Devin Castle Ruins is situated about 12km away from the main city centre on the banks of the Danube..
Nearby the castle lies a moving memorial to those who lost their lives from 1945 to 1989 thanks to the Communist Regime. Many people lost their lives trying to cross this spot on the Danube river to get to Austria. This memorial shows how many victims died under the communist regime in different circumstances. According to the memorial, 2,200,000 people were deported from Slovakia from 1945 to 1989. 20,000 Slovaks were also sent to gulags from this period.
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