Tag #130622 - Interview #99118 (Heda Ambrova)

My father’s original name was Arpad Eckstein. When he was in high school he changed his surname to Erdelyi. He graduated from a Catholic high school in Ruzomberok and then went on to study pharmacy in Budapest. He graduated in 1912. After school he settled down in Piestany, where he worked as a pharmacist. During World War I he joined the Austro-Hungarian army [1]. They sent him to Poland. He was wounded during the war. His upper lip was cut open, which is why he then grew a mustache.