Shoes on the Danube Bank
E744348
Shoes on the Danube Bank is a poignant Holocaust memorial in Budapest consisting of iron shoes along the Danube River, commemorating the Jews who were shot into the river during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shoes on the Danube Bank canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8583570 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shoes on the Danube Bank Context triple: [Danube bank shootings, notableMemorial, Shoes on the Danube Bank]
-
A.
The Shoe
The Shoe is the massive, horseshoe-shaped football stadium at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, renowned as the home of the Buckeyes.
-
B.
Al d’Ossché
Al d’Ossché is a notable musician recognized for his influential performances and contributions to the tradition of Appalachian dulcimer music.
-
C.
Los Pies
Los Pies is one of the named summits of the Iztaccíhuatl volcano in Mexico, corresponding to the “feet” in the mountain’s famous sleeping-woman profile.
-
D.
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Tales from the Vienna Woods is a famous waltz by Johann Strauss II that evokes the charm and atmosphere of the Viennese countryside.
-
E.
Golden Foot
The Golden Foot is an international football award given annually to outstanding players over the age of 28 for their athletic achievements and personality.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shoes on the Danube Bank Target entity description: Shoes on the Danube Bank is a poignant Holocaust memorial in Budapest consisting of iron shoes along the Danube River, commemorating the Jews who were shot into the river during World War II.
-
A.
The Shoe
The Shoe is the massive, horseshoe-shaped football stadium at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, renowned as the home of the Buckeyes.
-
B.
Al d’Ossché
Al d’Ossché is a notable musician recognized for his influential performances and contributions to the tradition of Appalachian dulcimer music.
-
C.
Los Pies
Los Pies is one of the named summits of the Iztaccíhuatl volcano in Mexico, corresponding to the “feet” in the mountain’s famous sleeping-woman profile.
-
D.
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Tales from the Vienna Woods is a famous waltz by Johann Strauss II that evokes the charm and atmosphere of the Viennese countryside.
-
E.
Golden Foot
The Golden Foot is an international football award given annually to outstanding players over the age of 28 for their athletic achievements and personality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust memorial
ⓘ
outdoor sculpture ⓘ public art installation ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Arrow Cross Party ⓘ |
| category |
2005 sculptures
ⓘ
Holocaust memorials in Hungary ⓘ Monuments and memorials in Budapest ⓘ Sculptures in Budapest ⓘ World War II memorials in Hungary ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Jews executed by Arrow Cross militiamen
ⓘ
Jews shot on the banks of the Danube in Budapest ⓘ victims of the Holocaust in Hungary ⓘ |
| conceptBy | Can Togay ⓘ |
| country | Hungary ⓘ |
| creator |
Can Togay
ⓘ
Gyula Pauer ⓘ |
| depicts |
children's shoes
ⓘ
civilian shoes ⓘ men's shoes ⓘ pairs of shoes ⓘ women's shoes ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ Hungarian ⓘ |
| hasPlaque | yes ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | popular tourist attraction in Budapest ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Holocaust
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| inception | 2005 ⓘ |
| isAccessibleTo | public ⓘ |
| isAdmissionFree | yes ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Budapest ⓘ |
| locatedInDistrict | District V, Budapest ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Hungarian Parliament Building ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Pest side of the Danube ⓘ |
| locatedOnWaterbody |
Danube River
ⓘ
linked to:
Danube
|
| materialUsed |
iron
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| memorialType |
figurative memorial
ⓘ
site-specific memorial ⓘ |
| numberOfShoes | about 60 pairs ⓘ |
| purpose |
to honor Jewish victims shot into the Danube
ⓘ
to serve as a reminder of Holocaust atrocities in Hungary ⓘ |
| sculptor | Gyula Pauer ⓘ |
| timeOfEventsCommemorated | 1944–1945 ⓘ |
| unveiledOn | April 16, 2005 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Shoes on the Danube Bank Description of subject: Shoes on the Danube Bank is a poignant Holocaust memorial in Budapest consisting of iron shoes along the Danube River, commemorating the Jews who were shot into the river during World War II.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.