Franz Anton Basch
Politician, Deceased Person
1901 – 1946
Who was Franz Anton Basch?
Dr. Franz Anton Basch was a German Nazi politician, the chairman of Volksbund and the leader of Germans in Hungary.
Franz was born in Zurich. He was a student of Jakob Bleyer at the University of Budapest between 1920 and 1924. In 1925 he became the secretary of the German Cultural Society of Hungary. He published many works in this period.
From 1930, he began to express extreme nationalist propaganda and became a follower of Nazism. In 1934 he resigned his position because he affronted the Hungarian nation with his ideas. In 1938 he founded his Nazi organization the People's Union Of Germans In Hungary and became the chairman of it. In 1940 Hitler appointed him the leader of Germans in Hungary.
In the end of the year 1944 he escaped to Germany, but was delivered up to Hungary in 1945. He was marked as a war criminal and executed in Budapest in 1946.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Jul 13, 1901
- Profession
- Education
- Eötvös Loránd University
- Died
- Apr 27, 1946
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Franz Anton Basch." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/franz_anton_basch>.
Discuss this Franz Anton Basch biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In