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Terror Háza | |
 House of Terror | |
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| Established | 24 February 2002 |
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| Location | Budapest, Hungary |
| Coordinates | 47°30′25″N 19°03′54″E / 47.5069°N 19.0651°E |
| Director | Mária Schmidt |
| Website | Official website |
The House of Terror (Hungarian: Terror Háza Múzeum, pronounced [ˈtɛrːor ˈhaːzɒ ˈmuːzɛum]) is a museum located at Andrássy Avenue 60 in Budapest, Hungary. It contains exhibits related to the fascist and communist regimes in 20th-century Hungary and is also a memorial to the victims of these regimes, including those detained, interrogated, tortured, or killed in the building.
The museum opened on 24 February 2002, and its director general has been Mária Schmidt.
The House of Terror is a member organization of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience.[1] Visitors including Zbigniew Brzezinski, Francis Fukuyama, and Hayden White have praised the institution.[2][3]
- ^ "Czech Prime minister Petr Nečas: The years of totalitarianism were years of struggle for liberty". Platform of European Memory and Conscience. 14 October 2011. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ Kisantal Tamás, Krommer Balázs (2005). "Discussion with Hayden White" (PDF) (in Hungarian). Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "A Terror Háza honlapja". Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2016.