Budapest, Hungary – Sixty pairs of iron shoes of all sizes line a stretch of the Danube.
Several are filled with red flowers.
Others bear ribbons or have the remains of burnt-out candles interspersed between them. Stickers about the ongoing crisis in Gaza have been affixed to a low wall.
It’s a sombre memorial commemorating thousands of Jews killed by the fascist Arrow Cross during the final years of the Second World War.
Their shoes held value, so they were told to take them off before being shot, falling into the river.
Naturally, tourists crouch, posing for beauty shots amidst the footwear. Anything for the ‘gram.’
I’m starting to wonder if social media is ruining travel. Or, maybe, just respect in general.
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