I know some of you have seen these before but I'll post them here for those of you that haven't.
I know Martin Bull will enjoy the Then & Now shots.
I was in Budapest for a friend's wedding. Thought it would be a good opportunity to do some then and nows from 1944 & 1945 from After The Battle Number 40 and Battle for Budapest by Krisztian Ungvary.
I've also including some shots of the Soviet Memorial which is fenced off, a shame as I wanted to get close up.

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Great pixs. I know pretty much NOTHING about the battle in Hungary.

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Time is only enemy you'll never get rid of.

Great pixs
Went to Budapest just before they had the big riots
Did you go to the old police cells where the Germans carrried out there torture & the russian carriied on where the Germans left of

Very nice pictures, thanks for sharing !

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Police cars carry three agents. The first one can read, the second one can write and the third one keeps watch on those dangerous intellectuals.
Unknown subversive activist - 20th century.

Hey Wessex, it seems like you are a real globetrotter! Nice pictures. I have a couple too but I never realized how it was in 1945.

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Brilliant, wonderful to see these pictures from then and now.

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Regards, Richard


"Open channel D"

Yes much enjoyed thank you!

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The war against Russia will be such that it cannot be conducted in a knightly fashion. This struggle is one of ideologies and racial differences and will have to be conducted with unprecedented, unmerciful and unrelenting harshness. -Adolf Hitler

You're getting good at this sort of thing, WW !

Excellent posting - like many of us, I knew hardly anything of Budapest in WWII.....

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"Stand by to pull me out of the seat if I get hit" - Guy Gibson

Thanks for the kind words.
Until this year I knew very little about the Eastern Front so used this trip to help educate myself.
I recommend the Ungvary book, some excellent maps and masses of info.
Was able to read up about the fighting in the area of our hotel.
Seen two major European rivers and their part in WW2 this year, the Seine and the Danube.
Was hoping to get to Belgium this October but with more postal strikes looming I need to save my money.
Planning to do the Rhine next summer so will do some then & nows then.

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