The great Hungarian scientist and traveler, Ármin Vámbéry spent his childhood here. His adventurous life would provide enough material for several romantic, action-packed feature films. A bronze bust of the extraordinarily talented scholar was dedicated in 2001 on Vámbéry Square located in the town center.

In October of 1991, a memorial was dedicated in Dunaszerdahely to honor the Jewish community that had once lived here. The memorial depicts a torso in the sheet of stone breaking the tables of the Ten Commandments and burning them, underneath, we can see the footprints of the victims.

Károly Pleyer, the hotelier owner of the several story building previously functioning as a cafe and hotel, sold it to city leadership 1901. It was reconstructed several times throughout the decades. The most notable of these was in 1995 when the city facade was renovated according to Imre Makovecz and a tower was added above the entrance.