马尼亚关押,最终又被押送回国内受审,以叛国罪的罪名于1958年6月16日被处决。卡达尔政府对参与1956年事件的一大批人都进行了惩罚。1956年12月至1957年7月间,全国一共对28601人进行了审讯,对其中6211人判了刑,被判死刑者达298人。之后还陆续判处了一些人,前后总共有将近500人被判处死刑。整个匈牙利民族在1956年事件中付出了巨大的代价。 在时隔33年后的1989年,匈牙利政府对1956年的事件进行了平反,认定这是一次"人民起义",而非反革命事件。此后,匈共当局同意于1989年6月16日-即纳吉被处决的31周年忌日举行对纳吉及其同伴的重新安葬仪式。 为了纪念,让世人永远记住这一事件,把弹孔保留了起来,为防止破坏,用钢球堵住了弹孔。我们看到的就是这样一段历史背景。
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Andri 2 years ago on Google
    Powerful museum for such a small place . It is all About one moment in Budapest History . What happened 25.10.1956. If you have a spare 10 min , stop by it . Free entrance .
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Agnes S. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Admission is free but not accessible. It’s not too big an exhibition space, so it’s worth taking the time to watch the videos and listen / read through the memoirs. The question remains: who fired first? (Original) A belépés ingyenes, de nem akadálymentesített. Nem túl nagy kiállítótér, így érdemes rászánni az időt a videófelvételek vegignézésére, és végighallgatni/olvasni a visszaemlékezéseket. Továbbra is kérdés: ki lőtt először?
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Juan C. 1 month ago on Google • 1177 reviews New
    It is closed, you can only see the traces of the bullets...(25.3 24)

  • 5/5 György R. 4 months ago on Google • 1039 reviews
    The In memoriam October 25, 1956 memorial site and exhibition opened on October 25, 2014. An interesting feature of the location is that the southern ventilation tunnel, which stretches under Kossuth square and once facilitated the air conditioning of the Parliament, was built on a 350 square meter area. The exhibition can also be viewed online.

  • 4/5 Vid 5 months ago on Google • 432 reviews
    An underground exhibition dedicated to the heroes of the bloody 1956 revolution. Entry is free, photography is allowed. In addition to Hungarian, it is also subtitled in English.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Bogdan M. 7 months ago on Google
    The memorial is dedicated to the victims of 1956 and to the memory of all of us. Kudos to them.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Schuro -. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) October 25, 1956, the day of the bloodiest volley fire of the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence, entered national memory as a "bloody Thursday". On this day, the Soviet military and Hungarian armed forces opened fire on peaceful protesters on Kossuth Square, under conditions that remain unclear. To commemorate the victims, a memorial site and exhibition was opened in the former ventilation tunnel of Kossuth Lajos Square in the Steindl Imre Program on 25 October 2014. (Original) 1956. október 25-e, az 1956-os forradalom és szabadságharc legvéresebb sortüzének napja „véres csütörtökként” vonult be a nemzeti emlékezetbe. Ezen a napon – máig tisztázatlan körülmények között – a szovjet katonai, illetve a magyar karhatalmi erők tüzet nyitottak a Kossuth téren gyülekező, békés tüntetőkre. Az áldozatok emlékére a Steindl Imre Program keretében megújult Kossuth Lajos tér egykori szellőző alagútjában emlékhely és kiállítás nyílt 2014. október 25-én.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Harvey W. 6 years ago on Google
    A brief insight about what happened at Kossuth square in 1956. I recommend going in for a few minutes if you're here anyway.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mau G. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A very depressing place, yet so revealing of history. Free admission. (Original) Bardzo przygnębiające miejsce, jednak tak bardzo ukazujące historię. Wstęp bezpłatny.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Elena B. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Really very interesting (Original) Veramente molto interessante
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Dušan 10 months ago on Google
    Museum is for free but it’s was pity that this kind of memorials didn’t have bigger space and more interactive. This part of history should be more visible for everyone.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Attila T. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Worthy presentation of the old collage. (Original) Méltó bemutatása a hajdani sortűznek.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 乐豆欧洲旅游布达佩斯 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) There are pictures and video interviews and 3D projections to show the public to Hungary on December 23, 1956... against the Soviet invasion on November 4th. (Original) 有图片视频采访还有3D投影向大众展示匈牙利1956年12月23日…11月4日的反对苏联入侵的情形
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 György A. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It's good to have it. (Original) Jó, hogy van.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Joe L. 1 year ago on Google
    A really touching, but brutal experience in the free-to-enter museum that reminds everybody what had probably occurred in 1956 on the Kossuth Lajos Square (above), when Soviet soldiers started to shoot into the crowd of ordinary locals, massacring up to 1000 people. You can see chronological facts, witness testimonies, items from the time (burned flags, bullets), or names and occupations of the victims. All very heavy, especially because I also come from the country that was terrorised and occupied by communists.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Grzegorz B. 2 months ago on Google • 583 reviews New
    IN MEMORIAM 1956 October 25th: **Place:** The "IN MEMORIAM 1956 October 25th" monument is located in Budapest, Hungary, under Kossuth Lajos tér, at the southern end of Kossuth Square. **Description:** The monument was unveiled in 2014 on the 58th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. It commemorates the victims of the Soviet intervention that suppressed the uprising. **Form:** The monument consists of two elements: * **Underground part:** The underground exhibition is located in a ventilation tunnel that was formerly used to air-condition the parliament. The exhibition contains photos, films and reports from the uprising. * **Ground part:** On the surface of the square there is a rectangular hole in the ground, surrounded by granite slabs. The names of 267 victims of the Soviet intervention are engraved on the slabs. **Meaning:** The "IN MEMORIAM 1956 October 25th" monument is a symbol of memory of the victims of the Hungarian uprising and the fight for freedom. It is also a place of reflection on the events of 1956 and their significance for contemporary Hungary. **Practical information:** * Admission to the underground exhibition is free. * The exhibition is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00. * You can reach the monument by tram (lines 2, 47, 49) or bus (lines 15, 115).

  • 4/5 Miguel 4 months ago on Google • 433 reviews
    Small museum with free admission, next to the parliament. I don't know if you can take photos. With a lot of information, videos and exhibition of some things such as uniforms, a flag, etc. The visit takes just over 20 minutes, but since you're there...

  • 5/5 ERINDA T. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing

  • 5/5 Dídac C. 6 months ago on Google • 95 reviews
    Free museum/exhibition next to the Hungarian Parliament about the Hungarian revolution of 1956, and the bloody systematic repression by the Soviet Union of the country in the context of the Cold War. There are teaching materials, videos, clothes and a flag with a hole in the middle, which represents the revolution, because people removed the socialist symbol from the flag. Without a doubt, a space that makes you reflect, and that it costs nothing to learn about a fact that is relatively recent, and that has had an impact on the country's society and politics.

  • 5/5 John A. 10 months ago on Google
    Wow, and in living memory for many of us. Note the bullet holes in the railings..... well worth half an hour and FREE as is Hungary.

  • 5/5 Klaus W. 1 year ago on Google
    Right next to the parliament building so you can't miss it, free entrance and quite powerful albeit small exhibition

  • 3/5 Sandeep P. 1 year ago on Google
    But if a Q to get in so we didn’t go

  • 5/5 Ling-feng X. 1 year ago on Google
    Beat my any expectation to a building-affilated basement exhibition. They present the histroy in an impressively artistic way rather than simply reiterating boringly .

  • 5/5 Johannes 1 year ago on Google
    Historic monument which is definitely worth a visit as it is located right behind the parliament building.

  • 5/5 Szymborak 10 months ago on Google
    Hungarians should remember till today how Russia treats nations willing to be independent from it. Slava Ukraini!

  • 5/5 Gombos T. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) In memorian 1956. Unfortunately, no photos can be taken down here, but you can view them for free. (Original) In memorian 1956. Lent sajnos nem lehet fotózni, de ingyenesen megtekinthető.

  • 5/5 Michał W. 3 years ago on Google
    Worth of seeing. For 15 min but shows a lot. And for free.

  • 5/5 Brandon W. 5 years ago on Google
    A free, short explanation regarding the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. Well executed with plenty of information.

  • 5/5 SACHIT V. 5 years ago on Google
    Beautiful memorial for some Hugarian historical event.

  • 5/5 VX S. 7 years ago on Google
    A stellar installation/ memorial that's critical to understanding Hungary's past. A must go.

  • 5/5 Miha N. 5 years ago on Google
    Very educational.

  • 5/5 Frost L. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Reflects the history half a century ago (Original) 反映了半世纪前的历史

  • 3/5 Rudolf E. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very weak. One or two blurred photos in a bunker. ☹️ (Original) Nagyon gyenge. Egy-két elmosódott fotó egy bunkerban. ☹️

  • 4/5 Axel K. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Interesting, unfortunately a little bit of background information (Original) Interessant, leider ein bisschen wenig Hintergrundinfo

  • 5/5 discord m. 2 years ago on Google
    The powerful imagery of the flag is worth it. The rest is extra ;p Free & Short.

  • 4/5 SWEETONIT W. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A visual complement to the story of the massacre of demonstrators (Original) השלמה וויזואלית לסיפור הטבח במפגינים

  • 5/5 tommy g. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Touching (Original) Toccante

  • 1/5 Tamás A. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Abuse with the memories of this event is sin. The parties do exactly that. (Original) Visszaélni ennek az eseménynek az emlékeivel az bűn. A pártok pont ezt teszik.

  • 3/5 René K. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Sad place (Original) Smutné miesto

  • 4/5 Pier M. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Touching (Original) Toccante

  • 3/5 Luca R. 6 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Dedicated to the revolution against the Soviet party of 1956, underground exhibition. (Original) Dedicato alla rivoluzione contro il partito sovietico del 1956, mostra sotterranea.

  • 5/5 András �. 7 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The organizers of the exhibition provided the maximum despite the limited possibilities of the exhibition space. (Original) A kiállítás rendezői a maximumot nyújtották a kiállítóhely szűk lehetőségeinek ellenére.

  • 5/5 Azizul Hakim A. 2 years ago on Google
    Full of history and sacrifice


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