We are excited to share the spotlight that Thomas Komoly got for his powerful memoir, Orphans of the Holocaust, revealing his uncle Otto Komoly’s lifesaving rescue of 5500 Jewish children during World War II. The author is a Holocaust survivor and the British Empire Medal recipient who discussed this extraordinary Zionist resistance story in the Lockdown University on the 28th of January in "Buying Lives With Time: The Impossible Fight of Otto Komoly," showing a brave hero who chose death over escape. You can check the author interview here.
This memoir found the world through Ott Komoly’s 1944 personal diary, defining the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee leader’s tireless work directing International Red Cross orphanages, shelters, and ghetto relief until arrested by Hungary's fascist Arrow Cross in January 1945. This book preserves the firsthand testimony of a hero whose determination and courage came not from authority but from conviction. If you love Holocaust history, Zionist resistance stories, or WWII heroism and Jewish narratives, then this book is for you. Click here to get it now from our website and make your next reading session alluring.
Thomas Komoly was born in 1936. He is a survivor of the Holocaust in Budapest who escaped during the 1956 Hungarian Uprising and earned his engineering degrees in Britain before he became a chemical industry consultant. He is also a Cheshire-based Holocaust educator who received his British Empire medal for showing the world a powerful testimony and trying his best to never let the world forget heroes like his uncle.
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