Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty: 15 years in a foreign Embassy

Witness History: Archive 2012 - A podcast by BBC World Service

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In 1956 a Hungarian Cardinal sought refuge in the US Embassy in Budapest.Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty had been imprisoned by the communists in 1948.Released during the uprising against Soviet rule he faced re-arrest when Moscow ordered tanks into Budapest. (Image: Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)