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Jenő Landler

Jenő Landler

Hungarian Communist leader (1875–1928)

The native form of this personal name is Landler Jenő. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Jenő Landler (23 November 1875 – 25 February 1928) was a Hungarian politician and socialist leader.

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Born in to a Jewish family, he studied to be a lawyer[1] and was drawn to the Social Democratic Party through his involvement in the ironworker's trade union movement. However, he kept moving politically to the left and became a Communist. After the Hungarian Revolution of 1919, he became people's commissar of interior affairs in the new communist government. He was also a commander of the Hungarian Red Army[2] fighting the foreign troops of the interventionists. After the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic he emigrated to Austria[3] where he continued to be a leader of the exiled Hungarian communist movement.

Jenő Landler died in 1928 in exile in Cannes. His ashes were taken to Moscow and placed in the Kremlin wall.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Jenö Landler 1875-1928 | Workers' Liberty".
  2. [2]
    "Memento Park: An Audience with the Comrades | troublemag".
  3. [3]
    "Jenö Landler 1875-1928 | Workers' Liberty".
  4. [4]
    "Jenö Landler 1875-1928 | Workers' Liberty".
Tibor Szamuely, Béla Kun, Jenő Landler. Monument in Budapest.
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