Mohácsi János & Gizella (Bánovszky); Son: János ; Daughter: Gizella

Mohácsi, János Mohácsi, Mrs. János (Gizella) Mohácsi, János, Jr. Mohácsi, Gizella Following the First World War, János Mohácsi became an engine driver. In order to get this position, he had to Magyarize his name from Majer to Mohácsi. In 1929, the Mohácsis, János and Gizella (née Bánovszky), bought a house in Rákoshegy, near Budapest. They had two children: János Jr. and Gizella. Janos Jr. started his studies towards a degree at the Technical University in Budapest, but he had to discontinue them and start working to help support the family after his father’s train was bombed by partisans on the Eastern Front during World War II and he became disabled. Since the mid 1930s, living near the Mohácsis was a Jewish family, Arthur Siklósi (Singer), his wife, Etel (née Kuttner), and their children. The Siklósi children, Norbert and Glédys, were about the same age as the Mohácsi children and the four became close friends. In the summer of 1944, the Siklósis had to move into a yellow-star house, which was located at no. 42 Vörösmarty Street in the 6th District. Before moving, they gave all their money and jewelry to the Mohácsis for safekeeping. Then, Arthur and his son were taken for forced labor from the yellow-star house. They were assigned to the 101/303 Battalion of forced laborers, which was stationed at the Leipziger sugar factory. Their job was to dig up unexploded munitions and fill in bomb craters. Since they worked in Budapest, there were several occasions on which they were able to see their family. They would also often see the two Mohácsi children, who almost daily commuted to Budapest to bring food to Mrs. Siklósi and her daughter. On October 15, 1944, on the day of the Szálasi take-over, the Mohácsi children quickly made their way to Budapest in order to take Mrs. Siklósi and her daughter back with them to their house in Rákoshegy. Later, Arthur and his son also made their way to the Mohácsis home after escaping from the forced labor. The Siklósishid in the cellar under the summer kitchen, but when visitors would come, they would hide in a pit prepared under the woodshed. In the evenings, the two families would listen to the Hungarian broadcasts of Moscow Radio and marked the shifting of the front line with flags on a map. The Mohácsi family hid the Siklósis until the liberation on December 27, 1944, and the friendship between the children continued years after the end of the war. On August 1, 2001, Yad Vashem recognized János Mohácsi, his wife, Gizella, and their children, János Jr. and Gizella, as Righteous Among the Nations.