Béla Vágó
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Béla Vágó (born Béla Weiss; 9 August 1881 in Kecskemét – 10 March 1939) was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as de facto Interior Minister with Jenő Landler during the Hungarian Soviet Republic. After the fall of the communist regime, he emigrated to the Soviet Union.
Death
He was arrested on February 28, 1939, on fabricated charges (espionage, counter-revolutionary activity), then sentenced to death on March 10, and the sentence was executed that day. He was buried in the Donskoye Cemetery, Common Grave No. 1. He was rehabilitated on February 25, 1956.[1]
References
- ^ "Ваго Бела Александрович". www.sakharov-center.ru. Public Commission for the Preservation of the Heritage of Academician Sakharov. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
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