Hungarian soldiers prepare to execute Bela Imredy, the former Prime Minister in the Sztojay government.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 12820

Overview

Caption: Hungarian soldiers prepare to execute Bela Imredy, the former Prime Minister in the Sztojay government.

The second trial of a former Hungarian government official to be undertaken by the People's Tribunal in Budapest, the trial of former Prime Minister Bela Imredy began on November 14, 1945 in the Budapest Academy of Music and lasted until November 23, 1945. Imredy was charged with responsibility for enacting Hungary's anti-Jewish legislation in 1938 and 1939, as well as with cooperating with the Third Reich, crimes for which he was found convicted and executed on February 28, 1946.
Date: 1946 February 28
Locale: Budapest, [Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun] Hungary
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Herbert C. Kaplan

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Herbert C. Kaplan

Source Record ID: Collections: 1992.79

Keyword: COLLABORATORS EXECUTIONS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HUNGARIANS IMREDY, BELA SOLDIERS/MILITARY (HUNGARIAN) SPECTATORS/AUDIENCES/BYSTANDERS WAR CRIMINALS/TRIALS
Photo Designation: PURSUIT OF JUSTICE -- Collaborators' Trials/Punishment -- Hungary