 He provided supplies to those Jews being deported through his diocese and also sheltered those made homeless after air raids in the episcopal palace while he himself withdrew to a small room for himself.On the afternoon of 28 March 1945 - Good Friday - as Soviet troops reached his diocese he offered safe haven to numerous women and children in his residence and also protected women who feared being raped.Four or five drunken Soviet soldiers arrived with the intention of bringing 100 women to their barracks but Apor had them well-hidden in the cellar.