Life Under Communism

Itinerary
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Stop At: Soviet Heroic Memorial, Szabadsag ter, Budapest 1054 Hungary

Starting in Liberty Square, we will look at the memorial to the Soviet army. This is a grandiose memorial to the Siege of Budapest, the 50-day-long encirclement by Soviet forces of the Hungarian capital of Budapest, near the end of World War II.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Kossuth Lajos Square, Budapest Hungary

We will visit Kossuth Square where the Hungarian parliament stands. Aside from several other impressive buildings on the square, we will see where, following a mass demonstration in 1956, dozens were massacred by the government.

Duration: 25 minutes

Stop At: Margaret Bridge, Budapest, Jászai Mari tér 3, 1137 Hungary

On the banks of the Danube, close to Margit Bridge, stands a building which in communist times was dubbed The White House. It was the Party HQ of the Hungarian communist government.
We will visit this and also take a look at the statue of Imre Nagy, Prime Minister in 1956 who was later murdered.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Bem Jozsef Memorial, Bem ter, Budapest 1027 Hungary

Going south from Margaret Bridge, we arrive to Bem Square. The square saw 200,000 Hungarian students protesting against Soviet rule in 1956, in a rally that was originally organized to support Polish workers.
We will also visit Bambi Eszpresszó, a shelter for Buda-side intellectuals in Frankel Leó utca, has been going strong since the 1960s, and has maintained both the same atmosphere and the same interior design ever since.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Szent Gellert Monument, Gellert-hegy, Budapest Hungary

St Gellért Square is one of the most impressive squares in Buda. The square is named after Bishop St Gellért , also called the Martyr for Hungarian Christendom.
From here we have an excellent view of the Liberty statue - erected in 1947 in remembrance of the Soviet liberation of Hungary.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Corvin Mozi, Corvin koez 1, Budapest 1082 Hungary

On the south-east part of Budapest's city, Corvin köz was the major resistance center, where in 1956 local youngsters fought the invading Russians with Molotov cocktails and guns they stole from soldiers to fight against Soviet tanks.
We will look at the reminders of the battles here and talk about the invasion of 1956 and its aftermath.

Duration: 30 minutes