Endre Szervánszky holds the title Righteous Among the Nations, given by Yad Vashem to those who saved Jews during the Holocaust at risk to themselves.
The record lists Endre Szervánszky as Hungarian composer (1911–1977).
Endre Szervánszky was born at Budatétény in 1911. His recorded nationality is Hungary. He was educated at Franz Liszt Academy of Music.
By occupation Endre Szervánszky was composer, university teacher and music teacher - which is the point worth holding onto: the rescuers were not a special class of person.
Rescue during the Holocaust was not a grand gesture but a sequence of small, repeatable risks taken over months or years.
Recognition: Kossuth Prize (1955), Righteous Among the Nations (1998) and Erkel Ferenc Prize (1954).
Endre Szervánszky died in 1977, aged 66. The people saved, and their descendants, are the part of the record that continues.
Achievements
- Kossuth Prize — 1955
- Righteous Among the Nations — 1998
- Erkel Ferenc Prize — 1954
- Worked as composer, university teacher and music teacher
- Educated at Franz Liszt Academy of Music
