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Mária Schmidt removed as director of the House of Terror

On 15 September 2026 Mária Schmidt's mandate as director-general of the House of Terror museum, which she had led since it opened in 2002, was terminated.

Mária Schmidt (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 15 September 2026 Mária Schmidt's mandate as director-general of the House of Terror museum, which she had led since it opened in 2002, was terminated. Culture minister Zoltán Tarr announced on Facebook that it was his decision and that the museum would be reviewed; it was temporarily closed while its exhibition and legal matters were examined.

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  • Mária Schmidt

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    Mária Schmidt removed as director of the House of Terror. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.telex.hu — sourcetelex.hu · verified
  2. 2.24.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: schmidt+terror haza · verified
  3. 3.mti.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: schmidt+terror haza · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Mária Schmidt removed as director of the House of Terror. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/schmidt-dismissed-house-of-terror-2026-09-15

https://factrail.ai/facts/schmidt-dismissed-house-of-terror-2026-09-15

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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