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Language of Description: English
Authority Type: Person

  17. Gustav Simon

    Nazi Gauleiter in the Moselland Gau from 1940 until 1944 and Chief of the Civil Administration in Luxembourg, which was occupied at that time by Nazi Germany.

  18. András Kun

    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.

  19. Gábor Vajna

    Hungarian politician. From 1939 he was the member of parliament representing the Arrow Cross Party. After the Arrow Cross takeover he was appointed the Minister of Interior. In 1946 the people’s court sentenced him to death and he was executed.

  20. István Antal

    Hungarian lawyer and politician. From 1938 to 1942 he served as state secretary of the Ministry of Justice. In Kállay-government he worked as Minister without portfolio of National Defence and Propaganda. After the German occupation of Hungary Sztójay appointed him Minister of Justice and Minister of Religion and Education. He actively participated in the creating and introduction of new anti-Jewish laws. In 1946 the people’s court sentenced him to death, but he was acquitted. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was set free in 1960.