Plaque marking the Shoes on the Danube Bank conceived by Can Togay sculpted by Gyula Pauer, River Danube, Budapest, Hungary.

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The memorial wasc onceived "by film director Can Togay, he created it on the east bank of the Danube River with sculptor Gyula Pauer to honour the people 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. " Wikipedia info

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Size: 5184px × 3456px
Location: Danube, Budapest
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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