András Kun: Fascist Priest Who Led Jewish Massacres in Budapest

World History: True Stories of the 20th Century · May 8, 2026 · 15m

András Kun was a Catholic priest who became a brutal killer for Hungary’s Arrow Cross regime, leading murders during the Holocaust in Budapest. András Kun was one of the most disturbing figures of the Holocaust in Hungary—a Roman Catholic priest who became a fanatical executioner for the fascist Arrow Cross regime during the final months of World War II. As Nazi Germany tightened its grip on Hungary in 1944, Kun abandoned any remaining pretense of clerical duty and embraced radical antisemitism, violence, and mass murder. Born in 1911, Kun was ordained as a priest but became increasingly…