A loyal supporter of Regent Horthy, this son of Szekely-land served as commander of the First Hungarian Army and later Minister of Defense.  

General Nagy worked to improve the conditions of common soldiers as well as to humanize the treatment of the forced laborers at the front. Thereby he earned the ire of the radical right wing, leading to his resignation in 1943, and his eventual Arrow Cross arrest and imprisonment in 1944.

 General Vilmos Nagy of Hungary 


This young man from the shores of the Tisza river loyally served on the Russian front with a Hungarian AA unit during 1941-1943. No relation to General Vilmos Nagy, he participated in the fighting retreat through Hungary until the end of the war and was taken POW in 1945.


Honved Artilleryman Paul Nagy

Under an old Magyar fort located in the city of Huszt, Regent Horthy as his staff listen to the report of a commander of the Hungarian occupying forces.