S . ▁Army ▁w are house . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁with ▁help ▁from ▁a ▁Swiss ▁foundation , ▁B án á thy ▁assist ed ▁in ▁establish ing ▁and ▁was ▁selected ▁as ▁the ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Colleg ium ▁Hung ar icum , ▁a ▁board ing ▁school ▁for ▁refuge es , ▁at ▁Z ell ▁am ▁See ▁near ▁Sa alf el den , ▁Austria . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁year , ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁government ▁in ▁Hung ary ▁seized ▁the ▁business es ▁belonging ▁to ▁the ▁P all end al ▁family . ▁Because ▁they ▁were ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁social ▁el ite , ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁government ▁considered ▁them ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁political ▁threat . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁in ▁what ▁was ▁a ▁common ▁practice ▁during ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁Hung arian ▁Police ▁arrived ▁at ▁dawn ▁to ▁se ize ▁the ▁P all end al ▁family ▁home ▁and ▁arrest ▁and ▁deport ▁the ▁family ▁from ▁Budapest . ▁Seven - year - old ▁Bé la ▁and ▁six - year - old ▁L ász ló ▁Ban ath y , ▁along ▁with ▁their ▁P all end al ▁grand m other ▁and ▁two ▁a un ts , ▁were ▁put ▁ab o ard ▁a ▁fre ight ▁train ▁and ▁sent ▁toward ▁Russia . ▁The ▁train ▁stopped ▁occasionally ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁hundred ▁people ▁were ▁forced ▁off ▁at ▁rural ▁towns . ▁The ▁P all end al ▁family ▁was ▁e ject ed ▁in ▁eastern ▁Hung ary . ▁There ▁an ▁uncle ▁located ▁them ▁and ▁hid ▁them ▁from ▁authorities ▁in ▁a ▁small ▁village .