In January 2021 the local government (Hegyvidék) erected a new memorial plaque in the courtyard of the clinic. You can see the photo about the plaque above.
The text in the plaque reads: “Here on January 12, 1945 the patients of the hospital, its doctors and staff were slaughtered. A total of 84 people. The following day another four nurses were tortured and shot.The murderers were Hungarian Arrow Cross members (Nazis). Their victims were Hungarian citizens. Erected by the Health Service of the 12th district local government (Hegyvidék) and the 1st district local government (Budavár) 2020.
You can read the names of the victims in alphabetical order below the text.
If you swipe left on the picture above, you can find the photo of the plaque that you saw in the beginning of this stop, which reads as: „The patients and self-sacrificing doctors together with the nurses and helping staff members became martyrs of Jewry on January 12, 1945. God of Mercy, comfort our aching hearts and heal the sick soul of humanity .”
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What are the main differences you notice between the information provided in the two memorial plaques? Who do you think is the audience of this plaque?
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Why do you think a new plaque was put up?
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Do you find anything still missing so you get a full picture of what happened here (who, what, when, where)? What is still missing?