Terror Háza Múzeum (House of Terror Museum)
During World War II, the building at 60 Andrássy Avenue in Budapest housed the headquarters of the fascist Arrow Cross Party, which used the basement as a torture chamber for political opponents. Following the war, the Communist government’s secret police claimed the building until the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Communism would last in Hungary for several more decades, finally coming to an end with the fall of the Iron Curtain in the 1990s.
Today, the building’s dark past and the role of Fascist and Communist parties in shaping modern Hungarian history have been incorporated into the House of Terror Museum. Its opening drew long lines of visitors for months, leading some Hungarians to suggest that Hungary was finally overcoming a reluctance to confront the darker chapters of its history.
References
Terror Háza Múzeum, official website.
External Link
Molnar, Balint. "Hungary: A Time To Reflect." Transitions Online, June 21, 2004.
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Related Resources
The official website for the Terror Haza Museum includes interactive elements and gives a good sense of the style and approach of the site.
Print
Ritter, Kathleen
“Terror, Terror.” Esse 61 (2007). external link
Print
Fuller, Thomas
“Memory becomes battleground in Budapest's House of Terror.” International Herald Tribune, August 2, 2002. external link
Print
Foote, Kenneth E., et al.
“Hungary after 1989: Inscribing a New Past on Place,” Geographical Review 90, no. 3. (July 2000): 301-334.
Print
Szanto, Andras
"Terror on Andrássy Boulevard. Print 57, no. 1 (January/February 2003): 41-47.
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Hungary
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Link: Terror Háza Múzeum, official website.
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