Veronika (Vera) Komlos (née Somogyi), (1901-1944), Jewish female, a resident of Budapest (-- 1944) | Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Name: Veronika (Vera) Komlos (née Somogyi), (1901-1944), Jewish female, a resident of Budapest (-- 1944)

Historical Note: Veronika (Vera) Komlós (née Somogyi) was among a group of Hungarian-Jewish women forced to endure a 100-mile-plus foot march from Budapest to Austria near the end of the war to serve as Adolf Eichmann’s “defense line Jews.” Their last stop in Hungarian territory was at the border village of Hegyeshalom. It appears that the International Red Cross (IRC) played a role in giving these women a chance to send postcards to their families. Veronika’s postcard was addressed to her father, Jozsef Somogyi, on November 23, 1944 and postmarked November 27. She was never heard from again. The postcard became her last will and testament.

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