Msgr. Bela Varga as he celebrates his 80th birthday. Monsignor Vargas accomplishments in helping countless refugees during World War II should not be forgotten today by the free world. In the Hungarian village of Balatonboglar. 50.000 Polish soldiers and civilians fleeing the Nazis and later the Soviets. as well as 2.200 French soldiers escaping from Nazi prison camps. found a brave and resourceful friend in Msgr. Bela Varga. whose Church of the Sacred Cross became the center and haven of refugee relief for these hapless victims many of these refugees got away to fight again. Others. especially imperiled Jews. got forged documents from Monsignor Varga that enabled them to settle in Hungary. Monsignor Varga was first elected to the Hungarian Parliament in 1939 as a member of the liberal Smallholders Party.
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