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The Hungarian Front (Magyar Front) was a resistance movement from when the country was under german control (1944 March 19 - 1945 April 4). It was an underground movement consisting of parties, religious organisations, and anti-fascist organisations. It was later replaced by the Magyar Nemzeti Függetlenségi Front (Hungarian National Independence Front), then the Magyar Függetlenségi Népfront (Hungarian People's Front of Independence) and finally the Hazafias Népfront (Patriotic People's Front).
The Front was mainly composed of social democrats, liberals, agrarian socialists, communists and legitimists which were all parties in exile. They have also launched successful anti-german propaganda campaigns, and tried to get reinforcement from abroad.
It formed the Liberation Council of Hungarian National Uprising and the Freedomfront of Hungarian Students (Magyar Diákok Szabadságfrontja) joined afterwards. In the December of 1944 its two leaders Kiss János and Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Endre were executed by the Nemzeti Számonkérés Szervezete and hundreds of others were also captured.
History
[edit]In the May of 1944 it was created from the coalition of multiple opposition parties. Socialists, Conservatives and Liberals have joined forces (and later an agrarian party). Its central body was the Intéző Bizottság, consisting of delegates from each party. It's president was Szakasits Árpád and it's governing members were Rajk László (from the Peace party, Kállai Gyula (Peace party), Dessewffy Gyula (FKgP), Tildy Zoltán (FKgP), Kovács Imre (National Peasant's party), Pallavicini György (legitimist), Pálffy József (on behalf of the Catholic organisations), Kenessey Pongrác (on behalf of the protestant organisations).
The Hungarian Front's aim was to withdraw from the Axis Powers (since the government was Fascist ally out of desperation) and exit attempts (kiugrási kísérlet) were made, often organising small armed forces.
The organisation's founding document was made by Rajk László, which was signed in 1944 October the 10th.
See Also
[edit]- Anti-fasism and anti-nazi resistance
- German invasion of Hungary
- Hungary in World War II
- László Rajk and Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky
Sources
[edit]- "Magyar Front". Kislexikon. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
- Munkásmozgalom-történeti lexikon. Szerkesztette Vass Henrik – Bassa Endre – Kabos Ernő. Budapest: Kossuth Könyvkiadó. 1976. 362. o. ISBN 963 09 0412 8