2024 will mark the 70th year in remembering this tragic event took place--It was in the winter of 1944-1945.
The sixty pairs shoes were made of iron to place along the river bank to symbolize the thousands of Hungarian Jews who were executed. This memorial was erected in 2005 (wikepedia).
The victims were from all ages.
For those viewers who are interested in reading more on this event, you can find the article title "Shoes on the Danube Bank" on the Wikipedia. In the article, it tells more in details about this tragic time in World War II.
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"To Let Go" by Anna Landstrom