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Tanulmányok a veszprémi egyházmegye történetéről - Mózessy Gergely: Katolikus püspökök a nyilasok fogságában (Mindszenty József és Shvoy Lajos elhurcolása)

Katoli kus pü spökök a nyíl ások fogságában

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Catholic bishops in Nazi captivity: the custody of József Mindszenty and Lajos Shvoy

Both József Mindszenty, bishop of Veszprém and Lajos Shvoy, bishop of Székesfehérvár were kept in custody by the Hungarian Nazis, the Arrow Cross during the end of the second world war. Mindszenty was arrested in November 1944, Shvoy in February 1945. Similarities and differencies between custodies of the two bishops have not been developed so far. This paper, however, demonstrates the cordial relation of the prelates emphasising their similar political ideas which they represent with different intensity, and also their conflict with the Nazis. The more cautious Shvoy signed a memorandum that had been initiated by Mindszenty, in which four Transdanubian prelates applied to Ferenc Szálasi, „leader of the nation” spare the Transdanubian region from the struggles of the war. Although official counts blamed them for other activities, this memorandum was the underlying political motive of the detention. Although local county Lord Lieutenant (főispán = comes supremus), by violating effective laws, put Mindszenty and Shvoy into custody, the case of the two prelates was monitored on the highest level.

Both prelates were kept in captivity in Veszprém, Sopronkőhida, and later in the nunnery of the Salvatorian sisters in Sopron. It was also in the latter place where they met each other on 9lh March 1945. Both regained their freedom when Nazis fled on 28th March 1945. Due to the strategic situation and traffic conditions, it was no sooner than 20th April that they could return to their post.

Both prelates fell in custody with a large but gradually decreasing number of followers: Mindszenty together with 25 priests and seminarists, Shvoy with his brother, the retired general Kálmán Shvoy, a prebendary who was shortly liberated, and a seminarist. The bishops, especially in Sopron, were not hermeticly sealed from the outside world. Mindszenty governed his episcopacy by intensive correspondence, whereas Shvoy was informed by his secretary. Receiving visitors was also allowed for them. Both made similar measures in order to improve their situations. They protested at government authorities,

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