Recski National Memorial Park

My grandfather was here. Feeling shock and sadness.

The labour camp was in use near the Csákány rock stone cave above the settlement between October 1950 and autumn 1953 by the State Defence Authority (ÁVH) established secretly by following the Russian model of gulags. The 1500 prisoners held for political reasons came from different layers of society ranging from politicians to poets, former estate owners, manual workers and intellectual workers. The prisoners deported here without any jurisdiction were kept under inhumane circumstances and made to work. Most of them died due to starvation, accident or simply by the guards. No one knows exactly where the dead were buried. The camp was hermetically excluded from the world outside. Only two successful attempts to escape were made. After the regime change in 1991 a memorial was inaugurated here to commemorate the prisoners who died or suffered there. The National Memorial Park was opened in 1996 where a tower and barracks were constructed to illustrate the circumstances at that time !!!

Mementó

Due to COVID, only the outdoor venue can be visited.

I have been to the Recsk park several times. It takes 6 every 8 years. We were there last autumn with our Slovak friends. Nor can it be recognized in the previous place. T. Completely changed, they made a new exhibition, which describes the stories very differently than before. 10, 15 years. The terrain was neatly arranged, many new elements were added to the picture. I recommend you check it out if you go to There is definitely something to think about. I liked the original idea better. T. G. K.