Ákos Farkas de Dorog (22 August 1894 – 1955) was a Hungarian jurist and politician, who served as Mayor of

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during the Nazi occupation of Hungary. In his office he played a major role in the deportation of the Hungarian Jews, as a result after the

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he was sentenced to 10-year imprisonment by a People's Tribunal in Hungary.

Life

Ákos Farkas finished his studies of law in the University of Budapest, after that, in 1913 he began to work at the capital's mayor office. During the

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he was working at the Serbian General-Governmentship. After 1919, Farkas became secretary for mayor

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, where he served till 1933. After the Operation Margarethe, the Hungarian mayor, Károly Szendy resigned as a protest against the occupation. He was succeeded by Ákos Farkas, who was elected as mayor on 19 May 1944. During his service, he played a major role in the application of the Sztójay government's act about the collection of the Jews of Budapest in ghettos. After the Arrow Cross Party's

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, he remained in his office, and played an active role in the deportation of the Jews of Budapest. When the Soviet troops arrived to Budapest, he left the city, and moved to

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, where he was captured by the

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. In 1946 he was transported to Hungary as a war criminal and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment. He spent his punishment at Vác prison, where he died in illness, in 1955.

Sources

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Farkas, Akos 1894 births 1955 deaths Hungarian people of World War II Hungarian people convicted of war crimes Hungarian collaborators with Nazi Germany Holocaust perpetrators in Hungary People from Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Mayors of Budapest Hungarian people who died in prison custody Prisoners who died in Hungarian detention Arrow Cross Party politicians World War II prisoners of war held by the United States