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{{Short description|Hungarian journalist and politician}}
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Rajniss launched a second paper, ''Esti Ujság'', which he continued to edit until 1944 and which offered a pro-Nazi agenda.<ref name="Rees"/> He became a trusted ally of the Nazis and specifically collaborated closely with the [[RSHA]].<ref name="Rees"/> By this time Rajniss had again switched his support, this time to [[Ferenc Szálasi]] (although he never sympathized with Szálasi's ideology and considered the retired army officer as a "fanatic" and "finicking") and in 1944 he was one of the leaders of the "Nemzeti Szövetség" (National Federation) parliamentary group, which contained about 200 members of Parliament committed to continuing the war on the side of the Nazis.<ref>[http://www.hungarian-history.hu/lib/baross/baross09.htm Hungary and Hitler]</ref> Rajniss played a leading role in Szálasi's rise to power and was appointed part of the three-man governing council with which the Germans replaced [[Miklós Horthy]] in 1944, alongside [[Károly Beregfy]] and Sándor Csia.<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Hungary.htm Hungary]</ref> He was also appointed Minister of Religion and Education in the new government, a position he held until his resignation on 7 March 1945, following emerging tensions between Szálasi and him.<ref name="Rees"/>
Arrested after the collapse of the government he was judged as a leading figure in [[collaborationism]] and was executed by firing squad in [[Budapest]].<ref name="Rees"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |url=https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1049323 |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=collections.ushmm.org}}</ref>
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[[Category:1946 deaths]]
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[[Category:Unity Party (Hungary) politicians]]
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