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Béla Vágó (born ''Béla Weiss''; 9 August 1881 in
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1881 births 1939 deaths People from Kecskemét Jewish Hungarian politicians Jewish socialists Social Democratic Party of Hungary politicians Hungarian Interior Ministers Hungarian emigrants to the Soviet Union People granted political asylum in the Soviet Union Jews executed by the Soviet Union Great Purge victims from Hungary Executed communists {{Hungary-politician-stub Soviet rehabilitations
Béla Vágó (born ''Béla Weiss''; 9 August 1881 in Kecskemét
Kecskemét ( , sk, Kečkemét) is a city with county rights central part Hungary. It is the eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun.
Kecskemét lies halfway between the capital Budapest and the country's thir ...
– 10 March 1939) was a Hungarian communist
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a ...
politician, who served as ''de facto'' Interior Minister
An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergenc ...
with Jenő Landler
Jenő Landler (November 23, 1875 – February 25, 1928) was a Hungarian politician and socialist leader.
Born in to a Jewish family, he studied to be a lawyer and was drawn to the Social Democratic Party through his involvement in the ironwo ...
during the Hungarian Soviet Republic
The Socialist Federative Republic of Councils in Hungary ( hu, Magyarországi Szocialista Szövetséges Tanácsköztársaság) (due to an early mistranslation, it became widely known as the Hungarian Soviet Republic in English-language sources ( ...
. After the fall of the communist regime, he emigrated to the Soviet Union
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.
Death
He was arrested on 28 February 1939 on fabricated charges (espionage, counter-revolutionary activity), then sentenced to death on 10 March; the sentence being executed that day. He was buried in the Donskoye Cemetery, Common Grave No. 1. He was rehabilitated on 25 February 1956.References
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1881 births 1939 deaths People from Kecskemét Jewish Hungarian politicians Jewish socialists Social Democratic Party of Hungary politicians Hungarian Interior Ministers Hungarian emigrants to the Soviet Union People granted political asylum in the Soviet Union Jews executed by the Soviet Union Great Purge victims from Hungary Executed communists {{Hungary-politician-stub Soviet rehabilitations