Domonkos, Miksa (1890 - 1954)

Engineer, head of the Central Jewish Council’s Technical Department from April 1944, head of the Ghetto Police and one of the leaders of the “large” ghetto in Budapest during the Arrow Cross era. Domonkos was a World War I veteran and captain of the Hungarian army in the interwar period. Between 1945 and 1950 he became chief secretary (főtitkár) of the Pest Israelite Congregation. In 1953 he was arrested by the communist regime on fabricated charges. Although he was released at the end of 1953 he died within months as a result of the torture he endured in prison.