Thomas John Kertesz

Kalocsa, Hungary

1935 -

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Personal & Family

Name in US
Thomas John Kertesz

Name at Birth
Tamàs János Kertész

Yiddish Name
Yoyna (Jonah) ben Dovid

Date of Birth

07/21/1935

Country of Birth
Hungary

City of Birth

Kalocsa

Sibling(s)

Stefan Kertesz
(shot with his wife and thrown in the Danube River)

Spouse(s)

Liliane Bookspan (previously Bukszpan)

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Jewish

Religious Identity (Postwar)
Jewish

Dates Lived in Alabama

05/2018 – 01/2019

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham

Holocaust

Ghetto(s) / Year(s)

Kalocsa Ghetto, Hungary

Brick Factory in Szeged, Hungary

Camp(s) / Year(s)

Strasshof (near Vienna)

Liberated By / Date

Strasshof, Austria

Location of Liberation
Strasshof, Austria

Other Experiences

Father fought with the Hungarians in Russia, Spring 1942, and was killed.
Father’s brother, George, became a POW and spent 5 years in Siberia.

Immigration & Postwar

DP Camp(s) / Year(s)

None
(Returned to Kalocsa)

Dates Lived in Alabama

05/2018 – 01/2019

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham

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