Dezső László

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Dezső László (1930s)

Dezső László [ ˈdɛʒøː ˈlaːsloː ] (officially Hungarian vitéz László Dezső ; actually Lancsek until 1925; * July 23, 1894 in Lovászpatona , Veszprém county ; † June 8, 1949 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian officer in the First and Second World Wars .

First World War

During the First World War, László fought on the fronts in Serbia , Russia and Italy and reached the rank of captain . Towards the end of the war he was taken prisoner in Italy .

Interwar period

After his return to Hungary László was assigned to the Hungarian General Staff in 1919 and taught at the Pest Ludovika Military Academy from 1921 .

In May 1941 he received the rank of major general . It is speculated that László staged the bombing of Košice on June 26, 1941 in conspiratorial cooperation with German authorities in order to provide Hungary with a pretext for entering the war with the Soviet Union.

Second World War

From 1941 to 1943 László was commander of the Ludovika Military Academy and in 1943 was promoted to Field Marshal Lieutenant ( Altábornagy ). In May 1943 he took over the 8th Hungarian Army Corps and fought on the Eastern Front . From October 1944 László was Commander in Chief of the 1st Hungarian Army and was appointed Colonel General ( Vezérezredes ) in November 1944 . Shortly before the end of the war, on March 5, 1945, he received the German Knight's Cross . László surrendered with the 1st Hungarian Army on May 8, 1945 in Slovakia .

post war period

After a brief captivity, László returned to Hungary in 1946. There he was initially under house arrest. In 1947 László was charged with war crimes and sentenced to death by the Hungarian People's Court . The Hungarian President Szakasits refused a pardon . The execution took place on June 8, 1949 in Budapest.

In 1999 László was rehabilitated by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Hungary.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Order of Knights of the Vitéz: Vitéz László Dezső . Accessed June 10, 2009.
  2. ^ Yale Law School: The Avalon Project: Nuremberg Trial Proceedings Vol. 7, February 12, 1946: Morning Session. Accessed June 10, 2009.
  3. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 .
  4. ↑ Ágnes Kenyeres (ed.): Magyar életrajzi lexikon (1000-1991). Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest 1994.
personal data
SURNAME László, Dezső
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian officer
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Lovászpatona
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1949
Place of death Budapest