Germany occupies Hungary
German forces occupied Hungary on 19 March 1944 after the government of Regent Miklós Horthy sought greater room to manoeuvre as the Axis military position deteriorated. Adolf Eichmann arrived with a small SS deportation staff. Hungary contained the largest remaining Jewish population under an Axis government. German SS officials and Hungarian authorities rapidly imposed ghettos and collection zones in the provinces, preparing a deportation programme that began less than two months after the occupation.
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