The “House of Terror” is a museum now, but it was witness to two shameful and tragic periods in Hungary’s 20th Century history. It was truly a house of terror in 1944, during the gruesome domination of the Hungarian Arrow Cross Party this building, know as the “House of Loyalty” was the party headquarters of the Hungarian Nazis. Then between 1945 and 1956, the notorious communist terror organizations, the AVO and its successor, the AVH, took up residence here. 60 Andrassy Boulevard has become the house of terror and dread. The museum commemorates the victims of terror, but it is also a memento, reminding us of the dreadful acts of terrorist dictatorships.
Interestingly it was opened as a museum in 2002 by the then culture minister Victor Orban who is now (in 2019) the prime minister.
It was a rainy day and that added to learning more about the awful history of Hungarians particularly here in Budapest. However the Communists took particularly aim at the rural Hungarians living on farms. When they participated in the 1956 revolutions which was brutally suppressed many of their young people were executed (by hanging) here in the “House of Terrors”.
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