About

Budapest's controversial 'House of Terror' on Andrassy Street. The building was the headquarters of the Hungarian Nazis between 1944 and 1945, then was taken over by the Communist secret police once Soviet troops liberated, then occupied, Hungary. The building is now a memorial to victims of totalitarian terror.

Budapest is home to one of the most powerful museums in Europe. Illustrating the grim decades of Nazi and Communist repression, the museum is the former headquarters for the secret police of both the Nazi and Communist governments. The building's awning has the word TERROR cut out of it, and when the sun projects through these letters, it symbolizes the terror which was projected onto the Hungarian people for fifty years.

Hours & admission
The House of Terror is open Tue-Fri, 10:00 to 18:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-19:30, closed Mon, Andrássy út 60. Metro M1: Vörösmarty utca. It costs 1500 Ft (about $5.50), 20 percent less with a Budapest Card.