In honor of Martin Weiss a Holocaust survivor
In honor of Martin Weiss a Holocaust survivor 30. In June of this year, Martin Weiss died in Maryland, USA at the age of 94, a survivor of Auschwitz and Mauthausen. He was born in 1929 in Czechoslovakia, in Ve NarkΓ‘ Po Naran. Martin Weiss came from a very Orthodox family. His father owned a farm and a meat shop, his mother cared for a total of 7 children and a household. Everyone in the family helped take care of the horses and cows. In 1938-1939, his life changed dramatically when Nazi Germany and his allies divided Czechoslovakia. His hometown was occupied by Hungarian troops and the Jews were exposed to discriminatory decree. Czechoslovak schools were closed and students had to learn Hungarian. All the villagers hated the new rulers and the democratic freedoms they enjoyed in Czechoslovakia disappeared. Following the attack of the Soviet Union nazi in Germany in 1941, Hungary joined the invasion. Two of Martin's older brothers were taken to the Hungarian flags of forced labor. T...