One Day in Budapest
“They passed the State Opera House, with its tiers of ornate sculpture, but Morgan was too tense to enjoy its beauty. “Where are we going?” she asked. “To see an archivist,” Zoltan replied, “but his location is less than pleasant. I’m sorry that you have to witness the darker side of Budapest on this trip.” A few minutes later, they arrived at the House of Terror, 60 Andrássy Way, the address feared by Hungarians as the headquarters first of the Fascist Arrow Cross Party and then the ÁVH, the Communist Secret Police. A metal awning over the side of the top story had the word TERROR cut into it with the communist star, so that the sky could only be seen through the lettering. It was now a museum and Morgan thought it brave to acknowledge history with such a statement of fact. For even after the Fascist regime had ended, those of the Communist era had imprisoned, purged and murdered their own people. It seemed incredible that the terrors of the past had not ended with that generation ...and that now the rise of the right-wing witnessed it beginning again.MoreLess
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