But now that his services have at last been recognized by the Government of France. I believe his story should be more widely told as an inspiration to all men who cherish freedom. As a parish priest and as one of the leaders of the Smallholders Party. Bela Varga fought the Nazis in Hungary from 1936 on. In 1939. fleeing before the German invasion. a flood of 120.000 Polish refugees20.000 of them Jewscrossed the border into Hungary seeking asylum. The shadow of Nazi power fell like a pall across the whole of central Europe. Even men who were not proNazi became wary of offending the Nazis and their quislings.
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