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Siege of Budapest-any museum or exhibition

It's 80th anniversary but I only found one in Hungarian Museum of Architecture and Monument Protection Documentation Center. And the exhibition was until yesterday.

Seems like it's forgotten?

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Certainly not forgotten - I still have my grandfather's medal for Budapest, 13 Feb 1945.

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Here is some light reading on the subject.

The Hungarian Dilemma: Victory Day or Occupation Day?
https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/culture_society/victory_day_occupation_hungary_red_army_rape_atrocities_communist_history/

Remembering Rape: Divided Social Memory and the Red Army in Hungary 1944–1945
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/188592

Hungarians met Red Army liberators with fear rather than relief
https://english.radio.cz/hungarians-met-red-army-liberators-fear-rather-relief-8098670

The relationships between red army and the Hungarians during soviet occupation of Hungary at the end of World War II
https://doaj.org/article/7c3e1620369b4ebeab8f8a4c9aee011d

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Riiiiggght...

So, just like I had said - not forgotten.
I'll definitely read up on those topics as Ё suggested - but the question, I think, was about the siege and Budapest operation - and I did some reading on that at a certain point, when I researched my grandfather's war path.

He was a pontooner, so was most interested in military movements that involved crossing the rivers of Hungary, Austria, and Czechoslovakia - as part of liberation (or occupation) of Vienna, Bratislava, and Budapest. But I also did read some on liberation (or occupation) of the Budapest Ghetto, and the general events that preceded and followed, so, again - the memory is very much there.

Interesting bloke, my grandfather (great-grandfather, actually) - a Ukrainian, he was certainly proud of his Budapest medal and generally was not a huge fan of the Hungarian military and their role in the war (he also fought at Stalingrad, which might have had an effect), but had no issues working with Hungarians (and East Germans, and Poles, and even an occasional Romanian) at an international nuclear research lab later in life. Interestingly, the general perception of liberation vs occupation was pretty clear back then... But then again, it was, of course, in Soviet Russia, throughout the 50s, 60s, and 70s - so the views expressed might have been skewed a bit.

And, since we are into light reading, here's some: https://budapest80.mil.ru/