Sopronbánfalva

After an uprising in 1921 in this region, a referendum was held and although 81% of Sopronbánfalva voters chose to join Austria, 65.08% of the votes in total were in favor of belonging to Hungary.

They made a numerous reconstructions and modernizations, part of the work was to supply the church with new paintings, which fell to painter Zoltán Básti.

Bishop Vilmos Apor refused to release the women who fled to his residence, a Soviet soldier fatally wounded him during a scuffle.

However, the painter was not satisfied with that: above the gallery, the triumph of Saint Michael the Archangel over Satan is depicted, but his defeated face was inspired by the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

In addition, the artist cunningly disguised his figures: in several other allegorical scenes also visible on the walls, he immortalized the faces of his compatriots in the village.

The Pauline–Carmelite Monastery
Saint Michael the Archangel triumphs over Satan