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My mother, Katalin Friedner, was born in a derelict district of Budapest
densely populated with petty bourgeois Jews. She was quite uneducated,
having only gone to elementary school for three years. She later learned
the hat making trade. She worked in a hat maker's workshop as an assistant
until my sister was born. She was at home until my father was fired and set
up his clothes business at the market. They took on a servant girl who had
to sleep in the kitchen because we had only two rooms.
densely populated with petty bourgeois Jews. She was quite uneducated,
having only gone to elementary school for three years. She later learned
the hat making trade. She worked in a hat maker's workshop as an assistant
until my sister was born. She was at home until my father was fired and set
up his clothes business at the market. They took on a servant girl who had
to sleep in the kitchen because we had only two rooms.
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Budapest
Hungary
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