Holocaust survivor now fears being Jewish in Australia

Peter Halasz says coming to Australia was the first time he felt comfortable being openly Jewish. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Businessman Peter Halasz says for the first time since the holocaust, he was afraid to be recognised as Jewish in public after the attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7.

Mr Halasz was born in Budapest a month after the start of World War II, but would survive and make it to Australia, going on to found swimwear giant Seafolly with his wife and fellow Jewish refugee Yvonne Halasz.