Dezső Bokányi

Biography

Bokányi had worked as a stonemason. In 1886 became a member of the union and in 1889 he became member of the Social Democratic Party. In 1894 he became a member of the party leadership in March 1919.

In December 1920 the People's Commissar lawsuit death sentence imposed on him. In 1922 he was a prisoner exchange by the Soviet Union, where he worked in the movement, the work done in the field of social insurance, he also worked at the Moscow radio station.

Later, in 1940, he died in captivity during the Stalin's purge.