On the Danube embankment south of the Parliament is a monument to Hungarian Jews shot and thrown into the Danube by members of the fascist Arrow Cross Party in 1944. Entitled Shoes on the Danube by sculptor Gyula Pauer and film director Can Togay, it’s a simple but poignant display of 60 pairs of old-style boots and shoes in cast iron, tossed higgledy-piggledy on the bank of the river.
Ukrainian president Zelensky famously made a reference to the monument early in the war with Russia while giving president Orbán an embarrassing teleconference dressing down.
