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: Following a failed attempt by Regent Miklós Horthy to switch sides in October 1944, the fascist Arrow Cross Party seized power under Ferenc Szálasi. This led to systematic massacres in Budapest, including the execution of thousands on the banks of the Danube River. Military and Political Collapse

: Post-war "People's Courts" were established to judge those responsible for the "historic disaster," including high-ranking officials and cultural figures like composer Ernő Dohnányi , whose case highlights the complexities of collaboration and political survival during the 1944 transitions. Diaries of 1944-1945 Budapest1 - Hungarian Cultural Studies 1944 felirat magyar

: The Holocaust Documentation Centre and the House of Terror Museum serve as major centers for processing these 20th-century traumas. : Following a failed attempt by Regent Miklós

The era is commemorated through various institutional efforts: Diaries of 1944-1945 Budapest1 - Hungarian Cultural Studies

: Launched on October 29, 1944, the siege lasted 110 days , making it one of the longest and deadliest of the war, resulting in 120,000 deaths and the destruction of 80% of the city’s buildings.