Peake - Stiles - Person Sheet
Peake - Stiles - Person Sheet
NameZoltan (Leonard) HERSKOVITZ 110
BirthApr 15, 1901
DeathMar 2, 1964
OccupationGarment Worker
FatherYonkus HERSKOVITZ (-ca1915)
MotherSarah (Serena) STARK (ca1880-1964)
Misc. Notes
Prohibited from marrying his first cousin, Freida Kraus, but did it anyway by coming to the US. Later married her sister, Rella Kraus.
Spouses
BirthMay 16, 1902
DeathMay 21, 1954
OccupationHousewife
FatherHerman KRAUS (-1912)
MotherCharlotte STARK (ca1880-1917)
Misc. Notes
Married her first cousin, Zoltan Herskowitz when she was 17.
Sister to Rella Kraus.110
MarriageJul 19, 1921110
ChildrenCharlotte (1926-)
BirthApr 27, 1910
DeathDec 13, 1987
OccupationHousewife
FatherHerman KRAUS (-1912)
MotherCharlotte STARK (ca1880-1917)
Misc. Notes
Married 4 times.

Married her first cousin, Zoltan Herskowitz, widower of her sister, Freida Kraus.

Miss Hungary, 1928. Holocaust survivor.110

She was involved in a love triangle where one of her suitors, who wasn’t Jewish, shot her and her Jewish fiance because he, the non-Jewish suitor, could not marry her. The fiance died, and she survived to marry another young man from Belgium, where she went to live.

She and her daughter, Sarah, were sent to Dachau Concentration Camp, where Sarah, age 12, was killed and cremated.

After liberation she married Franz Bross, whom she met in a displaced person camp, and immigrated to Americas with the help of Blanche Krause.

Lived in Hungary, Belgium and the US.110
Marriage1954110
DivorceApr 19, 1956
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