András Kun

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Catholic priest who committed mass murder (1911-1945)

Lived 1911 to 1945 · aged 33

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M. was a Roman Catholic priest of the Franciscan Order. During the Holocaust in Hungary, Kun was also the commander of an antisemitic death squad for the Arrow Cross Party. After the Second World War, Kun was prosecuted for war crimes by a Hungarian People's Tribunal after Hungary's occupation by Soviet armies.

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András Kun (on the left) being charged with participation in the Holocaust and war crimes before the People's Court; on the right is Gábor Péter, 1945

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András Kun, O.F.M. was a Roman Catholic priest of the Franciscan Order. During the Holocaust in Hungary, Kun was also the commander of an antisemitic death squad for the Arrow Cross Party. After the Second World War, Kun was prosecuted for war crimes by a Hungarian People's Tribunal after Hungary's occupation by Soviet armies. He was convicted and hanged.

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Lived 1911 to 1945 · aged 33

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