With the Chain Bridge in the background, this simple bronze set of shoes is a graphic reminder of the Nazis and their victims. At this spot along the Danube, Jews were lined up and told to take off their shoes. Shoe leather was not to be wasted. Then they were mowed down by rifle fire, falling into the river. There are men's shoes, women's shoes and the shoes of children. I have visited the prison camp pf Dachau in Germany and while it is dramatic, it is not as emotionally overwhelming as this.
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