Lea Fürszt-Komoly

פירסט לאה קומוי

Komoly Fürst Lea       

Born in Veröce (Viroticia) in 1921

Died on 7.12.2006 in Israel

Member of “Maccabea” and “Hatzionim Haclali’im”

Lea’s family returned to Budapest in 1924. Her father, Nathan Komoly, was the president of the Hungarian Zionist Association from 1940 to 1944, and from 1943 he was the chairman of the Relief and Rescue Committee. Lea took part in underground help activities from the building of the Jewish community on 12, Síp Street. She was sent on behalf of her father on missions with  government authorities and foreign legations. Lea distributed the “Auschwitz Report”, that was translated into various languages, and which she translated into Hungarian in cooperation with Sarah Friedlander, including testimonies of what was happening in the extermination camp. Lea left Hungary on the train of the Relief and Rescue Committee and arrived in Switzerland. She made aliya in 1946 and married the engineer Fürszt. She worked as a librarian at the Tel-Aviv University and at “Beit Ariella”. Lea resided in Tel-Aviv.