We started today in the Gesztenyés Garden, where Imre Molnár gave a lecture about János Esterházy, the servant of God, the Polish-Hungarian politician who died a martyr’s death. He was the only one to defend minority rights and protest against the deportation of Jews in the Slovak parliament. Even during the years of torture and slavery, he maintained his faith and kept his fellow inmates’ spirit up . After the meaningful lecture, we paid our respects to the 22 thousand victims of the massacre in the Katyn Martyrs’ Park. We also visited Grandpa Bem, and after a delicious school lunch (the Poles were brave and tasted the fruit soup), we took a guided tour of the House of Terror. The apartment building on Andrássy Street was the headquarters of the Arrow Cross, and later became the headquarters of the ÁVH. Having two (Nazi and communist) dictatorships is also common in our history. We visited the cell where Cardinal Mindszenty was also held, we learned that the Colorado beetle was the Americans’ biological weapon, what Hungarian silver was, and that if someone died from torture, it was considered a mistake. The goal was for them to suffer and confess, not to die from the ‘treatment’. We ended the day at Heroes’ Square. We wanted to commemorate the merits of our common medieval ruler in front of the statue of our King Louis the Great, but the entire square was closed due to the UEFA Champions Festival, and we couldn’t get to the statue. Louis the Great was the king of both nations for 12 years. His daughter was Hedvig, a Hungarian princess-Polish queen who led the Lithuanians to faith. Instead of his startue, we took the last group photo of the day with a giant soccer ball.

We spent another wonderful day together, and we were very tired by the end.