The Jewish Museum of Budapest, built in 1929-1931, is located in the Jewish quarter of the Hungarian capital, on the site of the house where Theodor Herzl was born — the founder of the Jewish state, the founder of the World Zionist Organization, a well-known political and public figure.
The museum's exhibition is mostly represented by photographs of the Holocaust, but there are also many ceremonial accessories and religious objects collected not only from different parts of Hungary, but also from other countries around the world.
Next to the museum building is the Great Synagogue — the largest in Europe and the second largest in the world. During World War II it was probably not destroyed only because the fascists set up their headquarters here.
Behind the museum and the synagogue is the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park, named after the Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews.
