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y Jewish Quarter
Zsidó Negyed Holocaust Memorial
Király utca, Rumbach Sebestyén utca, This sculpture of a weeping willow, designed by Imre Varga, was
Dohány utca & Akácfa utca. Map 2 F5 unveiled in 1991 in memory of the 600,000 Hungarian Jews killed
& 7 A2 (10 F3). v 47, 49. q Deák by the Nazis in World War II. It was partly funded by the Hungarian-
Ferenc tér, Astoria. American actor Tony Curtis.
Jews first came to Hungary in
the 13th century and settled in
Buda and Óbuda. In the 19th
century, a larger Jewish
community was established
outside the Pest city boundary,
in a small area of Erzsébetváros.
In 1251, King Béla IV gave the
Jews of Buda certain privil iges,
including freedom of religion.

The Jewish comm unity 600,000 Hungarian Jews were
became well integrated into victims of the Holocaust. This
Hungarian society, until in persecution is commemorated
1941, a series of Nazi anti- by a plaque at the Orthodox
Semitic laws were passed and Synagogue on Rumbach utca.
the wearing of the Star of In the late 19th century,
David was made com pulsory. three synagogues were built
In 1944, a ghetto was created and many Jewish shops and
in Pest and the deport ation of work shops were established.
thousands of Jews to camps, Kosher establishments, such
including Auschwitz, was imp- as the butcher at No. 41
lemented. After heavy fighting Kazinczy utca, were a common
between the Russian and feature. Shops are now being
German armies, the Soviet reconstructed to recreate
Red Army liberated the ghetto the pre-ghetto char ac ter
Window of the Orthodox Synagogue on 18 January 1945. In total, of the Jewish Quarter.

u Great Synagogue established; a vast collection of has been assembled. It includes
Zsinagóga historical relics, Judaic devotional the book of Chevra Kadisha from
items and everday objects, from 1792. There is also a moving
Dohány utca 2. Map 4 F1 (10 F4). ancient Rome to the present day, Holocaust Memorial Room.
Tel (06 1) 462 04 77. q Astoria. Jewish
Museum: Open Mar–Oct: 10am–6pm
Sun–Thu, 10am–4:30pm Fri; Nov–Feb:
10am–4pm Sun–Thu, 10am–2pm Fri. A large rose window is the A Hebrew inscription from the
Closed Sat & Jewish hols. & 8 façade’s main ornamentation. second book of Moses is situated
It is located between two richly under the rose window.
This synagogue is the largest decorated towers crowned with
in Europe. It was built in a distinctive onion domes.
Byzantine-Moorish style by the
Viennese architect Ludwig
Förster between 1854–9. It has The façade is composed
three naves and, following of white and red brick and
orthodox tradition, separate intricately designed
galleries for women. Together ceramic friezes.
the naves and galleries can
accommo date up to 3,000
worshippers. Some features,
such as the position of the
reading plat form, reflect
elements of Judaic reform. The
interior has valuable decorative
fittings, particularly those on
the Ark of the Law, by Frigyes
Feszl. In 1931, a museum was

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