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guidance. Was close collaborator and confidant of Interior Minister Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer. He resigned from his post the day the Germans occupied Hungary, then was forced into hiding. In 1945 he was division head at the Interior Ministry for two months, then was retired. He was in internal deportation from 1951 to 1954. Worked as a physical labourer in a shoe factory, later became its bookkeeper. (55) Balo, Zoltan (1883-1966): colonel. posthumously brigadier-general. From September 24, 1939 on he was head of the DM's 21. division, care-giver to the Polish, French, Dutch, etc. refugees who sought asylum in Hungary. Supported the secret resistance movement among the Polish military refugees; the evacuation. Therefore he was removed from his post upon German demand and was retired. In 1950, his pension was terminated and he was obliged to do physical labour. In l991, he was promoted to brigadier-general. (56) Utassy, Lorand (1897-1974): general, economist, professional officer, military diplomat. Military attache at the League of Nations 1936; at the London, Washington, and Mexico Legations 1937-42. From 1943 head of the 21. division of the DM; he played a significant role in the care of refugees, in organizing the defense of theit rights during the German occupation. He was arrested on October 16, 1944 and was tried. In 1945, he participated in the reorganization of the Hungarian army and was promoted to brigadier-general but was removed from the army in 1948. He made his living as an economist. In 1992, he was posthumously promoted to colonel-general. (57)- Antall, Jozsef's memoirs: Menekultek Menedeke. A Hungarian humanist in the 20th century, Budapest, 1996. (58) Kapronczay, Karoly: Op.Cit. (1/15) (59) National Archives. K.150. IM. IX.Division. 4023 bundle. (60) The Association of Hungarian-Polish Societies joined into one federation all the assocations and societies that functioned in Hungary; Hungarian Society of Mickiewicz (1923); Association of Polish Legionnaires (1924); National Hungarian-Polish Federation of University Students (1933); National Association of Hungarian-Polish Scouts (1933) etc. Its president was count Karoly Szechenyi, president of the Union of the Hungarian Sugar Industry. In 1940 he transferred his post to count Ivan Csekonics, ex-minister to Warsaw. (61) Mational Archives. K.150. IM.150. 4023 bundle. (62) National Archives. K.64. documents of the Hungarian chapter of the Polish Red Cross (1939-44). 1. bundle. (63) Ibid. (64) Antall, Jozsef: Op.Cit. (57) (65) Archives of Military History. DM. Memoirs of Balo Zoltan. (66) Salamon-Racz, Tamas (1911-): mechanical engineer, deputy minister. From 1939 on secretary of the Association of Hungarian-Polish Societies, then of the Hungarian-Polish Committee for Refugees. Collaborating with the military and civilian authorities he participated in the evacuation. Upon demand of the Germans he was arrested on March 5, 1941 and sentenced to seven months in prison. On October 19, 1942 the government in London bestowed on him its "medal of Merit for Service, with golden swords". After 1945 he became deputy minister of industry; later he functioned in various places as chief engineer. He retired in 1979. 56
(67) Kapronczay, Karoly: Op.Cit (1/15) (68) Op.Cit. (1/2) (69) Wilhelmstrasse es Magyarorszag. German diplomatic documents on Hungary 1933-44, Budapest, 1968; doc. #245. (70)Ibid. (71) Archives of Military History. DN.pres. October 2, 1939. (72) Ibid. DM.pres. XXI. Field reports. 57
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents
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SYNOPSIS Hungary is situated at the
Page 5 and 6: into the economic life and workforc
Page 7 and 8: the most important ones. Aside from
Page 9 and 10: instance, they were almost wholly d
Page 11 and 12: their defeat, the Hungarian authori
Page 13 and 14: Moscow and of their environs were p
Page 15 and 16: N O T E S (1) a. Pal Engel: Beilles
Page 17 and 18: estates also brought with it the in
Page 19 and 20: II their remnants were settled near
Page 21 and 22: needed the approval of Germany whic
Page 23 and 24: THE LAST HOURS OF PEACE After Czech
Page 25 and 26: Hungarian prime minister will have
Page 27 and 28: ecame enervated by the scorching su
Page 29 and 30: seashore, Pomerania, Silesia, Mazov
Page 31 and 32: the Chief Province with Hans Frank
Page 33 and 34: The Polish Government and the Reorg
Page 35 and 36: disparate forces into his organizat
Page 37 and 38: The Hungarian government and the Po
Page 39 and 40: The standpoint of the Hungarian gov
Page 41 and 42: with a request of this nature. On S
Page 43 and 44: corps. Thus, a senior officer or an
Page 45 and 46: have become so successful without o
Page 47 and 48: asked for a central camp in Baja so
Page 49 and 50: of the Polish armed forces that ent
Page 51 and 52: (13) Ibid (14) Kapronczay, Karoly:
Page 53 and 54: From 1932-39 editor of the "Przegla
Page 55: Ministers. (42) Kapronczay, Karoly:
Page 59 and 60: had an important role in initiating
Page 61 and 62: and newspaper editor of Katowice, b
Page 63 and 64: The Polish Government's Secret Mili
Page 65 and 66: efugees, eliminating, for instance,
Page 67 and 68: Polish Military Institutions in the
Page 69 and 70: Consulate the needed papers and boa
Page 71 and 72: the German conquest of France. Duri
Page 73 and 74: In determining the number, we must
Page 75 and 76: operations of an illegal print shop
Page 77 and 78: arrested after the German occupatio
Page 79 and 80: The evacuation office was in contac
Page 81 and 82: NOTES (1) a. Kapronczay, Karoly: Le
Page 83 and 84: (17) Rev. Bela Varga's interview on
Page 85 and 86: SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE POLISH REFUGE
Page 87 and 88: case. Thus, assistance to the civil
Page 89 and 90: Cross.*7 The Polish organizations i
Page 91 and 92: THE RED CROSS AND THE REFUGEES In m
Page 93 and 94: Yugoslavia, England, Switzerland),
Page 95 and 96: NOTES (1) National Archives, K.150.
Page 97 and 98: E D U C A T I O N Children and scho
Page 99 and 100: German protests. What prompted thes
Page 101 and 102: General or Elementary Schools The g
Page 103 and 104: school opened the 1941/1942 school
Page 105 and 106: Polish Jewish Schools Within the pr
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High Schools As mentioned earlier,
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56 students). However, there were g
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The aim of their training was to pr
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lack of knowledge of the Hungarian
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THE INDEPENDENT POLISH HEALTH-CARE
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Academy (university)*4. Already at
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altered living conditions perturbed
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AFTER THE GERMAN OCCUPATION The occ
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Noga, Zygmund Pogoda, and Ignacy Bo
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arrests either: together with Fathe
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Fietowicz, Borowko shunned publicit
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and its resistance movements are de
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the military authorities and place
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invaluable. Its primary goals were
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Command of the Polish Refugee Camps
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Going Home - Spring 1945 The bigges
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Hegyko where the refugees received
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N O T E S (1) Lengyel Menekultek Ma
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Hungarian Aristocracy and the Refug
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them, to look after the refugees, m
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The Polish Catholic Church in Hunga
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ostentatiously participated in thes
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N O T E S ( 1) Gergely, Jeno: A Pus
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egions, their losses were 169,008 J
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the Jews they wanted, their rescue
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them, thus perfecting the "document
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of Pastor Sandor Puszta, the famous
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who are, maybe, their own employees
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about 164,000 Jews from the capital
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exist on the help that was offered.
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N O T E S ( 1) Gilbert, Marti: Atla
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arrested, shot, and dumped into the
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German power into new territories f
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military authorities placed the Fre
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temporary camp at Komarom where the
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the camp at Balatonboglar; at that
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guards but their activity was more
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esistance. In May they tried to fin
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As a result of the German occupatio
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Les Evades, Paris, 1979; 3.- Pflege
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and whom the 2. Division of the Gen
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January, 1944 the prisoners and int
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opposed and in the end forbade the
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Memoirs: "Col. Howie worked out the
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needs upon the express request of t
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(29) Ibid; documents of the DM's 21
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German troops. In retaliation, the
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Lt. Van der Waals was sent to the P
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of smugglers but only one escapee,
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in Austria. By profession he was a
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N O T E S ( 1) a. Ranki, Gyorgy: A
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The DM telegraphed the army command
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Somloszollos were already being org
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"At 10.40 AM of October 1st of this
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small to house them all, so the win
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The political differences among the
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transports were sent out from Daka;
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SERB AND RUSSIAN REFUGEES The Serb
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and financial assistance. Of partic
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prisoner-of-war camps returned to t
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were executed when they were shippe
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EXCERPTS FROM "MY RECOLLECTIONS OF
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the Polish Military Internees. He w
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as if they were in jail. The comman
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soldiers for their planned Ukrainia
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Colonel JAN EMISARSKI Military Atta
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Budapest of impotence; I replied th
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Society, by helping the civilian re
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POLISH LEGATION BUDAPEST To overcom
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The Honor Roll We are deeply ingrat
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Mr. & Mrs. Frank Mayer KMCSSZ V. Ke
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