# Schmidt's House of Fates Holocaust museum project draws criticism

Date: 2014

In 2014 the pro-government historian [Mária Schmidt](/people/maria-schmidt), who conceived the project, was put in charge of the House of Fates, a planned Holocaust museum in Budapest. Yad Vashem and Hungarian Jewish organisations criticised the project and its direction that Schmidt had been appointed to lead.

## People

- Mária Schmidt: https://factrail.ai/people/maria-schmidt

## Sources

- https://www.jta.org/2018/09/14/global/controversial-historian-leave-hungarian-holocaust-museum-new-jewish-owners-say
- https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/690647054/hungarys-new-holocaust-museum-isn-t-open-yet-but-it-s-already-causing-worry

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/schmidt-holocaust-memorial-house-of-fates-2014