Ferenc Szálasi was a Hungarian military officer, politician, Nazi sympathizer and founder of the far-right fascist Arrow Cross Party who headed the government of Hungary during the country's occupatio
Szálasi in 1944
Szálasi on vacation in Germany, 1940.
Ferenc Szálasi in Budapest, October 1944.
The Government of National Unity headed by Ferenc Szálasi (sitting in the center).
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
Ferenc Szálasi
…Ferenc Szálasi (6 January 1897 – 12 March 1946) was a Hungarian military officer, politician, Nazi sympathizer and founder of the far-right fascist Arrow Cross Party who headed the government of Hungary during the country's occupation by Nazi Germany in the final stages of World War II. Szálasi served with distinction…
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.