Judith Charody

Charody Judith

(Charody) Richer Ilona

Born in Kiskunhalas in 1927

Died in Sydney on 8.4.2018

Member of “Hanoar Hatzioni”

     

At the time of the German invasion she was living in Budapest with her family. She studied at a business school and trained in typing and stenography. She printed papers and documents and often worked around the clock to meet the demand. On 26.6.1944 Judith was caught with her sister and taken to the Gestapo headquarters on Schwabs Hill. She was interrogated for two weeks. For some days she was incarcerated with Hanna Szenes. Judith was transferred to Kistarcsa and eventually she and her sister were released with the help of the International Red Cross because they were minors. Judith worked in one of the children’s houses established by her movement. For a while she stayed in a bunker and transferred weapons. Judith and her sister applied to the post office in the capital and were hired. The uniform and authentic documents made it possible for Judith to walk around freely, work in the Protected Houses, children’s houses, ghetto and  bunkers. She collected wandering homeless Jewish children and took them to the children’s houses.
Judith resided in Australia.