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190 Boros Zoltán: Kühár Flóris a Tanácsköztársaság fogságában Zoltán Boros Flóris Kühár in the Captivity of the Hungarian Soviet Republic Flóris Kühár , the young Benedictine monk, having finished his studies of theology in Innsbruck, was placed in Celldömölk in 1917, where he was commissioned by the Archabbot with the care of the Benedictine parishes belonging to the Diocese of Szombathely. He started his pastoral service with great enthusiasm primarily focusing on the ministry of the youth. As for today, only few sources have come to light concerning his activity during the Soviet Republic, but it is proper to assume that – as the majority of his fellow monks – he also opposed the ideas of the proletarian dictatorship and condemned its practical realization. When he died in 1943, his death notice revealed that he had been arrested three times during the days of the Soviet Republic. His writing published here summarizes the events of his third arrest. The text was originally published in the columns of the local weekly entitled Kemenesalja in eleven serial parts between 5 October and 21 December 1919. His recollection starts with his being arrested on 11 July and tells the story of his captivity and questioning in Budapest for two days. This was the young monk’s first trip to Budapest in his life and it immediately took him to the House of Parliament. The Department of Political Investigation of the People’s Commissariat concerning Internal Affairs sat there, where the people considered to be counterrevolutionary were first interrogated, and where many forced examinations also took place. The author describes the scene of his captivity – maybe the Hunter Hall –, the guards, who did not belong to the Red Guard but were the members of the terrorist group called the Lenin-boys, and he also gives an account of his fellow-prisoners, one of whom was an Austrian staff-officer with whom he made good friends and who was arrested despite his diplomatic immunity. In two days, he was questioned twice but to his great surprise first a member of the directorate of Celldömölk, then on the other day a delegation of twelve people from the town came to speak in defence on behalf of him. The charge brought up against him was the exposition of counter-revolutionary propaganda, but this charge was not substantiated, therefore he was set free. Before returning home, in Park Sanatorium situated in the Town Park, he visited János Mikes, the Bishop of Szombathely, who was also arrested, and who was actually interned to Celldömölk a few months earlier under arrest in the Abbey. He was joined here by the town’s delegation in whose company he returned home.
