Monsignor Varga in 1946 was elected president of the Hungarian Parliament. a post he has never resigned even though he was forced to leave the country in 1947 because of Soviet threats on his life. As the last freely elected president of the Hungarian Parliament. he now is chairman of the Hungarian Committee. an exile organization. The Hungarian Committee is composed of former leaders who have banded together in exile as a step toward ultimate freedom of their native land. Monsignor Varga has been a symbol of freedom for more than 20 years. Monsignor Varga helped save the lives of thousands of refugees. Jews. and resistance fighters during the years of Nazi occupation. For that. he was sentenced to death by Hungarian Fascists.
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