Horváth M. Ferenc (szerk.): Vác The heart of the Danube Bend. A historical guide for residents and globetrotters (Vác, 2009)
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SIGHTSEEING 237 The former disciplinary section of the prison was named Doberdo after the Italian front in World War I. This battle field embodied suffering for Hungarians. There is a standing cell - which can hold a person only standing up - and a dark cell as well. Today they serve as the unbelievable sceneries of film shoots. The history of law enforcement is going to be displayed at an exhibition in this part of the building. Some of the notable captives of the prison were the authors Tibor Déry and Árpád Göncz, the historians Bálint Hóman, István Bibó and Domokos Kosáry, and the politicians Mátyás Rákosi and János Kádár. The building can be visited with the preliminary permission of the warden. The chapel, which was used as a ware-house for a long time The nave of the chapel The statue outside the prison was made for the 50th anniversary of the Revolution of 1956 by György Seregi. There was another penal institution, the state prison, beyond the Stone Gate on the corner of the street leading AZ I9S6-OS FORRADALOM ÉS SZABADSAGHARC ALKALMÁVAL VAC VAROS LAKOSSÁGA ÉS A POLITIKAI FOGLYOK ÖSSZEFOGÁSA EBBŐL A BÖRTÖNBŐL SZABADÍTOTT KI SOK SZÁZ POLITIKAI ELÍTÉLTET OKTOBER 27-ÉN. AKIKET A BOLSEVISTA MEGSZÁLLÓK SZOLGÁLATÁBAN ÁLLÓ RÁKOSI DIKTATÚRA ÍTÉLT EL emlékezzünk mindazokra IS. AKIK ITT SZENVEDTEK ÉS nem Élhettek meg a SZABADULÁS NAPJÁT A2 l»4S-I8M KÖZÖTTI MAGVAS f°"rtz*í!íl«lTU VÁC VASOS ÖNKORMÁNYZATA The corridor called "Doberdo" The buildings of the Penitentiary and Prison of Vác to the Danube. It was a place for brief detainments imposed for “gentlemanly misdemeanours”such as duel or libel. However, it was famous for its leniency; rumour had it that the inmates were allowed to have dinner and musicians brought, and on their return from leave they had to bang on the door to get in if the doorkeeper had fallen asleep. One of the best Hungarian novelists, Ferenc Herczeg, also spent a few months in this prison for duel. He started to write novels here. During the course of his incarceration he grew to like the town so much so that later he moved to Vác and lived here for some years. The Monument of 1956 by György Seregi at the side of the prison
