Sándor Garbai
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Sándor Garbai was a Hungarian
socialist politician. He came to power as prime minister in March 1919 in alliance with the Communists, and proclaimed a Soviet Republic. Although Garbai remained titular head of the Hungarian Soviet Republic
for most of its length, practical authority was in the hands of Communist foreign minister Béla Kun
.
Mátyás Rákosi
later joked that the revolution's Jewish leaders took the gentile Garbai in so that they would have somebody to sign the death sentences on Saturdays.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
socialist politician. He came to power as prime minister in March 1919 in alliance with the Communists, and proclaimed a Soviet Republic. Although Garbai remained titular head of the Hungarian Soviet Republic
Hungarian Soviet Republic
The Hungarian Soviet Republic or Soviet Republic of Hungary was a short-lived Communist state established in Hungary in the aftermath of World War I....
for most of its length, practical authority was in the hands of Communist foreign minister Béla Kun
Béla Kun
Béla Kun , born Béla Kohn, was a Hungarian Communist politician and a Bolshevik Revolutionary who led the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919.- Early life :...
.
Mátyás Rákosi
Mátyás Rákosi
Mátyás Rákosi was a Hungarian communist politician. He was born as Mátyás Rosenfeld, in present-day Serbia...
later joked that the revolution's Jewish leaders took the gentile Garbai in so that they would have somebody to sign the death sentences on Saturdays.