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141: 287: 25: 274:"for her fascist propaganda", where she was sentenced to three years in prison. Still in exile, she fled to Argentina some time prior to 1951, where she performed in Vivir un instante. Due to the fact she couldn't speak Spanish, she was unable to continue her theatre career, and thus began touring Hungarian 361:
He also stated that she "never expressed any remorse about her wartime activities and never acknowledged that her fascist propaganda contributed to the suffering of the Hungarian people", and that she considered her support of the Arrow Cross Party "an expression of patriotism, never condemning
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issued a stamp commemorating the 100th birthday Szeleczky. György Lázár, a Hungarian immigrant living in the US, criticized Szeleczky for being a fascist due to her involvement with the Arrow Cross Party, otherwise known as the Hungaristas.
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She graduated from theatre school in 1937 and was discovered the following year. She would go on to play in almost 30 films between then and 1944, while becoming a regular at Hungary's Nazi rallies, being described as the "darling of the
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where she married Paul Illés. This marriage also ended at an unknown later date, however Szeleczky remained in California. She later married Sándor Novák in 1972, however this marriage also ended at an unknown later date.
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communities. On these tours she played in a variety of performances, including operettas, poetry recitals and variety shows.
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were bombing Hungary, where she "agitated for the continuation of the war, supporting the murderous
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In December 1944, just prior to the collapse of Hungary, Szeleczky fled to Austria and later to
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The two collaborated while Wass was trying to sell his books, as Szeleczky made cassettes and
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In 1988, Szeleczky returned to Hungary. In 1993 she was exonerated by the
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he emigrated to the United States, later being condemned as a
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