József Haubrich

József Haubrich (9 November 1883, Deta – 1939) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Defence twice in 1919. He was one of the leaders of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party. During the Hungarian Soviet Republic he was a member of the communist cabinet, military commander of Budapest. After the fall of the communists, he was sentenced to death by the Regency. He got into the Soviet Union with the occasion of a prisoner exchange where he lived as an ironwork worker for the remaining part of his life.

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Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

1883 births

1939 deaths

People from Deta, Romania

Hungarian people of German descent

Social Democratic Party of Hungary politicians

Defence ministers of Hungary

Hungarian emigrants to the Soviet Union

Hungarian prisoners sentenced to death

People granted political asylum in the Soviet Union

Prisoners sentenced to death by Hungary