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I will only be in BUDAPEST 3 days what holocoust places are arond budapest? tha I coujld cover in 3 days thanx

Andy, I don't remember any specific holocoust places aroung Budapest, but there are certainly many places of interest to visit. Do a search under Hungary and you may find something. <BR>

There is the Central Synagogue and the Jewish Museum right next to each other. In the courtyard is a Holocaust memorial tree -- with leave representing those exterminated by the Nazis. It's in the central district of Pest .. not that far from St. Stephens.

Here's a little more information: <BR>http://www.globewalker.com/Budapest/sights/museums.htm [the blurb on the museum says that 550,000 Hungarians died at the hands of the Nazis.] <BR>

You might find the military museum interesting. It is located in the castle complex, towards the right end if your back is toward the river. Enter near the big artillery piece.

The central synagog has been recently renewed,one of the biggest ones in Europe.(One of the sponsors was Tony Curtis,of Hungarian origin).There is a statue of Raul Wallenberg, a Swedish businessman who saved thousands of Jews giving them swedish passports,and who was captured by the Russians in January 1945 ,and probably killed later in Moscow. <BR>Some 400-450 thousand Hungarian Jews were killed mostly in Auschwitz,by the Nazis with the full support of the Hungarian government and police