Career
Between 1945 and 1952 he was the absolute leader of the State Protection Authority (Államvédelmi Hatóság) which was responsible for much cruelty, brutality and many political purges. During his early years he worked as a tailor. He took part in the labour movements from the last years of the 1920s.
Early Born Benjamin Eisenberger to Peter Eisenberger, a tailor, and Meczner Roza, in Újfehértó, Hungary.
Political In 1931, he joined the Hungarian Communist Party. In January 1945, he was appointed as leader of the Budapest Police Main Command Political Department (Public Relations Officer), the Hungarian secret police.
Péter"s career rose quickly then: he became leader of the Hungarian State Police State Protection Department (ÁVO) then the State Protection Authority (ÁHuman immunoglobulin heavy-chain-variable region ). In 1952, he was discharged from his position because he was Jewish.
Later he was arrested in Mátyás Rákosi"s villa.
According to historian Tibor Zinner, Gábor Péter was present on an official visit. Unexpectedly a handcuff clicked on his hand put back. After that Mihály Farkas stepped forward from behind the curtain and said: "the game is over".
Gábor Péter"s wife, Jolán Simon, who served as Rákosi"s secretary, was also arrested.
In 1954, a court martial sentenced him to life imprisonment. In 1957, his term of imprisonment was significantly reduced and in 1959, he was released.
After that he worked as a librarian. On 23 January 1993, at the age of 86, Peter died of natural causes in a Budapest hospital, Hungary.
He was nearly blind.