Memorial plaque of Mihály Bergendi and Ilona Kaszás ("MISKA HOUSE")

The monument was erected in memory of those persecuted, deprived of their rights and property, those deported to forced labor in the Czech Republic, and those expelled from their homeland on March 2, 2014. Mayor Ferenc Bergendi gave an inaugural speech in front of the monument erected in the center of the village. The village had the monument erected in memory of a couple, 34 other families with similar fates, and 31 other Hungarians from Vágkirályfa. ; “Mihály Bergendi was a respected judge in our village during the terrible period between 1938 and 1945. He was born in 1887 in Vágkirályfa, into a family of four children. He obtained a qualification as a mechanical poster maker and then married Ilona Kaszás. He supported himself by renting agricultural machinery and doing seasonal mechanical work. As a childless couple, he and his wife were actively involved in shaping the community life of Vágkirályfa. He took a lion’s share in the founding of the local industrial self-education circle. As a generous patron, his name is linked to the construction of the industrial circle’s headquarters and the organization of its community life. Later, he also became the president of the industrial circle. After the Second World War, he was declared a war criminal and his property was confiscated in full based on the decision of the Vágsellye Confiscation Committee, in accordance with the 104/1945. Legislative Decree. In the recent period, he has been in rehabilitation and reparation did not receive. ; On this plot of land registered under the number 466, where we are now standing, stood the family house, workshop and livelihood center of Mihály Bergendi and his wife, Ilona Kaszás, number 219. As a result of their tragic loss of property, it passed into the ownership of the local national committee of Vágkirályfa, and the Vágkirályfa municipality became its legal successor. During 2013, the municipality built a five-apartment apartment building on it, hoping that the gesture might be a worthy continuation of the charity lifestyle of Mihály Bergendi and his family. ; They never received real rehabilitation, so we erected this monument as a sign of our respect. This stone block symbolizes the burden that this society has left us as a silent fact. We engraved the names of those affected on a black granite tablet for those who remember, and cast their faces in bronze on it. The half-timbered house rescued from the former family house A broken cast porch pillar was placed on the pedestal, evoking the memory of human destinies that were broken in half. ; The bronze effigy was created by sculptor Balázs Veres based on a true-to-date photograph, the monument was assembled by Kazimír Cséfalvay, a restorer from Nagyfödémes, and Jaroslav Palkovič, a stonemason from Jókút (Kúty). ; The monument was unveiled by the local industrialists' association, and blessed by dean Lőrinc Szilvási. ; A wreath was placed on the pedestal by the local industrialists' association, on behalf of the Hungarian Embassy, Chief Counselor József Szabó, and on behalf of the Hungarian Christian Democratic Alliance, Csaba Fehér, János Sárközi and János Krivánszki laid wreaths.