Vilmos Apor
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Blessed Vilmos Apor (born February 29, 1892 in Segesvar in Transylvania, which was then part of Hungary; died April 2, 1945 in Győr, Hungary) was the Bishop of Győr during World War II who became famous for protesting the persecution of the Hungarian Jews. On March 28, 1945 as Soviet troops reached Győr he offered sanctuary to numerous women and children in his residence. When Red Army troops wanted to storm his residence he died trying to protect the women from rape. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1997.
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