Temporary exhibition

“His return home is undesirable” Ordinary people and the Holocaust

The Holocaust Musem cordially invites you to the opening ceremony of its new temporary exhibition entitled “His return home is undesirable” Ordinary people and the Holocaust Our temporary exhibition aims to give a comprehensive, socio-historical, yet humanistic picture of Jewish persecution in Budapest. By following the lives of members of five different occupational groups, we

At the Light of the Torah: Colorful Orthodox Jewish Worlds before the Shoah

The Holocaust Memorial Center cordially invites you to the opening ceremony of its new temporary exhibition entitled At the Light of the Torah: Colorful Orthodox Jewish Worlds before the Shoah The exhibition focuses on the traditional Jewry of Hungary, and aims to showcase its position between the East and the West. It displays this community’s

Desired Worlds, Jewish Middle-Class Worlds in Győr between 1867 and 1944

The Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest cordially invites you to the opening ceremony of the temporary exhibition Desired Worlds, Jewish Middle-Class Worlds in Győr between 1867 and 1944 Industrial modernization played an important role in the development of Győr’s urban self-image in the last third of the 19th century. It influenced greatly the self-identity of

Mosaics of Memory – New Donations to the Holocaust Memorial Centre temporary exhibition

The growth of our collection is thanks to donations from families affected by the Holocaust and living survivors. The new temporary exhibition in the courtyard of the Holocaust Memorial Centre shows the donations of the past five years. One of the museum’s most important missions is to ensure that the horrors of the Shoah and

Spectacular City – The artistic speculum of Jewish Central Europe

The Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest cordially invites you to the opening ceremony of the temporary exhibition: Spectacular City – The artistic speculum of Jewish Central Europe. Location: Budapest, Páva utca 39. – gallery of the synagogue Opening: 29 January 2023 at 17 p.m. Our new temporary exhibition “Spectacular City – The artistic speculum of

Facing – Holocaust Stories from Two Distant Cities in photos

A photography exhibition jointly organized with the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in the courtyard of the Holocaust Memorial Center. Open until August 31, 2022, Tuesday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (admission until 5 p.m.) Entry free. Curator: István Virágvölgyi Eight decades on, the Holocaust is increasingly relegated to the pages of history books for younger generations.

Ghettos Beyond Budapest

GHETTOS BEYOND BUDAPEST „… none of them will be spared here.” On March 19, 1944, German troops occupied Hungary. The Sztójay government, appointed by Governor Miklós Horthy, took office on March 23. The period of disaster began for Hungarian Jews who were deprived of their rights, excluded from society, and plagued by a plethora of