The house located at Csengery utca 15 is a rather average-looking building from the second half of the 19th century. On Sunday, the door was open, so I sneaked in and discovered an interesting memorial plaque on the lobby wall. According to the plaque, this building was purchased in 1907 by the guild of Barbers and Hairdressers in Budapest (Budapesti Borbély és Fodrász Ipartestület). Interestingly, wigmakers were included a few years later. The guild used this building for its offices, as well as a warehouse and a meeting room. Between 1945 and 1949, the communist regime gradually dismantled the guilds in Hungary to gain full control over small businesses.

The guild’s premises were seized by the local branch of the Communist Party in 1945 or 1946, and in September 1946, they organized an exhibition on “The Birth and Death of Fascism” in this house. Csengery utca is a street full of treasures, and I have previously posted about Csengery utca 80.