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Blessed Baron Vilmos Apor de Altorja (February 29 1892 Segesvár Hungary – April 2 1945 Győr Hungary) was the Bishop of Győr during World War II who became famous for protesting against the persecution of the Hungarian Jews. He became a bishop only at the end of his life.In the summer of 1944 he wrote to the Hungarian Primate Jusztinian Serédi to persuade him to take a strong stance against the government.

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