On March 19, 1944, Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Hungary, making life for Hungarian Jews more difficult than it actually was. Before Germany invaded Hungary, there were already anti-Jewish laws and other conditions applied to Hungary, because Hungary was Germany's ally during part of the war. Although Hungary was an ally of the Germans, disagreements occurred between the two allies. One of the disagreements was that Hungary was not willing to send its troops to the Soviet Union for battle (On the German occupation of Hungary). Hungary was very cautious in sending its troops for the German assaults, because many of their soldiers had been killed in the fighting, and they did not want this to happen (On the German occupation of Hungary). Hungary also began to understand that Germany would not win the war, so the government began to secretly negotiate surrender between Hungary and the allies (Hungary after the German occupation). Hitler found out about this, and with all the disagreements that occurred, it resulted in the discovery of the secret negotiations...
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