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type: Person
has birth date: 1899
has death date: 1945-12-21
history: Hungarian gendarmerie commander. He served as gendarme cadet corps commander in Nagyvárad from 1 May 1943 and in Galánta from 20 August 1944. As gendarmerie commander he played an important role in the ghettoization and deportation of Hungarian Jews. He ordered his men to treat the Jews in brutal manner. After the Arrow Cross takeover he appointed to deputy director of Department XX of the Ministry of the Interior. After the war he was arrested and in December 1945 he was slain in the prison.
name: Jenő Péterffy