House of Terror, Budapest. Courtesy of House of Terror Museum
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House of Terror
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When:
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Daily; not Mon
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Where:
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House of Terror
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| Costs: |
Ft1500; concessions Ft750; free on Sundays for over-65s, teachers, students and disabled visitors
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Tue-Fri 10am-6pm; Sat-Sun 10am-7.30pm
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The House of Terror is set on Pest's graceful Andrássy utca. It was the headquarters of Hungary's ultra-right Arrowcross Party, and later the Communist secret police. The interrogation rooms and cells remain as a tribute to victims of these regimes.
During the Second World War, the building was the headquarters of the Arrowcross Party, the Hungarian ultra-right. After the war, when Hungary was occupied by the Soviet Union for more than 40 years, it was the base of the Communist political police. In 2002, after a year of renovation, the House of Terror museum opened, dedicated to the memory of all those imprisoned, tortured and killed within. The museum also serves to remind us that sacrifices were not made in vain - eventually freedom and independence won out.
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