The World War I memorial with the Hungarian flag in Diószeg

After most of the Hungarian-populated areas annexed after the First World War were returned to Hungary in 1938, and then entered the Second World War on the side of Germany, a law soon obliged the settlements to erect World War I monuments. Since after the re-annexation, national flag monuments were also strongly advocated, in many places these two were combined and national flag World War II monuments were erected. ; During this period, Berecz received an order from Gyula Diószeg to create a monumental monument. The monument, inaugurated in November 1942, differs greatly from the previous ones: the figure of a soldier from Marcona, holding a grenade in his hand, dominates in the center, with a lion symbolizing strength and heroism and a dying soldier on both sides; Gyula Berecz (October 20, 1894–October 7, 1951) from Komárom created several war memorials, although he is primarily known to us through the Jókai statue in front of the Danube River Museum in Komárom, inaugurated in 1937. During the Czechoslovak-Hungarian population exchange following World War II, he was also forced to relocate to Hungary, where he died at the age of 57. In addition to the public World War II memorial in Diószeg, monuments from Gyula Berecz's workshop can be seen in four settlements in the Csallóköz region – Keszegfalva, Megyercs, Nemesócsa and Udvard. ; According to contemporary press reports, the memorial inauguration ceremonies in the settlements located on the Slovak-Hungarian language border were surrounded by special attention and took place in the presence of high-ranking state delegations. The national flag monument in Diószeg was inaugurated in the presence of, among others, Archduke Joseph. “…For the inauguration, Royal Archduke Joseph traveled to Galánta by Danube Express, where he was greeted by Lord Károly Thuróczy. Accepting the station commander’s request, he then drove to Diószeg, where the flag was hoisted. After the solemn mass, the inauguration of the monument began. After warmly greeting the distinguished guests present, Sándor Vitéz Somorjay, the chief clerk of Diószeg, invited the Royal Archduke to deliver the inauguration speech of the monument. In his thoughtful and enthusiastic speech, the Archduke celebrated the hero of the First World War: the Hungarian Soldier. Then he praised the great significance of the national flag with the relic, presented by Canon Károly Subik, the prelate of Eger. The national flag was hoisted on the mast while the hymn was sung, while the shroud also fell from the heroic monument. After the Royal Archduke laid a wreath at the monument, and the village judge Imre Bondor took over their preservation for all time. The soaring speech of the dean of Galanta, Dr. Lengyelfalussy József Letocha, several recitations and songs, and the laying of the wreaths, "ended the soul-lifting ceremony with the singing of the Sermon." (Érsekújvár and its Region. November 14, 1942.