A controversial museum exhibit depicting a wartime Hungarian leader was closed down. The criticism of “Soldiers of Horthy — Arrow Cross People of Szalasi,” which depicts fascist wartime leader Ferenc Szalasi and his followers as heroes, closed April 19 after private collectors withdrew items on loan for the exhibit, according to the publication Magyar Hirlap.
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