{"id":328333,"date":"2019-01-31T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T04:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funzine.hu\/?p=328333"},"modified":"2019-02-05T15:49:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T14:49:46","slug":"the-story-of-downtown-budapest-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funzine.hu\/en\/2019\/01\/31\/goodapest-en-2\/the-story-of-downtown-budapest-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of Downtown Budapest Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The interesting history of the buildings and the adventurous lives of the historic figures the streets are named after still surprise us when walking down the roads of Budapest. Beyond Budapest\u2019s Secret Sights of Downtown Budapest walking tour sheds light on a new aspect of District V: its women. Tour guide Ildik\u00f3 Csik\u00f3s told us the forgotten stories of Hungarian literary figures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

F\u0151v\u00e1m t\u00e9r<\/strong><\/h2>\n

One of F\u0151v\u00e1m t\u00e9r\u2019s famous residents was Hungarian writer Zsigmond M\u00f3ricz who lived in an imposing building with his second wife, M\u00e1ria Simonyi for ten years. The most popular story related to the novelist has nothing to do with his flat but the nearby Liberty Bridge, once known as Franz Joseph Bridge. It is written in literature books that M\u00f3ricz convinced a young girl standing on the edge of the bridge not to jump off, but Kriszti\u00e1n Ny\u00e1ry\u2019s best-seller book proves that the autumn of 1936 wasn\u2019t the first time they had met… They finished their conversation in a cheap hotel room later.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Kriszti N\u00e9meth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Erzs\u00e9bet Litkai, the girl on the bridge was much more than M\u00f3ricz\u2019s stepdaughter: they were in love and became parents later. Csibe, as the writer called her, was a fast learner; she run his garden nursery, then his publishing company. After M\u00f3ricz\u2019s death his daughters ousted Erzs\u00e9bet from their home, but the woman opened her own book store and publishing company at the time. During WWII she provided hundreds of Jewish families and deserters with fake IDs to help them survive. This is the story of an orphan who became Righteous Among the Nations.<\/p>\n