András Kun

Identifier
000583
Dates
1911-1945
Type of Entity
Person

History

Hungarian priest and Minorite friar. After the German occupation of Hungary he joined the Arrow Cross Party and on 16 October 1944 he contributed to the Arrow Cross takeover by distributing weapons in Városmajor. He joined the 12th district party organization as an Arrow Cross member and a friar, and played a dominant role in the crimes, atrocities and murders against the Jews in Budapest. In 1945 the people’s court sentenced him to death and he was executed.