Research in Hungary, Summer 2011, for book "Legacy of Rescue: A Daughter's Tribute" by Marta Fuchs presentation for BAISL meeting 10-12-11

1. Research in Hungary Legacy of Rescue: A Daughter’s Tribute by Marta Fuchs

3. Dad and Henry both born thereMarta and Henry early 1950s With mom in our backyard (plum trees, corn, potatoes, berries)

4. My father, Miksa Fuchs (1911-2000)before the war, 1931

5. Tokaj, Hungary (pop 5,000)

8. Seventh Day Adventist, kind, respectful, Conscientious Objector, no gun in his holster

11. Zoltán Kubinyi and his wife(received photo from son when met him in 1994, Holocaust Commemoration, Tokaj)

12. Márton Kubinyi (1944 -) 6 months old when his father went off to war His mother refused to believe word of his father’s death in Siberia and prayed ‘til the end of her days for his return Márton had to drop out of school at age 14 to work in order to support them

13. Son, Márton Kubinyi (right) -- Budapest 1994receiving Yad Vashem commendation on behalf of his father

15. Ending of Dad’s February 1988 testimony to Yad Vashem requesting Righteous Among the Nations recognition for Kubinyi: Zoltán Kubinyi was a true human being in the deepest sense of the word. During this catastrophic event, when civilized, intelligent people were blinded with irrational hatred, and innocent people, mothers with babies in their arms were slaughtered, HE WAS A MAN. Risking his own life, he stood up for and defended the innocent, persecuted people. The memory of Zoltán Kubinyi deserves the highest honor that a person could possibly deserve for his altruistic, heroic, and self-sacrificing activities. (my translation of Dad’s letter in Hungarian)

16. Visiting Márton Kubinyi and his family, Komjáti

23. Samuel Helm and wife Lilly He painted my father’s store in 1948 We discovered it in 1990

24. My father’s grocery store(discovered photo on Facebook after our trip!)

25. Building now houses the town’s museum (once was home of a rich relative, most of them perished;learned this on visit with Dad and Henry in 1991 as I was admiring the frescoes)

26. Tokaj, view from Synagogue window

27. Tokaj Synagogue and stork in nest(nest there since my childhood) (restored Synagogue is now part of Cultural Center, concerts held there)