2024

MEMORIAL FOR THE VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM

Memorial to visit
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It occupies the former prison, infamous for having housed many opponents of the communist regime in the 1950s. Some 200 politicians, clerics and intellectuals were imprisoned and tortured here. 54 died. Photographs in the cells show the horror of this repression and retrace the history of communism and dissidence. The inner courtyard is home to the Cortege of the Sacrificed, a moving group of bronze statues.

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