Former Hungarian Ministers Beaten Up
(Rec. 2.15 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 20. A Hungariaa crowd attacked and attempted to lynch the ex-Ministers Endre and Saky while they were ,on their way to court under police escort for continuation of their trial as war criminals, says Reuter’s Budapest correspondent. The men took refuge in a nearby theatre but both were beaten up before a police car came to the rescue.
The crowd also beat up a passer-by who objected to an attack against the prisoners.
The ex-Ministers are charged with the responsibility for deportation ot 790,000 Hungarian Jews.
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Northern Advocate, 21 December 1945, Page 5
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