The Home for Elderly of the Orthodoxy was built in 1920, as per the plans of Miksa Gr\u00fcnwald. It was a gemstone of the Hungarian Jewry, since the mitzva of taking care of the elderly could be fulfilled in a worthy environment.<\/p>\n
The building played a tragic role during World War 2, when shortly before the liberation of Budapest, on the 19th of January, 1945, one of darkest figures of Hungarian history, Pater Kun (Andr\u00e1s Kun, a former priest who was excommunicated from the Catholic Church and later executed as a war criminal) led a group of Arrowcross lynchmen massacred the 10 employees and 61 elders housed in the building.<\/p>\n
During the years of communism, the institution was operational, but nobody thought of preservation. The previous leadership of the congregation had ambitious renovation plans , the Government of Hungary provided the funds in advance, but no actual work has been done.\u00a0The funds made available have vanished<\/p>\n
The following pictures need no explanation:<\/p>\n
Ruins, desolation, signs of negligence wherever we look at. The solution of this problem is just another task for the current leadership. We are not frightened by this challenge either, because ” only progress can be the aim “<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-616","projekt","type-projekt","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n