Vilmos Nagybaczoni Nagy

Hungarian army general. In September 1942 he was appointed the minister of defence in Kállay-government. In this position he tried to abolish the brutal treatment of labour servicemen and made no attempt to satisfy the Germans’ military demands. In June 1943 he was dismissed by Prime Minister Miklós Kállay. After the Arrow Cross takeover he was arrested. In 1965 Yad Vashem awarded him the title “Righteous among the Nations.”