- PER-4
- Persoon
- 1881-1954
- Son of Armin Éles and Nina Hertz
- Husband of Lilly Montagh
- Father of György Éles and Katharina Éles
- Brother of Bela Eles
- Doctorate in agriculture.
- Apu’s father in law.
- He served as lieutenant in WW1
- He was the president of the Eles Group. His brother the deputy.
- He also was a partner in a vineyard in Nagykáta and looked after the estate.
- Idolised his older brother.
- He was not as smart a businessman as his brother.
- He married Montagh Lilly. Her dowry was 200,000 gold crowns, which was a huge
amount of money, but at the time the Éles family was so rich, that this did not mean
much to them. - Geza and Lilly lived on their estate at Bokszeg and later they bought a house in
Arad. They owned the first car in Arad, and motored to Arad from Bokszeg when
they went to the theatre.
-Wrote his memoires “The diary of an unhappy person”. After the communist
takeover and the loss of all of his properties and means to earn a living committed
suicide to avoid being a burden on the family.
Footnote: https://fritzfamilyarchive.com/index.php/apus-family-history