Péter Schell Explained

Péter Schell
Order:Minister of the Interior of Hungary
Term Start:12 October 1944
Term End:16 October 1944
Predecessor:Miklós Bonczos
Successor:Gábor Vajna
Birth Date:1898 9, df=y
Birth Place:Nagyida, Austria-Hungary (today Veľká Ida, Slovakia)
Death Place:Montclair, United States
Profession:politician
Party:Party of National Unity

Baron Péter Schell de Bauschlott (5 September 1898  - 2 March 1974) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister in 1944. After the Arrow Cross Party's coup he was transported to Buchenwald by the Gestapo. In late April 1945 he was transferred to Tyrol together with about 140 other prominent inmates, where the SS left the prisoners behind. He was liberated by the Fifth U.S. Army on 5 May 1945.[1]

After his liberation he emigrated to the United States.

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Notes and References

  1. Peter Koblank: Die Befreiung der Sonder- und Sippenhäftlinge in Südtirol, Online-Edition Mythos Elser 2006