Biographies - Hungarian Army

Biographies - Hungarian Army

(Magyar KirÃ¡ly HonvÃ©dsÃ©g)

Deak, Laszlo

Rank: Colonel

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Died: Executed, possibly on 4 or 5 Nov 1946 with Field Marshal Ferenc Szombathelyi and Josef Grassy.

Notes: Sentenced to death 1946 by a Yugoslav court for the mass murder of 5,000 Jews and Yugoslavs at Novi Sad (Ujvidek) in 1942 (possibly sentenced to death by hanging by the Vojvodina Supreme Court of Yugoslavia 31 Oct 1946 in proceedings regarding massacres in January 1942 at Novi Sad and Baka).

Feketehalmy-Czeydner or Fekethaimi Zeidner, Ferenc (Franz) Vitez (1890-1946)

Rank: General

Assignments: Commander of Hungarian 5th Army

Died: Subsequent fate unknown probably executed by the Yugoslavs in 1946 on 4 or 5 November 1946 with Field Marshal Ferenc Szombathelyi.

Notes: Sentenced to death 24 May 1946 by the Hungarian People's Court at Budapest for the mass murder of 5,000 Jews and Yugoslavs at Novi Sad (Ujvidek) in 1942; extradited to Yugoslavia; sentenced to death by hanging by the Vojvodina Supreme Court of Yugoslavia 31 October 1946 for massacres in January 1942 at Novi Sad and Baka.

Grassy, Josef (1894-1946)

Rank: SS-Gruppenfuehrer, Feldmarschalleutnant of Hungary

Assignments: Commander of 15th Hungarian Infantry Division Jan 1941-Oct 1943;
Chief of training detachment to Hungarian Embassy 1943-1944;
Commander of 25th SS Division "Hunyadi" Oct 1944-Mar 1945;
Commander of 26th SS Grenadier Division "Ungaria" Mar-May 1945

Died: Executed 5 November 1946 at Zsablyla, Yugoslavia

Notes: Imprisoned by German authorities Jan-Mar 1944 after Hungarian protests over cruelty to his Hungarian troops; injured in car accident 6 May 1945; captured by American troops and extradited to Hungary Nov 1945; tried by a Hungarian court in Budapest on 8 Jan 1946 and condemned to death for war crimes; extradited and convicted of war crimes by the Yugoslavs; sentenced to death by hanging.

Sombathely, Ferenc (1887-1946)

Rank: General

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Died: Execution at Novi Sad announced 4 Nov 1946.

Notes: Sentenced to death by a Yugoslav court for the murder of Red Army soldiers.

Zoldi, Dr. Marton

Rank: Gendarmerie Colonel

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Died: Subsequently executed, possibly on 4 or Nov 1946 with General Ferenc Szombathelyi and Josef Grassy.

Notes: Sentenced to death 1946 by a Yugoslav court for the mass murder of 5,000 Jews and Yugoslavs at Novi Sad (Ujvidek) in 1942 (possibly sentenced to death by hanging by the Vojvodina Supreme Court of Yugoslavia 31 Oct 1946 in proceedings regarding massacres in Jan 1942 at Novi Sad and Baka

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Researched by David Thompson

Deak, Laszlo
Rank:	Colonel
Assignments:
Died:	Executed, possibly on 4 or 5 Nov 1946 with Field Marshal Ferenc Szombathelyi and Josef Grassy.
Notes:	Sentenced to death 1946 by a Yugoslav court for the mass murder of 5,000 Jews and Yugoslavs at Novi Sad (Ujvidek) in 1942 (possibly sentenced to death by hanging by the Vojvodina Supreme Court of Yugoslavia 31 Oct 1946 in proceedings regarding massacres in January 1942 at Novi Sad and Baka).

Feketehalmy-Czeydner or Fekethaimi Zeidner, Ferenc (Franz) Vitez (1890-1946)
Rank:	General
Assignments:	Commander of Hungarian 5th Army
Died:	Subsequent fate unknown probably executed by the Yugoslavs in 1946 on 4 or 5 November 1946 with Field Marshal Ferenc Szombathelyi.
Notes:	Sentenced to death 24 May 1946 by the Hungarian People's Court at Budapest for the mass murder of 5,000 Jews and Yugoslavs at Novi Sad (Ujvidek) in 1942; extradited to Yugoslavia; sentenced to death by hanging by the Vojvodina Supreme Court of Yugoslavia 31 October 1946 for massacres in January 1942 at Novi Sad and Baka.

Grassy, Josef (1894-1946)
Rank:	SS-Gruppenfuehrer, Feldmarschalleutnant of Hungary
Assignments:	Commander of 15th Hungarian Infantry Division Jan 1941-Oct 1943; Chief of training detachment to Hungarian Embassy 1943-1944; Commander of 25th SS Division "Hunyadi" Oct 1944-Mar 1945; Commander of 26th SS Grenadier Division "Ungaria" Mar-May 1945
Died:	Executed 5 November 1946 at Zsablyla, Yugoslavia
Notes:	Imprisoned by German authorities Jan-Mar 1944 after Hungarian protests over cruelty to his Hungarian troops; injured in car accident 6 May 1945; captured by American troops and extradited to Hungary Nov 1945; tried by a Hungarian court in Budapest on 8 Jan 1946 and condemned to death for war crimes; extradited and convicted of war crimes by the Yugoslavs; sentenced to death by hanging.

Sombathely, Ferenc (1887-1946)
Rank:	General
Assignments:
Died:	Execution at Novi Sad announced 4 Nov 1946.
Notes:	Sentenced to death by a Yugoslav court for the murder of Red Army soldiers.

Zoldi, Dr. Marton
Rank:	Gendarmerie Colonel
Assignments:
Died:	Subsequently executed, possibly on 4 or Nov 1946 with General Ferenc Szombathelyi and Josef Grassy.
Notes:	Sentenced to death 1946 by a Yugoslav court for the mass murder of 5,000 Jews and Yugoslavs at Novi Sad (Ujvidek) in 1942 (possibly sentenced to death by hanging by the Vojvodina Supreme Court of Yugoslavia 31 Oct 1946 in proceedings regarding massacres in Jan 1942 at Novi Sad and Baka