Moritz Leibovici

This is my father-in-law, Moritz Leibovici. My husband, Iosef Leibovici, probably took the photograph somewhere in the back, where he lived on Calea Nationala St., on the road towards the train station, near the tramline as well. He had his own house, but it was demolished in 1971, and that's when we moved in together.

I knew my husband's father, my father-in-law, we even lived together. Moritz Leibovici was from Botosani, he was married around 1897. [Before World War II,] he was an agent for the company Singer, the one selling sewing machines.

We lived separately during the years after we got married - from 1954 until 1972. My father-in-law had his own house, but systematization came, and his house was to be demolished. It was located on Calea Nationala St., on the way to the train station, close to the tramline. And we lived in a rented house not far from there, on a street a bit to a side, it was called Casin St. And in 1971, when my father-in-law's house was demolished, we decided to move in a somewhat larger house, where he could have his own room, where we could be together. And we moved in a house located on Calea Nationala as well, but closer to the downtown area, where we had 4 rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom, a verandah, a pantry - it was still rented. I lived there until 1981, until my father-in-law's death. As I was alone, I moved here in 1981 [in an apartment in a block of flats].