Vera Erak, her children Branislav and Vesna, and her mother Edith Erak (nee Bondy) at the beach in Croatia

The picture was taken in 1955 in Split, Croatia, at the beach. I am pictured first from the right with my son, Branko, my daughter Vesna, and my mother Edith. After liberation, my mother worked as a clerk for a short period of time. After that she devoted herself to her family. She died in 1983 in Zemun. My husband, Pavle Ruman, and I had a son, Branislav, in 1947, and a daughter, Vesna, in 1951. I had a harmonious marriage until the tragic death of my husband in March 1952. In the firm where he worked, he was hit by a broken high voltage cable and was killed instantly. Although I was a single mother, with the help of my parents I succeeded in educating the children. Branislav attended a two year mechanical engineering college and he is an engineer, and my daughter Vesna finished a two year medical college. I did everything in my power to provide them with a carefree childhood. Whenever I was able, I took them to the seaside. I tried in every way to alleviate the fact that they lost their father so early. I think that I succeeded in this.