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And when I came home for Christmas holidays, I heard that Jeno was courting my sister. I was very upset that a grown-up man was interested in such a young girl. Well, she was still young, twelve or thirteen years old – but she was more developed than me – and he was around twenty. So I took him for an unreliable person, and I couldn’t stand him because of my sister, I didn’t fancy him, and since I behaved towards him accordingly, he didn’t fancy me either.
He noticed I couldn’t stand him. This Frank family was raising an orphan girl, they took a great advantage of her. One night, at twilight, I don’t know why, but I went to this family. Nobody was at home, just this adopted girl.
And I entered, because I liked talking to her, I was also sorry for her, because she was orphan, and she was so exploited. And as we were talking, once somebody is knocking at the door, and who came? Mister Kosa. I don’t know how this idea came to my mind, I thought I would be nice, let’s see what would happen.
I tell you honestly, just for fun. And I received him very nicely. He was telling me stories, finally I don’t know how we came to this, but I wrote something on a paper, and he wrote me back [we were corresponding]. We were sticking them to each other. How did this develop, from a joke, that finally [we got married]… it’s unbelievable. This happened in 1929, and we got married on 25thDecember 1930.
He noticed I couldn’t stand him. This Frank family was raising an orphan girl, they took a great advantage of her. One night, at twilight, I don’t know why, but I went to this family. Nobody was at home, just this adopted girl.
And I entered, because I liked talking to her, I was also sorry for her, because she was orphan, and she was so exploited. And as we were talking, once somebody is knocking at the door, and who came? Mister Kosa. I don’t know how this idea came to my mind, I thought I would be nice, let’s see what would happen.
I tell you honestly, just for fun. And I received him very nicely. He was telling me stories, finally I don’t know how we came to this, but I wrote something on a paper, and he wrote me back [we were corresponding]. We were sticking them to each other. How did this develop, from a joke, that finally [we got married]… it’s unbelievable. This happened in 1929, and we got married on 25thDecember 1930.
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Romania
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Alice Kosa
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