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Encyclopedia > Arrow Cross
Flag of the Arrow Cross Party
Flag of the Arrow Cross Party

The Arrow Cross (Nyilaskereszt) originated in Hungary in the 1930s as the symbol of the leading Hungarian fascist political party, the Arrow Cross Party, led by Ferenc Szálasi, an ex-army major. Leaders of National Council of the Arrow Cross after Szálasi included Jeno Szollosi, Josef Gera and Ferenc Kassai-Schallmajer. In 1939 it numbered close to 500,000 members and won 31 seats in parliamentary elections. The Arrow Cross party lasted until the end of World War II in 1945. Subsequently, the symbol came to be used by other racist and anti-Semitic groups. From October 1944 - January 1945 the Arrow Cross sent 80,000 Jews on a death march to the Austrian border. Flag of the Hungarian fascist Arrow Cross Party. ... Flag of the Hungarian fascist Arrow Cross Party. ... // Events and trends The 1930s were spent struggling for a solution to the global depression. ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... Flag of the Arrow Cross Party The Arrow Cross Party (Hungarian: Nyilaskeresztes Part Hungarista Mozgalom, literally Arrow Cross Hungarianist Movement) was a pro-German anti_Semitic fascist party led by Ferenc Szálasi which ruled Hungary from October 15, 1944 to January 1945. ... Ferenc Szálasi Ferenc Szálasi (January 6, 1897-March 12, 1946) was a Fascist and the Prime Minister of Hungary during the final days of Hungarys participation in World War II. Born the son of a soldier in Kassa, Szálasi followed in his fathers footsteps and... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was by far the bloodiest, most expensive, and most significant war in... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...

An arrow cross that is very similar to the Crosstar.
An arrow cross that is very similar to the Crosstar.

It consisted of two black double-ended arrows in an cross configuration on a white circular background, much like the German Nazi swastika. Image File history File links This is a public domain image, in black and white of the Hungarian arrow cross that is formed from a four pointed star. ... Image File history File links This is a public domain image, in black and white of the Hungarian arrow cross that is formed from a four pointed star. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... The swastika (卐) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles either clockwise or anticlockwise. ...


A similar symbol, the Crosstar, is now used by the Nationalist Movement, a white supremacist group based in the United States. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Nationalist Movement. ... Crosstar, the symbol of The National Movement. ... White supremacy is an ideology which holds that the white race (variously defined) is superior to other races (also variously defined). ...


Both are basically the arrow cross symbol [1] that is traced back to ancient times and was used by Hungarian tribes in the middle ages[2].


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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Arrow Cross (798 words)
The Arrow Cross (Nyilaskereszt) originated in Hungary in the 1930s as the symbol of the leading Hungarian fascist political party, the Arrow Cross Party, led by Ferenc Szálasi, an ex-army major.
Both are basically the arrow cross symbol [1] that is traced back to ancient times and was used by Hungarian tribes in the middle ages[2].
The arrow cross was a symbol of the Hungarian fascist Arrow Cross Party, which originated in the 1940s.
NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Arrow Cross Party (1580 words)
It was reconstituted in 1939 as the Arrow Cross Party, modelled fairly explicitly on the Nazi Party of Germany.
Its iconography was clearly inspired by that of the Nazis; the Arrow Cross emblem was an ancient symbol of the Magyar tribes who settled Hungary, thereby representing the racial purity of the Hungarians in much the same way that the Nazi swastika was supposed to allude to the racial purity of the Aryans.
Arrow Cross members and German forces continued to fight a rear-guard action in the far west of Hungary until the end of the war in April 1945.
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