The Budapest inner city district of "Elizabethtown" holds quite a peculiar piece of architectural heritage: The remains of the nazi ghetto wall (Holocaust 1944/45) in the old Jewish quarter. The ghetto boundary in Budapest did not follow open streets as in most other cases, but was drawn behind the houses using firewalls and reinforced courtyard walls, thus minimizing effort and visibility. Today this historical monument is in utmost danger, every year pieces are torn down or simply...
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The Budapest inner city district of "Elizabethtown" holds quite a peculiar piece of architectural heritage: The remains of the nazi ghetto wall (Holocaust 1944/45) in the old Jewish quarter. The ghetto boundary in Budapest did not follow open streets as in most other cases, but was drawn behind the houses using firewalls and reinforced courtyard walls, thus minimizing effort and visibility. Today this historical monument is in utmost danger, every year pieces are torn down or simply collapse. UNESCO expert Michel Polge has been on the spot. He urges the VII. district and the city of Budapest to finally track down and map all the remaining pieces of the structure in order to preserve this living monument to the "great tragedy the ghetto meant". While officials are still reluctant to do so, Martin Fejer and "ÓVÁS", the association for the preservation of the old Jewish quarter, have taken up work.
The exhibition is on display in the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Paris, 92 rue Bonaparte, and is open to the public until May 24, 2014.
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