2024. April 19. Friday
House of Terror Museum - Budapest
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Address: 1062, Budapest Andrássy út 60.
Phone number: (1) 374-2600
E-mail: muzeum@terrorhaza.hu
Opening hours: Tue-Sun 10.00-18.00
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The block which includes Andrássy street 60 was built in 1880 according to the plans of the architect Adolf Feszty, who originally planned it as a mansion. The facade of this neo-renaissance building at the corner of Andrássy and Csengery streets did not change for decades. But the owners did.
Until 1936 the house was the property of the Perlmutter family. From the beginning of 1937, the Hungarian ultra-right party, the Arrowcross Party, hired more and more space in the house. In 1940 they took over the whole building and made it their headquarters. The party leader Ferenc Szálasi called the building "The House of Loyalty". In the autumn of 1944, when the Hungarian Nazis came to power, the basement was used as a prison.
As Budapest rid itself of German rule and was occupied by the Soviets, the communist-led Political Police claimed the house in February 1945, and created a prison labyrinth by connecting together the basements of the block. The State Security Police possessed the building until 1956. After they moved out the house was renovated, erasing the traces of its past. Andrassy 60 then became the headquarters of several firms and offices. In the 1970's, the basement where hundreds, perhaps thousands of people were tortured, was used as a club for young communists.
During the one year construction work, the building under 60 Andrássy Avenue was fully renovated inside and out. The internal design, the final look of the museum's exhibition and the external facade are the works of architect Attila F. Kovács. The reconstruction plans for the House of Terror Museum were designed by architects János Sándor and Kámán Újszászy; the contractor was Architecton Share Co. The music to the exhibition was composed by Ákos Kovács. The purified work with a timeless scoring for string orchestra in multiple movements goes well with the historical theme of the museum's exhibition and contains special stereophonic mixes and sound effects.
During the reconstruction, the building has become a monument; the black passepartout (the decoration entablature, the blade walls and the granite sidewalk) provides a sort of frame to the building, highlighting it with its sharp contrast from among the other buildings on Andrássy Avenue, drawing well-deserved attention to the house itself of such historic significance.
The House of Terror Museum, which opens on February 24th , 2002 at 5PM and is unique in its genre, wishes to erect a monument to the memory of those of our compatriots who were held captive, tortured and killed in this building, but apart from presenting the horrors in a digestible manner, it also wishes to make people understand that the sacrifice for freedom was not made in vain. From the fight against the two cruellest systems of the 20th century eventually the forces of freedom and independence came out victoriously.
Until 1936 the house was the property of the Perlmutter family. From the beginning of 1937, the Hungarian ultra-right party, the Arrowcross Party, hired more and more space in the house. In 1940 they took over the whole building and made it their headquarters. The party leader Ferenc Szálasi called the building "The House of Loyalty". In the autumn of 1944, when the Hungarian Nazis came to power, the basement was used as a prison.
As Budapest rid itself of German rule and was occupied by the Soviets, the communist-led Political Police claimed the house in February 1945, and created a prison labyrinth by connecting together the basements of the block. The State Security Police possessed the building until 1956. After they moved out the house was renovated, erasing the traces of its past. Andrassy 60 then became the headquarters of several firms and offices. In the 1970's, the basement where hundreds, perhaps thousands of people were tortured, was used as a club for young communists.
During the one year construction work, the building under 60 Andrássy Avenue was fully renovated inside and out. The internal design, the final look of the museum's exhibition and the external facade are the works of architect Attila F. Kovács. The reconstruction plans for the House of Terror Museum were designed by architects János Sándor and Kámán Újszászy; the contractor was Architecton Share Co. The music to the exhibition was composed by Ákos Kovács. The purified work with a timeless scoring for string orchestra in multiple movements goes well with the historical theme of the museum's exhibition and contains special stereophonic mixes and sound effects.
During the reconstruction, the building has become a monument; the black passepartout (the decoration entablature, the blade walls and the granite sidewalk) provides a sort of frame to the building, highlighting it with its sharp contrast from among the other buildings on Andrássy Avenue, drawing well-deserved attention to the house itself of such historic significance.
The House of Terror Museum, which opens on February 24th , 2002 at 5PM and is unique in its genre, wishes to erect a monument to the memory of those of our compatriots who were held captive, tortured and killed in this building, but apart from presenting the horrors in a digestible manner, it also wishes to make people understand that the sacrifice for freedom was not made in vain. From the fight against the two cruellest systems of the 20th century eventually the forces of freedom and independence came out victoriously.
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