THE MASSACRE OF VÁRPALOTA

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THE MASSACRE OF VÁRPALOTA
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Did you know
... that similar massacres took
place in several other Hungarian towns and villages?
... that in 1998 the local authority refused permission for the
construction of a memorial to
the victims of the massacre?
For you to do
Design a memorial plaque and
write a text commemorating
the massacre of Várpalota.
The photo
Lake Grabler, near the village
of Inota, summer 2008. Private
collection of János Bársony,
Budapest, Hungary.
In February 1945 members of the Hungarian fascist Arrow Cross party and local police officers killed 123 Hungarian Roma from Várpalóta and Székesfehérvár. The victims had to dig
their own graves and were then shot. Two women survived the massacre. The mass grave now
lies under the waters of Lake Grabler, near Inota, a suburb of Várpalóta.