ATTEMPTED LYNCHING
HUNGARIAN WAR CRIMINALS LONDON, December 21. An Hungarian crowd attacked, and attempted to lynch, two former Ministers, Endre and Saky, while they were on their way to the court,.under police escort, for the continuation of their trial as war criminals, says Reuter's Budapest correspondent. Th» men took refuge in a nearby theatre, but both were attacked before a police car came to their rescue. The crowd also attacked a passer-by who objected to the attack against the prisoners. The ex-Ministers are charged with responsibility for the deportation of 700,000 Hungarian Jews.
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Evening Star, Issue 25673, 22 December 1945, Page 5
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93ATTEMPTED LYNCHING Evening Star, Issue 25673, 22 December 1945, Page 5
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