George Brady, Czech-Canadian Holocaust survivor and businessman, Died at 90

George Brady was born as Jiří Brady was on February 9, 1928, and died on January 12, 2019.

He was a Holocaust survivor of both Theresienstadt (Terezin) and Auschwitz (Oswiecim, Poland).

He was a Canadian businessman and was awarded the Order of Ontario, in 2008, and the Cxech State Medal in 2016.

He was the son of Markéta and Karel Brady, and brother of Hana Brady.

During 1942, his mother and father had been separated from their children and sent to prisons and Nazi concentration camps.

George was sent to Theresienstadt a ghetto-camp not far from Prague with one sibling, he was lucky to escape, after sharing a small space with over 40 other young boys including Petr Ginz, Yehuda Bacon and Kurt Kotouc. 

His sister Hana Brady was given a gas chamber execution.

He escaped during a death march to Germany during January 1945, the same month Auschwitz was liberated.

George Brady passed away in Toronto, Canada, at 90 years old.