GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 717, sig. 110-5/6

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4.1 - 3 - as the most intimate political advisor to the Count Bethlen, who is to live in the castle near Horthy and whose family is to be located in Switzerland, the president of the Upper House, Baron Bereny and Bishop Ravasz, continues to have the greatest entrance to Horthi. All 3 genamtes are anti-German and anti-Jewish, are Masons or have intimate relations with them, The direct influence of the Jews suf Horthy over his family is still given. Horthy makes ample use of the possibility of exempting the Jews from identification and from the laws of the Jews, so that in Budapest alone many thousands of so-called "free" Jews run around. About 1500 such requests are supported by the Minister of Justice alone every week. In addition, there are the hundreds of Jews released from the Swedish and Portuguese consulates on the basis of the applications for citizenship. It is said that the young Horthy deserves this Jewish liberation. In the meantime, the right-wing new men under the Stojayi government, in particular in the Ministry of the Interior and its subordinate executive associations, have been almost completely replaced. Thus, the police command was changed and all government commissaries exchanged. The two political secretaries of the Ministry of the Interior, Baky and Endre, who were the bearers of the legal course, left the government. In general, the desire to distance itself visibly from the former course is evident. The Jews, through their news and rumors, largely dominate the mood in Budapest, while in the flat country where the Jewish question has already been solved, conditions are much quieter. The Anglo-Americans come daily with large waves of four-engined bombs and systematically occupy the industrial districts, transport lines, railway yards, bridges etc., defense is not available except on Flak, which remains completely unsuccessful. The Ruswen come every night with few