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09 Apr

THE MEMORIAL DAY OF THE HUNGARIAN VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST

THE GOVERNMENT OF HUNGARY CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO THE COMMEMORATION ON THE OCCASION OF THE MEMORIAL DAY OF THE HUNGARIAN VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST ON THURSDAY, 16. APRIL 2026. AT 11:00 AM IN THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER. (1094 Budapest, 39 Páva street) WELCOME SPEECH BY: Andor Grósz, Chairman of the Board of the Holocaust Documentation

24 Mar

Through Memory Narratives and Memoirs of the Roma Holocaust

THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF ITS NEW TEMPORARY EXHIBITION ENTITLED THROUGH MEMORY NARRATIVES AND MEMOIRS OF THE ROMA HOLOCAUST For a long time, the memory of the Roma Holocaust remained on the margins of social and institutional memory. Not only was the processing of the trauma delayed, but

12 Mar

On 15 March 2023, the Holocaust Memorial Centre will be open to the public free of charge

On 15 March 2025, the Holocaust Memorial Centre will be open to the public free of charge Our permanent exhibition and the Páva Street Synagogue is open from 10 am to 6 pm. (Ticket office closes at 5 pm)

25 Feb

Our opening hours in April

The opening hours of the Holocaust Memorial Center’s exhibitions and our library will change as follows in April 2026. Closing days: April 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 18, and 25 Our institution will be open as usual on all other days in April, including Easter Monday, and looks forward to welcoming visitors. Thank you

22 Jan

Call for Papers for its International Conference on Women in the Holocaust

The Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest and the WHISC – Women in the Holocaust International Study Center at the Moreshet Mordechai Anielevich Memorial, Givat Haviva, Israel, are pleased to announce a Call for Papers for its International Conference on Women in the Holocaust. This year’s conference, titled: Across Borders: Women in the Holocaust in Central and Eastern

15 Jan

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

The Holocaust Museum in Budapest cordially invites you to the commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day beginning at 11 am on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated 27 January as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this day in 1945, Auschwitz- Birkenau, the largest and most notorious Nazi death

21 Nov

December opening hours

The opening hours of the Holocaust Memorial Centre will be changed as follows: Last day open: Thursday 18 December 2025 First day of reopening: Tuesday 5 January 2026 We wish all our dear followers a happy festive season!

29 Oct

We congratulate our director on the successful defense of his habilitation!

On October 27, Dr. András Zima’s habilitation defense and lectures took place, centered around his thesis titled Re-tunings, Old Concepts, New Contexts: Jewish Press Discourses in Hungary between 1945 and 1948. The topic of the professional debate was “What are the tasks of Jewish community education in Hungary after the Shoah?” His Hungarian-language lecture addressed

13 Oct

On 23 October the Holocaust Memorial Centre will be open to the public free of charge

Dear Visitors, On 23 October 2025, the Holocaust Memorial Centre will be open to the public free of charge. Our permanent exhibition, the Páva Street Synagogue, and our temporary exhibition the Men of the Match – Jews and Football Between the Two World War is open from 10 am to 6 pm. (Ticket office closes

10 Oct

Perceptions of the past, historical canons, historical distortion and socialisation. – international conference

Holocaust Memorial Center cordially invites you to the  Perceptions of the past, historical canons, historical distortion and socialisation. Theoretical approaches to history. International conference – Holocaust Memorial Centre, Budapest – 12‒13 November 2025. The past can only be grasped in its social and cultural contexts, woven into discourses and canons of memory, with different interpretations