[T1S2] Respondent notes short stay in Budapest; returned to home: found nothing left; describes travel to Kosece, then back to Prague: remained for 2 months; went to Teplece Sanov, Czechoslovakia; stayed 1 year together with husband; saw no future and Communists were arriving; husband did not want to become Communist, moved to Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, with husband and 1 child born in Prague; describes attempt to cross border into Vienna, Austria; difficult to get passport to come to America. Respondent gives date of marriage in Teplece Sanov: 5/1/46, notes son born 2 years after marriage: 1948; arrived in Austria, Jan 1, 1951; describes crossing border and difficulties in getting papers to come to America; settled in McKeesport, PA: stayed with uncle; describes husband finding work with Mr. Coslov (Tube City Iron and Metal): worked as laborer, 25 years. Respondent mentions work as caterer: 20 years, Gemilas Chesed Synagogue: McKeesport, PA; mentions offer to work in Mikvah (ritual bath) in Pittsburgh, accepted position 10/87; gives name of husband: Beni Markovic, met 6/45, married 5/1/46; gives names of sons: David, born, 1948, Saul, born, 1953; notes Saul owner of Murray Avenue Kosher in Squirrel Hill. Respondent gives name of brother: 20 years older: killed in Russia; gives names of parents: Shana and David Katz: perished in Auschwitz, notes 1 brother killed by Germans at age 10; gives names of 3 sisters: all perished in Auschwitz along with spouses and children, notes 1 sister and 2 brothers survived, now deceased; comments on grandsons.
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