Ferenc Rajniss: Difference between revisions

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| name = Ferenc Rajniss

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| caption = Ministers of the Arrow Cross Party government. Ferenc Rajniss is in the first from left of the upper row.

| birth_name = Ferenc Rheinisch

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1893|7|24}}

| birth_place = [[Bardejov|Bártfa]], [[Sáros County]], [[Austria-Hungary]]

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1946|3|12|1893|7|24}}

| death_place = [[Budapest, Hungary]]

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| death_cause = [[Execution by firing = Executedsquad]]

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| nationality citizenship = [[Hungary|Hungarian]]

| ethnicity other_names = [[Swabian German]]

| citizenshipknown_for = Politician =and [[HungaryNazism|HungarianNazi]] collaborator

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| motive alma_mater = Nazism

| known_for employer = Politician and [[Nazism|Nazi]] collaborator

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| alma_mater occupation = Journalist

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| occupationtitle = Minister =of JournalistEducation

| years_activeterm = 1944–1945

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| title spouse = Minister of Education

| term partner = 1944–1945

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Born in [[Bardejov|Bártfa]] (at the time part of, [[Austria–HungaryAustria-Hungary]] but (now in[[Bardejov]], [[Slovakia]]) to a [[SwabianCarpathian GermanGermans|Zipser]] family, Rajniss's surname initially reflected his German origins before he changed it to a Hungarian version. As a journalist Rajniss belonged to the [[Hungarian National Defence Association|Szeged fascist]] camp and was a supporter of [[Gyula Gömbös]].<ref name="Rees">[[Philip Rees]], ''[[Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890]]'', 1990, p. 313</ref> He founded his own weekly paper, ''Magyar Futár'', in support of this movement and it soon became notorious for its [[anti-Semitism]].<ref>Tim Cole, ''Holocaust City'', 2003, p. 131</ref> Before long he had secured funding from Nazi Germany for his political endeavours and this was to be one of his two main sourcesources of income, the other being acting as a 'toy boy' to a number of wealthy old women.<ref name="Rees"/>

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 formedwas hisone ownof politicalthe party,leaders of the pro-Szálasi "Nemzeti SzovetsegSzövetség" (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 BeregffyBeregfy]] 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 thehis fallresignation ofon Szálasi in7 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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