House of Terror Museum, Memorial museum in Budapest District VI, Hungary
The House of Terror is a memorial museum on Andrássy Avenue in the sixth district of Budapest, focusing on periods of totalitarian rule in Hungary. The exhibition spaces occupy several floors and display artifacts, photographs, and documents from both the Nazi and Communist eras.
The building was used by the fascist Arrow Cross Party from 1944 and later taken over by the communist secret police after 1945. In 2002 it opened as a museum to document both dictatorial periods.
The name recalls a time when this building became a symbol of fear for many Hungarians who lived under dictatorship. Visitors today walk through rooms that once held interrogators and their victims, experiencing a direct connection to that period.
The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday and offers audio guides in several languages. Visitors should allow enough time to walk through all floors and the basement level.
The basement preserves the original interrogation cells where political prisoners were kept during both regimes. These rooms still show the narrow bunks and thick walls that once prevented any communication with the outside world.
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