Elza Gedő

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About Elza Gedő

Jewishgen Hungary births (LDS 642971, Vol. 20) - Father from Gyongyos; mother from Gyor

Article on Ilka Gedo's extended family and her art, written by David Biro: http://mek.oszk.hu/07400/07417/html (in German. Married Simon Gedo in 1919. See Simon's entry for details about him.
Elsa Weisskopf had become completely estranged from her husband towards the end, and Ilka Gedő wrote in her diary very bitterly about her parents' marriage.
Elsa Ilka Gedő, who lived in a sublet died on February 7th, 1954. Endre Bíró reports about it with merciless objectivity: "I also have to say something about the death of Elsa. It was an ugly death, and death reached her lonely. There was a flu epidemic going on and Elsa got so sick she had to be taken to the hospital. She passed away the day after she was hospitalized on February 7, 1954. Her heart was in such a terrible state that the flu put an end to Elsa. " [43] Then Simon Gedő, who gave up the sublet apartment in Erzsébet fasor, moved back into his sister-in-law's apartment: he was 74 years old at the time.

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Elza Gedő's Timeline

1890
May 27, 1890
Pest, Hungary
1921
May 26, 1921
Budapest, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
1954
February 7, 1954
Age 63
Budapest, Hungary