Géza Malasits (1874–1948) was a
Hungarian politician.
Member of the
Hungarian Social-Democratic Party, Malasits was a deputy of the Hungarian parliament after 1924. As a self-educated worker, he learned several languages beyond
Hungarian and
Croatian and broadened his outlook in
England
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. He was arrested in 1944 by the
Gestapo
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and deported to a
concentration camp
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, but survived the afflictions.
Following his conviction, Malasits converted to
Unitarianism
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and later became a member of the Church Council of the
Unitarian Church in Hungary
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.
Hungarian politicians
Hungarian Unitarians
1874 births
1948 deaths
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