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Szálasi, Ferenc (1897-1946) |
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Hungarian fascist politician, originally a professional army officer. He served in staff positions from 1925, for instance in the intelligence department of the Defence Ministry. He took retirement in 1935 and began to organize extreme right-wing, racist parties. He was condemned and imprisoned several times on charges of subversive activity. As leader of the Arrow-Cross Party-Hungarist Movement, he staged a coup with the help of German occupation forces, on the day after Governor Miklós Horthy had attempted on October 15, 1944 to take Hungary out of the war, and obliged Horthy to appoint him prime minister. In 1945, he was taken captive by the Americans. He was tried for war crimes before the people's court in Budapest, condemned and executed in 1946.
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