Shoes on the Danube Bank

Posted by
Shuva Brata Deb (Bangalore, India) on 25 June 2019 in Documentary & Street.

"The Shoes on the Danube Bank is a memorial in Budapest, Hungary. Conceived by film director Can Togay, he created it on the east bank of the Danube River with sculptor Gyula Pauer [hu] to honour the Jews who were killed by fascist Arrow Cross militiamen in Budapest during World War II. They were ordered to take off their shoes, and were shot at the edge of the water so that their bodies fell into the river and were carried away. It represents their shoes left behind on the bank."

Canon EOS 70D 1/400 second F/6.3 ISO 200 18 mm

Comments (3)

Ralf Kesper from Fröndenberg, Germany

Interesting found.

25 Jun 2019 6:16am

Existence Artistique from Angers, France

Je sens que c'est une sorte d adieu pour qqn de noyer ici

25 Jun 2019 11:44am

Peter from Warkworth, New Zealand

A very poignant image, and narrative, thank you. My cousins husband is originally from Budapest (1956) and his homeland is always is his thoughts now he is older.

26 Jun 2019 3:45am

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