Miklós Antal Imre Takács de Saár (

Szombathely Szombathely (; german: Steinamanger, ; see also other alternative names) is the 10th largest city in Hungary. It is the administrative centre of Vas county in the west of the country, located near the border with Austria. Szombathely lies by t ...

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, 1906 – Szombathely, 1967) was a Hungarian silviculturist and Social Democratic politician. He was a member of the Takács de Saár family. Takács studied at the Academy of Forestry in

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and after his graduation worked as forest inspector first in

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, then in Kőszegpaty, Nemescsó, Pusztacsó and Benkeháza. Between the world wars he published a number of articles and essays on forestry and beekeeping in Hungarian and German periodicals. In 1945, when Ferenc Szálasi's government had its headquarters around

Kőszeg Kőszeg (german: Güns, ; Slovak: ''Kysak'', sl, Kiseg, hr, Kiseg) is a town in Vas County, Hungary. The town is famous for its historical character. History The origins of the only free royal town in the historical garrison county of Vas ...

, Takács managed to save the lives of many Jews and prisoners of war. Upon the end of World War II, Takács became a member of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party and took part in elaboration of the agrarian reform in Hungary. In 1948 due to his commitment to democracy and rule of law Miklós Takács (along with Anna Kéthly) was expelled from the Social Democratic Party which was under pressure to form a union with the Communists, an option strongly opposed by Takács and other right-wing Social Democrats. During the 1950s he was several times arrested and tortured by the

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. During the 1956 revolution Takács took part in the reorganization of the independent Social Democratic Party, for which he was arrested after the fall of the revolution. Takács died in 1967 in his town of birth.

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* Népszava * Kőszeg és Vidéke {{DEFAULTSORT:Takacs, Miklos Miklos People from Szombathely Social Democratic Party of Hungary politicians People of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 1906 births 1967 deaths