... ootwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along the Danube River Bank during World War 2. Hitler, with the help of then leader of the Hungarian Government, killed nearly 20,000 Jews by shooting them into the River, this is the official number; who knows what the real number must be 🔫 
The victim's were forced to remove their shoes at gun point, as shoes were a valuable commodity duing the World War 👞
I've sat beside these shoes so many times during my evening walks and it's a reminder of how much people have suffered for the Freedom that we take for granted now 💭
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