József Mindszenty, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Prince Primate, Archbishop of Esztergom, cardinal, and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary
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Place of Birth: Csehimindszent, Vas County, Hungary
About József Mindszenty
- József Mindszenty [jo:??f minds?nti] (29 March 1892 – 6 May 1975) was the Prince Primate, Archbishop of Esztergom, cardinal, and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 2 October 1945 to 18 December 1973.
- According to Encyclopædia Britannica, for five decades "he personified uncompromising opposition to fascism and communism in Hungary".
- During World War II, he was imprisoned by the pro-Nazi Arrow Cross Party.
- After the war, he opposed communism and the communist persecution in his country.
- As a result, he was tortured and given a life sentence in a 1949 show trial that generated worldwide condemnation, including a United Nations resolution.
- After eight years in prison, he was freed in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and granted political asylum by the United States embassy in Budapest.
- Mindszenty lived there for the next fifteen years.
- He was finally allowed to leave the country in 1971.
- He died in exile in 1975 in Vienna, Austria.
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