Leah Lipman photograph collection

Ethel Kleinman (née Fischman) was born on 10 April 1924 in Bodrogkeresztúr, Hungary to Elimelech and Ida Fischman. She had at least nine siblings: Avraham, Dovid, Joseph, Leopold, Mindel, Miriam Gittel, Mordechai, Serena, and Toby. She survived imprisonment in Auschwitz II-Birkenau. After liberation, she met Abraham Kleinman in the Fürth DP camp in March 1946 and became engaged the next day. They married there on August 22, 1946. After leaving Fürth, they lived in Schwabach, Germany, until the family immigrated to the United States on July 4, 1949.

Abraham Kleinman was born on 2 February 1918 in Brod (Podkarpatska Rus, Czechoslovakia) to Alexander Weiss and Serena Kleinman. He had two siblings: Mordcha and Rebecca. He survived the Gunskirchen and Mauthausen concentration camps. He met Ethel Fischman in the in the Fürth DP camp in March 1946 and became engaged the next day. They married there on August 22, 1946. After leaving Fürth, they lived in Schwabach, Germany, until the family immigrated to the United States on July 4, 1949.