Horthy was the leader of Hungary’s conservative, nationalistic government from 1920–1944. Hungary under Horthy’s rule began enacting anti-Jewish legislation as early as 1920. However, Horthy resisted deporting Hungarian Jews despite pressure from his Nazi allies.
A Roman Catholic priest who led the Slovak People’s Party from 1938 through the end of World War II. Tiso became the first president of the independent Slovak Republic and led the Slovak government until it fell in April 1945. Tiso fled Slovakia for Austria, where he was later captured by American troops, brought to trial in Slovakia, and executed in 1947.
A Roman Catholic priest who led the Slovak People’s Party (HSL’S) from its inception in 1918 until his death in 1938. The Hlinka Guard, a militia arm of the Slovak People’s Party took their name from him. When Hlinka died, he was succeeded as leader of the Slovak People’s Party by Jozef Tiso.
An American aviator and military officer who completed the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris in 1927. Highly celebrated as a pioneer of aviation, Lindbergh was a prominent figure in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Following the tragic kidnapping and murder of his infant son in 1932, Lindbergh and his family spent several years in Europe. They returned to the US in 1939 and, in the years prior to the US entry into World War II, Lindbergh became an outspoken supporter of the isolationist America First Committee, and was widely perceived to hold antisemitic views.
Dictator of the Dominican Republic from 1930 until his assassination in 1961. Trujillo seized power in the military revolt against President Horacio Vásquez in 1930. Trujillo remained in absolute control of the Dominican Republic for 31 years, officially serving as president from 1930 to 1938 and again from 1942 to 1952. [...]