 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Göncz akapedza kudzidza mumutemo kubva kuBudapest Pázmány Péter University of Arts and Sciences muna 1944. Mukati mamakore ake okufunda, akasunungurwa pakurovedzwa muHondo yeNyika II. Munguvayi, Hungary yakatorwa neGermany musi wa 19 March 1944. Muna December, Göncz akaiswa mu25th Reserve Mountain Infantry Battalion yeRoyal Hungarian Army uye akarayirwa kuGermany; zvisinei, akasiya uye akabatana nehurumende yekudzivirira. Pakupera kwa1944, Göncz akazviwana ari muBudapest apo Red Army yakakomberedza guta guru reHungary, ichitanga Kukombwa kweBudapest. Rudzi rweHungary rwakaumbwa kuti ruratidzire hutongi hweNazi nemapazi akati wandei, kusanganisira Freedom Front yeVadzidzi veHungary MDSZ iyo yakavambwa zviri pamutemo musi wa7 Mbudzi 1944, panguva yehurumende yeArrow Cross Party. Göncz akabatana neTáncsics Battalion muna Zvita 1944, uko kwaakatora chikamu mune zviito zvechikwata kupokana neArrow Cross hurumende muBudapest. Pashure pehondo akaenderera mberi nokudzidza sayenzi yezvekurima. 