The wedding of Saly and Max Haimovici

This is the wedding photograph of my cousin Saly Klein - her name was Haimovici after she married. The back of the photograph reads: "To our beloved Aunt and Cousin. To remember us by, Sally and Max. Botosani 29/X/1928."

My mother's brother was a very endowed man, as they say. His name was Avram Klein, but everybody called him Avromta. He was a tall, handsome man, and he was renowned, he was very well read, had a Jewish culture. He observed tradition, he often went to the shil [shul]. He also performed prayers at the temple on many occasions. But he did so voluntarily, didn't receive any money for it. He was a pious person. He was about 5 years older than my mother [was born around 1870]. He had a leather shop in Botosani. My uncle died when he was around 90 [probably in the 1960's]. He died here, in Botosani, he has a monument at the cemetery together with his wife.

His wife's name was Seindl, and they had 8 children: 4 sons and 4 daughters. Clara Rintler, Saly Haimovici, Roza Flaiser, Liza Malis - these are the daughters. And these were the sons: Marcu - the youngest -, Iancu, Iulius, and … oh my, what was his name - I can't remember it just now. They were all older than me. The youngest of them was 4-5 years older than me. All of them graduated high school. The boys were merchants, their father's trade. But not all of them lived in Botosani. Saly Haimovici lived in Botosani. Her husband's name was Max Haimovici, he ran a haberdashery store in the old downtown of Botosani, around the corner. They had children, but I don't remember their names. They all left to Israel after World War II.

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