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The wedding was on 19th January 1946. It was a great wedding, all the friends from work were invited. And some whom we didn’t invite came as well. There were almost 100 people at that wedding. And the wedding was here, in this apartment. We carried out all the furniture, there were these benches along the walls and a table in the middle. Everything was temporary, of course. I went to my wedding in a borrowed dress, because I didn’t have anything to wear. And then the third wedding, a normal civil marriage, on 2nd May 1946. So I never knew which anniversary to celebrate.
We never had a traditional wedding, but we went to one like this, it was our neighbors’ wedding. It took place immediately after the war, I think in 1946. They had a traditional Jewish wedding, under the canopy, with a rabbi. I remember they asked me and my husband to walk around this canopy, because that’s the custom, but we didn’t know how many times to do it. So we kept walking and walking and finally they started tugging at our clothes that it was enough. Well, we didn’t know much about this, because I had never seen a Jewish wedding before the war.
We never had a traditional wedding, but we went to one like this, it was our neighbors’ wedding. It took place immediately after the war, I think in 1946. They had a traditional Jewish wedding, under the canopy, with a rabbi. I remember they asked me and my husband to walk around this canopy, because that’s the custom, but we didn’t know how many times to do it. So we kept walking and walking and finally they started tugging at our clothes that it was enough. Well, we didn’t know much about this, because I had never seen a Jewish wedding before the war.
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Helena Najberg
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