Charlotte Aron

Date of birth

10/04/1907

Where were you born?

Berlin, Germany

Berlin, Germany

Name of father, occupation

Salomon Leopold Aron

Maiden name of mother, occupation

Helen Wolff, Homemaker

Immediate family (names, birth order)

Margot Aron, and a brother, name unknown at this time

Who survived the Holocaust?

Helene Wolff (Charlotte's mother) and Charlotte, Departed Germany in 1939 for London England where she worked as a domestic.

Where did you go after being liberated?

Her mother who was in Theresienstadt came to London after the war, they both moved to Montevideo, Uruguay. Arthur Leiser, Charlotte’s future husband was living there.

When did you come to the United States?

1953

Where did you settle?

Detroit, Michigan

How is it that you came to Michigan?

Sponsored by brother-in-law, Rudolf Leiser

Occupation after the war

Secretary at the Jewish Community Center

When and where were you married?

1952, Montevideo, Uruguay

Spouse

Arthur Leiser, Barber

What do you think helped you to survive?

I’m surmising to be reunited with her family

Interviewer:

Roz Leiser, Charlotte Leiser’s niece by marriage

Interview date:

09/30/2014