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Prominent Jewish Socialists Arrested in Hungary; Jewish Community Head Flees to Austria

August 2, 1950
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The arrest in Hungary of several prominent Jewish members of the Hungarian Socialist Party was reported here today from Budapest. Those arrested include Dr. Ladislas Farago, former member of the Hungarian parliament; Dr. Emeric Gyoerky, another ex-member of Hungary’s parliament who was also the legal adviser of the Socialist Party; Dr. Joseph Buechler, who at one time bald the post of vice-president of the Bank of Hungary; and Armin Ladanyi, former president of the Budapest Bar Association.

The same report stated that Odoen Antil, president of the Jewish community of Kapsovar and leading member of the Independent Smallholders and Citizens Party, fled to Austria. Dr. Istvan Ries, leading Communist in Hungary and former Minister of Justice–who is of Jewish origin–is reported among those arrested in the Budapest purge.

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