Hungarian fascist politician, executed for war crimes (1897-1946)
Hungarian military officer who founded the Arrow Cross Party and led a Nazi puppet government for 163 days in 1944–45, during which his militias murdered tens of thousands of Jews and deported hundreds of thousands more to death camps.
Szálasi served with distinction as an Austro-Hungarian officer in World War I, then became a staff officer in the restored Kingdom of Hungary under Regent Horthy in 1925. Initially apolitical, he turned to ultranationalist ideology in the early 1930s and founded the Hungarian National Socialist Party in 1937 after leaving the military. His virulent nationalism and antisemitism drew support but also led to imprisonment in 1938; while jailed, he was proclaimed leader of the Arrow Cross Party, which became one of Hungary's most powerful political forces. After Germany occupied Hungary in March 19…
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