This is a photo of me and my mother, Aurelia Sandorova, 60 hours after I was born. My father, Ludovit Sandor, took the picture in Liptovsky Mikulas in 1935.
My mother's name was Aurelia Sandorova, née Bihellerova, and she was very good, courageous and self-sacrificing. My mother was more this strict type. My parents didn't dress traditionally. My mother was born on 10th October 1904, my father on 31st October 1900. My mother was born in Ruzomberok, and my father was born in Podturni and then lived in Liptovsky Mikulas. Both my parents had a high school education. Their mother tongue was Slovak, but they, of course, spoke Hungarian and German. Amongst themselves they spoke Slovak. When they didn't want us to understand, then Hungarian or German. But mostly Slovak.
Agnesa Urbanova with her mother, Aurelia Sandorova
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