Miklós Horthy, Jr.
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Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya II (in Hungarian, Horthy Miklós; February 14, 1907 – March 28, 1993) was the younger son of Hungarian regent Admiral Miklós Horthy and, until the end of World War II, a politician.
[edit] Biography
In his youth Miklós Horthy Jr. and his older brother István were active members of a Catholic Scout troop of the Hungarian Scout Association (Magyar Cserkészszövetség), although he was a Protestant.[1]
For a time, Miklos Jr. was the Hungarian Minister to Brazil.
After the death of István in 1942, Miklós Jr. became more powerful in his father's government and supported his efforts to end the involvement of the Kingdom of Hungary with the Axis Powers. However, on October 15, 1944 the Germans launched Operation Panzerfaust (also known as Operation Mickey Mouse). As part of this operation, Miklós Jr. was kidnapped by German commandos (led by Otto Skorzeny) and threatened with death unless his father surrendered. His father complied and both he and Miklós Jr. survived the war.
While his father was placed under house arrest in Bavaria, Miklos Jr. was sent to the Dachau concentration camp. In late April 1945, Miklos Jr. was transferred to Tyrol together with other prominent inmates of the Dachau. In Tyrol, the SS left the prisoners behind as the Allied forces advanced. He was liberated by the Fifth U.S. Army on May 5, 1945[2].
They went into exile in Portugal and Miklós Jr. lived almost fifty years before his death in Lisbon in 1993. He had two daughters, Zsófia (born 1928) and Nicolette (born 1929).
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[edit] References
- ^ John S. Wilson: Scouting Round the World, first edition, London, Blandford Press, 1959, 81.
- ^ georg-elser-arbeitskreis.de (German)
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