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ALG to Fényi Ottó, 1991 August 1

 Item — Box: CALG 13
Identifier: CALG 13/04.07

Dates

  • Creation: 1991 August 1

Language of Materials

In English, Hungarian, French, German, Italian, and Latin.

General

Letter. ALG has been waiting with his response until he could meet Robert Finnigan at Notre Dame and also could talk to Van de Ven after the prior elections. He asks Ottó to correct his rank and distinction on the Canonia Godolloiensis List that has been recently sent out: ALG is a honorary provost, a ranking that comes right after the prior. ALG also asks Ottó to mention in the Church Catalogue his ecclesiastic nomination from the Pope. ALG thinks he is pensionable and has the right to be compensated for the years 1938-1947. During those years, in that very building, as head of the school, he taught and worked for free, the Order pocketing all his salary. ALG suggests Ottó that the government should pay rent to them (since it is using the Church's buildings) and the incoming amount would cover his pension. On the American side ALG asked for pension, but to no avail, and now hopes that the Hungarian side will work out. On a personal note, ALG had suffered hardship under the German-Nazis when he saved several Jewish students' life in his French Gimnazium. As a result he has had to hide and his life was in danger. He encloses his doctorail nomination from the Ambrosia with the signature of the cardinal to attest his ranking and attaches a picture to it. ALG is concerned about the miserable state Hajnal Zsigmond is enduring and he doesn't want this news to reach the people who manage foreign aid to Hungary. On the same note ALG has heard that Ottó is doing very well financially. Hungarian

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