Dencz Ákos & Zsuzsanna (Kelemen)

Dencz, Ákos Dencz, Mrs. Ákos (Zsuzsa) In 1944, Ákos Dencz and his wife, Zsuzsa, b.1906, owned a guesthouse in Balatonboglár, the Lidó-pensió. In June 1944, when the Jews in Budapest had to move into yellow-star houses, Mrs. György Halmos decided to go into hiding with her 11-month-old son. The Denczes, who knew the Halmos family well, offered to take the baby in. Mrs. Halmos gave them the baby and then went to stay for a while with her parents. In July, she joined her son at the guesthouse. Mrs. Halmos registered in Balatonboglár with false documents under the name of Edit Weszeli. In this way people would not know that the two were related. Mrs. Halmos and her son remained at the guesthouse until the Red Army liberated the village in early 1945. When the fighting in the area became too intense, the Red Army ordered the evacuation of the place. The Denczes took Mrs. Halmos and her son with them. In March 1945, György Halmos found them together in the location to which they had been evacuated. In addition to the Halmoses, the Denczes also hid for various periods of time other Jews in their guesthouse. On March 18, 2002, Yad Vashem recognized Ákos Dencz and his wife, Zsuzsa, as Righteous Among the Nations.