Csilla von Boeselager

Baroness Csilla von Boeselager (May 17, 1941 in Budapest – February 23, 1994, in Arnsberg-Vosswinkel) founded the Hungarian Maltese Charity Organisation (Ungarischer Malteser Caritas Dienst) in Germany, initiated the foundation of the Magyar Máltai Szeretet Szolgálat (MMSz) in Hungary and was a member of the Hungarian Dames of Malta.

She was born Csilla Fényes, and after the World Wars II escaped to Venezuela, South America with her family.

She graduated from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA, in 1961, with a major in chemistry. Following graduation, she worked at American Cyanamid in Connecticut then in marketing for a German chemical company.

After moving to Germany, she married the Baron Wolfhard von Boeselager.

In August 1989 Csilla von Boeselager spontaneously proposed the German Government to take care for thousands of refugees from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in Budapest. The refugee-camps were in Zugliget and Csillebérc.

She was active in the Malteser Hilsdienst (MHD) from 1982 until her death at age 52 in 1994. Since her death her work is continued in the foundation "Csilla von Boeselager Stiftung - Osteuropahilfe", which brings help in need to 6 countries in Eastern Europe (Hungary, Serbia, Romania, Poland and Ukraine). www.boeselager-osteuropahilfe.de

Her sister, Ildikó Fényes is the president of the Federation of Latin American Hungarian Organizations (Latin-amerikai magyar országos szervezetek szövetsége), and lives in Venezuela since the end of the Second World War.

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Name	Boeselager, Csilla Von
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Date of birth	May 17, 1941
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Date of death	February 23, 1994
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