The Monument was set in 1889. in memory of the guiltless victims of the occurrences on 1st February, 1849. during the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence .

The monument can be seen in the Uptown Cementery.The memorial coloumn of the victims executed in autumn 1944 stands next to it. Names of the victims are listed on the copperplate placed into the underside of the coloumn. The memorial coloumn was upreared in 1994.