Aron Alkalai’s maternal grandparents Rafael and Vinucha Lazar

This is a photo of my maternal grandparents. My grandfather is Rafael Lazar and my grandmother - Vinucha Lazar. The photo was taken in Kyustendil in the 1920s.
During my vacations as a child I went to Kyustendil. My father had beads and so did my father.

I know almost nothing about my mother's parents. I remember that they lived in Kyustendil, where I went in the summer during my vacations. My maternal grandfather Rafael Lazar had a small goatee. I do not know what he worked. I do not remember my grandmother Vinucha Lazar. She was a housewife.

In Kyustendil I visited my mother's relatives and my father's brother who lived there. Once my parents decided to go to Kyustendil. I was not allowed to go with them then. I was very young. But I had decided that I should definitely go. I got on a truck, which was on its way to Kyustendil and so I arrived in the town. I sat on the sidewalk there and waited. My parents saw me and were absolutely surprised. They had to leave me at one of my uncle's for some time.

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