I am grateful for having received a fascinating newspaper clipping from Tomas Korper, in response to a piece appearing in HFP entitled The Genocidal Priest — The Last Interview with András Kun. The letter writer’s father, trying to survive the Holocaust by posing as a military officer, was captured by Kun in Budapest and was brutally beaten by him and his band of Arrow Cross thugs. The letter writer’s father, in the article scanned in below, is credited with having stood up to András Kun and he also survived his captivity.
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Good morning Christopher,
Yesterday I did some research on András Kun and I found your posting on your Hungarian Free Press.
My father, Imrich Korper was caught by Kun on October 18 or 19, 1944 on the Endresz Gyorgy Square.
My mother, Gertrude Ernst kept the newspaper article that describes the event (attached).
You mention the book Fascist Souls by Rezső Szirmai that contains the last interview with Kun…is this book available in English?
I’m sure you are interested in this story and I would greatly appreciate if you have any other information about my Dad….as the article reads: “Körpernek hivják a bátor fiút”.
Sincerely,
Tomas Korper
