History of Budapest shot them along the banks of the Danube and threw their bodies into the river. Soviet forces captured Budapest on February 13, 1945. More than 100,000 Jews remained in the city at time of capture. Upon retreating, the Germans also blew up all the Danube bridges as a way of hampering the progress of the Communist Red Army of the Soviets. A two-month-long siege of Budapest reduced the entire city, but mostly the Castle District to rubble, as it was assigned to the mostly Hungarian army with German leadership to defend and to "hold back". Most roofs in Budapest were
Budapest Noir down the mean streets of one of Europe's most fascinating cities during one of its darkest chapters." "Budapest Noir" is the first novel in the series of five. It was followed by "Bűnös Budapest" (Budapest Sin), "A budapesti kém" (The Budapest Spy), "Budapest romokban" (Budapest in Ruins) and in 2012 the final installment titled "Budapest novemberben" (Budapest in November'). The rights for the movie were sold before the book was published, and the film was released in 2017 As of August 1, 2012, 'Budapest Noir' has been published by Budapest Noir Budapest Noir is the first Hungarian noir written by