Rudolf Sarközi,is the chairman of the Austrian Romani association Kulturverein. He was born in the Lackenbach

Lackenbach

Lackenbach is an Austrian municipality in the District of Oberpullendorf, Burgenland.- Geography :Lackenbach lies in the Oberpullendorf District, the Middle Burgenland and is not divided into any districts.- History :...

 concentration camp in Burgenland

Burgenland

Burgenland is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte and seven districts with in total 171 municipalities. It is 166 km long from north to south but much narrower from west to east...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

. After the liberation of the camp, he returned with his mother to her home in Burgenland. At the age of 14 he started working, and in 1964 married Helga, moving with her to her home town of Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

. After a career in electronics, he founded the Austrian Romani Cultural Society and achieved legal recognition for the Romani minority in Austria. He retired in 1997 to concentrate on his work for the Society.