Jewish History in Budapest. Neo-Nazis in Eastern Europe.

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The inspiration for ‘One Day In Budapest’ A thriller

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All images my own, purchased royalty free or Flickr Creative Commons Attributed

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I visited Budapest in November 2012 to visit the grave of my husband’s Hungarian Jewish family. We discovered that anti-Semitism is still very much alive in Eastern Europe.

I wrote ‘One Day In Budapest’ as an action-adventure thriller that portrays a chilling possible future. These slides

portray the sites included in the story.

Dohany Street Synagogue, Budapest

Adolf Eichmann set up his office behind the rose

window in 1944, directing the establishment of the

Ghetto in Budapest. !

The Hebrew script from Exodus 25:8 reads: “And let them make me a sanctuary

that I may dwell among them.”

Memorial park to the Hungarian Jewish martyrs of the Shoah, the Holocaust. Each leaf is inscribed with a name.

The park also has tribute to Raoul Wallenberg, one of the Righteous Among Nations, who protected Jews.

Shoes on the Danube. Memorial to Jews killed by Arrow Cross militia on the banks of the river in WWII. They were asked to remove their shoes before being shot.

http://www.channel4.com/news/hungary-jobbik-far-right-militias-

jewish-congress

The radical nationalist party, Jobbik, now has 20% of the

parliamentary seats. They have called for a national register of

Jews.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37503284@N03/6809748098/

The Holy Right Hand of St Istvan/Stephen. 1000 year old

mummified fist. A sacred Christian relic, and nationalist

symbol.

House of Terror, 60 Andrassy Way

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Headquarters first of the Fascist Arrow Cross Party and then the ÁVH, the Communist

Secret Police

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51714437@N00/2735687427/

There’s a labyrinth under Castle Hill full of nationalist symbols, shut down

mysteriously in 2011

One Day In Budapest by

J.F.Penn

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