Before Hungary Existed, Jews Were Here! | 1,900 Years of Jewish History in Budapest

Before Hungary existed, Jewish history was already being written on this land. Walking through Budapest’s magnificent Buda Castle District, I’m exploring nearly 1,900 years of Jewish history—from ancient Judea and the Roman Empire to Hungarian kings, Ottoman sultans, Habsburg rulers, and the Holocaust. ✡️ 2nd–3rd centuries CE: Evidence of Jewish life in Roman Pannonia, today’s Hungary. Jews who were expelled from Judea, those who fled, migrated, and were enslaved, arrived into this region. ✡️ 1200s: Jewish communities established on Buda Castle Hill, with synagogues, a Jewish Street, and a Jewish Gate. ✡️ 1251: King Béla IV granted Jews royal protections. ✡️ 1686: The Habsburg siege devastated Buda’s Jewish community. ✡️ 1944: Nazi Germany and its Hungarian collaborators perpetrated the Holocaust in Hungary, murdering more than 600,000 Hungarian Jews, violently killing more than 75% of the Hungarian Jewish population. ✡️ Today: Jewish life continues in Budapest and across Hungary Nearly 1,900 years of Jewish presence in this region. A history of migration, civilization, contribution, persecution, and survival. 🎥 Walk through history with me. #JewishHistory #Budapest #Hungary #JewishHeritage #BudaCastle #JewishDiaspora #AmIsraelChai