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DECEMBER 8, 1956.
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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CAMP KILMER, N. J.—“We
were carrying empty machine
guns and walking to our apart
ment in Budapest, I heard a shot
from a building across the steet
and my brother fell at my side.”
A 30-year-old Hungarian refu
gee related this account of the
rebellion in his homeland. He ask
ed that he be referred to only as
Horvat, to prevent reprisals
against his parents, brother and
sister who remain in Hungary.
Horvat said his brother was
wounded in the side and that he
knelt beside him until an am
bulance with Hungarian Freedom
Fighters arrived to take him to
the hospital.
“That is the last I saw of him,”
said the former locksmith. He
said his 17-vear-old brother had
been shot down after a cease
fire had been ordered in the city.
Horvat is one of the 135 refu
gees on the first two planes to
arrive in the U.S. He was spon
sored by the Catholic Relief Serv
ices—National Catholic Welfare
Conference as were 43 other per
sons aboard the two planes.
A few hours after his brother
was wounded Horvat learned that
the Hungarian security police
were looking for him. A friend
hid him in a factory until he
could make his escape by hiding
in a truck headed for the Austri
an border to obtain medical sup
plies.
Horvat arrived in Austria on
October 30. His only possessions
were the clothes he wore.
During the six days that he
fought in Budapest, Horvat said,
he lead a small group of rebels
who had to raid the ammunition
depots of Russian garrisons in or
der to keep supplied with, am
munition.
“The most deaths occurred on
October 26,” he said, “when the
Soviet tanks came rolling in.
There was no one on the streets,
but the tanks poured shells and
bullets into the homes and killed
scores of persons—mostly women
and children.”
“I am grateful to be in this
country,” Horvat stated, “but if I
knew we could get enough weap
ons to continue our fight for free
dom, I would go back to Hungary.
Without weapons we can do
nothing.”
Horvat has no relatives in the
U.S. and is waiting for CRS-
NCWC to assign him to a home
and a job. »
Another refugee who took part
in the Hungarian fighting was 19-
year-old Antal Szemerei. He ar
rived here with his parents, Janos
Szemerei, 57, and his, wife Mag
dalena, 55.
CRS-NCWC has arranged for
the family to live with Mrs. Szem-
erei’s sister, Mrs. Anna Gehler
of Chicago.
Mr. Szemerei was a mechanic
and operated a motorboat in
Gyoer, He and his wife left Gy-
oer on November 9. They travel
ed 35 miles by boat, then walked
about 20 miles to the Austrian
border. Antal was not with them;
he escaped by another route.
Antal is a tall, brown-haired
youth. As he told about his part
in the revolt the expression in his
eyes conveyed what he was think
ing: I have grown mature too
soon.
“Hungarian youth wanted free
dom, not bloodshed,” he said.
“When we started to take down
the red flags from public build
ing in Gyoer, the security police
arrived and began shooting. Many
of my friends were killed.”
“Persons from 10 to 60 took part
in the fighting. We got bur
wagons by attacking the police.
I saw one teen-age girl try to
snatch some ammunition from a
Russian tank. She was riddled by
Soviet bullets.”
Antal and five companions were
stopped at night by security po
lice while distributing leaflets
protesting against Soviet aggres
sion.
After eluding the police, Antal
walked across the border into
Austria. He was reunited with his
parents in the Paxmanedm Semi
nary in Vienna.
A factory worker in Gyoer, An
tal said that he intends to study
in the U.S. and become an en
gineer.
Does he hate the Russians?
Well, here is his reply: “You
can’t hate beasts. You can only
pity them.”
Alice Slezak. 23, a girl who
tried to crack the iron curtain for
six years, finally made it. She ar
rived here with her mother, but
her father remained in Budapest.
Alice told how the communists
tried to crack the iron curtain for
Red ideology after the Sacred
Heart Academy in Budapest was
taken over by the Soviets in 1949.
She was president of a student
study group.
Alice made her first attempt to
escape in February, 1951, with
several other students. When they
were within sight of the barbed
wire at the border, one of the
girls stepped on a mine. The ex
plosion blew off her foot at the
ankle. The border guards arrived
and took the girls into custody.
Last spring, Alice applied for
admission to the medical universi
ty. She has had a year of premed-
ipal training.
On November 1 she and her
mother began walking toward the
border.
They hitched a ride on the truck
and were left off at Magyarovar,
near the Austrian border. Seek
ing shelter for the night, they
went to the home of a woman ac
quaintance, but she refused to
take them for fear of reprisals
from the security police.
Finally, they found refugee in
a bakery shop. Next day the
baker rode ahead of them on his
bicycle and guided them within
sight of the border.
When they saw an Austrian
border guard, they knew they
were free.
CRS-NCWC has arranged for
Alice to stay in Chicago at the
home of her father’s uncle, John
Slezak. She speaks six languages
— including English — and said
she intends to continue her med-
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