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My grandmother's family was one of the oldest families of Hlohovec.
Hlohovec is a small town some 50 kilometers from Bratislava. Its Jewish
community dates back to medieval times. Before the war some 1,000 Jews
lived in Hlohovec. My great-grandmother, Sofia Brodyova, nee Quitt, was
born in 1863 and died in 1923. Her husband was Jakob Brody [1861-1932],
who, as far as I know, owned a pub in Hlohovec. Their children were Jeno,
Katy, Bela, Viliam, Melania, Henrich, Ignac, Marcus and my grandmother
Janka.
An interesting fact was that two Brody siblings, Janka Brodyova and Viliam
Brody married two siblings of the Stern family in a mutual wedding. Viliam
married Adriana and Janka married my grandfather Helmut.
From 1917-1918, Viliam Brody attended Pozsonyi felso kereskedelmi iskola
[Academy of Commerce] in Bratislava. Most of the students were again of
Jewish origin.
Hlohovec is a small town some 50 kilometers from Bratislava. Its Jewish
community dates back to medieval times. Before the war some 1,000 Jews
lived in Hlohovec. My great-grandmother, Sofia Brodyova, nee Quitt, was
born in 1863 and died in 1923. Her husband was Jakob Brody [1861-1932],
who, as far as I know, owned a pub in Hlohovec. Their children were Jeno,
Katy, Bela, Viliam, Melania, Henrich, Ignac, Marcus and my grandmother
Janka.
An interesting fact was that two Brody siblings, Janka Brodyova and Viliam
Brody married two siblings of the Stern family in a mutual wedding. Viliam
married Adriana and Janka married my grandfather Helmut.
From 1917-1918, Viliam Brody attended Pozsonyi felso kereskedelmi iskola
[Academy of Commerce] in Bratislava. Most of the students were again of
Jewish origin.
Location
Slovakia
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tomas stern