Arrow Cross Party

Arrow Cross Party – Hungarist Movement
Nyilaskeresztes Párt – Hungarista Mozgalom
LeaderFerenc Szálasi[1]
Founded15 March 1939; 85 years ago (15 March 1939)
Dissolved7 May 1945; 79 years ago (7 May 1945)
Preceded byNSZMP – HM [hu][2]
HeadquartersAndrássy út 60, Budapest
MembershipSteady 300,000 (1939 est.)[3]
Ideology
Political positionFar-right[9]
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Political allianceHungarian National Socialist Party (until 1941)[10]
Colours  Red   White   Green
Anthem"Ébredj Magyar!"[11]
(lit. 'Wake up Hungarian!')
Most MPs in
the Diet (1939)
29 / 260
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The Arrow Cross Party (Hungarian: Nyilaskeresztes Párt – Hungarista Mozgalom, lit. 'Arrow Cross Party – Hungarist Movement', abbreviated NYKP) 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,[12][13] and 80,000 people were deported from Hungary to concentration camps in Austria.[14] After the war, Szálasi and other Arrow Cross leaders were tried as war criminals by Hungarian courts.

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  2. ^ Három hónapja nem fizetnek házbért az Andrássy úti nyilasok, 1938. augusztus, huszadikszazad.hu
  3. ^ "Ungváry Krisztián: A politikai erjedés – az 1939-es választások Magyarországon". Archived from the original on 2002-11-30. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
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  5. ^ PAYNE, Stanley: A History of Fascism, 1914-1945. 1995. p.272.
  6. ^ Weiss, John (1967). The Fascist Tradition: Radical right-wing extremism in modern Europe. New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row. pp. 88-89. ISBN 0060469951.
  7. ^ Mann, Michael (2004). Fascists. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 253-255. ISBN 0521538556.
  8. ^ Herczl, Moshe Y. (1993). Christianity and the Holocaust of Hungarian Jewry. NYU Press. pp. 67, 70, 233. ISBN 0814773206 – via Google Books. A considerable portion of the media in Hungary described the swastika as a symbol of the forces defending European Christian culture, struggling bravely against the danger of Red expansion from the east and against the Bolshevik-Jewish Weltanschauung. It served as a source of inspiration for the various cross movements, including the Arrow-Cross party.
  9. ^ Moshe Y. Herczl (1993). Christianity and the Holocaust of Hungarian Jewry. NYU Press. pp. 67, 70, 233. ISBN 0814773206 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Stanley G. Payne (2001). A History of Fascism 1914-1945. London, Routledge. pp. 273-274, 415-416.
  11. ^ "Ébredj Magyar - Hungarista Induló". YouTube. 2021-01-10. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  12. ^ Patai, Raphael (1996). The Jews of Hungary: History, Culture, Psychology. 590: Wayne State University Press. p. 730. ISBN 0-8143-2561-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  13. ^ Historical Dictionary of the Holocaust, Jack R. Fischel, Scarecrow Press, 17 Jul 2010, pg106
  14. ^ Johnston, Chris (2006-02-16). "War Crime Suspect Admits to his Leading Fascist Role". The Age. Archived from the original on 17 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-19.


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