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My brother, Andras Molnar, Bandika was born on 12thFebruary 1911. He attended four years of gymnasium at Sepsiszentgyorgy, after that, since he was orphan, he went to Szatmarnemeti to the sister of our maternal grandmother, who had a wholesale business, to learn that.
He registered at the school of commerce and finished it, but he attended the evening classes, and he helped at the shop during the day. They were trading only with wholesalers, they packed in rolls what people needed, so that’s what he did.
His marriage was a recommended one. Her wife, Piroska Schwartz had a popular shop in Gyergyoszentmiklos [after the marriage Andras was managing it]. They had a son born prematurely, at 5 months, but he died after the birth.
The poor baby, he lived, he breathed for a short time, but he died. He [my brother]had to do forced labor with yellow armlet on his clothe [during World War II], they were taken to a village in the surroundings of Gyergyoszentmiklos.
His wife was deported, but she got home alive. Bandika finished a three-months course in Bucharest [after World War II], after that he became chief accountant in Csikszereda.
He registered at the school of commerce and finished it, but he attended the evening classes, and he helped at the shop during the day. They were trading only with wholesalers, they packed in rolls what people needed, so that’s what he did.
His marriage was a recommended one. Her wife, Piroska Schwartz had a popular shop in Gyergyoszentmiklos [after the marriage Andras was managing it]. They had a son born prematurely, at 5 months, but he died after the birth.
The poor baby, he lived, he breathed for a short time, but he died. He [my brother]had to do forced labor with yellow armlet on his clothe [during World War II], they were taken to a village in the surroundings of Gyergyoszentmiklos.
His wife was deported, but she got home alive. Bandika finished a three-months course in Bucharest [after World War II], after that he became chief accountant in Csikszereda.
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Romania
Interview
Alice Kosa