The Arrow Cross Party was a far-right Hungarian ultranationalist party led by Ferenc Szálasi, which formed a government in Hungary they named the Government of National Unity. They were in power from 15 October 1944 to 28 March 1945. During its short rule, ten to fifteen thousand civilians were murdered outright, including many Jews and Romani, and 80,000 people were deported from Hungary to concentration camps in Austria. After the war, Szálasi and other Arrow Cross leaders were tried as war criminals by Hungarian courts.
Ministers of the Arrow Cross Party government. Ferenc Szálasi is in the middle of the front row.
World War II propaganda poster for the party – the text reads "Despite it all..!"
Jewish victims of Arrow Cross men in the court of the Dohány Street Synagogue
The "Shoes on the Danube Bank" memorial in Budapest, conceived by film director Can Togay with sculptor Gyula Pauer [hu] to honor those Jews who were murdered by fascist Arrow Cross militiamen in Budapest during World War II.
Hungarian nationalism developed in the late 18th century and early 19th century along the classic lines of scholarly interest leading to political nationalism and mass participation. In the 1790s, Hungarian nobles pushed for the adoption of Hungarian as the official language rather than Latin.
Hungarian Parliament Building.
![The "Shoes on the Danube Bank" memorial in Budapest, conceived by film director Can Togay with sculptor Gyula Pauer [hu] to honor those Jews who were](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Hungary-0042_-_Shoes_on_the_Danube_-_my_thoughts...._%287263567112%29.jpg/640px-Hungary-0042_-_Shoes_on_the_Danube_-_my_thoughts...._%287263567112%29.jpg)
