Timeline Monday 16 October 1944

Monday 16 October 1944

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Events on Monday 16 October 1944 1

1944 Arrow Cross seizes power in Hungary Horthy overthrown after armistice attempt Regent Horthy announced an armistice with the Soviet Union. German forces then kidnapped his son and forced Horthy to resign. Ferenc Szálasi's fascist Arrow Cross Party took power and began a reign of terror against Budapest's Jews.