Magyar Kurír published the article of Emma Németh, the district head of the Society of Social Brothers. As you can read, at the initiative of the Barankovics Foundation, the international chapter of the Society of Social Brothers held in August 2021 supported the repatriation and reburial of the remains of brother Margit Slachta.
Thanks to the work of the National Heritage Institute, which was responsible for the reburial, the exhumation of Margit Slachta, who ended her earthly life on January 6, 1974 and was buried there, took place on October 26, and brother Margit arrived in Hungary on November 9.
Photo: Society of Social Brothers
His reburial will take place on December 7, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. in the Fiumei út cemetery.
Margit Slachta, born on September 18, 1884, in addition to her parliamentary and social work, is known by most for her work as a rescuer who risked her life, as under her leadership the social brothers saved the lives of more than a thousand Jews. He confronted destructive ideologies, both fascism and communism.
Its main purpose was the happiness of man, the individual and the family, the protection of children, women and families, including, in addition to worldly happiness, also helping the pursuit of eternal goals. For this, he considered charity work to be insufficient, and wanted to create social conditions worthy of a human being. He was convinced that it was essential to enforce the Ten Commandments in the legislature.
However, due to his uncompromising stance in favor of Christian and national values in his two parliamentary terms after the Second World War, he was excluded from the legislative work of the Parliament three times on the recommendation of the immunity committee and was forced to go into hiding. In the summer of 1949, when he was not given the opportunity to participate in the new elections and at least to serve the country in the opposition, he left Hungary illegally due to the missed fulfillment of his overseas association duties, but on June 20, 1949, in a letter written to brother Paula Rónai and the fraternal community, he promises to return as soon as performs its tasks. According to contemporary documents, he arrived in Vienna in November 1951, from where he also wanted to return to Hungary illegally, without success.
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