Komlos and Grünhut families papers

Herbert Komlos (1916-2003) was born on 3 June 1916 in Rakospalota, Hungary. He married Eva Lőwy (1921-2009) in April 1944 in Budapest. Their son John was born the same year. Herbert was a survivor of Hungarian labor battalions and went into hiding with his family and extended relatives in Budapest. After the war, they lived in Austria. Their second son Steven was born in 1948. In December 1956 the Komlos family immigrated to the United States and settled in Illinois. They became naturalized citizens in 1962.

Irén Grünhut (later Irene Glück) was born on 22 October 1917 in Recsk, Hungary to Jeno and Serene (née blau) Grünhut. She was the cousin of Eva Lőwy, who was married to Herbert Komlos. Irén was likely deported from Recsk to the Bagolyuk ghetto around May 1944. From there she survived several concentration camps, including Auschwitz, Stuttfhof, and Buchenwald. She was liberated in 1945. Irén married Ernst Glück, and they had two children: Mary and George. The family immigrated to Canada in 1957.