Danube bank shootings

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The Danube bank shootings were a mass execution of thousands of mostly Jewish civilians by Hungarian fascist forces along the banks of the Danube River in Budapest during the final months of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Holocaust atrocity
crime against humanity
mass execution
war crime
approximateNumberOfVictims thousands
carriedOutBy Hungarian collaborators with Nazi Germany
city Budapest
commemoratedBy Shoes on the Danube Bank memorial
commemoratedIn Holocaust remembrance events in Hungary
consequence mass civilian casualties
context Arrow Cross Party rule in Hungary
German occupation of Hungary
country Hungary
historicalSignificance symbol of the murder of Budapest Jews during the Holocaust
location Budapest
Danube
surface form: Danube River
method execution by firearm
mass shooting
motive antisemitism
political repression
racial persecution
notableMemorial Shoes on the Danube Bank
partOf Holocaust in Hungary
Holocaust
surface form: Nazi persecution of Jews
perpetrator Arrow Cross Party
surface form: Arrow Cross Party militia

Hungarian fascist forces
recognizedAs Holocaust massacre in Hungary
region Central Europe
relatedEvent deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz
relatedIdeology Hungarian fascism
Nazism
far-right antisemitism
river Danube
riverBank banks of the Danube River in Budapest
timePeriod 1944
1945
final months of World War II
victimDemographics children
men
women
victimGroup Jewish civilians
Roma people
political opponents
victimReligion Judaism
war World War II

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Hungary in World War II majorAtrocitySite Danube bank shootings