László Baky
László Baky | |
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Born | Nazi politician | 13 September 1898
Political party | Hungarian National Socialist Party |
László Baky (13 September 1898 – 29 March 1946) was a leading member of the
A military academy graduate, he came to prominence in
After the Nazi invasion and occupation of Hungary in March 1944, Baky was elevated to state secretary in the Ministry of the Interior, under
Baky was removed from his positions during the summer of 1944 and was then arrested after conspiring, unsuccessfully, to lead a coup against Miklós Horthy, who also ordered Edmund Veesenmayer to stop the deportation of Jews.[5] However Baky would return to prominence that October after Szálasi and the Arrow Cross were put in power by the Germans.[1] Under the Arrow Cross he continued his labors in deportation and mass murder. He fled the country in 1945 but was arrested in Austria and returned to Budapest.[1] In early 1946 Baky, Endre and Jaross were all tried, found guilty of crimes against the state and sentenced to death.[1] Baky was hanged by the Austro-Hungarian pole method on 29 March 1946.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Philip Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890, Simon & Schuster, 1990, p. 20
- ^ letter from László Baky to Minister of the Interior, quoted in Levái, Jenö, Eichmann in Hungary: Documents, (New York; Howard Fertig, 1987), p. 72
- ^ David Cesarani, Eichmann: His Life and Crimes, Vintage Books, 2005, p. 167
- ^ Cesarani, Eichmann, p. 168
- ^ Cesarani, Eichmann, p. 183
- ^ "1946: Laszlo Baky and Laszlo Endre, Hungarian Holocaust authors". /www.executedtoday.com. March 29, 2012.