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. Imre Nagy’s Grave
A marble slab bears the VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
modest inscription: “Imre
Nagy, Prime Minister of Practical Information
Hungary, 1956”. Arrested Kozma utca 8–10, Kőbánya.
after the uprising, Nagy was Transport
interned and shot dead on @ 95, 202E. q Puskás Ferenc
16 June 1958 in Budapest, Stadion. Plots 300 and 301: 30
following a bogus mins walk from the main gate.
political trial. Fee charged for cars.

Plot 301

Christ the Sorrowful
A figure of Christ the Sorrowful is
traditionally placed in a plot
containing Protestant graves.

. Heroes’ Monument
This simple monu ment
symbolizes the passage
through pur gatory. It was
created by the leading
modern Hungarian
sculptor, György
Jovánovics.

Protestant Graves
The tradition of Hungarian
Protestants is to place a simple
wooden post to mark each grave.

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