Gizi Kövesi

קובשי גיזי

Friedmann Gizi (The wife of Köves Béla)

Born in Halmaj in 1909

Died in Tel-Aviv in 1975 in Israel

Member of “Mizrahi”

Gizi helped the refugees who were arriving to Hungary from Poland and Slovakia. Her house in Budapest served as a shelter and transit station for them. Gizi moved to the “Glass House” on 29, Vadász Street where she was liberated in January 1945. After the liberation she was elected as chairperson of the “Mizrahi” women. She made aliya in 1952 and continued with her public work.