This is a photo of my husband's parents, Gyula Fischer and Sara Sacher. Gyula Fischer weighed 145 kilos. The photo was taken in Lucenec.
My husband, Juraj Fischer, was from Lucenec, from a prominent Jewish family. They owned a wholesale business that sold steel, paints, stoves and gasoline. His parents were named Gyula Fischer and Sara Fischer, née Sacher. Sara died very young, when my husband was still a small child. My husband had another two brothers; Zigmund and Juraj. One of the brothers, who was a lawyer, had his little daughter die on him. He lost his mind as a result. He used to go to her grave every Sunday. Once the Nyilasites caught him. They said to him that they were going to take him in. He answered them: ?Don't take me in yet, I don't have an umbrella! I'll go home for an umbrella, and I'll return, on my honor.? He returned.
Gyula Fischer with his wife Sara
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