Kállay Miklós

Identifier
000202
Type of Entity
Person

Dates of Existence

23/01/1887

14/01/1967

History

Hungarian politician. Prime Minister of Hungary between March 9, 1942 and March 22, 1944. Kállay unsuccessfully attempted to extricate Hungary from the German alliance. After the German occupation of Hungary in March, 1944 he was forced into hiding, subsequently taken prisoner, being held at the concentration camp of Dachau and, later, Mauthausen.

Places

  • Nyíregyháza, Hungary

  • New York, United States