Word: veszprem
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...days after the Germans took over, Joseph Mindszenty became bishop of Veszprem. In his graceful rococo palace, Bishop Mindszenty hid many Jews who were being persecuted by the Nazis. Last week, a witness spoke up-but not in the Communists' Budapest courtroom. She was Mrs. Janos Peter, a Hungarian Jew who had escaped from Auschwitz concentration camp. She now lived in Vienna. "I was advised to flee to Veszprem," she related. "I put myself under the protection of Bishop Mindszenty. He received me warmly and hid me in the cellar of his palace. At least 25 people were there...
When the Russians came they opened the jail doors to all political prisoners. Mindszenty hitchhiked back to Veszprem. Soon the Vatican gave him a new see, Esztergom, which carries with it primacy over all others in the land...
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