00:00The Germans installed Derme Stojaj as prime minister, who immediately aligned Hungarian policy with Nazi interests.
00:08Stojaj quickly legalized Ferenc Salasi's Arrow Cross Party, a radically anti-Semitic, Nazi-inspired fascist movement that had previously been
00:17banned under Horthy's leadership.
00:20He committed Hungary fully to the Nazi war effort, increasing Hungarian troop deployments on the Eastern Front and cracking down
00:27on political opposition.
00:30Labour unions were dissolved, left-wing politicians were jailed, and civil liberties were severely restricted.
00:37Most notably, Stojaj oversaw a dramatic escalation in the persecution of Hungarian Jews.
00:43On the 31st of March 1944, a decree required all Jews over the age of six to wear a yellow
00:49six-pointed star in their clothing, starting on the 5th of April.
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