These remarkable before-and-after pictures show that the city was left in ruins - and then rebuilt into one of the jewels of Eastern Europe.
Soviet and Romanian troops laid siege to Budapest for 50 days from Boxing Day 1944 to February 13, 1945. The fighting was extremely heavy - and around 38,000 civilians in the city lost their lives. These astonishing before-and-after photographs show how the city has been transformed into an urban jewel.
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