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  1. Sándor Török

    Hungarian writer and Jewish Council member. After the German occupation of Hungary he was appointed the Christian member of the Jewish Council. In July 1944 he became one of the leaders of the Interim Executive Board of the Association of Christian Jews in Hungary. After the Arrow Cross takeover he went into hiding. He survived the world war.

  2. Gábor Faragho

    Hungarian army general. After the German occupation of Hungary as gendarmerie superintendent he played a key role in the deportation of Hungarian Jews. In September 1944 he became the head of the cease-fire delegation in Moscow and he signed the preliminary cease-fire conditions on October 11. After the Arrow Cross takeover he was stripped of his rank. After the war he served as minister of public welfare in the post-war democratic government of 1944–1945.

  3. Lajos Csatay

    Hungarian army officer. He was the minister of defence in Kállay- and Sztójay-government from June 1943 to 15 October 1944. After the Arrow Cross takeover he was arrested. He and his wife committed suicide in prison.

  4. Andor Jaross

    Hungarian politician. After the German occupation of Hungary he was appointed the minister of the interior. He was one of the key figures responsible for the ghettoization and deportation of the Hungarian Jews. During Szálasi’s rule he was copresident of the parliamentary group supporting the Arrow Cross regime. The people’s court sentenced him to death and in 1946 he was executed.

  5. Lajos Stöckler

    Hungarian industrialist. From July 1944 he became the member of the Jewish Council in Budapest. After the Arrow Cross takeover he was the head of the Jewish Council and he played dominant role in organizing food supplies and providing protection for ghetto residents. After the war he became president of the Pest Israelite Congregation and in 1950 he was appointed head of the National Representation of Hungarian Israelites. In 1956 he emigrated to Australia.

  6. Jusztinián Serédi

    Archbishop of Esztergom and head of the Hungarian Catholic Church from 1927 until his death. As a member of Upper House he supported and voted in favour of the First and Second “Jewish Laws” in 1938 and 1939, but he rejected the Third “Jewish Law” in 1941. In 1944 he intervened with representatives of the government, primarily on behalf of Jews converted to Christianity.

  7. László Ravasz

    Hungarian Calvinist bishop. As a member of Upper House he supported and voted in favour of the First and Second “Jewish Laws” in 1938 and 1939, but he rejected the Third “Jewish Law” in 1941. In 1944 he faced with the reality of the Holocaust and he tried to do against physical destruction of Hungarian Jews. He took part in church-operated rescue efforts, primarily assisting Jews converted to Christianity.

  8. Zoltán Bosnyák

    Hungarian journalist and race-protectionist ideologist. From 1943 he headed the Hungarian Institute for Research of the Jewish Question. In 1944 he was the editor in chief of Harc (Struggle). The people’s court sentenced him to death and he was executed in 1952.

  9. 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.”

  10. Mihály Kolosváry-Borcsa

    Hungarian journalist and extreme right-wing ideologist. He was the editor in chief of Függetlenség (extreme right-wing newspaper) from 1937 to 1945. In 1938 he was appointed to chief press officer of the Imrédy government. From 1939 until December 1944 he worked as president of the National Hungarian Press Chamber. In 1946 the people’s court sentenced him to death and he was executed.

  11. Ministerstvo hospodářství a práce

    • Ministry of Economy and Work
    • Ministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

  12. Ministerstvo zemědělství

    • Ministry of Agriculture

  14. Ministerstvo sociální a zdravotní správy

    • Ministry of Social and Health administration

  15. Sippenamt

    Office in the German Ministry of Interior and responsible for racial declarations "Ariernachweis". Opened branches in Vienna, Luxembourg and Prague.

  17. Úřad policejního prezidenta Praha

    • Amt des Polizeipräsidenten Prag
    • Office of the Prague police president

  18. Policejní ředitelství Praha

    • Polizeipräsidium Prag
    • Prague Police Headquarters

  19. Ministerstvo průmyslu, obchodu a živností, Praha

    • Ministry of Industry, Trade and Crafts
    • Ministerium für Industrie, Handel und Gewerbe

  20. Instytut Pamięci Narodowej

    • IPN
    • Institute of National Remembrance

    In 1991, Poland’s new democratic government transformed the Główna Komisja Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich w Polsce into the Główna Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu (Main Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes Against the Polish Nation), which is part of the Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (Institute of National Remembrance).