Photos donated to a Hungarian archive reveal the devastating aftermath of the siege of Budapest, which ended 80 years ago.

I knew the tragic last phase of the Holocaust there, but I had much to learn about the layers of history packed into the Siege of Budapest that lasted from December 1944 to February 1945.

That day, the guns of battle fell silent after seven weeks of destruction that would become known as the Siege of Budapest. In late 1944, the Soviet Red Army was advancing west on its march toward ...

Groups from across Europe meet for a ‘Day of Honour’ to mark a failed attempt by Axis troops to break the 1945 Soviet siege ...

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - When Agnes Darvas was deported from Hungary to Auschwitz in 1944, she escaped being sent straight to the gas chambers with other children largely because her coat had been ...

In March 1944 German troops marched into Budapest. Although Hungary was allied to the Nazis, Hitler considered the country an unreliable partner, especially when they refused to deport some ...

In December 1944, the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg attended a small dinner party in Budapest; also at the table was the Nazi Adolf Eichmann. The two men were in Hungary on opposing missions ...