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My mother was born Malvina Neumannova in Kosice in 1897. She studied
economics at school and after her graduation, she worked in a bank. My
mother had two sisters. Kati Neumann, who got married to Martin Perlmutter.
When World War II began she was deported. She died in Bergen-Belsen. Her
husband didn't survive the Holocaust either. He died in some other
concentration camp, but I don't know which one. The other sister, Helena
Neumannova, was married to Moritz Haber. Moritz didn't survive the
Holocaust, he died in Bergen-Belsen.
Their father, Ignatz Neumann, owned a pub near the railway station in
Kosice. I recall that he died here in Kosice in 1936. He was very kind to
me and he loved having his family around. His pub was on Mill Square
Street, and it simply bore the name of the street. He didn't serve food,
just beer, wine and spirits. He was married to Rosza Lebovitch. She came
from a village near Kralove Chulmec. They went to the synagogue regularly -
the Neolog [2] synagogue. There was also a Status-Quo synagogue and a
Neolog Jewish school here in Kosice.
economics at school and after her graduation, she worked in a bank. My
mother had two sisters. Kati Neumann, who got married to Martin Perlmutter.
When World War II began she was deported. She died in Bergen-Belsen. Her
husband didn't survive the Holocaust either. He died in some other
concentration camp, but I don't know which one. The other sister, Helena
Neumannova, was married to Moritz Haber. Moritz didn't survive the
Holocaust, he died in Bergen-Belsen.
Their father, Ignatz Neumann, owned a pub near the railway station in
Kosice. I recall that he died here in Kosice in 1936. He was very kind to
me and he loved having his family around. His pub was on Mill Square
Street, and it simply bore the name of the street. He didn't serve food,
just beer, wine and spirits. He was married to Rosza Lebovitch. She came
from a village near Kralove Chulmec. They went to the synagogue regularly -
the Neolog [2] synagogue. There was also a Status-Quo synagogue and a
Neolog Jewish school here in Kosice.
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Slovakia
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Susana Balaszova