Richard Denes (M / Hungary, 1944-2020), Holocaust survivor
Richard Denes (M / Hungary, 1944-2020), Holocaust survivor
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Biography
Richard Denes was born 1944 in Budapest, Hungary. He was the grandson of Gemma La Guardia Gluck, the sister of New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia (1934-1945). Richard Denes and his mother Yolanda Gluck Denes were deported from Budapest to the Ravensbrück concentration camp in August 1944. When the three of them were transferred to a Gestapo prison in Berlin in April 1945, Richard was so weak that he could not hold his head by himself. His father perished in the Holocaust. As the Soviet Army approached, they were released from prison. They lived with a German family in Berlin for a year and were able to move to Copenhagen in May 1946 and then to New York in May 1947, where Richard Benes later worked as a computer technician.
He died on March 29, 2020 as a result of an infection with Covid 19 in Yonkers NY.